Author: srowen
Date: Tue May 11 13:26:57 2010
New Revision: 943118
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=943118&view=rev
Log:
Edits from dev list
Modified:
lucene/mahout/pmc/board-reports/2010/board-report-may.txt
Modified: lucene/mahout/pmc/board-reports/2010/board-report-may.txt
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/lucene/mahout/pmc/board-reports/2010/board-report-may.txt?rev=943118&r1=943117&r2=943118&view=diff
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--- lucene/mahout/pmc/board-reports/2010/board-report-may.txt (original)
+++ lucene/mahout/pmc/board-reports/2010/board-report-may.txt Tue May 11
13:26:57 2010
@@ -4,15 +4,21 @@ This is the first report from Mahout as
recently reported status with Lucene's special April report. We take the
opportunity to summarize Mahout state and restate recent activity.
-Mahout's goal is to build scalable machine learning libraries. "Scalable"
-means Hadoop-based implementations using MapReduce. The "machine learning"
-implemented to date has been primarily in the broad areas of:
+OVERVIEW
+
+Mahout's goal is to build scalable implementations of machine learning and
+data mining algorithms. "Scalable" means designed with exceptional scale in
+mind, for efficiency and low memory consumption, and in many cases means
+providing Hadoop-based implementations. The "machine learning" implemented
+to date has been primarily in the broad areas of:
- Collaborative filtering / recommender engines
- Clustering
- Classification
- Frequent item set mining
+CURRENT ACTIVITY
+
Mahout has created a release approximately every six months, most recently
releasing version 0.3 in March 2010. The project remains in a state of
rapid change and evolution, and looks to release 0.4 in September, 2010.
@@ -21,6 +27,11 @@ Recent activity in the project can be vi
https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?
pid=12310751&fixfor=12314396&resolution=1
+This month, Mahout will complete migration of website, mailing lists,
+SVN, and other information to reflect its status as a top-level project.
+
+GOOGLE SUMMER OF CODE
+
Mahout will mentor five projects as part of Google's Summer of Code
program. The projects will add or enhance capability in the specific
areas of:
@@ -31,6 +42,9 @@ areas of:
- Neural network with back propagation learning
- Eigencuts spectral clustering
+MAHOUT IN ACTION
+
The book "Mahout in Action", published by Manning, continues to be written
and is approximately half complete. It has received some favorable feedback
via Manning's early access program.
+
