Hi Guys, Can Mahout be used for things like face detection ? Also which unit tests or integration tests do you recommend I should run just to get a better feel of the execution flow.
I’m still slowly acclimating to the project. But hopefully should come up to speed soon. Many Thanks, Khurrum > On Mar 30, 2016, at 3:10 PM, Suneel Marthi <smar...@apache.org> wrote: > > Thanks Khurrum for stepping up. > > You just need basic programming skills - Java/Scala to be able to > contribute. We can help you with the algorithms and linear algebra stuff. > > > Welcome aboard !! > > > On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 3:05 PM, Khurrum Nasim <khurrum.na...@useitc.com> > wrote: > >> Thanks for the advice Dimitry. I’m already signed up on ASF jira. My >> handle is “nasimk” >> >> Do I need to be a linear algebra expert and or math phd to contribute ? >> I have 10 plus years of computer programming experience. my background is >> comp sci. >> >> Khurrum >> >> >> >> >> >>> On Mar 30, 2016, at 2:57 PM, Dmitriy Lyubimov <dlie...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> PS You may also want to sign up with ASF Jira so we can assign issues to >>> yourself. >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 11:52 AM, Dmitriy Lyubimov <dlie...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 11:43 AM, Khurrum Nasim < >> khurrum.na...@useitc.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thanks Dimirtry. >>>>> >>>>> I take a look at see where I can start pitching in. Do I need >>>>> contributor access ? how would I create feature branch of my work ? >>>>> >>>> >>>> Khurrum, >>>> >>>> you only need github account. What you need is to create mahout's master >>>> fork in your github space and keep it in sync, as possible, with master >> as >>>> you go (by doing regular pulls). That way you have the most chance of >>>> having least conflicts possible. >>>> >>>> At any point in time (I recommend at perhaps when you feel you are about >>>> 50 to 70% done or just need a code advice), you can create a github pull >>>> request to the apache/mahout master. Make sure to include MAHOUT-XXX >> issue >>>> in the head of the pull request, that way ASF will automatically >> propagate >>>> code comments to jira, and so all discussion can be done entirely on >> github. >>>> >>>> Again, if you take on a signficant contribution (such as a new numerical >>>> method contribution), I recommend to discuss the proposal on the @dev >> list >>>> >>>> thanks. >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Khurrum >>>>> >>>>>> On Mar 30, 2016, at 1:12 PM, Dmitriy Lyubimov <dlie...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Oh but of course! please do! >>>>>> >>>>>> You may work on any issue, this or any other of your choice, or even >> on >>>>> any >>>>>> new issue you can think of (for sizeable contributions it is >>>>> recommended to >>>>>> start discussion on the @dev list first though, to make sure to >> benefit >>>>>> from experience of others. Please file any new issue first to jira). >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 9:05 AM, shashi bushan dongur (JIRA) < >>>>>> j...@apache.org> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> [ >>>>>>> >>>>> >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MAHOUT-1788?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=15218216#comment-15218216 >>>>>>> ] >>>>>>> >>>>>>> shashi bushan dongur commented on MAHOUT-1788: >>>>>>> ---------------------------------------------- >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hello. I would like to start contributing to mahout. Can I work on >> this >>>>>>> issue? >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> spark-itemsimilarity integration test script cleanup >>>>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Key: MAHOUT-1788 >>>>>>>> URL: >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MAHOUT-1788 >>>>>>>> Project: Mahout >>>>>>>> Issue Type: Improvement >>>>>>>> Components: cooccurrence >>>>>>>> Affects Versions: 0.11.0 >>>>>>>> Reporter: Pat Ferrel >>>>>>>> Assignee: Pat Ferrel >>>>>>>> Priority: Trivial >>>>>>>> Fix For: 1.0.0 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> binary release does not contain data for itemsimilarity tests, neith >>>>>>> binary nor source versions will run on a cluster unless data is hand >>>>> copied >>>>>>> to hdfs. >>>>>>>> Clean this up so it copies data if needed and the data is in both >>>>>>> versions. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA >>>>>>> (v6.3.4#6332) >>>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >> >>
