okay thanks - i’ll run those tests. i actually ran a few others as well like the MatrixWritableTest.
> On Apr 18, 2016, at 8:22 PM, Dmitriy Lyubimov <dlie...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am not sure of your question about tests... > > there are in-memory tests which you can by 'mvn test' in /math-scala > module; distributed tests are done per engine under 'spark', 'h2o' or > 'flink' modules. > > > On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 5:19 PM, Dmitriy Lyubimov <dlie...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> i meant "not so much a library" >> >> On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 5:18 PM, Dmitriy Lyubimov <dlie...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Khurrum, >>> >>> mahout is so much a library at this point. >>> >>> if you mean if it can be used to build networks with 2d inputs, yes i did >>> some of that. multi-epoch SGD based systems should be easy enough to build, >>> and will probably have a reasonable performance -- although I think >>> dedicated CNN systems like Caffe would still run faster at this point. Full >>> batch trainers are somewhat slow for larger problems though, my >>> investigation points that there are architectural problems in spark that >>> are hard to overcome at this point for high IO algorithms. >>> >>> On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 11:49 AM, Khurrum Nasim <khurrum.na...@useitc.com >>>> wrote: >>> >>>> 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) >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>
