Hey Marcus, Thanks a lot for your suggestions. I am going through the literature and would prepare a first draft of the proposal after which I would have better understanding of which algorithm to start with CNE or NEAT.
You rightly pointed out that writing test cases might take longer, so I would spend some understanding about testing evolutionary algorithms and mlpack is doing thing. I would go through the floss manual so I can write a good proposal, things seem to have changed a bit from last year. Regards, Nakul Gulati Website <https://nakulgulati.com/> || LinkedIn <http://in.linkedin.com/in/nakulgulati> || GitHub <https://github.com/nakulgulati/> On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 7:17 PM, Marcus Edel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Nakul, > > It is a good decision to start with something easy that could be CNE or > NEAT. > Afterwards, we can use that as a baseline for comparison with other > implementation. You should keep in mind, that you have to write tests, for > every > evolution algorithm you write, and that often takes more time than the > actual > implementation. Anyway, this year google made draft proposals part of the > proposal workflow. So we can comment on your timeline etc. and give > feedback > once you submitted your application. Also take a look at: > http://write.flossmanuals.net/gsocstudentguide/ > > I hope this is helpful. Let me know if I can clarify anything, > > Thanks, > Marcus > > On 10 Mar 2016, at 04:12, Nakul Gulati <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I am a final year Computer Science and Engineering student. I am > interested in contributing to the project *Neuroevolution algorithms* as > part of GSoC 2016. Some of the courses completed which are relevant to this > project are: Data Structures and Design and Analysis of Algorithms, Soft > Computing and Artificial Neural Networks. > > In order to get better understanding about the project and mlpack, the > following steps were taken: > > - Compiled and tested mlpack on OS X > - Compiled and tested nes emulator communication code: during this I > ended up crashing the emulator hosted on mario.urgs.org 4561, link to > issue <https://github.com/zoq/nes/issues/1>. Which was promptly fixed > by Marcus Edel, big shout out to him. > > Currently I am studying the reading material, starting with the CNE > algorithm. > > For scope of GSoC project I propose to start with the implementation of > the CNE algorithm at first and then move to a second (name would be > specified soon) if time permits. > > I have little trouble setting up an exact timeline for the project. I > would love to hear your insight about the approach and timeline and if you > think what I propose is realistic. > > -- > Regards, > Nakul Gulati > Website <https://nakulgulati.com/> || LinkedIn > <http://in.linkedin.com/in/nakulgulati> || GitHub > <https://github.com/nakulgulati/> > _______________________________________________ > mlpack mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.cc.gatech.edu/mailman/listinfo/mlpack > > > -- Regards, Nakul Gulati Website <https://nakulgulati.com> || LinkedIn <http://in.linkedin.com/in/nakulgulati> || GitHub <https://github.com/nakulgulati/>
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