On Thu, Mar 02, 2017 at 03:04:51PM +0400, Irakli Popkhadze wrote: > Hello, > > I am Irakli Popkhadze, second year Math and Computer Science (MACS) student > at Free University of Tbilisi. I have a huge desire to work on one of your > projects "Fast K-centers Algorithm & Implementation". To be honest with you > I do not have much experience in machine learning but that is what I want > to dedicate myself to. Why do I think that I am capable of doing this > project? Because I have been competitive programmer for about 7 years > already, (you can see my profiles at various programming sites) so this > gives me a strong background in problem solving and algorithms (coding as > well). Also I have finished Phyisico-Mathematical school that gave me a > strong background in mathematics which continued developing during my > studies at Free University of Tbilisi. I am really interested in this > project, I am not afraid of difficulties, I think I can handle this > project. Looking forward to your reply > > Promised links of my profiles: > Hackerrank <https://www.hackerrank.com/irakli_p> - O(1) rank > Codeforces <http://codeforces.com/profile/irakli_p> - Div 1 participant > Codechef <https://www.codechef.com/users/irakli_p> - I haven't participated > for a long time, but still > > Also I'm attaching my resume
Hello Irakli, Although I do live in the U.S. state of Georgia, I have never traveled to the country of Georgia. I hope to have the opportunity someday; Tbilisi looks like a beautiful place to visit. :) The fast k-centers algorithm has been discussed at length on the mailing list before: http://knife.lugatgt.org/pipermail/mlpack/2015-February/000610.html http://knife.lugatgt.org/pipermail/mlpack/2014-March/000330.html http://knife.lugatgt.org/pipermail/mlpack/2016-March/002494.html http://knife.lugatgt.org/pipermail/mlpack/2016-March/002635.html Note that there are many more posts on this in the mailing list archive to search for; those are only some places to get started. A good proposal for this project will demonstrate a clear understanding of dual-tree algorithms and will already have an algorithm proposed (or mostly proposed) to solve the k-centers problem. I hope this is helpful; let me know if I can clarify anything. Thanks, Ryan -- Ryan Curtin | "Weeee!" [email protected] | - Bobby _______________________________________________ mlpack mailing list [email protected] http://knife.lugatgt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlpack
