Hi Matt & Chetan, Might I suggest "The Four Horses of the Neocortex" as a team name? ;)
Fergal Byrne On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Matthew Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > So are you guys making any progress? > > --------- > Matt Taylor > OS Community Flag-Bearer > Numenta > > > On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 8:23 PM, Chetan Surpur <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Kaggle team, >> >> Hope everyone's okay with communicating general stuff here, as per >> request. >> >> I was thinking that we could start simply, by just feeding in the stream >> of solar energy readings to the CLA sequentially. This will allow us to see >> how well it does at predicting solar energy from just the temporal >> sequence, and the time of day, day of week, etc. >> >> In parallel, someone else can learn to extract what we need from the GEFS >> weather data, correlating the weather variables with each solar energy >> reading time. We can build a CSV file of all the variables together, and >> run a swarm. >> >> How does this approach sound? >> >> I can volunteer to set up the project and start feeding the solar energy >> with temporal information to the CLA. Whoever wants to help is welcome to. >> Anyone up for massaging the GEFS data as described above? >> >> Thanks, >> Chetan >> >> P.S. We still need a team name! >> >> >> On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 9:31 PM, Tim McNamara < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> +1 >>> >>> Very interested in observing this project >>> On 22/10/2013 12:08 AM, "Matthew Taylor" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Pedro et al, >>>> >>>> Unless you're actually going to be dealing with proprietary >>>> information, I encourage you to have your Kaggle discussions here on >>>> the mailing list. I'm sure there are others out there interested in >>>> what you're doing, but unable to take part (like me). >>>> >>>> Feel free to start a new thread, or use this one, but please use this >>>> list if you can. No one has complained about too many emails... yet >>>> ;). >>>> >>>> --------- >>>> Matt Taylor >>>> OS Community Flag-Bearer >>>> Numenta >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Pedro Tabacof <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> > Hello, >>>> > >>>> > Thank you all for the interest. I think now it's time to create a >>>> private >>>> > thread for the competition. The Solar Energy competition was the most >>>> voted >>>> > one so it can be our first Kaggle attempt. >>>> > >>>> > If anyone else is also interested in joining the competition, just >>>> send me a >>>> > message. >>>> > >>>> > Pedro. >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 3:13 PM, Doug King <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >> I'm interested in joining the team. I looked at the Kaggle contests >>>> and I >>>> >> agree that the best choice would be Solar Energy Prediction, but I >>>> wouldn't >>>> >> discount the Phone accelerometer contest. I think its a good fit for >>>> the CLA >>>> >> and and interesting application. The forum posts for that contest >>>> seem to >>>> >> indicate the sponsors are willing to judge a 'clean' (no leakage) >>>> version of >>>> >> the contest. >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 10:45 AM, Jay Gokhale <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>> >>>> >>> I'd love to use CLA's on a kaggle project! >>>> >>> >>>> >>> If Chetan's description is correct, it seems to me that the Solar >>>> Energy >>>> >>> Prediction contest would be the most straight forward one to work >>>> on. >>>> >>> >>>> >>> Jay Gokhale >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 9:07 PM, Matthew Taylor <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> These also sound like good hackathon projects! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Matt >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Sent from my MegaPhone >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Oct 16, 2013, at 8:03 PM, Chetan Surpur <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I'm interested in participating! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I haven't decided on one yet, but I wanted to point out that the >>>> CLA >>>> >>>> looks ideally suited for the AMS 2013-2014 Solar Energy Prediction >>>> contest. >>>> >>>> From what I can tell, it's about predicting the daily energy >>>> output of solar >>>> >>>> farms from 12, 15, 18, 21, 24-hourly training data. There's 29 >>>> days to go. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 7:31 PM, Pedro Tabacof <[email protected]> >>>> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> After the warm reception of the Kaggle competition idea, I >>>> decided to >>>> >>>>> create the thread asap. For those who are not aware, Kaggle is a >>>> data mining >>>> >>>>> competition website. It has been hyped on the machine learning >>>> media and has >>>> >>>>> some great people participating in it. It rewards with different >>>> prizes, but >>>> >>>>> my focus is not earn money, but rather to see how good NuPIC >>>> would fare >>>> >>>>> against the state of the art. I found those following >>>> competitions to be a >>>> >>>>> viable start: >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> 1) Accelerometer Biometric Competition >>>> >>>>> From real acceleration data you have to guess from which cell >>>> phone >>>> >>>>> came the test samples. >>>> >>>>> 36 days to go >>>> >>>>> Pros: >>>> >>>>> -Multivariable, temporal data seems ideal for the CLA >>>> >>>>> Cons: >>>> >>>>> -The best competitors are using data leaks (meta-information), so >>>> the >>>> >>>>> chance of winning fairly is zero (though they will give a >>>> consolation prize >>>> >>>>> to the best "honest" entry) >>>> >>>>> Questions: >>>> >>>>> -How fast would NuPIC go through a 1GB CSV file? >>>> >>>>> -The test data is not open-ended, that is, you have to say >>>> whether a >>>> >>>>> recording belongs to a specific cell phone or not, with 50% >>>> chance of being >>>> >>>>> right. Would NuPIC do well in this case? >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> 2) Multi-Label Bird Species Classification >>>> >>>>> Try to guess the bird species present on some audio recordings >>>> >>>>> 38 days to go >>>> >>>>> Pros: >>>> >>>>> -Temporal data >>>> >>>>> Cons: >>>> >>>>> -Multiple labels, so I think we would need 87 different models, >>>> which >>>> >>>>> is kinda impractical >>>> >>>>> Question: >>>> >>>>> -Is there a better way to do multi-label classification with >>>> NuPIC? >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> 3) Conway's Reverse Game of Life >>>> >>>>> Reverse the game of life for 1 to 5 steps >>>> >>>>> 4 months to go >>>> >>>>> Pros: >>>> >>>>> -Natural input sparseness (have to check on it) >>>> >>>>> -Temporal data >>>> >>>>> -Multistep classification >>>> >>>>> -We can generate our own training data if necessary >>>> >>>>> Cons: >>>> >>>>> -Maybe there are very straightforward ways to solve this (rule >>>> based, >>>> >>>>> brute force, etc) >>>> >>>>> -Too much time before the competition ends >>>> >>>>> Questions: >>>> >>>>> -How sparse does the input need to be for the CLA to work well? >>>> >>>>> -Is it possible to use a 2D arrangement on the cells connection >>>> matrix? >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> There is also the AMS 2013-2014 Solar Energy Prediction contest, >>>> but I >>>> >>>>> didn't have time to go over it. The other competitions don't seem >>>> to be >>>> >>>>> suited for NuPIC. >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> Who here is interested on participating and what competition do >>>> you >>>> >>>>> think to be the most promising one? >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> Pedro. >>>> >>>>> -- >>>> >>>>> Pedro Tabacof, >>>> >>>>> Unicamp - Eng. de Computação 08. >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> >>>>> nupic mailing list >>>> >>>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>>> http://lists.numenta.org/mailman/listinfo/nupic_lists.numenta.org >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> >>>> nupic mailing list >>>> >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> http://lists.numenta.org/mailman/listinfo/nupic_lists.numenta.org >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> >>>> nupic mailing list >>>> >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> http://lists.numenta.org/mailman/listinfo/nupic_lists.numenta.org >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>>> >>> nupic mailing list >>>> >>> [email protected] >>>> >>> http://lists.numenta.org/mailman/listinfo/nupic_lists.numenta.org >>>> >>> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> _______________________________________________ >>>> >> nupic mailing list >>>> >> [email protected] >>>> >> http://lists.numenta.org/mailman/listinfo/nupic_lists.numenta.org >>>> >> >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > -- >>>> > Pedro Tabacof, >>>> > Unicamp - Eng. de Computação 08. >>>> > >>>> > _______________________________________________ >>>> > nupic mailing list >>>> > [email protected] >>>> > http://lists.numenta.org/mailman/listinfo/nupic_lists.numenta.org >>>> > >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> nupic mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.numenta.org/mailman/listinfo/nupic_lists.numenta.org >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> nupic mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.numenta.org/mailman/listinfo/nupic_lists.numenta.org >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nupic mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.numenta.org/mailman/listinfo/nupic_lists.numenta.org >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > nupic mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.numenta.org/mailman/listinfo/nupic_lists.numenta.org > > -- Fergal Byrne, Brenter IT <http://www.examsupport.ie>http://inbits.com - Better Living through Thoughtful Technology e:[email protected] t:+353 83 4214179 Formerly of Adnet [email protected] http://www.adnet.ie
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