Re: using conan to manage Apache Incubator MXNet project dependencies

[Ivan Serdyuk]

Kostantin, and what (overall) option with using Gradle? Does this your
suggested package manager has been supported by Gradle?

Ivan

On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 9:43 AM Konstantin Ivlev 
wrote:

> hello,
>
> this email is related to the following PR and JIRA ticket:
> - [MXNET-1229] use OpenBLAS, lapack & OpenCV from conan
> 
> - use conan to manage project dependencies
> 
>
> conan  is an open-source package manager for C++
> projects. it allows to manage project dependencies in transparent and
> declarative manner.
>
> currently, apache incubator-mxnet project uses the following different
> ways to manage its dependencies:
>
> - download GitHub archives during the build
> - OpenBLAS 
> - OpenCV 
> - conda  (alternative way to GitHub archives)
> - download from CMake
> - Intel Math Kernel Library 
> (MKL)
> - Git submodules
> - cub 
> - dlpack 
> - dmlc-core 
> - googletest 
> - mkldnn 
> - mshadow 
> - onnx-tensorrt 
> - openmp 
> - ps-lite 
> - tvm 
>
> this appears to be very heterogeneous and hard to manage/maintain, as
> multiple various commands are in use to achieve dependencies installation,
> as well as multiple places are to look for dependency versions and their
> updates.
>
> with conan, it may became much more straightforward, as dependencies will
> be declared in single place (conanfile) and installed via single command
> (conan install).
>
> as project is very complex, and has lots of dependencies, for the first
> prototype I've used only very few of dependencies from conan: OpenCV
> , OpenBLAS
>  and lapack
> .
> others may be easily added then one by one, but they first has to be
> packaged (not all of them are packaged yet, e.g. GoogleTest
>  is
> available, while MKL is not).
>
> I attach patch which adds an initial conan support as proof of concept.
> also, I attach two simple build scripts, which I've used to test (for
> Windows and Linux / Mac OS X). Google Mail blocks .sh and .cmd extensions,
> so you'll need to rename files.
> lemme know if you have any further questions.
>
> yours sincerely, Konstantin
>

Re: summary Hangout October 24th 2018

[Ivan Serdyuk]

I am sorry - had to leave my location, due to an urgency. So wouldn't be
effective, at that time.

Ivan

On Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 3:58 AM Steffen Rochel 
wrote:

> Thanks to everybody who joined the call in the morning or afternoon PDT.
> Please see my notes from the discussion at
>
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MXNET/Hangout+October+24th+2018+8am+and+5pm+PDT
>
>
> My main takeaway:
> - we should move forward with 1.3.1 patch release soon and target to
> complete a 1.4.0 release around NIPS (week of December 3rd). I will update
> the next release  discussion thread
> - Ashok provided good feedback about issues with MXNet PR process and
> suggestions what we could do to improve - see hangout notes
> - Feedback on becoming committer/PPMC member proposal - see Hangout notes
>
> For everybody who couldn't make the call either in morning of afternoon PDT
> please let me know what time slot will work for you going forward.
>
> Regards,
> Steffen
>

Re: contributing

[Ivan Serdyuk]

Welcome to the club.

On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 10:46 PM matd...@gmail.com  wrote:

> Hi folks,
> I'm interested in contributing on the Scala part.
> I'm relatively new to MXNet, but I think I can take some "low hanging
> fruits" as they say.
>
> To start, I would appreciate some hints to iterate quick on
> dev/compile/test. Using make it's a bit ... cumbersome.
>
> ++
> Mathieu
>

Re: Proposal: Apache MXNet user group meetings

[Ivan Serdyuk]

On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 9:04 PM Davydenko, Denis <
dzianis.davydze...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello, Apache MXNet community,
>

Hello.


> I would like to submit for your consideration updated and improved
> suggestion for Apache MXNet User Groups meetings: [1]. Main goals of this
> initiative are:
>
> - make it easy: users and developers should be able to understand what is
> Group Meeting and how to participate in it in under 60 seconds
>

Maybe.


>
> - make it real: users and developers will have access to Apache MXNet
> committers and contributors live and can discuss their topics in person
>
OK


>
> - make it scalable: it should be easy for Apache MXNet community members
> to join initiative and host more User Groups meetings on their own schedule
>

Well, we can do something for hosting such in Ukraine - but that is a
pretty good question: why would they go to Ukraine, from nearby countries
(considering that local developers/engineers could be interested by
default)? I as for local attendees - I might assume that they might even be
interested to come to Germany, cause of that (for a week, for instance -
and come to your local office).


>
> - make it fun: there should be minimal process to run User Groups meetings
>

Which would not be supported by Amazon? How do you imagine that?


> Please note this wiki page’s purpose is to introduce and describe
> initiative for Apache MXNet community and seek improvements/changes
> suggestions.


We might provide contributors, for composing this in Russian and Ukrainian,
too.


> User facing document will be separate and will only contain short
> paragraph on what is User Group meetings are and how to participate (see
> above: user should be able to understand it in under 60 seconds).
>

OK, that is predictable.


> There were couple quite successful pilot sessions hosted by group of
> Apache MXNet developers in Berlin. Users clearly likes this channel of
> communication and this initiative is an effort to streamline it for bigger
> user participation.
>

You can improve that by either switching audio/video streaming software -
either using zoom/bluejeans/hangouts/... via round robin or providing
streaming for few services (at once - say, people could chose bet. chime
and zoom). I am able to find sponsors for commercial accounts for such
software - as also as for covering the costs of the hardware setup (within
the MXNet hours hosting location, to stream audio/video online). So those
options would be added to what AWS would support.


> Also, we are looking to add small reference to User Groups meetings into
> Apache MXNet documentation to bring user awareness up.
>

I am running a user group's page on Facebook and could share something on
meetup.com. I could assist.

Re: MXNet Berlin Office Hours

[Ivan Serdyuk]

Able to see Carl Tsai online - but can't hear anyone. My webcam is on

On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 4:54 PM, Marco de Abreu <
marco.g.ab...@googlemail.com.invalid> wrote:

> Two more hours until we start :)
>
> Ivan Serdyuk  schrieb am Di., 14. Aug. 2018,
> 15:53:
>
> > I am online.
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 8:27 PM, Anton Chernov 
> wrote:
> >
> > > Well we are a group of people physically located in Berlin and ready to
> > > provide help in person. A proposal to improve the process is described
> > here
> > > [1]. Any feedback will be greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > And I just wanted to mention that we had already a few sessions with a
> > lot
> > > of people being happy about the help they got. Sometimes a discussion
> in
> > > person makes a problem so much easier to solve.
> > >
> > > Best
> > > Anton
> > >
> > > [1]
> > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MXNET/
> > > PROPOSAL%3A+Apache+MXNet%28Incubating%29+Office+Hours
> > >
> > > вт, 24 июл. 2018 г. в 4:32, Hen :
> > >
> > > > Noting that I find "MXNet Berlin team" a very confusing concept.
> > > >
> > > > Does that mean "Apache MXNet committers who happen to live in
> Berlin?"
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 2:27 AM, Anton Chernov 
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Dear MXNet community,
> > > > >
> > > > > As part of our customer support the MXNet Berlin team is offering
> > > office
> > > > > hours on Tuesdays 6pm-7pm (CEST) | 9:00am-10am (PST).
> > > > >
> > > > > They happen onsite in the Amazon Berlin office:
> > > > > Krausenstraße 38, 10117 Berlin in BER12 01.501
> > > > >
> > > > > Conference Bridge Information
> > > > >
> > > > > Chime meeting ID: 5461650798
> > > > > Join via browser screen share: https://chime.aws/5461650798
> > > > > Join via phone (US): +1-929-432-4463,,5461650798#
> > > > > Join via phone (US toll-free): +1-855-552-4463,,5461650798#
> > > > > International dial-in: https://chime.aws/dialinnumbers/
> > > > > In-room video system: Ext: 62000, Meeting PIN: 5461650798#
> > > > >
> > > > > How can we help you?
> > > > >
> > > > > The following are a few examples of the types of consultations we
> > > > provide:
> > > > >
> > > > > * CI and infrastructure questions
> > > > > * Build system
> > > > > * Benchmarking
> > > > > * Edge devices (for example Raspberry Pi, Jetson)
> > > > > * C++
> > > > > * General questions
> > > > >
> > > > > Before attending
> > > > >
> > > > > Try finding answers on:
> > > > >
> > > > > * Our discussion forum (https://discuss.mxnet.io)
> > > > > * StackOverflow mxnet tag (https://stackoverflow.com/
> > > > > questions/tagged/mxnet)
> > > > > * MXNet website (https://mxnet.incubator.apache.org/faq/)
> > > > > * Github issues (https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues)
> > > > >
> > > > > If this does not help:
> > > > >
> > > > > In advance fill out a github issue (
> > > > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/new) at least a
> few
> > > > days
> > > > > before so that the team member who will help with the issue gets a
> > > chance
> > > > > to prepare.
> > > > >
> > > > > Main point of contact through email: mxnet-edge-oncall-primary[at]a
> > > > > mazon.com
> > > > >
> > > > > Best regards
> > > > > Anton Chernov
> > > > >
> > > > > [1]
> > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MXNET/
> > > > > MXNet+Berlin+Office+Hours
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

Re: MXNet Berlin Office Hours

[Ivan Serdyuk]

I am online.

On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 8:27 PM, Anton Chernov  wrote:

> Well we are a group of people physically located in Berlin and ready to
> provide help in person. A proposal to improve the process is described here
> [1]. Any feedback will be greatly appreciated.
>
> And I just wanted to mention that we had already a few sessions with a lot
> of people being happy about the help they got. Sometimes a discussion in
> person makes a problem so much easier to solve.
>
> Best
> Anton
>
> [1]
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MXNET/
> PROPOSAL%3A+Apache+MXNet%28Incubating%29+Office+Hours
>
> вт, 24 июл. 2018 г. в 4:32, Hen :
>
> > Noting that I find "MXNet Berlin team" a very confusing concept.
> >
> > Does that mean "Apache MXNet committers who happen to live in Berlin?"
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 2:27 AM, Anton Chernov 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Dear MXNet community,
> > >
> > > As part of our customer support the MXNet Berlin team is offering
> office
> > > hours on Tuesdays 6pm-7pm (CEST) | 9:00am-10am (PST).
> > >
> > > They happen onsite in the Amazon Berlin office:
> > > Krausenstraße 38, 10117 Berlin in BER12 01.501
> > >
> > > Conference Bridge Information
> > >
> > > Chime meeting ID: 5461650798
> > > Join via browser screen share: https://chime.aws/5461650798
> > > Join via phone (US): +1-929-432-4463,,5461650798#
> > > Join via phone (US toll-free): +1-855-552-4463,,5461650798#
> > > International dial-in: https://chime.aws/dialinnumbers/
> > > In-room video system: Ext: 62000, Meeting PIN: 5461650798#
> > >
> > > How can we help you?
> > >
> > > The following are a few examples of the types of consultations we
> > provide:
> > >
> > > * CI and infrastructure questions
> > > * Build system
> > > * Benchmarking
> > > * Edge devices (for example Raspberry Pi, Jetson)
> > > * C++
> > > * General questions
> > >
> > > Before attending
> > >
> > > Try finding answers on:
> > >
> > > * Our discussion forum (https://discuss.mxnet.io)
> > > * StackOverflow mxnet tag (https://stackoverflow.com/
> > > questions/tagged/mxnet)
> > > * MXNet website (https://mxnet.incubator.apache.org/faq/)
> > > * Github issues (https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues)
> > >
> > > If this does not help:
> > >
> > > In advance fill out a github issue (
> > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/new) at least a few
> > days
> > > before so that the team member who will help with the issue gets a
> chance
> > > to prepare.
> > >
> > > Main point of contact through email: mxnet-edge-oncall-primary[at]a
> > > mazon.com
> > >
> > > Best regards
> > > Anton Chernov
> > >
> > > [1]
> > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MXNET/
> > > MXNet+Berlin+Office+Hours
> > >
> >
>

Re: Berlin office hours

[Ivan Serdyuk]

There are issues with a camera - it require a desktop app. It is simpler to
use zoom, as a desktop app - and not rely on a browser.

On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 2:50 PM, Marco de Abreu <
marco.g.ab...@googlemail.com.invalid> wrote:

> Sure!
>
> There's no special reason. We just have free access to Chime and a lot of
> contributors are familiar with it. Is there any reason you prefer Zoom or
> do you have issues with Chime?
>
> -Marco
>
> Ivan Serdyuk  schrieb am Mi., 8. Aug. 2018,
> 13:39:
>
> > Understood. Let's try next Tuesday.
> >
> > Btw: why haven't use try zoom?
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 2:04 PM, Marco de Abreu <
> > marco.g.ab...@googlemail.com.invalid> wrote:
> >
> > > Ah, there's the problem. The time is 6-7pm CEST. Kiev is not on CEST.
> For
> > > you, that would be 5-6pm in future.
> > >
> > > -Marco
> > >
> > > Ivan Serdyuk  schrieb am Mi., 8. Aug.
> > 2018,
> > > 12:40:
> > >
> > > > I opened it at 6 PM, Kyiv time. Nobody was there online.
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 9:05 PM, Marco de Abreu <
> > > > marco.g.ab...@googlemail.com.invalid> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi Ivan,
> > > > >
> > > > > That's a pity! I'm afraid you just missed us. Could it be possible
> > that
> > > > > there is some mix-up due to the different time zones? The office
> hour
> > > > ended
> > > > > 3 mins before you've sent the email.
> > > > >
> > > > > Do you have a link to your issue? Maybe we can resolve your
> questions
> > > on
> > > > > here.
> > > > >
> > > > > Best regards,
> > > > > Marco
> > > > >
> > > > > Ivan Serdyuk  schrieb am Di., 7.
> Aug.
> > > > 2018,
> > > > > 18:03:
> > > > >
> > > > > > I have opened the link to the Chine meeting room - but I was
> alone
> > > > there.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 6:05 PM, Yuelin Zhang <
> > > > zhangyuelinch...@gmail.com
> > > > > >
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hi Marco,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I will attend office hour for code review and label bot
> > deployment
> > > > > > process.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > > Cathy
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Marco de Abreu  invalid>于2018年8月7日
> > > > > > 周二06:01写道：
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Hello,
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I'd like to send out a quick reminder for todays office
> hours:
> > > > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MXNET/
> > > > > > > MXNet+Berlin+Office+Hours
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Please don't forget to have a thread on dev@ before
> attending.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > The office hour will be held by myself.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Best regards,
> > > > > > > > Marco
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

Re: Berlin office hours

[Ivan Serdyuk]

Understood. Let's try next Tuesday.

Btw: why haven't use try zoom?

On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 2:04 PM, Marco de Abreu <
marco.g.ab...@googlemail.com.invalid> wrote:

> Ah, there's the problem. The time is 6-7pm CEST. Kiev is not on CEST. For
> you, that would be 5-6pm in future.
>
> -Marco
>
> Ivan Serdyuk  schrieb am Mi., 8. Aug. 2018,
> 12:40:
>
> > I opened it at 6 PM, Kyiv time. Nobody was there online.
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 9:05 PM, Marco de Abreu <
> > marco.g.ab...@googlemail.com.invalid> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Ivan,
> > >
> > > That's a pity! I'm afraid you just missed us. Could it be possible that
> > > there is some mix-up due to the different time zones? The office hour
> > ended
> > > 3 mins before you've sent the email.
> > >
> > > Do you have a link to your issue? Maybe we can resolve your questions
> on
> > > here.
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > > Marco
> > >
> > > Ivan Serdyuk  schrieb am Di., 7. Aug.
> > 2018,
> > > 18:03:
> > >
> > > > I have opened the link to the Chine meeting room - but I was alone
> > there.
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 6:05 PM, Yuelin Zhang <
> > zhangyuelinch...@gmail.com
> > > >
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi Marco,
> > > > >
> > > > > I will attend office hour for code review and label bot deployment
> > > > process.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > Cathy
> > > > >
> > > > > Marco de Abreu 于2018年8月7日
> > > > 周二06:01写道：
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hello,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'd like to send out a quick reminder for todays office hours:
> > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MXNET/
> > > > > MXNet+Berlin+Office+Hours
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Please don't forget to have a thread on dev@ before attending.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The office hour will be held by myself.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Best regards,
> > > > > > Marco
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

Re: Berlin office hours

[Ivan Serdyuk]

I opened it at 6 PM, Kyiv time. Nobody was there online.

On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 9:05 PM, Marco de Abreu <
marco.g.ab...@googlemail.com.invalid> wrote:

> Hi Ivan,
>
> That's a pity! I'm afraid you just missed us. Could it be possible that
> there is some mix-up due to the different time zones? The office hour ended
> 3 mins before you've sent the email.
>
> Do you have a link to your issue? Maybe we can resolve your questions on
> here.
>
> Best regards,
> Marco
>
> Ivan Serdyuk  schrieb am Di., 7. Aug. 2018,
> 18:03:
>
> > I have opened the link to the Chine meeting room - but I was alone there.
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 6:05 PM, Yuelin Zhang  >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Marco,
> > >
> > > I will attend office hour for code review and label bot deployment
> > process.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Cathy
> > >
> > > Marco de Abreu 于2018年8月7日
> > 周二06:01写道：
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I'd like to send out a quick reminder for todays office hours:
> > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MXNET/
> > > MXNet+Berlin+Office+Hours
> > > >
> > > > Please don't forget to have a thread on dev@ before attending.
> > > >
> > > > The office hour will be held by myself.
> > > >
> > > > Best regards,
> > > > Marco
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

Re: Berlin office hours

[Ivan Serdyuk]

I have opened the link to the Chine meeting room - but I was alone there.

On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 6:05 PM, Yuelin Zhang 
wrote:

> Hi Marco,
>
> I will attend office hour for code review and label bot deployment process.
>
> Thanks,
> Cathy
>
> Marco de Abreu 于2018年8月7日 周二06:01写道：
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'd like to send out a quick reminder for todays office hours:
> > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MXNET/
> MXNet+Berlin+Office+Hours
> >
> > Please don't forget to have a thread on dev@ before attending.
> >
> > The office hour will be held by myself.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Marco
> >
>

Re: MXNet Berlin Office Hours

[Ivan Serdyuk]

I have a single global question: I am looking for a global plan for
covering MXNet, for developer meetups. There are various APIs, for various
languages. So I guess i might come up with diff. backend communities (in my
home country - Ukraine).

Ivan

On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 7:31 PM, Steffen Rochel 
wrote:

> Ivan - you don't have to wait until next week, please feel free to post
> your question on https://discuss.mxnet.io/ or here or
> u...@mxnet.apache.org.
>
> Regards,
> Steffen
>
> On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 8:52 AM Marco de Abreu
>  wrote:
>
> > Hello Ivan,
> >
> > Sorry, the office hours were yesterday. It would be great if you could
> > attend next week!
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Marco
> >
> > Ivan Serdyuk  schrieb am Mi., 1. Aug.
> 2018,
> > 17:28:
> >
> > > Nock-nock. Anybody in a meeting room?
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 12:27 PM, Anton Chernov 
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Dear MXNet community,
> > > >
> > > > As part of our customer support the MXNet Berlin team is offering
> > office
> > > > hours on Tuesdays 6pm-7pm (CEST) | 9:00am-10am (PST).
> > > >
> > > > They happen onsite in the Amazon Berlin office:
> > > > Krausenstraße 38, 10117 Berlin in BER12 01.501
> > > >
> > > > Conference Bridge Information
> > > >
> > > > Chime meeting ID: 5461650798
> > > > Join via browser screen share: https://chime.aws/5461650798
> > > > Join via phone (US): +1-929-432-4463 <(929)%20432-4463>,,5461650798#
> > > > Join via phone (US toll-free): +1-855-552-4463 <(855)%20552-4463>
> > ,,5461650798#
> > > > International dial-in: https://chime.aws/dialinnumbers/
> > > > In-room video system: Ext: 62000, Meeting PIN: 5461650798#
> > > >
> > > > How can we help you?
> > > >
> > > > The following are a few examples of the types of consultations we
> > > provide:
> > > >
> > > > * CI and infrastructure questions
> > > > * Build system
> > > > * Benchmarking
> > > > * Edge devices (for example Raspberry Pi, Jetson)
> > > > * C++
> > > > * General questions
> > > >
> > > > Before attending
> > > >
> > > > Try finding answers on:
> > > >
> > > > * Our discussion forum (https://discuss.mxnet.io)
> > > > * StackOverflow mxnet tag (https://stackoverflow.com/
> > > > questions/tagged/mxnet)
> > > > * MXNet website (https://mxnet.incubator.apache.org/faq/)
> > > > * Github issues (https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues)
> > > >
> > > > If this does not help:
> > > >
> > > > In advance fill out a github issue (
> > > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/new) at least a few
> > > days
> > > > before so that the team member who will help with the issue gets a
> > chance
> > > > to prepare.
> > > >
> > > > Main point of contact through email: mxnet-edge-oncall-primary[at]a
> > > > mazon.com
> > > >
> > > > Best regards
> > > > Anton Chernov
> > > >
> > > > [1]
> > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MXNET/
> > > > MXNet+Berlin+Office+Hours
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

Re: MXNet Berlin Office Hours

[Ivan Serdyuk]

Nock-nock. Anybody in a meeting room?

On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 12:27 PM, Anton Chernov  wrote:

> Dear MXNet community,
>
> As part of our customer support the MXNet Berlin team is offering office
> hours on Tuesdays 6pm-7pm (CEST) | 9:00am-10am (PST).
>
> They happen onsite in the Amazon Berlin office:
> Krausenstraße 38, 10117 Berlin in BER12 01.501
>
> Conference Bridge Information
>
> Chime meeting ID: 5461650798
> Join via browser screen share: https://chime.aws/5461650798
> Join via phone (US): +1-929-432-4463,,5461650798#
> Join via phone (US toll-free): +1-855-552-4463,,5461650798#
> International dial-in: https://chime.aws/dialinnumbers/
> In-room video system: Ext: 62000, Meeting PIN: 5461650798#
>
> How can we help you?
>
> The following are a few examples of the types of consultations we provide:
>
> * CI and infrastructure questions
> * Build system
> * Benchmarking
> * Edge devices (for example Raspberry Pi, Jetson)
> * C++
> * General questions
>
> Before attending
>
> Try finding answers on:
>
> * Our discussion forum (https://discuss.mxnet.io)
> * StackOverflow mxnet tag (https://stackoverflow.com/
> questions/tagged/mxnet)
> * MXNet website (https://mxnet.incubator.apache.org/faq/)
> * Github issues (https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues)
>
> If this does not help:
>
> In advance fill out a github issue (
> https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/new) at least a few days
> before so that the team member who will help with the issue gets a chance
> to prepare.
>
> Main point of contact through email: mxnet-edge-oncall-primary[at]a
> mazon.com
>
> Best regards
> Anton Chernov
>
> [1]
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MXNET/
> MXNet+Berlin+Office+Hours
>

Re: MXNet Meetup in San Francisco - Aug 1 2018

[Ivan Serdyuk]

Ar least - your speakers could share slides

On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 10:44 AM, Hagay Lupesko  wrote:

> No, unfortunately we're not planning to stream or record the meetup
> (equipment/budget)
>
> On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 9:36 AM Ivan Serdyuk  >
> wrote:
>
> > Are you providing streaming or recording?
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 7:27 PM, Hagay Lupesko 
> wrote:
> >
> > > Hey folks,
> > >
> > > Sandeep and me are hosting a meetup in San Francisco Wednesday Aug 1
> 2018
> > > on "Emotion recognition in images: from idea to production".
> > > The details are here:
> > > https://www.meetup.com/deep-learning-with-mxnet/events/252916863/ -
> note
> > > that there is limited capacity, so if you are interested please RSVP.
> > >
> > > The community is welcomed to join us, will be a great opportunity to
> > mingle
> > > and get to know one another in person.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Hagay
> > >
> >
>

Re: MXNet Meetup in San Francisco - Aug 1 2018

[Ivan Serdyuk]

Are you providing streaming or recording?

On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 7:27 PM, Hagay Lupesko  wrote:

> Hey folks,
>
> Sandeep and me are hosting a meetup in San Francisco Wednesday Aug 1 2018
> on "Emotion recognition in images: from idea to production".
> The details are here:
> https://www.meetup.com/deep-learning-with-mxnet/events/252916863/ - note
> that there is limited capacity, so if you are interested please RSVP.
>
> The community is welcomed to join us, will be a great opportunity to mingle
> and get to know one another in person.
>
> Cheers,
> Hagay
>

Re: landing pages for the website

[Ivan Serdyuk]

I wonder if there would be a page for a list of startups, which use your
project (integration)? With details of type of cloud/inter-cloud (private;
hybrid; big commercail ones)

On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 9:44 PM, Steffen Rochel 
wrote:

> Hi Aaron - support Mu's suggestion to add an ecosystems page to add links
> to MXNet related projects (gluon toolkits, mxnet model server, keras, onnx,
> sockeye etc) to promote the solutions in the MXNet ecosystem. What do you
> suggest as next steps?
> Steffen
>
> On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 5:19 PM Mu Li  wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the proposal, Aaron. The landing page idea is great. I feel we
> > should group MXNet topics into landing pages, such as Gluon you
> mentioned,
> > also performance, and deployment. But I'm less sure if we want to add too
> > many contents from 3rd party projects into MXNet, otherwise, it may make
> > the MXnet docs have too many dependencies and hard to maintain. We may
> just
> > create an "ecosystem" page to add links to all high-quality 3rd party
> > libraries.
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 5:11 PM, Aaron Markham <
> aaron.s.mark...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi dev@,
> > > We've had a lot of great expansions to MXNet's functionality and family
> > of
> > > tools in recent months. I would like to gauge the temp on what would be
> > > good to highlight, and what would be good as navigation items with
> actual
> > > landing pages.
> > >
> > > For example, when ONNX was added, being in a contrib package, it was
> > going
> > > to totally buried, so it has a navigation item under Docs and a landing
> > > page with some usage details. This page could certainly be enhanced, or
> > > there could also be a landing page for it in the docs folder.
> > > https://mxnet.incubator.apache.org/api/python/contrib/onnx.html
> > >
> > > Gluon needs a new landing page, and could probably be folded into the
> > Docs
> > > navigation. Why landing pages? We shouldn't have navigation items that
> > take
> > > you off of the site without warning. Github would be an exception. But
> > for
> > > books and tutorials suites that are off-deck, I think it would be a
> good
> > > habit to describe what it is and indicate where it goes. The tutorials
> > page
> > > has this notion with little icons now.
> > >
> > > The new Scala infer package will be buried once it rolls off of the new
> > > highlights section of the home page. Maybe we should have navigation
> > items
> > > for things like model serving and inference along with landing pages
> for
> > > each?
> > >
> > > Then we have a couple of projects outside MXNet, but directly add
> value,
> > > and could be highlighted with a landing page to describe what it does,
> > how
> > > to install it, plus links to the projects and some examples:
> > >
> > > * MXNet Model Server
> > > * Keras-MXNet
> > >
> > > I'm sure there's more. Let's discuss and promote all these good things.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Aaron
> > >
> >
>

Re: users@mxnet

[Ivan Serdyuk]

Well, there is a trend to for speaking about MXNet (Ukraine). At least I
have visited a meetup (with a workshop).

On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 9:42 PM, Sebastian  wrote:

> I am puzzled by the reluctance of this project to setup a user mailinglist
> to be honest.
>
> MXNet has major issues with attracting a community outside of Amazon
> (whenever I hear folks talking about deep learning, they usually mention
> tensorflow, pytorch and keras, but I rarely hear someone talk about MXNet).
> At the same time, there is so much resistance to adopt practices that are
> successfully used by many high-profile toplevel projects...
>
> -s
>
>
> On 18.06.2018 20:37, Timur Shenkao wrote:
>
>> Facebook is definitely a bad idea: we will be dependent on third party
>> provider + unclear who & how manages such group etc.
>> Forum + Confluence + Slack is  much better then.
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 7:17 PM, Ivan Serdyuk <
>> local.tourist.k...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Greetings Barber, Christopher. I had an idea to move out some discussions,
>>> covering Java and Scala API, to Facebook. So if somewhere exists a local
>>> JUG or Scala user group - they could reflect the topic of discussion. But
>>> background stuff could take place on mailing lists, Slack, forum,
>>> whatever.
>>> The reverse mechanism could be used to involve new committers, as well
>>> (so
>>> they would appear as presented newcomers, as for contributions).
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Ivan
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 8:40 PM, Barber, Christopher <
>>> christopher.bar...@analog.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I don't understand why you would want a users mailing list when you
>>>> already have discussion forums. Users that want to be notified of new
>>>>
>>> posts
>>>
>>>> on the forum can configure their notification preferences appropriately.
>>>> The traffic on the forums is already pretty low. I would think you would
>>>> not want to dilute that further.
>>>>
>>>> Christopher
>>>>
>>>> On 6/18/18, 1:27 PM, "Jim Jagielski"  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  users@ mailing lists have great societal advantages that one
>>>> shouldn't ignore...
>>>>
>>>>  And it's not like this is the only project with "multiple"
>>>> communication choices for users. Most, if not all, projects have
>>>> users@in
>>>> addition to such supplemental methods as IRC channels, a forum, etc...
>>>>
>>> It's
>>>
>>>> about making it easy to have as many users as possible and as many
>>>> potential ways for users to communicate. It's not confusing; it's
>>>> empowering :)
>>>>
>>>>  > On Jun 18, 2018, at 1:19 PM, Tianqi Chen <
>>>> tqc...@cs.washington.edu
>>>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>  >
>>>>  > The problem of having multiple separate channels of communication
>>>>
>>> is
>>>
>>>> that
>>>>  > users get confused, and the cost of maintenance goes up(people
>>>> have
>>>> to
>>>>  > watch both). As the current community was at discuss forum and
>>>> many
>>>> users
>>>>  > prefer it, having a mail-list is only a burden we will bring
>>>>  >
>>>>  > Tianqi
>>>>  >
>>>>  > On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 9:48 AM, Jim Jagielski 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>  >
>>>>  >> IMO, that is the wrong way to look at it.
>>>>  >>
>>>>  >> A users@ mailing list is a great, easy, low-cost and
>>>> low-overhead
>>>> way of
>>>>  >> *increasing* the user community and providing an extra level of
>>>> support.
>>>>  >> Unless there is "strong evidence" that this is NOT the case, I
>>>>
>>> would
>>>
>>>>  >> recommend we create the list.
>>>>  >>
>>>>  >>> On Jun 16, 2018, at 12:28 AM, Tianqi Chen <
>>>> tqc...@cs.washington.edu>
>>>>  >> wrote:
>>>>  >>>
>>>>  >>> So unless there is a strong evidence that our community users
>>>> prefers the
>>>>  >>> mail-list, I wou

Re: users@mxnet

[Ivan Serdyuk]

Greetings Barber, Christopher. I had an idea to move out some discussions,
covering Java and Scala API, to Facebook. So if somewhere exists a local
JUG or Scala user group - they could reflect the topic of discussion. But
background stuff could take place on mailing lists, Slack, forum, whatever.
The reverse mechanism could be used to involve new committers, as well (so
they would appear as presented newcomers, as for contributions).

Regards
Ivan

On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 8:40 PM, Barber, Christopher <
christopher.bar...@analog.com> wrote:

> I don't understand why you would want a users mailing list when you
> already have discussion forums. Users that want to be notified of new posts
> on the forum can configure their notification preferences appropriately.
> The traffic on the forums is already pretty low. I would think you would
> not want to dilute that further.
>
> Christopher
>
> On 6/18/18, 1:27 PM, "Jim Jagielski"  wrote:
>
> users@ mailing lists have great societal advantages that one
> shouldn't ignore...
>
> And it's not like this is the only project with "multiple"
> communication choices for users. Most, if not all, projects have users@in
> addition to such supplemental methods as IRC channels, a forum, etc... It's
> about making it easy to have as many users as possible and as many
> potential ways for users to communicate. It's not confusing; it's
> empowering :)
>
> > On Jun 18, 2018, at 1:19 PM, Tianqi Chen 
> wrote:
> >
> > The problem of having multiple separate channels of communication is
> that
> > users get confused, and the cost of maintenance goes up(people have
> to
> > watch both). As the current community was at discuss forum and many
> users
> > prefer it, having a mail-list is only a burden we will bring
> >
> > Tianqi
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 9:48 AM, Jim Jagielski 
> wrote:
> >
> >> IMO, that is the wrong way to look at it.
> >>
> >> A users@ mailing list is a great, easy, low-cost and low-overhead
> way of
> >> *increasing* the user community and providing an extra level of
> support.
> >> Unless there is "strong evidence" that this is NOT the case, I would
> >> recommend we create the list.
> >>
> >>> On Jun 16, 2018, at 12:28 AM, Tianqi Chen <
> tqc...@cs.washington.edu>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> So unless there is a strong evidence that our community users
> prefers the
> >>> mail-list, I would recommend we keep the current way
> >>>
> >>> Tianqi
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 9:25 PM, Sergio Fernández <
> wik...@apache.org>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
>  Are we targeting just Seattle as our community? I really hope we
> are
>  thinking a bit beyond that...
> 
>  On Fri, Jun 15, 2018, 21:22 Tianqi Chen  >
> >> wrote:
> 
> > I remember last time during the mxnet meetup in Seattle, we did a
> >> survey,
> > and most users preferred the current discuss forum. So I would
> say we
>  stick
> > with that given the user community prefers that
> >
> > Tianqi
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 9:13 PM, Sergio Fernández <
> wik...@apache.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Then, if everybody agree, let's request the mailing list
> creation to
> > INFRA
> >> ;-)
> >>
> >> Marco, I wouldn't do that. Typically developers are also
> subscribed
> > there,
> >> since they may be the most informed people for answering users'
> > questions.
> >> But the topics discussed there may not be of the interest for
> pure
> >> development purposes. Some discussions will jump from users@
> to dev@,
> > but
> >> at a different level. So I wouldn't forward one mailing list to
> the
> > other.
> >>
> >> On Fri, Jun 15, 2018, 21:01 Marco de Abreu
> >>  wrote:
> >>
> >>> I think nobody was opposed to it in the past, right?
> >>>
> >>> I'd propose that all emails automatically get copied to dev@
> to
>  ensure
> >>> high
> >>> visibility initially. What do you think?
> >>>
> >>> Sebastian  schrieb am Fr., 15. Juni 2018,
> 20:51:
> >>>
>  I have already proposed this many times in the past and would
> > strongly
>  encourage it.
> 
>  -s
> 
>  On 15.06.2018 21:56, Sergio Fernández wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > is there any good reason why the podling doesn't have a
> users@
> >> mailing
>  list
> > yet?
> >
> > Honestly speaking, I'm not a big fan of the other tools the
>  podling
> >> is
> > using. Slack and Web forums a cool tools, and I used them a
> lot
>  in
>

Re: About Becoming a Committer

[Ivan Serdyuk]

I guess you should add instructions about speaking on various event like
conf., meetups - to present the whole project team.

On Fri, Jun 8, 2018 at 11:15 PM, Sheng Zha  wrote:

> Hi,
>
> There have been a couple of offline inquiries from contributors about
> becoming a committer. From those inquiries, it seems that there’s confusion
> in our community about how to become a committer, so I’d like to take this
> opportunity to clarify.
>
> The guideline about becoming a committer can be found at
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MXNET/Becoming+a+Committer.
> The
> gist of the guideline is that, like any other Apache project, MXNet
> committers are invited by existing committers based on merit. The existing
> committers look for sustained, high quality contribution and community
> involvement among project contributors. When a candidate is spotted, this
> contributor will be nominated and voted among PMC members, and if all goes
> well, this contributor will receive an invitation to join as a committer
> and PMC member.
>
> Note that such discussion and decision happens in private among existing
> PMC members and mentors through consensus, and information regarding what
> happened in this process will always remain private, so as to rid the
> influence of different interest groups. PMC members will not ask
> contributors for committer application, nor will they accept one. Except
> the aforementioned PMC members consensus process, any other process by any
> organization under any circumstances will not be recognized.
>
> I hope that you find the above clarification helpful. If you have further
> question on this topic feel free to ask.
>
> Sheng
>

Re: Request for Sign up

[Ivan Serdyuk]

Hi. I am still not able to join Slack cahnnel.

On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 10:56 PM, Steffen Rochel 
wrote:

> Hi Kalyanee - welcome! Added you to slack channel.
> Steffen
>
> On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 11:44 AM Kalyanee Chendke 
> wrote:
>
> > Hey!
> >
> > I would like to request for sign up to the MXNet Apache Mailing list &
> also
> > to the MXNet Slack Channel.
> >
> > Kalyanee
> >
>

Re: home page highlights section updates

[Ivan Serdyuk]

Greetings, Aaron. I wonder if your attempt monitor/track improvements would
lead to easier schema of inviting speakers (workshops first-most), for
various events.


On Sat, Jun 2, 2018 at 12:57 AM, Aaron Markham 
wrote:

> Hi everyone, happy Friday,
>
> I've mocked up a couple of modifications for the highlights on the home
> page.
> The goal is to expose more news, more tutorials, and other interesting
> things people have been working on. If you've contributed something
> interesting and want to highlight it, you should be able to suggest an
> update to the page.
> It would be great to have variety and fresh content on the site.
>
> Here are a couple of ideas with screenshots that shouldn't be to hard to
> implement:
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MXNET/
> Website+Interface+Updates
>
> You can reply with feedback here or make comments on the wiki! What are
> your thoughts on:
> 1) getting fresh content on the site
> 2) highlighting contributors and their contributions
> 3) flow on changes and what kind of approvals are expected for swapping out
> highlights
> 4) UX ideas that are not too challenging to implement or maintain and work
> well with mobile
>
> Cheers,
> Aaron
>

Re: Slack. Subscription

[Ivan Serdyuk]

Rahul, I haven't received an email with your invite.

On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 9:52 AM, Rahul Huilgol <rahulhuil...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Sent an invite!
>
> On Thu, May 24, 2018, 11:49 PM Ivan Serdyuk <local.tourist.k...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Please subscribe to the Slack channel. Tnx
> >
>

Re: Slack. Subscription

[Ivan Serdyuk]

Thanks

On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 9:52 AM, Rahul Huilgol <rahulhuil...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Sent an invite!
>
> On Thu, May 24, 2018, 11:49 PM Ivan Serdyuk <local.tourist.k...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Please subscribe to the Slack channel. Tnx
> >
>

Slack. Subscription

[Ivan Serdyuk]

Please subscribe to the Slack channel. Tnx

Requesting Slack access

[Ivan Serdyuk]