Dear Heiko Thanks for replying . Could you please give some more information or direct me to some resources/links about benchmarking system as I am unaware of that . Please excuse my ignorance .
Thanks & regards On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 1:45 PM, Heiko Strathmann < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi there, > > there are already a few ppl working on kmeans, I reccomend another > problem. Also, we will not provide you with datasets. Please find some on > your own (or just do the benchmark in mlpacks's benchmarking system > mentioned in the github threads). > > Looking forward to your contribution :) > > H > > 2016-03-14 2:14 GMT+00:00 Rudrani Angira <[email protected]>: > >> >> Hello Everyone >> >> I am Rudrani Angira , pursuing MS Computer Science at Indiana University >> . I am highly interested in contributing the ML project for Shogun . >> I was going through the issue for "*slow K-means* " and Shogun >> documentation . It would be really helpful if you could please provide a >> data set which has been already tested for* K-means.cpp* . As I would >> want to debug the Kmeans.cpp and my algorithm on that dataset. I think I >> should be able to come out with some concrete results . >> Thanks in advance for your cooperation in advance . >> >> Best >> Rudrani Angira >> >> On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 4:06 AM, Eejya Singh <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> Thank you for replying :) I'll look for a better suited task. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Eejya >>> >>> On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 3:57 PM, Heiko Strathmann < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Dear Eejya, >>>> >>>> welcome to Shogun! :) >>>> >>>> Entrance tasks are indeed the best way to get started. Unit tests are a >>>> good one. Pick the simplest case possible. Pick a model you understand. >>>> Test a standard condition. 10 lines of code patch. >>>> >>>> You don't need to be an ML expert to get started on this. We have lots >>>> of software engineering projects this GSoC. If you dont know how a HMM >>>> works, just pick something else -- there is plenty. >>>> >>>> Best >>>> Heiko >>>> >>>> 2016-03-12 4:07 GMT+00:00 Eejya Singh <[email protected]>: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> I am Eejya Singh a 4th year undergraduate in CS from BITS Pilani Goa >>>>> Campus. I would like to contribute to shogun. I had these entrance tasks >>>>> in >>>>> mind - https://github.com/shogun-toolbox/shogun/issues/2713 >>>>> https://github.com/shogun-toolbox/shogun/issues/2715 >>>>> >>>>> However, I am not sure how to begin with the tasks. Any pointers on >>>>> how to start? >>>>> >>>>> Also, since I am still a beginner in ML, I'm not sure if I'll be able >>>>> to implement the tasks in the given amount of time to be able to apply for >>>>> GSoC. So, would it be possible for me to work for shogun outside GSoC? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks and Regards, >>>>> Eejya >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Eejya Singh, >>> 4th year undergraduate, >>> Computer Science, >>> BITS Pilani Goa Campus >>> >> >> >
