Hi Amanjit, welcome! :)
Check out our wiki and how to best get involved. We are looking for people like you -- your skills are fine...make sure to show us you are motivated! So send a patch which is the best way to support your application. Also check the mailing list archives for similar questions that were asked before. Looking forward to your contribution! Heiko 2016-03-07 23:25 GMT+00:00 Amanjit Kainth < [email protected]>: > Hi Developers, > > I am currently a junior student studying Applied Mathematics at the > University of Toronto. I am interested in applying for GSOC this year, and > Implementing Gaussian Process models is one of the most attractive > potential topics to me. I have taken courses in Statistical Machine > learning and Data Mining, and have actually spent time implementing > Gaussian Process Models for regression for an assignment in the course. I > am also currently taking a course in Probabilistic Graphical Models, and > this course covers the other part of the project, which is Variational > inference (and lots of other exciting methods - check it out here > http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~zemel/inquiry/courses_home.php?ID=5&SEM=10). I > am also currently working on a project (which is supposed to be a year-end > project for this course), working on Modelling Networks using > (Gaussian) belief propagation on Graphical Models. I would really > appreciate some feedback (or questions?) regarding this topic and my > background as I want to start working on my proposal soon enough. > > Thanks, > > Amanjit > >
