Thanks Xiangrui. Appreciate the insights. I have uploaded the initial version of my presentation at http://goo.gl/1nBD8N Cheers <k/>
On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 12:17 AM, Xiangrui Meng <men...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Krishna, > > Some planned features for MLlib 1.2 can be found via Spark JIRA: > http://bit.ly/1ywotkm , though this list is not fixed. The feature > freeze will happen by the end of Oct. Then we will cut branch-1.2 and > start QA. I don't recommend using branch-1.2 for hands-on tutorial > around Oct 29th because that branch is not full tested at that time. > You should use 1.1 instead. Its binary packages and documentation can > be easily found on spark.apache.org, which is important for making > hands-on tutorial. > > Best, > Xiangrui > > On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 12:15 PM, Krishna Sankar <ksanka...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Guys, > > > > Need help in terms of the interesting features coming up in MLlib 1.2. > > I have a 2 Part, ~3 hr hands-on tutorial at the Big Data Tech Con > > > > "The Hitchhiker's Guide to Machine Learning with Python & Apache > Spark"[2] > > > > At minimum, it would be good to take the last 30 min to elaborate the new > > features in MLlib coming up in 1.2. > > > > If the features are stable, I might use 1.2 for the tutorial. > > It is hands-on, so want to use a stable Spark version. > > > > What are the salient ML features slated to be part of 1.2 ? > > Which branch should I look at ? > > Will it be stable enough by Oct 29th for the attendees to download ? > Then I > > can plan the materials around it. > > > > Cheers > > <k/> > > > > > > [1] My two talks : > http://www.bigdatatechcon.com/speakers.html#KrishnaSankar > > [2] Spark Talk : http://goo.gl/4Pcvuq > > >