+1, the best so far
On 5/11/10 6:26 AM, [email protected] wrote:
Author: srowen Date: Tue May 11 13:26:57 2010 New Revision: 943118 URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=943118&view=rev Log: Edits from dev list Modified: lucene/mahout/pmc/board-reports/2010/board-report-may.txt Modified: lucene/mahout/pmc/board-reports/2010/board-report-may.txt URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/lucene/mahout/pmc/board-reports/2010/board-report-may.txt?rev=943118&r1=943117&r2=943118&view=diff ============================================================================== --- lucene/mahout/pmc/board-reports/2010/board-report-may.txt (original) +++ lucene/mahout/pmc/board-reports/2010/board-report-may.txt Tue May 11 13:26:57 2010 @@ -4,15 +4,21 @@ This is the first report from Mahout as recently reported status with Lucene's special April report. We take the opportunity to summarize Mahout state and restate recent activity. -Mahout's goal is to build scalable machine learning libraries. "Scalable" -means Hadoop-based implementations using MapReduce. The "machine learning" -implemented to date has been primarily in the broad areas of: +OVERVIEW + +Mahout's goal is to build scalable implementations of machine learning and +data mining algorithms. "Scalable" means designed with exceptional scale in +mind, for efficiency and low memory consumption, and in many cases means +providing Hadoop-based implementations. The "machine learning" implemented +to date has been primarily in the broad areas of: - Collaborative filtering / recommender engines - Clustering - Classification - Frequent item set mining +CURRENT ACTIVITY + Mahout has created a release approximately every six months, most recently releasing version 0.3 in March 2010. The project remains in a state of rapid change and evolution, and looks to release 0.4 in September, 2010. @@ -21,6 +27,11 @@ Recent activity in the project can be vi https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa? pid=12310751&fixfor=12314396&resolution=1 +This month, Mahout will complete migration of website, mailing lists, +SVN, and other information to reflect its status as a top-level project. + +GOOGLE SUMMER OF CODE + Mahout will mentor five projects as part of Google's Summer of Code program. The projects will add or enhance capability in the specific areas of: @@ -31,6 +42,9 @@ areas of: - Neural network with back propagation learning - Eigencuts spectral clustering +MAHOUT IN ACTION + The book "Mahout in Action", published by Manning, continues to be written and is approximately half complete. It has received some favorable feedback via Manning's early access program. +
