Yes. I am pretty close to do fairly big commits in linalg department there. (distributed dsl expression optimizer and scripted-out SSVD).
We also possibly may want to think about scala script engine to run 3rd party mahout-math scripts or interactive sessions. -d On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 10:02 AM, Sebastian Schelter <s...@apache.org> wrote: > I would like to discuss whether we should start to have some Spark-related > code in Mahout. > > --sebastian > > > On 03/03/2014 06:56 PM, Suneel Marthi wrote: > >> Grant had setup a Google Hangout for Mahout sometime last year before 0.8 >> release. I had one setup too for 0.9 release. I definitely wouldn't want >> to have a hangout on Saturday or weekend. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Monday, March 3, 2014 12:52 PM, Ted Dunning <ted.dunn...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Happy to organize a google hangout. That has the advantage of allowing >> more attendees and supporting YouTube archiving. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> On Mar 3, 2014, at 9:34, Giorgio Zoppi <giorgio.zo...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hello All, >>> Dr.Dunning could you set a meeting next Sat morning, so we can chat and >>> discuss by skype improvements and what to do and indentify volunteer and >>> tasks. >>> Best Regards, >>> Giorgio >>> >>> >>> 2014-03-03 18:30 GMT+01:00 peng <pc...@uowmail.edu.au>: >>> >>> Me three >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sun 02 Mar 2014 11:45:33 AM EST, Ted Dunning wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Ravi, >>>>> >>>>> Good points. >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 12:38 AM, Ravi Mummulla < >>>>> ravi.mummu...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> - Natively support Windows (guidance, etc. No documentation exists >>>>> today, >>>>> >>>>>> for instance) >>>>>> >>>>> There is a bit of demand for that. >>>>> >>>>> - Faster time to first application (from discovery to first application >>>>> >>>>> currently takes a non-trivial amount of effort; how can we lower the >>>>>> bar >>>>>> and reduce the friction for adoption?) >>>>>> >>>>> There is huge evidence that this is important. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> - Better documenting use cases with working samples/examples >>>>> >>>>>> (Documentation >>>>>> on https://mahout.apache.org/users/basics/algorithms.html is spread >>>>>> out >>>>>> and >>>>>> there is too much focus on algorithms as opposed to use cases - this >>>>>> is >>>>>> an >>>>>> adoption blocker) >>>>>> >>>>> This is also important. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> - Uniformity of the API set across all algorithms (are we providing the >>>>> >>>>>> same experience across all APIs?) >>>>>> >>>>> And many people have been tripped up by this. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> - Measuring/publishing scalability metrics of various algorithms >>>>> (why >>>>> >>>>>> would >>>>>> we want users to adopt Mahout vs. other frameworks for ML at scale?) >>>>>> >>>>> I don't see this as important as some of your other points, but is >>>>> still >>>>> useful. >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Quiero ser el rayo de sol que cada día te despierta >>> para hacerte respirar y vivir en me. >>> "Favola -Moda". >>> >> >
