To add to Sri's comments: A prototype implementation of the Mahout Matrix and Vector interfaces with h2o back-end is in progress outside of Mahout with the intention of using it as a test-bed for developing implementations of several Mahout algorithms such as SSVD. This code is intended for contribution if the objections of one committer are over-come by the concrete results of the prototype.
On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 6:47 PM, SriSatish Ambati <[email protected]>wrote: > Grant, > On 0xdata / H2O front: > > We feel very excited at making Apache Mahout the principal platform for > scalable machine learning and are rapidly prototyping an initial > integration with the Matrix API. Ted (apache.org), Cliff Click ( > acm.org/0xdata), Anand Avati (Redhat) and Michal Malohava (0xdata) are > heads down on that & making brisk progress. We hope to get the discussions > restarted in the JIRAs and google hangouts as soon as we get past the first > cut . > > We also chose to have the first level integration with Mahout will be as a > maven dependency - > That way we can flesh things out without major interruption and the grant > work. > > In parallel, several members and teams have been reworking the core > architecture to get a clean separation on the Algorithms & Core, an > in-memory (mr/task) API and a decent client framework with data read/write. > This will allow Apache Mahout and other ML libraries to use Spark, > Stratosphere or other engines for performance and extensibility. > > This is the state of the union at the moment - > I'm very enthusiastic at making this a win for the ardent Community of > Machine Learning users and developers. > We are very grateful for the warmth, welcome, attention and impassionate > reviews we received from the Apache community. Thank you for that. > We should have more to report in the month ahead. > > Looking forward, Sri > > > > On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 6:44 AM, Grant Ingersoll <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Can someone summarize the 0xData and the Spark work for me for the board > > report? I've unfortunately been too busy to keep up on the threads on > it, > > but need to write the board report for this month. > > > > You can either summarize here or add it to the community section at > > > https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/mahout/pmc/board-reports/2014/board-report-apr.txt > > > > Also, assuming we are going ahead w/ the 0xData stuff, we likely need to > > do a software grant for that. > > > > Thanks, > > Grant > > > > -------------------------------------------- > > Grant Ingersoll | @gsingers > > http://www.lucidworks.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > ceo & co-founder, 0 <http://www.0xdata.com/>*x*data Inc > +1-408.316.8192 >
