Hey Jim! Would love to have you help out.
A first step might be familiarizing your self a bit with the Mahout R-Like DSL Samsera: https://mahout.apache.org/users/environment/in-core-reference.html https://mahout.apache.org/users/environment/out-of-core-reference.html A good place to start would be looking at the JIRA board for 'beginner' issues https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MAHOUT-1930?filter=12339671 The new algorithms framework is in place, https://github.com/apache/mahout/tree/master/math-scala/src/main/scala/org/apache/mahout/math/algorithms It is pretty sparse right now (read "ripe with opportunity")- you want something a bit more challenging and there is a particular method you are familiar with, you might try your hand at implementing it in that framework. Other than that- look around the code base / JIRA boards. If there is something that strikes you, give it a shot- we're happy to help! And finally, I've seen you around the mailing lists on a couple of other projects. If you happen to know any thing about migrating our website from CMS to Jekyll- that would be a huge help too (though not as machine-learny). Trevor Grant Data Scientist https://github.com/rawkintrevo http://stackexchange.com/users/3002022/rawkintrevo http://trevorgrant.org *"Fortunate is he, who is able to know the causes of things." -Virgil* On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 10:18 PM, Jim Jagielski <j...@jagunet.com> wrote: > Hello there! > > I've been following Mahout and lurking for a long, long time. > I never really had the cycles to get involved, but I always > found it a very interesting project, and the whole ML area > as fascinating as well... > > Anyway, I'm looking for some new projects to basically > help out with and have fun with, and Mahout is on my short > list. So before I try "jumping in" I thought I'd send out > a quick "Hello", see if there are things that people would > encourage me to "look at first" and just give fair warning. :) > > Cheers! >
