+1 -- Gianmarco
On 1 December 2015 at 14:57, Nicolas Kourtellis <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Here is a draft of our December 2015 report. Please send me any comments by > tomorrow. > > Also, we will need a volunteer to prepare the report for March 2016. > It only takes 10-20 mins to collect all needed numbers and write down the > main updates of the project, so you could do it very easily! > > Sign up here for the next slots! > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SM4HRPXI7XONBIH_KDkWrsKDLBy_WRPXavjSDEy37bc/edit > > Thanks, > > Nicolas > > > ============================ > > SAMOA > > SAMOA provides a collection of distributed streaming algorithms for the > most > > common data mining and machine learning tasks such as classification, > > clustering, and regression, as well as programming abstractions to develop > new > > algorithms that run on top of distributed stream processing engines > (DSPEs). > > It features a pluggable architecture that allows it to run on several DSPEs > > such as Apache Flink, Apache Storm, Apache S4, and Apache Samza. > > SAMOA has been incubating since 2014-12-15. > > Three most important issues to address in the move towards graduation: > > 1. Grow the community > > 2. Elect new PMC members > > 3. Following up our first release with further releases > > Any issues that the Incubator PPMC (IPMC) or ASF Board wish/need to be > aware of? > > None. > > How has the community developed since the last report? > > Mailing list activity (September-October-November 2015): > > * @dev: 120 messages > > Jira issues backlog (September-October-November 2015): > > * Created: 8 > > * Resolved: 6 > > Our main goal is to grow the community, which is still pretty small. > > We are doing a large amount of dissemination work in conferences and events > > to promote SAMOA. For example, we had two talks at technical conferences: > > 1) A talk at the Apache Conference BigData, in Budapest, Hungary, during > > the week of September 28-30, 2015. > > 2) A talk at the Flink Forward, a conference for the Apache Flink DSPE, in > Berlin, > > Germany, October 12-13, 2015 > > We have had contributions from outside the PPMC. In particular, we have had > contributions for: > > 1) integrating Apache Avro input with Apache Samoa, > > 2) a proposal for integrating Apache APEX as a new DSPE, > > 3) continued the collaboration with the Apache Flink community. > > How has the project developed since the last report? > > Main developments: > > * Performed development and testing of the VHT module. > > * Fixed various bugs and improved ensemble and bagging methods. > > * Worked on the integration of new data sources like Apache Avro. > > * Improved the website to include more material for new contributors. > > Date of last release: > > 2015-07-21 > > When were the last committers or PPMC members elected? > > None > ============================ >
