GSoC 2011

[Neel Sheyal <la...@gmail.com>]

Hello
          Is Mahout applying for GSoC 2011? I am MS student who have
started dabbling with Mahout for my recent thesis on Machine Learning.
I have purchased the book "Mahout In Action" (MEAP) and would like to
know if there are any qualifying tasks that Mahout requires that the
student submit prior to their application being considered?

Thanks to all,

Regards,
Neel Sheyal

Re: GSoC 2011

[Grant Ingersoll <gs...@apache.org>]

Yes, I think we will, but mentor organizing hasn't started yet.



On Mar 2, 2011, at 7:54 AM, Neel Sheyal wrote:

> Hello
>          Is Mahout applying for GSoC 2011? I am MS student who have
> started dabbling with Mahout for my recent thesis on Machine Learning.
> I have purchased the book "Mahout In Action" (MEAP) and would like to
> know if there are any qualifying tasks that Mahout requires that the
> student submit prior to their application being considered?
> 
> Thanks to all,
> 
> Regards,
> Neel Sheyal

Re: GSoC 2011

[Neel Sheyal <la...@gmail.com>]

Hi Shannon,
>
> And if issue 363 is what you're looking at, I may be able to help you. Is that something you're interested in pursuing for GSoC?
>
I see that there are committed patches. I read through the proposal
but I am not sure I understand what else needs to be done here.  So,
if you may shine light on what needs to be done, that will help me
decide.

Thanks
Neel Sheyal

Re: GSoC 2011

[Shannon Quinn <sq...@gatech.edu>]

> First of all, even if someone is working on an existing issue there is
> still room to get involved by reviewing patches, making additions,
> proposing to split work and solve sub tasks.

And if issue 363 is what you're looking at, I may be able to help you. Is that something you're interested in pursuing for GSoC?

Shannon

Re: GSoC 2011

[Isabel Drost <is...@apache.org>]

On Mon, 07 Mar 11 Neel Sheyal wrote:
> > Not to contradict Ted, but we do have some qualifying tasks, they
> > just aren't formalized.
> >
> Are we expecting a formal and published list for the qualifying task?

As what students do before applying for GSoC differs depending on their
experience and general interest I doubt there will be *the* list of
qualifying tasks.


> Are Mahout patches encourage/requirement?

If you successfully submitted patches to Mahout before starting GSoC
that certainly is a huge plus, but it is no requirement.

The usual process is something like... 
* get yourself familiar with Mahout, 
* find a project you are interested in working on based on your
  previous experience
* get in touch with the community on the mailing list and discuss your
  ideas (obviously you are doing that already)
* come up with a more formal proposal and work on that on the mailing
  list
* post your proposal to our JIRA as well as to the GSoC web app
* start working on it.


> I am looking at JIRA (issue
> 363) and playing with Mahout but how do I get myself an assigned task
> (JIRA issue) that no one is working on?
> I am aware of
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAHOUT/How+To+Contribute

First of all, even if someone is working on an existing issue there is
still room to get involved by reviewing patches, making additions,
proposing to split work and solve sub tasks. Other than that,
expressing your interest in working on an issue and submitting patches
regularly not much later probably is the most certain way to avoid
duplicate work.

Isabel

Re: GSoC 2011

[Neel Sheyal <la...@gmail.com>]

>
> Not to contradict Ted, but we do have some qualifying tasks, they just aren't formalized.
>
Are we expecting a formal and published list for the qualifying task?
Are Mahout patches encourage/requirement? I am looking at JIRA (issue
363) and playing with Mahout but how do I get myself an assigned task
(JIRA issue) that no one is working on?
I am aware of https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAHOUT/How+To+Contribute

Thanks
Neel Sheyal

Re: GSoC 2011

[Grant Ingersoll <gs...@apache.org>]

I would also encourage you to search the archives for GSOC.  

Not to contradict Ted, but we do have some qualifying tasks, they just aren't formalized.  We expect you to socialize your ideas here in the community.  GSOC is more about learning how open source works and how the community works and less about a particular piece of code, even though that is beneficial as well.

Also, while it is great to have contributions of new algorithms, keep in mind it doesn't have to be.   I'd love to see a project this year that focuses solely on benchmarking, examples and documentation of existing capabilities, especially as we are getting nearer to a 1.0 release.



On Mar 2, 2011, at 1:59 PM, Ted Dunning wrote:

> We haven't required any qualifying tasks in the past.
> 
> We have required a coherent proposal in the form of a JIRA that describes
> the proposed project.  Then there is lots of give and take with the
> community to get the proposal in good shape.
> 
> On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 4:54 AM, Neel Sheyal <la...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hello
>>         Is Mahout applying for GSoC 2011? I am MS student who have
>> started dabbling with Mahout for my recent thesis on Machine Learning.
>> I have purchased the book "Mahout In Action" (MEAP) and would like to
>> know if there are any qualifying tasks that Mahout requires that the
>> student submit prior to their application being considered?
>> 
>> Thanks to all,
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Neel Sheyal
>> 

--------------------------
Grant Ingersoll
http://www.lucidimagination.com

Re: GSoC 2011

[Neel Sheyal <la...@gmail.com>]

>
>We haven't required any qualifying tasks in the past.
> We have required a coherent proposal in the form of a JIRA that describes
> the proposed project.  Then there is lots of give and take with the
> community to get the proposal in good shape.
>
>

Thanks.. I shall look through the JIRA to pickup interesting stuff
before bouncing off the forum.

Regards,
Neel

Re: GSoC 2011

[Ted Dunning <te...@gmail.com>]

We haven't required any qualifying tasks in the past.

We have required a coherent proposal in the form of a JIRA that describes
the proposed project.  Then there is lots of give and take with the
community to get the proposal in good shape.

On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 4:54 AM, Neel Sheyal <la...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello
>          Is Mahout applying for GSoC 2011? I am MS student who have
> started dabbling with Mahout for my recent thesis on Machine Learning.
> I have purchased the book "Mahout In Action" (MEAP) and would like to
> know if there are any qualifying tasks that Mahout requires that the
> student submit prior to their application being considered?
>
> Thanks to all,
>
> Regards,
> Neel Sheyal
>