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Posted to dev@mahout.apache.org by Chuck Lam <ch...@gmail.com> on 2008/09/29 03:47:20 UTC
NIPS Workshop on Machine Learning Open Source Software
Hi all,
I've been a lurker on the dev mailing list, hoping to make some code
contribution at some point but haven't gotten around to it yet :P
In any case, my background is a machine learning researcher, and I want the
Mahout developers to be aware of this NIPS Workshop on Machine Learning Open
Source Software in December of this year.
http://mloss.org/workshop/nips08/
NIPS is one of the top 3-4 conferences for machine learning researchers. It
was in fact at this conference in 2006 where the Stanford MapReduce machine
learning paper was presented. (And obviously that paper is an important
reference point for Mahout.) I think it's extremely important for Mahout to
have a presence at the workshop, both to recruit contributors and to
understand the open source direction of the general machine learning
community.
The submission deadline is Oct. 1, which obviously is extremely tight.
However, they're only looking for a 500-word abstract right now, and
deadline for this type of workshop is usually flexible if we can convince
the workshop organizers the importance of our work. Another requirement is
that the software must be officially released at the time of submission. I
don't know the legal definition of that, but I would think that release
candidate 3 is probably good enough.
I had already planned on attending NIPS, so I'm more than happy to help one
of the main Mahout contributors on positioning and presenting Mahout to the
NIPS researchers.
Re: NIPS Workshop on Machine Learning Open Source Software
Posted by Chuck Lam <ch...@gmail.com>.
Sounds great. I hope to see you guys at the conference if not before :)
On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 5:11 PM, Grant Ingersoll <gs...@apache.org>wrote:
> See http://mloss.org/software/view/144/
>
> Let me know if you see any problems.
>
> As a point of reference, compare to:
> http://mloss.org/software/tags/nips2008/ (I didn't want to make it too
> long)
>
> Thanks, Chuck, for the pointer on this. I think it will be worthwhile for
> the project if we get accepted.
>
> -Grant
>
>
> On Sep 29, 2008, at 6:01 PM, Ted Dunning wrote:
>
> I registered as well.
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 2:58 PM, Grant Ingersoll <gsingers@apache.org
>> >wrote:
>>
>> I registered on mloss.org and am in the process of writing up a
>>> description.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sep 29, 2008, at 4:17 PM, Chuck Lam wrote:
>>>
>>> I had already planned on going to the conference for other reasons, so I
>>>
>>>> can
>>>> be kind of a "messenger" if none of you can make it.
>>>>
>>>> Of course, ideally one of you can go and actually participate in the
>>>> discussion.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 12:48 PM, Grant Ingersoll <gsingers@apache.org
>>>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yeah, we need to hurry up, if we're going to do it.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sep 29, 2008, at 3:17 PM, Ted Dunning wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Grant,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I could "force" myself to go if necessary as long as it doesn't
>>>>>> conflict
>>>>>> with December 2-3.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Note the October 1 deadline.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 4:34 AM, Grant Ingersoll <gsingers@apache.org
>>>>>>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm interested, but don't know if I can attend, as much as I would
>>>>>> love
>>>>>>
>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> go to Whistler in December. Let's talk off list, and we can add
>>>>>>> others
>>>>>>> if
>>>>>>> they are interested. We should have a release out w/in the week, so
>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>> would
>>>>>>> think that would be acceptable.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -Grant
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sep 28, 2008, at 9:47 PM, Chuck Lam wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've been a lurker on the dev mailing list, hoping to make some code
>>>>>>>> contribution at some point but haven't gotten around to it yet :P
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> In any case, my background is a machine learning researcher, and I
>>>>>>>> want
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> Mahout developers to be aware of this NIPS Workshop on Machine
>>>>>>>> Learning
>>>>>>>> Open
>>>>>>>> Source Software in December of this year.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://mloss.org/workshop/nips08/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> NIPS is one of the top 3-4 conferences for machine learning
>>>>>>>> researchers.
>>>>>>>> It
>>>>>>>> was in fact at this conference in 2006 where the Stanford MapReduce
>>>>>>>> machine
>>>>>>>> learning paper was presented. (And obviously that paper is an
>>>>>>>> important
>>>>>>>> reference point for Mahout.) I think it's extremely important for
>>>>>>>> Mahout
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> have a presence at the workshop, both to recruit contributors and to
>>>>>>>> understand the open source direction of the general machine learning
>>>>>>>> community.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The submission deadline is Oct. 1, which obviously is extremely
>>>>>>>> tight.
>>>>>>>> However, they're only looking for a 500-word abstract right now, and
>>>>>>>> deadline for this type of workshop is usually flexible if we can
>>>>>>>> convince
>>>>>>>> the workshop organizers the importance of our work. Another
>>>>>>>> requirement
>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>> that the software must be officially released at the time of
>>>>>>>> submission.
>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>> don't know the legal definition of that, but I would think that
>>>>>>>> release
>>>>>>>> candidate 3 is probably good enough.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I had already planned on attending NIPS, so I'm more than happy to
>>>>>>>> help
>>>>>>>> one
>>>>>>>> of the main Mahout contributors on positioning and presenting Mahout
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> NIPS researchers.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> ted
>>
>
>
>
Re: NIPS Workshop on Machine Learning Open Source Software
Posted by Grant Ingersoll <gs...@apache.org>.
See http://mloss.org/software/view/144/
Let me know if you see any problems.
As a point of reference, compare to: http://mloss.org/software/tags/nips2008/
(I didn't want to make it too long)
Thanks, Chuck, for the pointer on this. I think it will be worthwhile
for the project if we get accepted.
-Grant
On Sep 29, 2008, at 6:01 PM, Ted Dunning wrote:
> I registered as well.
>
> On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 2:58 PM, Grant Ingersoll
> <gs...@apache.org>wrote:
>
>> I registered on mloss.org and am in the process of writing up a
>> description.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sep 29, 2008, at 4:17 PM, Chuck Lam wrote:
>>
>> I had already planned on going to the conference for other reasons,
>> so I
>>> can
>>> be kind of a "messenger" if none of you can make it.
>>>
>>> Of course, ideally one of you can go and actually participate in the
>>> discussion.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 12:48 PM, Grant Ingersoll <gsingers@apache.org
>>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Yeah, we need to hurry up, if we're going to do it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sep 29, 2008, at 3:17 PM, Ted Dunning wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Grant,
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I could "force" myself to go if necessary as long as it doesn't
>>>>> conflict
>>>>> with December 2-3.
>>>>>
>>>>> Note the October 1 deadline.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 4:34 AM, Grant Ingersoll <gsingers@apache.org
>>>>>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm interested, but don't know if I can attend, as much as I
>>>>> would love
>>>>>
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> go to Whistler in December. Let's talk off list, and we can
>>>>>> add others
>>>>>> if
>>>>>> they are interested. We should have a release out w/in the
>>>>>> week, so I
>>>>>> would
>>>>>> think that would be acceptable.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -Grant
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sep 28, 2008, at 9:47 PM, Chuck Lam wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've been a lurker on the dev mailing list, hoping to make
>>>>>>> some code
>>>>>>> contribution at some point but haven't gotten around to it
>>>>>>> yet :P
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In any case, my background is a machine learning researcher,
>>>>>>> and I
>>>>>>> want
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> Mahout developers to be aware of this NIPS Workshop on Machine
>>>>>>> Learning
>>>>>>> Open
>>>>>>> Source Software in December of this year.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://mloss.org/workshop/nips08/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> NIPS is one of the top 3-4 conferences for machine learning
>>>>>>> researchers.
>>>>>>> It
>>>>>>> was in fact at this conference in 2006 where the Stanford
>>>>>>> MapReduce
>>>>>>> machine
>>>>>>> learning paper was presented. (And obviously that paper is an
>>>>>>> important
>>>>>>> reference point for Mahout.) I think it's extremely important
>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>> Mahout
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> have a presence at the workshop, both to recruit contributors
>>>>>>> and to
>>>>>>> understand the open source direction of the general machine
>>>>>>> learning
>>>>>>> community.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The submission deadline is Oct. 1, which obviously is
>>>>>>> extremely tight.
>>>>>>> However, they're only looking for a 500-word abstract right
>>>>>>> now, and
>>>>>>> deadline for this type of workshop is usually flexible if we can
>>>>>>> convince
>>>>>>> the workshop organizers the importance of our work. Another
>>>>>>> requirement
>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>> that the software must be officially released at the time of
>>>>>>> submission.
>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>> don't know the legal definition of that, but I would think that
>>>>>>> release
>>>>>>> candidate 3 is probably good enough.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I had already planned on attending NIPS, so I'm more than
>>>>>>> happy to
>>>>>>> help
>>>>>>> one
>>>>>>> of the main Mahout contributors on positioning and presenting
>>>>>>> Mahout
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> NIPS researchers.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>
>
>
> --
> ted
Re: NIPS Workshop on Machine Learning Open Source Software
Posted by Ted Dunning <te...@gmail.com>.
I registered as well.
On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 2:58 PM, Grant Ingersoll <gs...@apache.org>wrote:
> I registered on mloss.org and am in the process of writing up a
> description.
>
>
>
> On Sep 29, 2008, at 4:17 PM, Chuck Lam wrote:
>
> I had already planned on going to the conference for other reasons, so I
>> can
>> be kind of a "messenger" if none of you can make it.
>>
>> Of course, ideally one of you can go and actually participate in the
>> discussion.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 12:48 PM, Grant Ingersoll <gsingers@apache.org
>> >wrote:
>>
>> Yeah, we need to hurry up, if we're going to do it.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sep 29, 2008, at 3:17 PM, Ted Dunning wrote:
>>>
>>> Grant,
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I could "force" myself to go if necessary as long as it doesn't conflict
>>>> with December 2-3.
>>>>
>>>> Note the October 1 deadline.
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 4:34 AM, Grant Ingersoll <gsingers@apache.org
>>>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm interested, but don't know if I can attend, as much as I would love
>>>>
>>>>> to
>>>>> go to Whistler in December. Let's talk off list, and we can add others
>>>>> if
>>>>> they are interested. We should have a release out w/in the week, so I
>>>>> would
>>>>> think that would be acceptable.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Grant
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sep 28, 2008, at 9:47 PM, Chuck Lam wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I've been a lurker on the dev mailing list, hoping to make some code
>>>>>> contribution at some point but haven't gotten around to it yet :P
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In any case, my background is a machine learning researcher, and I
>>>>>> want
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> Mahout developers to be aware of this NIPS Workshop on Machine
>>>>>> Learning
>>>>>> Open
>>>>>> Source Software in December of this year.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://mloss.org/workshop/nips08/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> NIPS is one of the top 3-4 conferences for machine learning
>>>>>> researchers.
>>>>>> It
>>>>>> was in fact at this conference in 2006 where the Stanford MapReduce
>>>>>> machine
>>>>>> learning paper was presented. (And obviously that paper is an
>>>>>> important
>>>>>> reference point for Mahout.) I think it's extremely important for
>>>>>> Mahout
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> have a presence at the workshop, both to recruit contributors and to
>>>>>> understand the open source direction of the general machine learning
>>>>>> community.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The submission deadline is Oct. 1, which obviously is extremely tight.
>>>>>> However, they're only looking for a 500-word abstract right now, and
>>>>>> deadline for this type of workshop is usually flexible if we can
>>>>>> convince
>>>>>> the workshop organizers the importance of our work. Another
>>>>>> requirement
>>>>>> is
>>>>>> that the software must be officially released at the time of
>>>>>> submission.
>>>>>> I
>>>>>> don't know the legal definition of that, but I would think that
>>>>>> release
>>>>>> candidate 3 is probably good enough.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I had already planned on attending NIPS, so I'm more than happy to
>>>>>> help
>>>>>> one
>>>>>> of the main Mahout contributors on positioning and presenting Mahout
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> NIPS researchers.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>
--
ted
Re: NIPS Workshop on Machine Learning Open Source Software
Posted by Grant Ingersoll <gs...@apache.org>.
I registered on mloss.org and am in the process of writing up a
description.
On Sep 29, 2008, at 4:17 PM, Chuck Lam wrote:
> I had already planned on going to the conference for other reasons,
> so I can
> be kind of a "messenger" if none of you can make it.
>
> Of course, ideally one of you can go and actually participate in the
> discussion.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 12:48 PM, Grant Ingersoll
> <gs...@apache.org>wrote:
>
>> Yeah, we need to hurry up, if we're going to do it.
>>
>>
>> On Sep 29, 2008, at 3:17 PM, Ted Dunning wrote:
>>
>> Grant,
>>>
>>> I could "force" myself to go if necessary as long as it doesn't
>>> conflict
>>> with December 2-3.
>>>
>>> Note the October 1 deadline.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 4:34 AM, Grant Ingersoll
>>> <gsingers@apache.org
>>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm interested, but don't know if I can attend, as much as I would
>>> love
>>>> to
>>>> go to Whistler in December. Let's talk off list, and we can add
>>>> others
>>>> if
>>>> they are interested. We should have a release out w/in the week,
>>>> so I
>>>> would
>>>> think that would be acceptable.
>>>>
>>>> -Grant
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sep 28, 2008, at 9:47 PM, Chuck Lam wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I've been a lurker on the dev mailing list, hoping to make some
>>>>> code
>>>>> contribution at some point but haven't gotten around to it yet :P
>>>>>
>>>>> In any case, my background is a machine learning researcher, and
>>>>> I want
>>>>> the
>>>>> Mahout developers to be aware of this NIPS Workshop on Machine
>>>>> Learning
>>>>> Open
>>>>> Source Software in December of this year.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://mloss.org/workshop/nips08/
>>>>>
>>>>> NIPS is one of the top 3-4 conferences for machine learning
>>>>> researchers.
>>>>> It
>>>>> was in fact at this conference in 2006 where the Stanford
>>>>> MapReduce
>>>>> machine
>>>>> learning paper was presented. (And obviously that paper is an
>>>>> important
>>>>> reference point for Mahout.) I think it's extremely important
>>>>> for Mahout
>>>>> to
>>>>> have a presence at the workshop, both to recruit contributors
>>>>> and to
>>>>> understand the open source direction of the general machine
>>>>> learning
>>>>> community.
>>>>>
>>>>> The submission deadline is Oct. 1, which obviously is extremely
>>>>> tight.
>>>>> However, they're only looking for a 500-word abstract right now,
>>>>> and
>>>>> deadline for this type of workshop is usually flexible if we can
>>>>> convince
>>>>> the workshop organizers the importance of our work. Another
>>>>> requirement
>>>>> is
>>>>> that the software must be officially released at the time of
>>>>> submission.
>>>>> I
>>>>> don't know the legal definition of that, but I would think that
>>>>> release
>>>>> candidate 3 is probably good enough.
>>>>>
>>>>> I had already planned on attending NIPS, so I'm more than happy
>>>>> to help
>>>>> one
>>>>> of the main Mahout contributors on positioning and presenting
>>>>> Mahout to
>>>>> the
>>>>> NIPS researchers.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>
Re: NIPS Workshop on Machine Learning Open Source Software
Posted by Chuck Lam <ch...@gmail.com>.
I had already planned on going to the conference for other reasons, so I can
be kind of a "messenger" if none of you can make it.
Of course, ideally one of you can go and actually participate in the
discussion.
On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 12:48 PM, Grant Ingersoll <gs...@apache.org>wrote:
> Yeah, we need to hurry up, if we're going to do it.
>
>
> On Sep 29, 2008, at 3:17 PM, Ted Dunning wrote:
>
> Grant,
>>
>> I could "force" myself to go if necessary as long as it doesn't conflict
>> with December 2-3.
>>
>> Note the October 1 deadline.
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 4:34 AM, Grant Ingersoll <gsingers@apache.org
>> >wrote:
>>
>> I'm interested, but don't know if I can attend, as much as I would love
>>> to
>>> go to Whistler in December. Let's talk off list, and we can add others
>>> if
>>> they are interested. We should have a release out w/in the week, so I
>>> would
>>> think that would be acceptable.
>>>
>>> -Grant
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sep 28, 2008, at 9:47 PM, Chuck Lam wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I've been a lurker on the dev mailing list, hoping to make some code
>>>> contribution at some point but haven't gotten around to it yet :P
>>>>
>>>> In any case, my background is a machine learning researcher, and I want
>>>> the
>>>> Mahout developers to be aware of this NIPS Workshop on Machine Learning
>>>> Open
>>>> Source Software in December of this year.
>>>>
>>>> http://mloss.org/workshop/nips08/
>>>>
>>>> NIPS is one of the top 3-4 conferences for machine learning researchers.
>>>> It
>>>> was in fact at this conference in 2006 where the Stanford MapReduce
>>>> machine
>>>> learning paper was presented. (And obviously that paper is an important
>>>> reference point for Mahout.) I think it's extremely important for Mahout
>>>> to
>>>> have a presence at the workshop, both to recruit contributors and to
>>>> understand the open source direction of the general machine learning
>>>> community.
>>>>
>>>> The submission deadline is Oct. 1, which obviously is extremely tight.
>>>> However, they're only looking for a 500-word abstract right now, and
>>>> deadline for this type of workshop is usually flexible if we can
>>>> convince
>>>> the workshop organizers the importance of our work. Another requirement
>>>> is
>>>> that the software must be officially released at the time of submission.
>>>> I
>>>> don't know the legal definition of that, but I would think that release
>>>> candidate 3 is probably good enough.
>>>>
>>>> I had already planned on attending NIPS, so I'm more than happy to help
>>>> one
>>>> of the main Mahout contributors on positioning and presenting Mahout to
>>>> the
>>>> NIPS researchers.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>>
>
Re: NIPS Workshop on Machine Learning Open Source Software
Posted by Grant Ingersoll <gs...@apache.org>.
Yeah, we need to hurry up, if we're going to do it.
On Sep 29, 2008, at 3:17 PM, Ted Dunning wrote:
> Grant,
>
> I could "force" myself to go if necessary as long as it doesn't
> conflict
> with December 2-3.
>
> Note the October 1 deadline.
>
> On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 4:34 AM, Grant Ingersoll
> <gs...@apache.org>wrote:
>
>> I'm interested, but don't know if I can attend, as much as I would
>> love to
>> go to Whistler in December. Let's talk off list, and we can add
>> others if
>> they are interested. We should have a release out w/in the week,
>> so I would
>> think that would be acceptable.
>>
>> -Grant
>>
>>
>> On Sep 28, 2008, at 9:47 PM, Chuck Lam wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I've been a lurker on the dev mailing list, hoping to make some code
>>> contribution at some point but haven't gotten around to it yet :P
>>>
>>> In any case, my background is a machine learning researcher, and I
>>> want
>>> the
>>> Mahout developers to be aware of this NIPS Workshop on Machine
>>> Learning
>>> Open
>>> Source Software in December of this year.
>>>
>>> http://mloss.org/workshop/nips08/
>>>
>>> NIPS is one of the top 3-4 conferences for machine learning
>>> researchers.
>>> It
>>> was in fact at this conference in 2006 where the Stanford MapReduce
>>> machine
>>> learning paper was presented. (And obviously that paper is an
>>> important
>>> reference point for Mahout.) I think it's extremely important for
>>> Mahout
>>> to
>>> have a presence at the workshop, both to recruit contributors and to
>>> understand the open source direction of the general machine learning
>>> community.
>>>
>>> The submission deadline is Oct. 1, which obviously is extremely
>>> tight.
>>> However, they're only looking for a 500-word abstract right now, and
>>> deadline for this type of workshop is usually flexible if we can
>>> convince
>>> the workshop organizers the importance of our work. Another
>>> requirement is
>>> that the software must be officially released at the time of
>>> submission. I
>>> don't know the legal definition of that, but I would think that
>>> release
>>> candidate 3 is probably good enough.
>>>
>>> I had already planned on attending NIPS, so I'm more than happy to
>>> help
>>> one
>>> of the main Mahout contributors on positioning and presenting
>>> Mahout to
>>> the
>>> NIPS researchers.
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
Re: NIPS Workshop on Machine Learning Open Source Software
Posted by Ted Dunning <te...@gmail.com>.
Grant,
I could "force" myself to go if necessary as long as it doesn't conflict
with December 2-3.
Note the October 1 deadline.
On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 4:34 AM, Grant Ingersoll <gs...@apache.org>wrote:
> I'm interested, but don't know if I can attend, as much as I would love to
> go to Whistler in December. Let's talk off list, and we can add others if
> they are interested. We should have a release out w/in the week, so I would
> think that would be acceptable.
>
> -Grant
>
>
> On Sep 28, 2008, at 9:47 PM, Chuck Lam wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>>
>> I've been a lurker on the dev mailing list, hoping to make some code
>> contribution at some point but haven't gotten around to it yet :P
>>
>> In any case, my background is a machine learning researcher, and I want
>> the
>> Mahout developers to be aware of this NIPS Workshop on Machine Learning
>> Open
>> Source Software in December of this year.
>>
>> http://mloss.org/workshop/nips08/
>>
>> NIPS is one of the top 3-4 conferences for machine learning researchers.
>> It
>> was in fact at this conference in 2006 where the Stanford MapReduce
>> machine
>> learning paper was presented. (And obviously that paper is an important
>> reference point for Mahout.) I think it's extremely important for Mahout
>> to
>> have a presence at the workshop, both to recruit contributors and to
>> understand the open source direction of the general machine learning
>> community.
>>
>> The submission deadline is Oct. 1, which obviously is extremely tight.
>> However, they're only looking for a 500-word abstract right now, and
>> deadline for this type of workshop is usually flexible if we can convince
>> the workshop organizers the importance of our work. Another requirement is
>> that the software must be officially released at the time of submission. I
>> don't know the legal definition of that, but I would think that release
>> candidate 3 is probably good enough.
>>
>> I had already planned on attending NIPS, so I'm more than happy to help
>> one
>> of the main Mahout contributors on positioning and presenting Mahout to
>> the
>> NIPS researchers.
>>
>
>
--
ted
Re: NIPS Workshop on Machine Learning Open Source Software
Posted by Grant Ingersoll <gs...@apache.org>.
I'm interested, but don't know if I can attend, as much as I would
love to go to Whistler in December. Let's talk off list, and we can
add others if they are interested. We should have a release out w/in
the week, so I would think that would be acceptable.
-Grant
On Sep 28, 2008, at 9:47 PM, Chuck Lam wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've been a lurker on the dev mailing list, hoping to make some code
> contribution at some point but haven't gotten around to it yet :P
>
> In any case, my background is a machine learning researcher, and I
> want the
> Mahout developers to be aware of this NIPS Workshop on Machine
> Learning Open
> Source Software in December of this year.
>
> http://mloss.org/workshop/nips08/
>
> NIPS is one of the top 3-4 conferences for machine learning
> researchers. It
> was in fact at this conference in 2006 where the Stanford MapReduce
> machine
> learning paper was presented. (And obviously that paper is an
> important
> reference point for Mahout.) I think it's extremely important for
> Mahout to
> have a presence at the workshop, both to recruit contributors and to
> understand the open source direction of the general machine learning
> community.
>
> The submission deadline is Oct. 1, which obviously is extremely tight.
> However, they're only looking for a 500-word abstract right now, and
> deadline for this type of workshop is usually flexible if we can
> convince
> the workshop organizers the importance of our work. Another
> requirement is
> that the software must be officially released at the time of
> submission. I
> don't know the legal definition of that, but I would think that
> release
> candidate 3 is probably good enough.
>
> I had already planned on attending NIPS, so I'm more than happy to
> help one
> of the main Mahout contributors on positioning and presenting Mahout
> to the
> NIPS researchers.