[Rcpp-devel] RcppMLPACK ?

[Qiang Kou]

Hi, guys,

I have a little more time to work on the RcppMLPACK package during this
summer.

I set up a repo on github [1] and it follows the structure of
RcppArmadillo. I just test a simple kmeans function and it seems that it
works.

Since almost all the input/output of MLPACK is handled by Armadillo, there
is not much work as I have seen.

Please send pull request If interested in contributing code or testing.

Best,

KK

[1] https://github.com/thirdwing/RcppMLPACK.git


On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 1:08 AM, Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd at debian.org> wrote:

>
> James, Qiang,
>
> On 5 April 2014 at 23:33, Qiang Kou wrote:
> | Hi, I think we can try to start this in the summer, since I am also a
> little
> | busy as a student.
> |
> | I my opinion, we can follow the structure of RcppArmadillo and start
> from 'as'
> | and 'wrap' functions for matrix structure in mlpack.
>
> There is definitely general interest in doing that. And as mentioned
> earlier
> in this thread, there has been previous talk between Ryan (MLPACK), Conrad
> (Arma) and myself. It would probably be best to somehow involve Ryan and
> his
> group as they have thoughts (and have considered Swig and other tools).  It
> would need some thought, and someone with time and knowledge of both
> projects
> to be involved.
>
> That said, you can of course also start with simple as<>() and wrap()
> converters just to get going. Nothing wrong with some explorations and
> examples while figuring out the bigger picture.
>
> Cheers, Dirk
>
> |
> | Best,
> |
> | KK
> |
> |
> | On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 10:10 PM, James Li <jamesyili at gmail.com> wrote:
> |
> |     Hello Damian and other Rcpp Devs,
> |
> |     I am extremely interested in putting in (non-trivial) time into
> something
> |     like this - but I am not sure I am expert enough to head such a
> project.
> |
> |     My question to you is: have you or anyone else started a project
> like this
> |     that I can contribute to? And if not, could someone point me the
> right way
> |     to get started?
> |
> |     Thanks!
> |
> |     Best,
> |     James
> |
> |
> |     On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 9:42 AM, Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd at debian.org>
> wrote:
> |
> |
> |         Damian,
> |
> |         On 20 January 2014 at 20:12, Damian Lyons wrote:
> |         | Dear Rcpp developers,
> |         |
> |         | Firstly, many thanks for your work on Rcpp.  It has saved me
> |         countless hours
> |         | (or is that months?) of simulation time.
> |         |
> |         | I'm a big fan of RcppArmadillo and Armadillo.  Recently I came
> |         across MLPACK,
> |         | which is a large and useful C++ machine learning library that
> uses
> |         Armadillo:
> |         | http://mlpack.org
> |
> |         Sure. I am in somewhat regular contact with Ryan Curtin, its lead
> |         developer,
> |         because of our joint interactions with Conrad and his priceless
> |         Armadillo
> |         library.  But Ryan is a grad student, and we while we have talked
> |         about R
> |         binding (meaning the real thing and not just some SWIG
> interfaces), he
> |         is not
> |         exactly overflowing with free time. Neither am I.
> |
> |         | If you have the time to do so, I humbly request for an official
> |         RcppMLPACK
> |         | package.  I believe other people will also find it useful.  I'm
> |         currently
> |         | copying and pasting code out of MLPACK into my own package,
> but this
> |         is not the
> |         | most friendly solution.
> |
> |         This makes YOU the perfect candidate to start a project NOW as
> YOU need
> |         IT.
> |         And YOU have already worked with both pieces.
> |
> |         None of our projects became what they are overnight. You have to
> start
> |         somewhere.  Do it right, do it in the open, and if you do that
> and
> |         have some
> |         luck maybe others will join and help.
> |
> |         Dirk
> |
> |         --
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> |
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> |     James Li | Ph.D. Candidate | http://jamesyili.com/
> |     Dept. of Statistical Science | Cornell University
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> | --
> | Qiang Kou
> | qkou at umail.iu.edu
> | School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University
> |
>
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> Dirk Eddelbuettel | edd at debian.org | http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com
>



-- 
Qiang Kou
qkou at umail.iu.edu
School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University
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