Hello, and congratulations for the very nice work done at scikit-learn <https://scikit-learn.org/stable/> ! I would like to point out an alternative initiative to SVM tools for machine learning than scikit-learn. We are trying to kick-off <https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/codpy-tutorial-mercier-jean-marc/> it, see for instance this link here <https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3766451>. Indeed, as practitioners from the private research sector, we felt the need to craft an alternative approach to SVM learning tools some years ago. We are using this approach today for industrial applications, it revealed itself quite solid and robust. I thought that this initiative might interest the scikit-learn community. Above curiosity, there might be some interests to discuss together : might our ideas be interesting for your community ? Can they be merged together ? So I would like to identify the correct persons at scikit-learn to discuss these matters. Could someone help me there to identify who is in charge of this project to enter a dialog with him ? -- *Jean-Marc Mercier* Senior Research Advisor 136 boulevard Haussmann 75008 Paris Tel +33 1 53 05 98 52 GSM +33 6 77 64 06 85 www.mpg-partners.com