[Chicago] Machine learning, all the cool kids are doing it.

[Jason Wirth]

I haven't used Google Hangouts before, so I can't say how useful it will
be. Certainly it's convenient.

However, I'm interested in meeting up on a semi-regular basis. (Maybe ever
two weeks?) It's certainly not as convenient as a Hangout, but I think the
one-on-one human factor is huge. Even a meetup with 2 or 3 people is
sufficient.

Why don't we do the Hangout this weekend, I'm available to meet next week
either daytime Friday or Saturday morning / daytime.

The class is has a series of video lectures and a programming assignment,
done in Octave. Coursera classes are often use bots to grade assignments,
so you'll upload your program to be checked. I would imagine that people
could watch the videos and maybe try the homework. At the meeting people
could...
-- go over the homework,
-- get help on some of the math topics (matrix multiplication, anyone?),
-- implement it in python (how can we implement gradient ascent in Python,
is there something in SciKits.learn we could use?),
-- and build upon the lesson.

There's a wealth of options available.







-- 
Jason Wirth
    213.675.5294
    wirth.jason at gmail.com


On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 3:37 PM, Yarko Tymciurak <yarkot1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ok - I've made a google-plus community (rather than a google group) -
> "Machine Learning Chicago".
>
> Its public, open to anyone to join.
>
> Also note there is a hefty chicago ML study group already -
> http://www.meetup.com/Chicago-Machine-Learning-Study-Group/
> ... as well as a uchicago program - http://ml.cs.uchicago.edu/ ... and
> more.
>
>
>
>
>
> Regards,
> - Yarko
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 2:18 PM, JP Bader <jp at zavteq.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm also signed up, but since Skip already noted the 50% involvement
>> rule, I'm hoping I can get through at least that much.
>>
>> Yarko, please create a goog group/hangout, and can we utilize PS1 for
>> getting together once maybe every 2 weeks?
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Yarko Tymciurak <yarkot1 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Interesting... I count 6 now;  if 1/2 interact, that could be a bit
>>> thin, so I'll throw my hat in the ring (story about far away galaxies
>>> applies hear also).
>>>
>>> How do you plan to do this?
>>> Google group + hangout + occiasional social meet-up?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> - Yarko
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 10:50 AM, Skip Montanaro <skip at pobox.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> > So this time around I'm hoping to find someone interested in going
>>>> through
>>>> > it together, particularly with a Python focus. Any takers?
>>>>
>>>> I signed up, though I warn you that the last time I took a university
>>>> class was a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far, away...
>>>>
>>>> Skip
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