<div dir="ltr"><div><div>I haven't used Google Hangouts before, so I can't say how useful it will be. Certainly it's convenient.<br><br>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. <br>
<br>Why don't we do the Hangout this weekend, I'm available to meet next week either daytime Friday or Saturday morning / daytime. <br><br></div>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...<br>
-- go over the homework, <br>-- get help on some of the math topics (matrix multiplication, anyone?), <br>-- implement it in python (how can we implement gradient ascent in Python, is there something in SciKits.learn we could use?),<br>
-- and build upon the lesson. <br><br>There's a wealth of options available. <br><br></div><br><div><br><br><div><br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 3:37 PM, Yarko Tymciurak <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:yarkot1@gmail.com" target="_blank">yarkot1@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">Ok - I've made a google-plus community (rather than a google group) - "Machine Learning Chicago".<div><br></div><div>Its public, open to anyone to join.</div><div><br></div><div>Also note there is a hefty chicago ML study group already - <a href="http://www.meetup.com/Chicago-Machine-Learning-Study-Group/" target="_blank">http://www.meetup.com/Chicago-Machine-Learning-Study-Group/</a></div>
<div>... as well as a uchicago program - <a href="http://ml.cs.uchicago.edu/" target="_blank">http://ml.cs.uchicago.edu/</a> ... and more.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div>Regards,<br>- Yarko<br></div><div><div class="h5">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 2:18 PM, JP Bader <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jp@zavteq.com" target="_blank">jp@zavteq.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">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.<div><br></div><div>Yarko, please create a goog group/hangout, and can we utilize PS1 for getting together once maybe every 2 weeks? </div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Yarko Tymciurak <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:yarkot1@gmail.com" target="_blank">yarkot1@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">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).<div>
<br></div><div>How do you plan to do this?</div>
<div>Google group + hangout + occiasional social meet-up?</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div>Regards,<br>- Yarko<br></div><div><div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 10:50 AM, Skip Montanaro <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:skip@pobox.com" target="_blank">skip@pobox.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div>> So this time around I'm hoping to find someone interested in going through<br>
> it together, particularly with a Python focus. Any takers?<br>
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</div>I signed up, though I warn you that the last time I took a university<br>
class was a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far, away...<br>
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