[NLPL Task Force (A)] [Parsing] [rt.uio.no #2747687] newer versions of TensorFlow and DyNet

[Joakim Nivre via RT]

I think this is a good illustration of the challenges involved in building an HPC NLP lab. Many of the software packages that we need for our research are under development themselves and therefore may not conform to standard conventions for installation, etc. I completely realize that this may cause a lot of headache, but the more we can overcome these challenges the more useful the resulting laboratory will be for the community. 

Joakim

> On 22 Nov 2017, at 08:42, Thomas Röblitz via RT <hpc-drift at usit.uio.no> wrote:
> 
> I just told him that TensorFlow is terrible to install, and I'll extend this to DyNet. I gave it a quick shot yesterday, but it just doesn't work.
> 
> These packages seem to be targeted for Ubuntu or Windows. They also provide source code, but, at least for DyNet, their installation instructions lack even basic information such as required libraries, compilers, etc. All this needs to be figured out, tried and this costs time.
> 
> BTW, it seems TensorFlow 1.4 is out.
> 
> Thomas
> 
> On 2017-11-21 23:00:25, oe wrote:
>>> TensorFlow 1.3, but as explained to Aaron, it is terrible to install :)
>> 
>> could you forward that earlier thread to ‘infrastructure at nlpl.eu’?
>> this is a task force comprising bjørn, joerg, martin, and myself.  we
>> would like to keep ourselves up-to-date on all technical communication
>> with the infrastructure providers regarding NLPL.
>> 
>> i will let aaron answer regarding the benefits of moving to the
>> current version of TensorFlow.
>> 
>> with thanks in advance, oe
>> 
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