[NLPL Task Force (A)] mini-LxMLS in the norwegian mountains

Sun Jan 21 20:32:33 UTC 2018

>is python 2.7 still your preferred language version?

yes

>for you and andre to also gain access to this environment, may i
suggest that you both request an account on-line:

I did mine thanks!.

On Sat, Jan 20, 2018 at 1:47 PM, Stephan Oepen <oe at ifi.uio.no> wrote:

> hi again, ramon (and andre)!
>
> i have started to prepare an installation of the python packages from
> the LxMLS toolkit guide, replacing theano with pytorch.  i believe we
> will actually ask all students to work on the national Abel HPC system
> (rather than have each attempt their own installation on their
> laptops), i.e. we will have good control over the software environment
> available to students.
>
> is python 2.7 still your preferred language version?
>
> for you and andre to also gain access to this environment, may i
> suggest that you both request an account on-line:
>
>   https://www.metacenter.no/user/application/
>
> proceed to notur, fill in the form, and ask for association with
> project NN9447K.
>
> more soon :-)!  oe
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 10:17 AM, Stephan Oepen <oe at ifi.uio.no> wrote:
> > thanks, ramon, that all sounds and looks great!  we will create a
> > shared installation with NymPy and PyTorch then, and if you could send
> > some additional instructions before monday, i am sure that will be
> > appreciated!
> >
> > bjørn will soon be in touch with everyone about logistics.  when on
> > sunday do you actually fly into oslo?  as the bus to the winter school
> > will depart from the airport, maybe we should rather get you a hotel
> > booking there, in case you arrive relatively late in the day?
> >
> > best wishes, oe
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 11:45 PM, Ramon Fernandez Astudillo
> > <ramon at astudillo.com> wrote:
> >> Hi Stephan,
> >>
> >> yes I can confirm it will target numpy/pytorch. This will be a sub-set
> of
> >> the usual school instructions. My plan was to send the instructions on
> >> Sunday. Would this be ok?.
> >>
> >> The starting point if the tutorial is relatively low barrier. We will
> start
> >> seeing log-linear models and feed forward networks in numpy. This will
> >> enable students to get a sense of the inners of computational graphs
> (chain
> >> rule, algebra involved). Then we will start with some basic Pytorch to
> >> understand the advantages of CG toolkits. On a second stage we will
> repeat
> >> the procedure with RNNs (first numpy, then pytorch) and see more
> complicated
> >> constructs now by directly using pytorch.
> >>
> >> To take the most of the school I would recommend to have fresh
> scientific
> >> python skills and the basic linear algebra / calculus (vector and matrix
> >> operations, gradients, even the chain rule).
> >>
> >> Mario Figureredo does an introduction to the mathematical concepts every
> >> year, you can find last years slides here
> >>
> >> http://lxmls.it.pt/2017/Probability_Refresher_by_
> Figueiredo_LxMLS2017.pdf
> >>
> >> There is are also introductory chapter to python and the math needed in
> the
> >> Day zero of the guide
> >>
> >> https://github.com/LxMLS/
> >>
> >> the guide needs to be however actualized to Pytorch (hence Sundays
> release).
> >> I can try to accelerate this if you think students would benefit from
> >> starting early.
> >>
> >> Best
> >>
> >> Ramón
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 10:43 AM, Stephan Oepen <oe at ifi.uio.no> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> hi again, andre and ramon,
> >>>
> >>> glad to hear you have your flights booked!  i attach your hotel
> >>> reservations below.  i hope it will be okay for you to pay the hotel
> >>> directly and submit the invoice jointly with your travel expenses?
> >>>
> >>> —regarding the course, can we confirm that you will target PyTorch
> >>> this year?  we have told people that there will be some mandatory
> >>> preparations, so getting access to a working PyTorch installation and
> >>> working through at least some parts of its NLP tutorial would seem
> >>> like a good preparatory assignment for us to give participants.  i
> >>> have just started looking at the tutorial, but i imagine working
> >>> through it up until the BoW classifier should be feasible for folks to
> >>> attempt beforehand (even if they might not understand all of the
> >>> theory behind the scenes :-)?
> >>>
> >>> best wishes, oe
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 10:53 PM, André Martins
> >>> <andre.martins at unbabel.com> wrote:
> >>> > Hi all,
> >>> >
> >>> > We finalized our arrival and departure dates. We're arriving Oslo on
> >>> > Sunday
> >>> > 28 and leave on Thursday Feb 1. So we'd need accommodation in Oslo
> for
> >>> > the 2
> >>> > nights 28->29 and 31->1.
> >>> >
> >>> > Thanks!
> >>> >
> >>> > André
> >>> >
> >>> > On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 10:20 AM, André Martins
> >>> > <andre.martins at unbabel.com>
> >>> > wrote:
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Thanks Stephan and Bjørn! I'll get back to you soon.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 9:39 AM, Bjørn Lindi <bjorn.lindi at ntnu.no>
> >>> >> wrote:
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> Hi,
> >>> >>> sorry for addressing that question. Yes, reimbursing the company
> will
> >>> >>> be
> >>> >>> okay.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> —Bjørn
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> On 8 Jan 2018, at 10:33, Stephan Oepen <oe at ifi.uio.no> wrote:
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> bjørn,
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> could you also say whether reimbursing the company rather than the
> >>> >>> individuals for travel costs will be okay?  we have done similar
> >>> >>> things at
> >>> >>> the university before, so i assume there should be no problem?
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> andre and ramon, once you finalize your arrival and departure
> days, i
> >>> >>> will be happy to make a hotel reservation for the nights in oslo
> :-).
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> more soon!  oe
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> On Mon, 8 Jan 2018 at 08:36 Bjørn Lindi <bjorn.lindi at ntnu.no>
> wrote:
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>> We're planning to arrive on Sunday as you suggest and leave on
> >>> >>>> Thursday
> >>> >>>> Feb 1. Is it possible to cover accommodation in Oslo for the 2
> nights
> >>> >>>> 28->29
> >>> >>>> and 31->1?
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>> Thanks!
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>> André
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>> It is fine.
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>> BR
> >>> >>>> Bjørn
> >>> >>>>
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>
> >>> >
> >>
> >>
>
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