Heaton Research

The Future of Encog GPU/OpenCL Usage

jeffheaton — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:33:13 +0000

We are currently wrapping up Encog 3.1 on the Java side, and will soon begin efforts to port new enhancements to the C# side. I will be working some with some of the other Encog developers as they port and tie up any lose ends in 3.1. However my main focus will be pushing some of the new directions for Encog in 3.2. I put up a poll recently seeking votes on what new features are needed most in Encog. This poll is still ongoing, so feel free to weigh in. You can see it here.

http://www.heatonresearch.com/node/2462

Important features for upcoming Encog versions? (these are the ones that are on my mind at the moment)

jeffheaton — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:40:35 +0000

What I Learned about AI from Stanford’s AI Class

jeffheaton — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 19:05:05 +0000

From October through December 2011 Stanford University offered three of their most popular classes online. These classes were offered for free to anyone who chose to participate. The first class offered was “Introduction to Artificial Intelligence”, taught by Sebastian Thrun and Peter Norvig. Both highly accomplished researchers and members of the faculty at Stanford. Following on the huge amount of interest in the AI class, two additional courses were announced as well.

If you were to learn a new (that you do not already know) programming language, what would top your list?

jeffheaton — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 20:57:27 +0000

What version of Encog do you use?

jeffheaton — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:55:24 +0000

Introduction to the Math of Neural Networks released to beta

jeffheaton — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 23:10:27 +0000

I am trying something new with my books. I am making the ebooks available for purchase while they are still in a "beta" state. This worked well with the Encog3 book, and now I am going to try it with my latest book.

Programming Neural Networks with Encog3 in C#/Java now available in beta form

jeffheaton — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 15:57:26 +0000

I've released a beta form of the new Neural Network Programming for Java/C#. If you purchased this book's predecessor for Encog 2, you should already have a free upgrade sitting in your download page:

http://www.heatonresearch.com/download

Encog 3.0.1 Released for Java and C#

jeffheaton — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:24:39 +0000

Encog 3.0.1 has been released for Java and C#. This is mainly a "service release", and does not introduce any new functionality. This is mainly bug fixes found since 3.0.0. All new functionality is currently part of 3.1, which will be released later.

Fixed comma-decimal issue in Encog Analyst
Fixed NormalizationStorageNeuralDataSet to use newer ML datasets
Improved getError documentation
Fixed increase neuron count prune issue
Fixed issue with genetic XOR factory example
Fixed a few Java 7 issues

Looking for volunteers/help for a reasonbly easy Encog extension... PROBEN1

SeemaSingh — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:15:17 +0000

Okay, if you've been looking for a chance to contribute to Encog, this might be it. This falls very much under the domain of traditional programming, and not so much under the more "advanced mathematical" extensions we've been doing with Encog lately. Also it is fine to help in C# or Java, this is very much a "parallel" effort. Also I will guide/help this effort, and write the "core" of it.

Encog for C# 3.0.0 Released

jeffheaton — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 01:54:19 +0000

Encog 3.0 for C# and Silverlight has been released, and can be downloaded here.

https://github.com/encog/encog-dotnet-core/downloads

Java was released a few weeks ago. This completes the 3.0 release. This will allow work to begin on Encog 3.1 and any bug fixes will go into Encog 3.0.1.

For more information on the features in Encog 3.0.0 refer to the Java release:

http://www.heatonresearch.com/content/encog-java-300-released