Jeff Heaton

Working on Encog 2.1

JeffHeaton — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:25:29 +0000

I am currently working on Encog 2.1. Lots of new neural network types!

Working on Elman/Jordan neural networks for Encog 2.0

JeffHeaton — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:14:01 +0000

I've added a "context layer" to Encog 2.0. It is working out nicely for the Elman/Jordan type networks that I want Encog 2.0 to support. I did some programming using my NetBook on the long bus rides on my Spain trip to implement this sort of neural network better. Making progress on Encog 2.0, hope to release in a few months.

Back from Spain

JeffHeaton — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:11:56 +0000

Got back from Spain on Monday. Fascinating country, we will have to go back sometime in the future. Visited Madrid, Toledo, and Barcelona. Barcelona is quite the "party city"! I think I am way too boring to visit Barcelona. :)

Announcement: Online Neural Network Course

JeffHeaton — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 04:38:36 +0000

I will be offering an online neural network programming course for Java in January of 2009. You can find more information here.

Introduction to Neural Networks with Java, 2nd Edition EBook Available

JeffHeaton — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 01:43:38 +0000

We just released the EBOOK form of the 2nd Edition to Introduction to Neural Networks with Java. The paperback should be out in a few weeks. You can read more about it here.

Encog 0.5 is Released

JeffHeaton — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:18:21 +0000

We just released version 0.5 of the Encog Project. Encog is an open source framework for neural networks and HTTP bots. Currently we only have the Java side released. However, a C# version will be out in a few weeks. You can read more about this Encog release here.

Quebec City 400 Anniversary

JeffHeaton — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:13:39 +0000

Tracy, Lori and I just got back from Quebec City. They were celebrating the 400th anniversary of the city. We toured Quebec city. Quebec city still has its city walls and has a very distentive look. We saw parts of the city, and even a waterfall outside of the city. We also saw Les Miserables at a local theatre. We saw les miserables in French! Tracy had to help me understand some of the parts, because I do not speak French! It was a fun trip!

[Pictures from Quebec]

Cruising is Fun

JeffHeaton — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:01:45 +0000

Tracy and I just got back from a cruise. Neither of has ever been on one before, and it was great. I was amazed that I was able to use my AT&T air card, for free, from Puerto Rico and St. Thomas, since they were both US territories. We are total nerds, we brought along 2 iPhones, a Mac Air, an Amazon Kindle and an AT&T AirCard(for the Mac Air) for the trip. Of course we spent way more time doing cruise stuff than playing with our technology. But one does need to stay connected! You can see some of the pictures here.

Google Lively

JeffHeaton — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:39 +0000

Google just opened their new virtual world, called Lively. I just created a room for Heaton Research. Not sure what we will use it for yet, perhaps an area to chat about some of the books and technologies we cover. We already maintain a significant presence in the Second Life world. To the left of this post, you can see my new avatar for the Lively world.

Covers for New Books

JeffHeaton — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:39:39 +0000

Here are the new covers for my two upcoming books. You can read more about their release schedule here: http://www.heatonresearch.com/stories/twobooks.html .