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Clojure MXNet March Update

I’m starting a monthly update for Clojure MXNet. The goal is to share the progress and exciting things that are happening in the project and our community.

Here’s some highlights for the month of March.

Shipped

Under the shipped heading, the 1.4.0 release of MXNet has been released, along with the Clojure MXNet Jars. There have been improvements to the JVM memory management and an Image API addition. You can see the full list of changes here

Clojure MXNet Made Simple Article Series

Arthur Caillau authored a really nice series of blog posts to help get people started with Clojure MXNet.

Lein Template & Docker file

Nicolas Modrzyk created a Leiningen template that allows you to easily get a MXNet project started - with a notebook too! It’s a great way to take Clojure MXNet for a spin

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# create project
lein new clj-mxnet hello

# run included sample
lein run

# start notebook engine
lein notebook

# open notebook
http://0.0.0.0:10000/worksheet.html?filename=notes/practice.clj
# open empty notebook with all namespaces
http://0.0.0.0:10000/worksheet.html?filename=notes/empty.clj

There also is a docker file as well

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docker run -it -p 10000:10000 hellonico/mxnet

After starting the container, you can open the same notebooks as above:

# open notebook
http://0.0.0.0:10000/worksheet.html?filename=notes/practice.clj
# open empty notebook with all namespaces
http://0.0.0.0:10000/worksheet.html?filename=notes/empty.clj

Cool Stuff in Development

There are a few really interesting things cooking for the future.

One is a PR for memory fixes from the Scala team that is getting really close to merging. This will be a solution to some the the memory problems that were encountered by early adopters of the Module API.

Another, is the new version of the API for the Clojure NDArray and Symbol APIs that is being spearheaded by Kedar Bellare

Finally, work is being started to create a Gluon API for the Clojure package which is quite exciting.

Get Involved

As always, we welcome involvement in the true Apache tradition. If you have questions or want to say hi, head on over the the closest #mxnet room on your preferred server. We are on Clojurian’s slack and Zulip.

Cat Picture of the Month

There is no better way to close out an update than a cat picture, so here is a picture of my family cat watching birds at the window.

Have a great rest of March!

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