w00t!! > On Aug 27, 2018, at 6:22 PM, Daniel Takabayashi > <daniel.takabaya...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thank's everybody for the votes in this incubation process. And I know that > our work just started! > > > > Em seg, 27 de ago de 2018 às 13:23, Luciano Resende <luckbr1...@gmail.com> > escreveu: > >> On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 10:43 AM Luciano Resende <luckbr1...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> After the initial discussion, please vote on the acceptance of Marvin-AI >>> Project for incubation at the Apache Incubator. The full proposal is >>> available at the end of this message and on the wiki at : >>> >>> https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/Marvin-AI >>> >>> Please cast your votes: >>> >>> [ ] +1, bring Marvin-AI into Incubator >>> [ ] +0, I don't care either way >>> [ ] -1, do not bring Marvin-AI into Incubator, because... >>> >>> The vote is open for the next 72 hours and only votes from the >>> Incubator PMC are binding. >>> >>> === >>> >>> = Marvin-AI = >>> >>> == Abstract == >>> >>> Marvin-AI is an open-source artificial intelligence (AI) platform that >>> helps data scientists, prototype and productionalize complex solutions >> with >>> a scalable, low-latency, language-agnostic, and standardized architecture >>> while simplifies the process of exploration and modeling. >>> >>> == Proposal == >>> >>> Marvin helps non-experienced developers create industry-grade AI >>> applications. It has three core components: a development environment to >>> be used during data exploration and hypothesis validation (Toolbox), a >>> library which should be extended to create Marvin engines, and a Scala >>> application server which interprets engines (Engine Executor). >>> A basic premise of Marvin is that it should be language-agnostic, able to >>> interpret engines implemented in different programming languages. >>> >>> == Background == >>> >>> The Marvin AI project was initiated as an internal project at B2W Digital >>> (Brazil), the largest e-commerce company in Latin America. Nowadays, it >> is >>> used by all data scientists within the B2W team. Oftentimes, data >>> scientists don't have an extensive background in software engineering, >> yet >>> are in charge of creating AI applications that need to scale to high >>> throughput and provide millisecond-level response times. At B2W, Marvin >> AI >>> plays an important role in this process, abstracting advanced software >>> engineering procedures, allowing data scientists to focus on their >>> knowledge domain. >>> >>> == Rationale == >>> >>> With recent advances in computer architecture and a corresponding >> increase >>> in the amount of data generated by always-connected devices, AI >> algorithms >>> offer a solution to problems that have long troubled modern corporations. >>> Since AI developers come from various fields, such as statistics, >> physics, >>> and math, there exists a strong need for platforms which enable them to >>> move from prototypes to enterprise applications. Although some tools >> claim >>> to offer this service, in reality, there is no reliable open-source >>> solution. >>> >>> == Initial Goals == >>> >>> The initial goals will most likely be to merge the existing codebase into >>> a single repository, migrate it to Apache, and then integrate with the >>> Apache development process. Furthermore, we plan for incremental >>> development and releases, as per Apache guidelines. >>> >>> == Current Status == >>> >>> === Meritocracy === >>> >>> Marvin already works under principles of meritocracy. Today, Marvin >>> already has some contributors that are part of other institutions. >> Although >>> there is no formal process defined to become a committer, contributors >> that >>> make major changes/improvements to the platform are naturally granted >> write >>> access to the repository. >>> >>> >>> === Community === >>> >>> Acceptance into the Apache foundation would substantially boost both >>> Marvin's user and developer communities. The current community includes a >>> few experienced developers that have either academic or professional >>> experience with AI. The community is largely comprised of data scientists >>> working at B2W and other companies such as Cloudera, MIT, Qume Labs, >>> Laguro.com, and CBYK. Also, there is a meetup group of hundreds of users >>> who meet regularly to exchange ideas about Marvin and, more generally, >> AI. >>> >>> Reference to the group: https://www.meetup.com/marvin-ai/members/ >>> >>> === Core Developers === >>> >>> The core developers for Marvin are listed in the contributor's list and >>> initial PPMC below. These lists include B2W employees, MIT students, >> UFSCAR >>> researchers, independent contributors, and some employees of other >>> companies like Cloudera, Qume Labs, Laguro.com, and CBYK. >>> >>> === Alignment === >>> >>> The initial committers strongly believe that by being part of the Apache >>> Software Foundation, Marvin AI will be part of a comprehensive suite for >> AI >>> applications that can process big data and enable enterprises to extract >>> value from their data lakes. Also, we hope that by integrating with other >>> Apache projects such as Apache Spark, Apache Hadoop; that this will >> foster >>> additional collaboration between these projects furthering the already >>> existing integration points and expanding the community of contributors. >>> >>> >>> == Known Risks == >>> >>> === Orphaned products === >>> >>> Given the current maturity of Marvin and how well it has been received at >>> technical conferences, the risk of the project being abandoned is >> minimal. >>> AI is not academia-exclusive anymore, and as enterprises start to add >>> data-science pipelines to their applications, demand for Marvin will only >>> increase. >>> >>> === Inexperience with Open Source === >>> >>> Marvin AI has been an open-source project since October 2017. The project >>> was started in a company where open-source culture is foundational. B2W >>> Digital runs the largest e-commerce in Latin America on top of >> open-source >>> projects. >>> >>> === Reliance on Salaried Developers === >>> >>> Marvin AI receives substantial efforts from salaried developers -- a few >>> of which were hired by companies to work exclusively for the project -- >> but >>> the majority devote "after-hours" or spare time to this project. Some >>> developers are graduate students that contribute in their free time at >>> school. >>> >>> === Relationships with Other Apache Products === >>> >>> Marvin integrates with several Apache products, such as Hadoop (HDFS) and >>> Spark. Marvin shares some similar features with PredictionIO, >> specifically >>> the model application server and a design pattern that was inspired by >> the >>> DASE. Despite these similarities, Marvin is catered towards a different >>> clientele (data scientists), and for that reason, it includes many >> critical >>> features that are not provided by PredictionIO. >>> >>> === An Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand === >>> >>> While the ASF brand will undoubtedly help Marvin become a successful >>> project, Marvin is already gaining traction at companies around the >> globe. >>> >>> == Documentation == >>> >>> http://www.marvin-ai.org >>> >>> >>> == Initial Source == >>> >>> The current codebase is available at http://github.com/marvin-ai. This >> is >>> practically the same code that will be migrating to the Apache >> Foundation, >>> the notable difference being that the multiple repositories will be >> merged >>> into a single repository (if necessary). >>> >>> These are the main repositories and a very simplified explanation about >>> each one: >>> >>> '''Main repositories''' >>> >>> * marvin-ai/marvin-python-toolbox - Data Science toolbox that helps in >>> the creation of new ML engines >>> * marvin-ai/marvin-engine-executor - Component responsible for >>> interpreting, serving and managing Marvin engines >>> * marvin-ai/marvin-public-engines - Marvin engine examples to help new >>> Marvin users to build engines >>> * marvin-ai/marvin-platform-book - Documentation in GitHub book site >>> format >>> >>> '''Secondary repositories (Experimental and Initial)''' >>> * marvin-ai/marvin-vagrant-dev - Development environment that uses >>> VirtualBox and vagrant to non mac and Linux users; >>> * marvin-ai/marvin-paper - Source code (latex format) of the first >> Marvin >>> paper published in PAPIS.io conference in Boston. >>> * marvin-ai/marvin-cluster-admin - Admin module responsible to manage >>> Marvin cluster; >>> * marvin-ai/marvin-automl - AutoML module responsible to help data >>> scientist to build machine learning models with a very simple visual >>> interface; >>> >>> >>> == External Dependencies == >>> >>> It is very likely that all our dependencies are using either the Apache >> or >>> MIT license. Upon acceptance to the incubator, we would begin a thorough >>> analysis of all transitive dependencies to verify this fact and introduce >>> license checking into the build and release process. >>> >>> == Required Resources == >>> >>> === Mailing lists === >>> >>> * priv...@marvin.incubator.apache.org (with moderated subscriptions) >>> * d...@marvin.incubator.apache.org >>> * comm...@marvin.incubator.apache.org >>> >>> >>> === Git Repositories === >>> >>> * https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-marvin.git >>> >>> === Issue Tracking === >>> >>> * JIRA (MARVIN) >>> >>> == Initial Committers == >>> >>> * Lucas Bonatto Miguel <lucasbona...@gmail.com> - Qume Labs (California >>> - USA) >>> * Daniel Takabayashi <daniel.takabaya...@gmail.com> - B2W Digital (São >>> Paulo - BR) / Laguro.com (California - USA) >>> * Bruno Piraja <bruno.pir...@b2wdigital.com> - B2W Digital (São Paulo - >>> BR) >>> * Zhang Yifei <zhang.yi...@b2wdigital.com> - B2W Digital (São Paulo - >> BR) >>> * Harrison Wang <hwang...@mit.edu> - MIT (USA) >>> * Brody West <bro...@mit.edu> - MIT (USA) >>> * Rafael Novello <rafael.nove...@b2wdigital.com> - B2W Digital (São >>> Paulo - BR) >>> * Willian Leite <willian.le...@cbyk.com.br> - CBYK (São Paulo - BR) >>> * Danilo Nunes <nunesdan...@gmail.com> - Qume Labs (California - USA) >>> * Alan Silva <alan.si...@cloudera.com> Cloudera (USA) >>> * Jeremy Elster <jeremy.els...@b2wdigital.com> - B2W Digital (São Paulo >>> - BR) >>> >>> >>> == Sponsors == >>> >>> === Champion === >>> >>> * Luciano Resende - (lresende) >>> >>> === Nominated Mentors === >>> >>> * Luciano Resende - (lresende) >>> * Jim Jagielski - (jim) >>> * William Colen - (colen) >>> >>> === Sponsoring Entity === >>> We would like to propose the Apache Incubator to sponsor this project. >>> >>> >>> >> Vote has passed with 6 +1 binding votes >> Dave Fisher >> Jim Jagielski >> William Colen >> Luciano Resende >> Matt Sicker >> Willem Jiang >> >> And 2 +1 non binding non binding votes from: >> Tan Zhongyi >> Vasas Szabolcs >> >> >> Thanks for the time reviewing and voting on this proposal. I will start the >> infra work slowly as I am on the road for the rest of the week. >> >> >> -- >> Luciano Resende >> http://twitter.com/lresende1975 >> http://lresende.blogspot.com/ >>
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