tensorflow-clj

This project is under active development. Expect the APIs to change frequently for the next several months.

Summary

Clojure API for building and running computations on Google's TensorFlow framework.

Goal(s)

Create a mechanism for solving hard problems through machine learning that doesn't require a deep understanding of machine learning and utilizes idiomatic Clojure practices, guidelines, and ideas.

Rationale (because it wouldn't be a Clojure library without this section)

There exist numerous hard problems that can be solved through machine learning. However, most machine learning frameworks and libraries require thorough knowledge of the complex foundational topics of the field. In some cases, these libraries assume the user has sufficient breadth of understanding to know which particular algorithm / approach should be selected at a given decision point in their venture.

Furthermore, most machine learning libraries are architected in such a way that code re-use across projects for data scientists is either a copy-paste extravaganza or simply impossible. Oftentimes, this is the result of object oriented or procedural design principles and practices.

Therefore, tensorflow-clj focuses on empowering machine learning plebians to solve hard problems through the utilization of high-level constructs and automated tooling. However, this library will also allow machine learning gurus to compose basic machine learning building blocks into constructs they require to solve hard problems. This will be achieved by taking a data-first, functional approach to automate the building of Tensorflow graphs.

Milestones

Load, run, update, and save Tensorflow graphs which are already available in the pre-defined TF Protobuf format (done)
Build a representation for any arbitrary Tensorflow operation nodes (done)
Convert collections of Clojure TF op nodes to TF Protobuf format (done) (At this point, we can build, load, run, update, and save any arbitrary TF computation graph)
Mimic convenience functionality present only in Python client (looking at you, GradientDescent)
Generate clojure.spec node schemas based on op definitions found in TF Protobuf exports
Create clojure.spec schemas for governing entire collections of nodes
Mimic convenience functionality present in Keras and similar libraries for building neural nets
Add functionality for building ML / NN graphs for the plebians

How to Get Involved

You can find and chat with us on #tensorflow @ Clojurians Slack. Get an invite here.
If you find bugs / have feature requests, feel free to make an issue here on GitHub. For bugs, please provide sample code where possible for reproducing the issue. Also, be sure to let us know what environment (OS, Java version, CLJ version, etc.) you're using.

Usage

This library is available via Clojars: [tensorflow-clj "0.1"]

This project should run out-of-the-box using Leiningen. It's developed locally on MacOS and also built on Travis CI Linux.

More usage instructions coming soon!

Run some basic tests:

$ lein test

License

Distributed under the Eclipse Public License either version 1.0 or (at your option) any later version.

enragedginger / tensorflow-clj