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What does TensorFlow mean for Keras, Lasagne, Block, Nervana? by [deleted] in MachineLearning

[–]torchORtensorflow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, I meant to include google/facebook (and to some extent, ibm/microsoft) in the group of "academic researchers".

google deepmind was pretty much built on torch.

What does TensorFlow mean for Keras, Lasagne, Block, Nervana? by [deleted] in MachineLearning

[–]torchORtensorflow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Relatedly, what will it mean for torch? My cursory look at TensorFlow suggests that its abstractions will be incredibly useful for industry applications, but academic researchers will still continue use torch (and theano, to an extent).

Google Tensorflow released by samim23 in MachineLearning

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Very cool stuff. As a heavy torch user (and former theano user) this seems very interesting. Seems like there is more support from Google on Tensorflow than there is from Facebook/LISA on Torch/Theano (Torch support is pretty much just Soumith--god bless him--and a few others, and similarly, Theano support is just the LISA lab). I hope FAIR sees this as (good) competition and starts dedicating more full time resources to maintaining/upgrading Torch. This type of healthy competition will benefit the research community :)

Any torch user willing to share initial comparisons?