Every week, I’d end up having ‘fit DTM‘ as my weekly goal. And I would try, converting line by line of C++ gsl code, only to have it fail miserably and fall back on me. (you can see my gripe about it in my live blog here.) The task in itself was quite straightforward – rewrite the Dynamic Topic Model code originally written by …
Understanding and Coding Dynamic Topic Models
Around a month into GSoC and into coding Dynamic Topic Models, there have been many challenges and experiences along the way. Before getting into the problems I faced, I’ll briefly describe what Dynamic Topic Models are. It would be helpful to read my previous blog post where I described Topic Models, first. You can also just do a quick google …