Day 2

Today I continued work on the tutorial on machine learning basics. In the tutorial, I am attempting to shape data from digital images by altering the number of array dimensions into which the data are organized, and divide the shaped data into training and testing groups. The machine learning programs will use the training data to predict the results of the testing data. So far, this process has been gradual and challenging for me, as I have limited prior experience in machine learning. Ryan, who is working on the same tutorial, has more background in machine learning than I do, and he has assisted me along the way. Also, toward the end of my work today, I encountered a flaw in my programming: in order to be compatible with the machine learning programs we are using in the tutorial, the data must be organized using a different type of structure than I had been using. I discussed this issue with Ron, and he helped me through it. Next time, I plan to implement the changes that we considered and continue in the tutorial.

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