Poll: Which deep learning framework would you use?

#1

Post by cs702 » Tue, Aug 30, 2016, 4:54 PM UTC

Say you are about to build a new product or service that uses or requires deep learning.

Which deep learning framework would you use?

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If you vote on a framework, please also don't forget to upvote the poll itself, so we can keep it visible to others and collect more votes. Thank you!

Re: Poll: Which deep learning framework would you use?

#2

Post by cosmoharrigan » Tue, Aug 30, 2016, 5:04 PM UTC

The deep learning frameworks landscape, August 2016: https://twitter.com/fchollet/status/765212287531495424

Re: Poll: Which deep learning framework would you use?

#3

Post by cs702 » Tue, Aug 30, 2016, 5:15 PM UTC

cosmoharrigan wrote: post #2

The deep learning frameworks landscape, August 2016: https://twitter.com/fchollet/status/765212287531495424

I saw that post, but still think it makes to have this poll here because the HN community's preferences are probably a better indicator of what startup developers will do going forward than a ranking based on historical github figures accumulated in the past from a wider range of users.

Re: Poll: Which deep learning framework would you use?

#4

Post by jonathanraiman » Tue, Aug 30, 2016, 5:18 PM UTC

Dali: http://www.dali.ml

Re: Poll: Which deep learning framework would you use?

#5

Post by cs702 » Tue, Aug 30, 2016, 5:20 PM UTC

jonathanraiman wrote: post #4

Dali: http://www.dali.ml

Thanks for pointing Dali out. I just added it to the list of choices.

Re: Poll: Which deep learning framework would you use?

#6

Post by minimaxir » Tue, Aug 30, 2016, 5:32 PM UTC

cosmoharrigan wrote: post #2

The deep learning frameworks landscape, August 2016: https://twitter.com/fchollet/status/765212287531495424

That chart is slightly misleading in this context; it only measures GitHub repository activity (naturally skewed toward newer/less mature frameworks), not actual usage in real-world applications.

Re: Poll: Which deep learning framework would you use?

#7

Post by cosmoharrigan » Tue, Aug 30, 2016, 7:09 PM UTC

Note that SkFlow is now TF Learn and is part of the TensorFlow repository: https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/tree/master/tensorf... The skflow repository linked to in the poll is being deprecated.

Re: Poll: Which deep learning framework would you use?

#8

Post by cs702 » Tue, Aug 30, 2016, 9:03 PM UTC

cosmoharrigan wrote: post #7

Note that SkFlow is now TF Learn and is part of the TensorFlow repository: https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/tree/master/tensorf... The skflow repository linked to in the poll is being deprecated.

Oh, thanks for pointing that out. I now remember reading it had been moved not long ago, but I still linked to the old repo without thinking, as I have never used this simpler scikit-learn-like interface to TensorFlow. Sorry for the oversight.

Re: Poll: Which deep learning framework would you use?

#9

Post by jmmcd » Tue, Aug 30, 2016, 9:36 PM UTC

Lasagne on top of Theano https://github.com/Lasagne/Lasagne

Re: Poll: Which deep learning framework would you use?

#10

Post by cs702 » Tue, Aug 30, 2016, 9:45 PM UTC

jmmcd wrote: post #9

Lasagne on top of Theano https://github.com/Lasagne/Lasagne

Thanks. I knew about but forgot to add Lasagne -- and Blocks (https://github.com/mila-udem/blocks) for that matter. It's been a while since I looked at either.