I'm interested in machine learning techniques (graphical models, kernel methods) applied to text understanding (entity and relation extraction, coreference resolution, document classification and clustering, confidence prediction, social network analysis, data mining).
The mission of the Journal of Machine Learning Gossip (JMLG) is to provide an archival source of important information that is often discussed informally at conferences but is rarely, if ever, written down.
What's Torch ?
It's a machine-learning library, written in simple C++ and distributed now under a BSD license.
Torch is currently developed at IDIAP, in Switzerland mountains.
Lush is an object-oriented programming language designed for researchers, experimenters, and engineers interested in large-scale numerical and graphic applications.