TensorFlow博客翻譯——DeepMind轉向TensorFlow

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DeepMind moves to TensorFlow

DeepMind轉向TensorFlow

Friday, April 29, 2016

Posted by Koray Kavukcuoglu, Research Scientist, Google DeepMind

At DeepMind, we conduct state-of-the-art research on a wide range of algorithms, from deep learning and reinforcement learning to systems neuroscience, towards the goal of building Artificial General Intelligence. A key factor in facilitating rapid progress is the software environment used for research. For nearly four years, the open source Torch7 machine learning library has served as our primary research platform, combining excellent flexibility with very fast runtime execution, enabling rapid prototyping. Our team has been proud to contribute to the open source project in capacities ranging from occasional bug fixes to being core maintainers of several crucial components.

在DeepMind項目上，朝著構建人工智慧的目標，我們在深度學習、增強學習到神經系統，這一系列的演算法上創建了藝術級的研究。一個促進該項目快速進展的重要因素，就是研究中使用的軟體環境。最近4年來，開源軟體Torch7這個機器學習庫一直作為我們首要的研究平台，它結合了非常完美的靈活性和十分快速的運行時執行，確保了快速建模。我們的團隊非常自豪的對開源項目進行了貢獻，這個貢獻從最初偶爾的bug修復一直發展到成為幾個關鍵性的模塊的核心維護人員。

With Google』s recent open source release of TensorFlow, we initiated a project to test its suitability for our research environment. Over the last six months, we have re-implemented more than a dozen different projects in TensorFlow to develop a deeper understanding of its potential use cases and the tradeoffs for research. Today we are excited to announce that DeepMind will start using TensorFlow for all our future research. We believe that TensorFlow will enable us to execute our ambitious research goals at much larger scale and an even faster pace, providing us with a unique opportunity to further accelerate our research programme.

對於Google最近開源的TensorFlow，我們初始化了一個工程去測試它對於我們研究環境的適應性。在最近的六個多月時間裡，我們在TensorFlow上重新實現了超過一打的不同的項目，用來提高我們對它的潛在的用例和研究的初衷的理解。今天我們非常興奮的宣布，DeepMind將開始在我們將來所有的研究中開始使用TensorFlow。我們相信，TensorFlow將確保我們可以更大尺度和以更快的步伐來執行我們雄心勃勃的研究目標，並為我們將來加速我們的研究進程提供一個獨一無二的機會。

As one of the core contributors of Torch7, I have had the pleasure of working closely with an excellent community of developers and researchers, and it has been amazing to see all the great work that has been built on top of the platform and the impact this has had on the field. Torch7 is currently being used by Facebook, Twitter, and many start-ups and academic labs as well as DeepMind, and I』m proud of the significant contribution it has made to a large community in both research and industry. Our transition to TensorFlow represents a new chapter, and I feel very excited about the prospect of DeepMind contributing heavily to another great open source machine learning platform that everyone can use to advance the state-of-the-art.

作為Torch7的一個核心貢獻者，我很榮幸的和一個具有非常出色的開發者和研究者的社區保持密切合作，看著這個平台上已經構建出來的那些偉大的工作，以及這些工作在領域裡的影響，都令人非常的吃驚。Torch7現在已經被Facebook、Twitter和很多的創業公司和學院實驗室使用，就像DeepMind一樣，我非常驕傲它在研究和產業里所作出的傑出的貢獻。我們轉向TensorFlow將展現一個新的篇章，並且我也非常的興奮，期待著DeepMind將為另外一個偉大的開源機器學習平台作出重要貢獻，從而使得每一個人都可以推進這個藝術級的產品。
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