Spotify Open-Sources Klio, An AI Framework For Next Generation Audio Algorithms

Recently, Spotify open-sourced an AI framework at the 2020 International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference, known as Klio. Klio is an ecosystem which allows developers to process audio files or any other binary files at any scale.

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Spotify Open-Sources Klio, An AI Framework For Next Generation Audio Algorithms

Recently, Spotify open-sourced an AI framework at the 2020 International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference, known as Klio. Klio is an ecosystem which allows developers to process audio files or any other binary files at any scale.

Read more:
https://zcu.io/kjeZ

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Spotify Open-Sources Klio, An AI Framework For Next Generation Audio Algorithms

Recently, Spotify open-sourced an AI framework at the 2020 International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference, known as Klio. Klio is an ecosystem which allows developers to process audio files or any other binary files at any scale.

Built by Spotify, Klio runs large-scale audio intelligence systems at the digital music platform and is used by teams of engineers and audio researchers to help develop and deploy next-generation audio algorithms.

Behind Klio

Klio is built upon Apache Beam, and the jobs are opinionated data pipelines in Python. Tuned for audio and binary file processing, the goal of this framework is to create smarter data pipelines for audio.

Spotify built Klio as a standardised framework for running audio analysis allowing teams to share a common useful foundation instead of duplicating each others’ work. Klio reduces the operational and backend engineering load on these teams, allowing them to focus on doing the processing, machine learning and other algorithmic work. Klio is meant for processing media and can be used on cloud infrastructure, or locally on one’s computer. Klio focuses Beam on analysing, manipulating, and transforming large binary media (e.g. images, audio, video) where the content in its native form can’t really fit or be analysed in a database in any meaningful way. The Klio ecosystem is made up of multiple, separate Python packages. Besides the internal packages, there are some packages that are user-facing, which are klio-cli, klio and klio-audio.

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An Open-Source Book About the Open Source World

Open source today is a word that often include a lot of things, such as open knowledge (Wikimedia projects), open hardware (Arduino, Raspberry Pi), open formats (ODT/ODS/ODP) and so on.

It is a world of opportunities that can be difficult for newcomers but also for intermediates. This article will help you discover how to approach specific roles, activities or projects/communities in the best way.

Everything Started with “Coaching for OpenSource Communities 2.0”

I decided to write a book in my personal style about my experience in the last 7 to 8 years in open source. I was surprised when I reached 100 pages about various different topics.

My idea was to write something that I would like to read, so nothing that is boring or complicated, but full of real facts.

The second goal was to include my experience but also my philosophy on contributing and how I contribute daily.

Thirdly, I wanted to give a lot of hints and resources and an overall view of this open source world.

Basically, I wanted to write something different from self-help or coaching books that includes just a list of suggestions and best practices. Instead, I take real examples from real life about the OSS world.

As a contributor and developer, I prefer to have real cases to study, because best practices are useful, but we need to learn from others and this world is full of good and bad cases to discover.

In 2019, I started writing a book after Fosdem 2019 and after 2 years inside the Mozilla Reps Council. In that Fosdem edition, I had a talk “Coaching for Open Source Communities 2.0” and after the feedback at the conference and my thoughts in various roles, activities, and projects, it was time to write something.

At the end it wasn’t a manual but a book that included my experience, learnings, best practices and so on in Localization, Development, Project Maintainer, Sysadmin, Community Management, Mentor, Speaker and so on. It contains the following sections:

• Biography - This choice isn’t for self promotion but just to understand my point of view and my story that can be inspiring for others
• Philosophy - Not the usual description of Open Source or the 4 freedoms, but just what Open Source means and how you can help
• How to live inside the Open Source - A discovery about communications and tools, understanding the various kind of people and the best way to talk with your community
• How to choose a project - Starting with some questions to yourself and how to involve more people in your project
• The activity - Open Source is based on tasks that can be divided in 2 levels: Support, Testing, Marketing, Development etc
• How to use your time - We are busy, we have a life, a job and a family but Open Source can be time-consuming
• Why document is important - How writing documentation can be healthy for your community and the project’s future and brand

There are also three appendices that are manuals which I wrote throughout the years and gathered and improved for this book. They are about: community management, public speaking, and mentoring.

The book ends with my point of view about the future and what we have to do to change opinions about those topics.

I wrote this book and published in October 2019, but it was only possible with the help of reviews and localizers that improved and contributed. Yes, because this book is open source and free for everyone.

I picked the GPL license because this license changed the world and my life in the best way. Using this license is just a tribute. This decision usually is not clear because after all this is a book and there are better licenses like Creative Commons.

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Top 8 Java Open Source Projects You Should Get Your Hands-on [2021]

Learning about Java is no easy feat. It’s a prevalent and in-demand programming language with applications in numerous sectors. We all know that if you want to learn a new skill, the best way to do so is through using it. That’s why we recommend working on projects.

So if you’re a Java student, then you’ve come to the right place as this article will help you learn about the most popular Java open source projects. This way, you’d have a firm grasp of industry trends and the programming language’s applications.

However, before we discuss its various projects, it’s crucial to examine the place where you can get those projects – GitHub. Let’s begin.

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Amsterdam And Helsinki Launch Open AI Registers

Amsterdam and Helsinki both launched an Open AI Register at the Next Generation Internet Summit. According to sources, these two cities are the first in the world that are aiming to be open and transparent about the use of algorithms and AI in the cities.

Currently, in the beta version, Algorithm Register is an overview of the artificial intelligence systems and algorithms used by the City of Amsterdam. The register is an effort to show where the cities are currently making use of AI and how the algorithms work.

Jan Vapaavuori, Mayor of Helsinki stated, “Helsinki aims to be the city in the world that best capitalises on digitalisation. Digitalisation is strongly associated with the utilisation of artificial intelligence. With the help of artificial intelligence, we can give people in the city better services available anywhere and at any time. In the front rank with the City of Amsterdam, we are proud to tell everyone openly what we use Artificial Intelligence for.”

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