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whilo/boltzmann — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-07-17 · repo last pushed 2015-10-01

★ 67ClojureAudience · researcherComplexity · 4/5DormantSetup · moderate

vibe map

mindmap
  root((boltzmann))
    What it does
      Restricted Boltzmann Machines
      Deep Belief Networks
      Unsupervised pattern learning
    Tech stack
      Clojure
      JVM
      core.matrix
    Use cases
      Learn deep learning algorithms
      Recognize handwritten digits
      Build pattern recognition systems
    Audience
      Data scientists
      ML students
      Clojure developers
    Design
      Readable version
      Optimized version
      MNIST benchmark example

mindmap root((boltzmann)) What it does Restricted Boltzmann Machines Deep Belief Networks Unsupervised pattern learning Tech stack Clojure JVM core.matrix Use cases Learn deep learning algorithms Recognize handwritten digits Build pattern recognition systems Audience Data scientists ML students Clojure developers Design Readable version Optimized version MNIST benchmark example

what do people make with this?

VIBE 1

Learn how Restricted Boltzmann Machines work by reading the clean, readable reference implementation.

VIBE 2

Train a Deep Belief Network on the MNIST dataset to recognize handwritten digits.

VIBE 3

Fine-tune an unsupervised-trained model with backpropagation using labeled data.

VIBE 4

Use the optimized high-performance version to process larger real-world datasets.

what's the stack?

Clojurecore.matrix

how it stacks up fr

	whilo/boltzmann	avelino/chrondb	yogthos/flatiron
Stars	67	97	27
Language	Clojure	Clojure	Clojure
Last pushed	2015-10-01	—	—
Maintenance	Dormant	—	—
Setup difficulty	moderate	moderate	moderate
Complexity	4/5	4/5	3/5
Audience	researcher	developer	developer

Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.

how do i run it?

Difficulty · moderate time til it works · 1h+

Requires familiarity with Clojure and the JVM toolchain to run and modify.

prompts (copy fr)

prompt 1

Show me how to train a Restricted Boltzmann Machine on the MNIST dataset using this Clojure library.

prompt 2

Explain the difference between boltzmann's readable and optimized implementations of the same algorithm.

prompt 3

How do I use core.matrix in this library to understand the math behind Deep Boltzmann Machines?

prompt 4

Write Clojure code using this library to fine-tune a pretrained Deep Belief Network with backpropagation.

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