WebML CG Teleconference – 13 May 2021 - 14:00-15:00 UTC+0

Latest: https://github.com/webmachinelearning/meetings/blob/master/telcons/2021-05-13-agenda.md


WebML CG Teleconference – 13 May 2021 - 14:00-15:00 UTC+0
San Francisco (U.S.A. - California)     Thu, 13 May 2021        07:00   UTC-7 hours
Boston (U.S.A. - Massachusetts) Thu, 13 May 2021        10:00   UTC-4 hours
London (United Kingdom - England)       Thu, 13 May 2021        15:00   UTC+1 hours
Berlin (Germany)        Thu, 13 May 2021        16:00   UTC+2 hours
Helsinki (Finland)      Thu, 13 May 2021        17:00   UTC+3 hours
Shanghai (China)        Thu, 13 May 2021        22:00   UTC+8 hours
Tokyo (Japan)   Thu, 13 May 2021        23:00   UTC+9 hours
Corresponding UTC (GMT) Thu, 13 May 2021        14:00 UTC

Other locations: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20210513T14


<https://github.com/webmachinelearning/meetings/blob/master/telcons/2021-05-13-agenda.md#logistics>Logistics

  *   Chair: Anssi
  *   Scribe: ?
  *   IRC: irc://irc.w3.org:6667/#webmachinelearning

  *   IRC web client: https://irc.w3.org/?channels=#webmachinelearning

  *   Call-in details: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/internal-webmachinelearning/2020Apr/0000.html

  *   Minutes: https://www.w3.org/2021/05/13-webmachinelearning-minutes.html


<https://github.com/webmachinelearning/meetings/blob/master/telcons/2021-05-13-agenda.md#agenda>Agenda
<https://github.com/webmachinelearning/meetings/blob/master/telcons/2021-05-13-agenda.md#joining-the-web-machine-learning-working-group>Joining the Web Machine Learning Working Group

Instructions for joining the Web Machine Learning Working Group: https://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/130674/instructions


<https://github.com/webmachinelearning/meetings/blob/master/telcons/2021-05-13-agenda.md#tag-review>TAG review

  *   Define a common term for logical tensor changes?
     *   Issue: https://github.com/webmachinelearning/webnn/issues/150

     *   Proposed resolution: TBD - pending TAG clarification
  *   Isomorphic JS story, worker scope exposure?
     *   Issue: https://github.com/webmachinelearning/webnn/issues/142

     *   Review PR: https://github.com/webmachinelearning/webnn/pull/163

  *   Ergonomics of the JS examples
     *   Issue: https://github.com/webmachinelearning/webnn/issues/139

     *   Resolution: Explain in the spec intro the rationale why the primary API consumer is a JS framework, note Model Loader API as a higher-level attraction targeting web developers - integrate any addition TAG comments
  *   String enum for activations
     *   Issue: https://github.com/webmachinelearning/webnn/issues/138

     *   Proposed resolution: TBD, assess pros/cons of the "failure is an option" pattern

<https://github.com/webmachinelearning/meetings/blob/master/telcons/2021-05-13-agenda.md#privacy-review>Privacy review

  *   Self-Review Questionnaire response closure

     *   Issues: https://github.com/webmachinelearning/webnn/issues/119 and https://github.com/webmachinelearning/webnn/issues/122

     *   Proposed resolution: Add Security and privacy considerations integrating informative PING feedback
     *   (All suggested normative changes have been addressed in https://github.com/webmachinelearning/webnn/pull/159)
  *   Fingerprinting via matmul

     *   Issue: https://github.com/webmachinelearning/webnn/issues/85


<https://github.com/webmachinelearning/meetings/blob/master/telcons/2021-05-13-agenda.md#operation-specific-apis-proposal>Operation-specific APIs proposal

Continue progress remaining features that satisfy the requirements of the operation-specific APIs proposal:

https://github.com/webmachinelearning/proposals/issues/2

  *   Add support for device selection
     *   Review (rescoped) PR: https://github.com/webmachinelearning/webnn/pull/162

  *   Discuss asynchronous data download (and upload)
     *   Issue: TBD
  *   Discuss layout format conversion
     *   Issue: TBD
  *   Clarify at which point weights are used in the compilation
     *   Issue: https://github.com/webmachinelearning/webnn/issues/157

  *   Discuss WebAssembly op level execution use case, opens and relationship with other issues?
     *   Issue: https://github.com/webmachinelearning/webnn/issues/156