Keras backend (original) (raw)

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I wasn't sure how to contact anyone working on CNTK, so I'm opening an issue here.
I was reading this comment:

https://github.com/Microsoft/CNTK/blob/9d6345b2fa794c38b4f02f71631ea71401b97362/Tests/EndToEndTests/Speech/QuickE2E/cntk.cntk#L26

# This version shows an experimental function-composition based approach to network declaration, similar to Keras.

Would there be any interest on your part in developing a CNTK backend for Keras? I know that quite a few Keras users are on Windows, and they are relying on Theano as a backend for now. But being able to build models in Python with the Keras API and run them using CNTK could be a game-changer for many windows-using deep learning practitioners. Lots of Keras+Windows users would switch.

Thoughts?