# Getting started with HTM with some simple examples

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**Created:** [August 1, 2018, 4:46pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/getting-started-with-htm-with-some-simple-examples/4295 "2018-08-01T16:46:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![longtimer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@longtimer](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/longtimer)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2018, 4:46pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/getting-started-with-htm-with-some-simple-examples/4295/1 "2018-08-01T16:46:13Z")

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Hello,

I have a few years background in machine learning and I just started reading about HTM and taking the YouTube courses last week to bring myself up to speed. The only issue that I have hit so far is that there are no simple examples to play with so I am making little headway given the sheer number of parameters that can be tuned. I asked a few questions last week about a simple square wave prediction but have had no responses at all.

That lead me to a few questions:

1. I am wondering if this is really a closed group more for an already established group of enthusiasts or if it is more widely open?
2. Is there a reason for the lack of simple examples other than manpower to create them?
3. If I were to present some example dead simple datasets, would anyone be able to direct me to a point where I could make them available so that others would have an easier time getting started?

Thanks,

Jason

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**Author:** ![Bitking](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.numenta.org/bitking/32/3099_2.png) [@Bitking](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/Bitking)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2018, 5:37pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/getting-started-with-htm-with-some-simple-examples/4295/2 "2018-08-01T17:37:01Z")

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1. The group is actively promoted in Linkedin. We welcome all interested people.
2. I don’t know how simple you might mean but this thread lists a host of projects:  
[Other HTM projects](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/other-htm-projects/2163)  
@Paul_Lamb ‘s project may be the example you are looking for.
3. If you do come up with something this seems like a good place to add it.

HTM school gets about as simple as you can get - Matt runs example and explains what is happening in bite-sized chunks!

When @rhyolight (Matt) returns I will ask him if we can pin this link somehow to make it easier for the casual visitor to find.

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**Author:** ![longtimer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@longtimer](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/longtimer)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2018, 7:11pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/getting-started-with-htm-with-some-simple-examples/4295/3 "2018-08-01T19:11:10Z")

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Thanks for the reply. Much appreciated.

Thanks for the link, but I guess I was mostly talking about use cases that demonstrate how the system works as opposed to implementations and tool add-ons. I agree that HTM school explains the concepts well but what I found was that there were no simple examples to go with it. For example, the hot-gym example is not something that one looks at and immediately identifies that there is an anomaly. Simple data sets with predictable findings are what I was thinking.

If these exist, that is what I would be interested to look at them. Otherwise, that is what I would want to put together.

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**Author:** ![Bitking](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.numenta.org/bitking/32/3099_2.png) [@Bitking](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/Bitking)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2018, 7:12pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/getting-started-with-htm-with-some-simple-examples/4295/4 "2018-08-01T19:12:19Z")

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I like your idea and would like to see it developed.

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**Author:** ![MaxLee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.numenta.org/maxlee/32/5546_2.png) [@MaxLee](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/MaxLee)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2018, 8:04pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/getting-started-with-htm-with-some-simple-examples/4295/5 "2018-08-01T20:04:05Z")

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The first youtube video that got me here was this, which also links to a jupyter notebook:

Siraj’s jupyter notebook [here](https://github.com/llSourcell/numenta_explained).

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**Author:** ![Paul\_Lamb](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.numenta.org/paul_lamb/32/2725_2.png) [@Paul\_Lamb](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/Paul_Lamb)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2018, 8:30pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/getting-started-with-htm-with-some-simple-examples/4295/6 "2018-08-01T20:30:15Z")

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> [@MaxLee](#):
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> youtube video that got me here was this

Thanks for linking that, I hadn’t seen it yet myself. Siraj gets a few points wrong, but overall it’s not a bad introduction video. He hits on the important concepts, and has a lot of followers… guessing he brought more than a few folks to HTM with this video.

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**Author:** ![rhyolight](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.numenta.org/rhyolight/32/3922_2.png) [@rhyolight](https://discourse.numenta.org/u/rhyolight)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2018, 3:21pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/getting-started-with-htm-with-some-simple-examples/4295/7 "2018-08-06T15:21:50Z")

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Hi @longtimer, thanks for the questions. Please see the [Using NuPIC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/using-nupic/2191) wiki page, which includes links to several tutorials on building applications. Hopefully you also found the [Quick Start](http://nupic.docs.numenta.org/stable/quick-start/index.html) in the API docs. I spent a lot of time coding up the examples there using all 3 of our APIs.