Just a straight forward implementation for accesing the data in MNIST data files and converting the images to a BufferedImage (the standard in Java environment).
To import the lib in your project just add the following to your maven file:
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>de.ratopi</groupId>
<artifactId>read-mnist</artifactId>
<version>2.1</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
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<repositories>
<repository>
<id>ratopi.de releases</id>
<url>http://ratopi.github.io/maven/releases/</url>
<snapshots>
<enabled>false</enabled>
</snapshots>
</repository>
</repositories>
Have fun ... and let me know, if you use or think its usefull
ratopi