Record No. 005 · AI Lab

Built · Exploring · Next

AI Lab

Experiments, implementations and systems I'm building while learning AI engineering. What's shipped, what I'm studying and what's planned are kept clearly apart — nothing planned is claimed as known.

  • 3AI features shipped
  • LLM · CVAreas with real builds
  • Phase 1Current study focus
  • PyTorchNext on the plan

The Lab

Built, exploring, next

"Built" links to working code in real projects. "Exploring" and "Next" are honest labels, not credentials.

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Roadmap · Planned

Learning roadmap

The sequence I'm following to go from using models to understanding and training them. Only Phase 1 is in progress.

PHASE 01 · NOW · STUDYING

Foundations & Applied Math

Establishing algorithmic rigor, data manipulation fluency, and the foundational mathematics of machine learning.

  • Python Ecosystem: NumPy vectorized operations, Pandas data munging, Matplotlib/Seaborn analytics.
  • Mathematics for AI: Linear algebra (matrices, eigenvalues), multivariable calculus (gradients, chain rule), and probability distributions.
  • Data Structures: Algorithmic problem solving, complexity analysis (Big-O), search and graph traversal.
PHASE 02 · NEXT

Classical Machine Learning

Transitioning from statistical mathematical formulations to predictive modeling and validation pipelines.

  • Supervised Learning: Linear & logistic regression, decision trees, random forests, SVMs, gradient boosting.
  • Unsupervised Methods: K-Means clustering, PCA dimensionality reduction, anomaly detection.
  • Model Evaluation: Cross-validation, precision/recall trade-offs, ROC-AUC, feature selection, regularization.
PHASE 03 · PLANNED

Deep Learning & Transformers

Designing, training, and fine-tuning neural architectures with PyTorch across vision and natural language processing.

  • Deep Learning Fundamentals: Backpropagation from scratch, activation functions, optimizers (Adam, SGD).
  • Computer Vision: Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), transfer learning, feature representation.
  • NLP & Transformers: Tokenization, word embeddings, self-attention mechanisms, BERT and GPT architectures.
PHASE 04 · PLANNED

AI Systems & Production Deployment

Packaging AI models into robust, scalable software services with APIs, databases, and monitoring.

  • GenAI & RAG: Vector databases (Chroma, Qdrant), semantic search, retrieval pipelines, LLM agent tool-calling.
  • Backend Engineering: FastAPI endpoints, asynchronous processing, PostgreSQL persistence.
  • MLOps & Shipping: Containerization with Docker, CI/CD pipelines, latency benchmarking, and model evaluation.