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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.