ITM AIR Lab

Official blueprint and vision for ITM AIR Lab (Artificial Intelligence Research Lab) — an open-source, student-driven research laboratory focused on foundational research in Large Language Models (LLMs) and Computer Vision Models (CVMs).

Badges

• Status: Student‑driven • Open source
• Roadmap: 0–12 months
• License: MIT

Mission

• Open-source research and tools.
• Focus on fundamental AI development with emphasis on LLMs and CVMs.
• Promote transparency, reproducibility, and high-quality academic output.

Core Philosophy

• All research and releases are open-source.
• Emphasis on reproducible experiments, clear documentation, and ethical research practices.
• Foster a mentorship pipeline for junior researchers.

Organization

Three core departments:

• Research Department: paper writing, experimental design, model architecture.
• Data Department: dataset creation, cleaning, annotation, curation.
• Development Department: training, fine-tuning, deployment, evaluation.

Each department will have:

• Department lead (student)
• Contributors (students, interns)
• Faculty/industry mentors (as available)

Responsibilities: long-term strategy, funding and grants, partnerships, and ethical oversight.

Transparency & Outreach

• Maintain a daily-updated website that includes:
  • Research progress and publications
  • Datasets and model releases
  • Lab news and technical articles
• Host regular seminars, workshops, and hackathons.

How to Contribute

• Read CONTRIBUTING.md for the process.
• Open issues for proposed projects or contributions.
• Follow the branch/PR naming and review workflow in CONTRIBUTING.md.