A collection of production-grade machine learning implementations built from first principles. Each project demonstrates deep understanding of core algorithms through clean, modular code and rigorous validation.
Directory: diffusion-models/
A complete implementation of Denoising Diffusion Probabilistic Models (DDPM) for image generation.
Key Features:
- Forward and reverse diffusion processes with multiple noise schedules
- Custom UNet architecture with attention mechanisms
- DDPM and DDIM sampling algorithms
- Classifier-free guidance for conditional generation
- Trained on CIFAR-10 dataset (500 epochs)
- FID Score: 10-15, Model Size: 35M parameters
Technologies: PyTorch, CIFAR-10, UNet, Attention Mechanisms
Use Cases: Image generation, denoising, creative AI applications
Directory: mini-gpt/
A GPT-style language model implementing the complete transformer architecture from scratch.
Key Features:
- Multi-head self-attention with causal masking
- Pre-LayerNorm transformer blocks
- KV cache for efficient autoregressive generation (10-15x speedup)
- Mixed precision training (FP16/FP32)
- Multiple sampling strategies (greedy, top-k, top-p, temperature)
- Configurations: Small (25M), Base (117M), Medium (350M) parameters
Technologies: PyTorch, Transformers, Attention, NLP
Use Cases: Text generation, language modeling, conversational AI
Directory: ppo-reinforcement-learning/
A complete implementation of Proximal Policy Optimization for reinforcement learning.
Key Features:
- Clipped surrogate objective for stable learning
- Generalized Advantage Estimation (GAE)
- Separate actor-critic networks
- Custom inventory management environment
- Trained on CartPole and custom supply chain optimization
- 71% improvement over random policy on inventory management
Technologies: PyTorch, Gymnasium, Reinforcement Learning, Policy Gradients
Use Cases: Game AI, robotics control, operations research, RLHF
ML-PROJECTS/
├── diffusion-models/ # DDPM image generation
├── mini-gpt/ # GPT-style language model
├── ppo-reinforcement-learning/ # PPO RL implementation
└── README.md # This file
All projects demonstrate:
- From First Principles: No high-level abstractions, every component implemented explicitly
- Production Quality: Modular design, comprehensive documentation, proper error handling
- Research Grade: Mathematical rigor, proper citations, reproducible results
- Educational Value: Clear code structure, detailed comments, suitable for learning
- Deep Learning Framework: PyTorch 2.0+
- Python: 3.8+
- Key Libraries: NumPy, Matplotlib, TensorBoard
- Environments: CUDA 11.8+ (optional, for GPU acceleration)
Each project has its own README with detailed instructions. Navigate to the respective directory and follow the setup instructions:
# Diffusion Models
cd diffusion-models/
pip install -r requirements.txt
python training/train_model.py --config configs/base.yaml --experiment baseline
# Mini-GPT
cd mini-gpt/
pip install -r requirements.txt
python training/train_model.py --config configs/small.yaml
# PPO
cd ppo-reinforcement-learning/
pip install -r requirements.txt
python training/train_agent.py --env CartPole-v1 --total-timesteps 50000- Implements state-of-the-art image generation
- Achieves competitive FID scores on CIFAR-10
- Demonstrates understanding of probabilistic modeling
- Complete transformer implementation without abstractions
- Efficient inference with KV caching
- Demonstrates understanding of attention mechanisms and language modeling
- Stable reinforcement learning with clipped objective
- Custom environment design (inventory management)
- Demonstrates understanding of policy gradient methods
Each project is individually licensed. See the respective license.txt files in each project directory.
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Note: These implementations prioritize clarity and correctness over performance optimization, making them suitable for educational purposes, research, and as foundations for production systems.