Ranga’s research notebook: notes, experiments, and reproductions toward frontier AI.

hey, I’m Ranga. I finished my master’s in Applied Data Intelligence at San Jose State in May 2026. I’ve worked across apps, systems, LLMs, and generative AI, but I want to go deeper into mathematics, papers, model training, and the core research problems that frontier labs work on. this is where I learn those things, build working prototypes, revise what I thought I understood, and keep TL;DR-first notes for anyone trying to take a similar path.

projects

  1. keyword spotting from scratch a tiny model that hears one word: under 1M parameters, trained on Google Speech Commands, measured for accuracy, size, and latency. in progress · started sep 28 · 1 note

notes

  1. keyword spotting from scratch: the plan the target, the questions I want to be able to answer, and a day-by-day plan for the next 10 days.
  2. toward the frontier why I’m moving from applied AI toward model training and research at a frontier lab, and how I’ll learn and write here.

activity

one tick per day since day 1

2 notes, 677 words so far.