SIGs/AI-ML

AI/ML is a quasi-accurate tag which is frequently used to describe modern Machine Learning techniques which are commonly referred to as "A.I." of late, regardless of how inaccurate that may be.

The Fedora AI/ML SIG is a grouping of like-minded individuals and groups who are working towards improving the state of AI/ML and the associated toolchains in Fedora.

Communication / Contact

We are using Matrix and Discourse as our primary methods of coordination and communication. For the time being, we are also sharing a Discourse tag and Matrix room with the PyTorch and Heterogeneous Computing SIGs, until it makes sense to split them into separate rooms/tags.

• #ai-ml@fedoraproject.org room on Matrix
• #fedora-ai-ml on the Libera.Chat IRC network.
  NOTE: With the recent Matrix-to-IRC bridge issues, there may not be much activity on IRC; more conversation happens in the Matrix room.
• #ai-ml-sig on Fedora's Discourse instance

Get Involved

The AI/ML SIG is in the early phases of forming and there is plenty of work going on, primarily in the area of packaging. More areas will be added as time goes on but currently, our primary areas of focus are:

• In practice, some form of acceleration is needed for modern AI/ML workflows. The effort to get AMD's ROCm toolchain packaged in Fedora is ongoing and more packaging help is welcome. You can get a quick overview of the state of affairs at the HC SIG's tracking page for ROCm packaging.
• The PyTorch packaging effort is just starting and given the number of packages they're looking at, they could also use more help. See the PyTorch SIG page for more details.

Resources

• AI-ML group on GitLab

Meetings

    TBD

Related SIGs

• Heterogeneous Computing (HC)
• PyTorch