Meetings¶
Weekly meetings at South Park Commons, Mondays 18:00.
Schedule¶
| # | Date | Topic | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 Jan 26 | Energy-efficient training intro | SPC main floor | Local · Google Doc |
| 2 | 26 Jan 26 | Hinton's Forward-Forward | Accel board room | Local · Google Doc |
| 3 | 02 Feb 26 | Joules measuring, Modal/Colab | SPC | Colab |
| 4 | 09 Feb 26 | From Beauty to Joules | Palmer Square | |
| 5 | 16 Feb 26 | Intelligence Per Joule, Karpathy names | - | |
| 6 | 23 Feb 26 | Germaine presentation, Emmett results | - | Local · Google Doc |
| 7 | 02 Mar 26 | Sparse parity, Yaroslav sprint 1 | - | Local · Google Doc |
| 8 | 09 Mar 26 | Yad demo, Yaroslav sprint 2, Michael/Germain results | SPC | Local · Google Doc |
Key Documents¶
| Document | Description |
|---|---|
| Sutro Group Main | Master index with all meeting links, logistics, homework |
| Challenge #1: Sparse Parity | The current homework challenge — XOR to 20-bit sparse parity |
| Yaroslav Sprint 1 | 2.5-hour sprint: baseline solver, ARD metric, gradient fusion |
| Emmett's Results | Pure-Python GPT, memory reduced 80MB to 35MB with Aster |
| Yaroslav Knowledge Sprint 2 | Energy metric deep dive, cache hierarchy costs |
| Yaroslav Verification | Independent verification of GF(2) solver correctness |
| Michael's Claude Approach | Claude-based sparse parity solver (90s-era methods) |
| The Bigger Picture | Yaroslav's roadmap: 3-axis cube (process, metric, problem) toward nanoGPT |