Where the model takes precedence over the traditions we trust (or not, I guess).

For a more technical introduction, you can review it here at the GitHub site.

What we mean by theory, in general

We are, at present, in the process of working out foundations -, practically means a build-up phase, by design. Most of our interest is in the theoretical aspects of inquiry: the assumption stacks, the scaffolding and dependencies, and the simplification gaps between fields and subjects of interest. Though, that said, they are the surface of the general line inquiry, for much of them are rather deep or not, depends on how far one will follow its thread, or the implication thereof, and the interpretation capacity under grounding there be.

A few directions recur throughout such would be interesting to inquire, that we want to answer and analyze. First, in artificial intelligence we look past the engineering to its theory of mind, asking the foundational questions and pressing for the relevant clarification. In theoretical computer science we study computing in more general terms — may or may not be Turing, but the middle ground between actual complex devices. In the theory of modelling, the model takes precedence over any theoretical body it serves, be it physics or biology, targeting the theoretical–practical mismatch, abstraction corruptions, and layering drifts. And in physics, both practical and foundational — from mathematical physics to material sciences.

Alongside the theory, on the practical and application aspect, we host practical work: redefining NLP–LLM structures against observed dilemmas such as catastrophic forgetting and language drift, material-science designs for cancer detection and solvent application, and hardware-hardwired neural formalism structures — a project of the lab in itself.

We are currently accepting team members and collaborators with the same mindset and sometimes, often times that is, of the same philosophy and long-burn commitment. While we do have to note of such having financial support being a resolution far away, it would be very much likely to be absolutely welcomed to have any given amount of support. The work here is in progress, and much of the preparation is unfinished - thus it will take a while until everything is in place.

The quest of library of Alexandria

While it might be of the grander scale that admitted, our focus, on the foundational identification, is the creation and sophistication thereof, for a laboratory. In cleaner words rather to be spoken, we focus on what said above, logistical system of knowledge is one of our fundamental goal. It is also partially why and how, that we desire, and commit to the conjecture thereof, that foundational research is of absolute necessity, and very much so the main directive that RHINELAB would have and must have, going forward. Such, includes everything imaginable that is consistent with its open source goal, and said to be considered, the institutional library, that perhaps, will aim to rival Alexandria, as the everlasting dream of a shadow in the past to aim forward, even if, it might not share the same fate of dissolution. Or that lack thereof, which depends on whom to operate it.

Within such, we invite collaborators and enthusiasts, of those that share our core concept, of humility and endurance, for collaborative and gentle consideration of others, the anthropology of human and respect, to then build this library - either monetary, or knowledge, or presence, or question or discourse. There might be anything humanocentric, it would be accepted - such is so, we are human doing science, not machines doing words switching. That is the purpose, and we welcome onboard those that believe in the same thing.