π§ What Does a Qompass PathFinder Do?
- Qompass Pathfinders build cloud-native generative AI services for hybrid deployment in the cloud and on device in alignment with regulatory guidelines from the White House community. - Through our program, Pathfinders not only develop the skills for implementing State-of-the-Art (SOTA) AI uses outside of ChatGPT, but also prepare themselves as the future strategic leaders increasingly called for by the international community at large. Pathfinders build all software using our on-device implementation of post-quantum encryption protocols endorsed by the National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) as well as SOTA open-source AI models from industry leaders (Google/Meta/Microsoft) and HuggingFace. </blockquote>
π§ Do I need to know how to code to be a PathFinder?
- No. Character & Curiosity outweighs any coding ability. </blockquote>
π§ Am I working for the government?
π§ What is NIST?
- NIST is part of the U.S. Department of Commerce. They build guidelines, standards development, and collaboration with industry that shapes the security, quality, and functionality of all consumer electronic products in the United States. </blockquote>
π§ What Regulation?
- [October 03, 2024: OMB Issues Guidance to Advance the Responsible Acquisition of AI in government](https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/briefing-room/2024/10/03/fact-sheet-omb-issues-guidance-to-advance-the-responsible-acquisition-of-ai-in-government/) - [October 30, 2023: Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence ](https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2023/10/30/executive-order-on-the-safe-secure-and-trustworthy-development-and-use-of-artificial-intelligence/)</blockquote>
βΆοΈ Qompass AI Quick Start
```bash
bash <(curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/qompassai/dotfiles/main/scripts/quickstart.sh) ``` </div>
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<strong>π We advise you read the script BEFORE running it π</strong>
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#!/usr/bin/env bash
# /qompassai/dotfiles/scripts/quickstart.sh
# Qompass AI Quick Start Script
# Copyright (C) 2025 Qompass AI, All rights reserved
####################################################
REPO="https://github.com/qompassai/dotfiles"
TARGET_DIR="$HOME/.dotfiles"
if [ -d "$TARGET_DIR" ]; then
echo "Removing existing dotfiles directory..."
rm -rf "$TARGET_DIR"
fi
echo "Cloning Qompass AI Dotfiles..."
git clone "$REPO" "$TARGET_DIR"
echo "Setting up symlinks..."
mkdir -p "$HOME/.config/nix" "$HOME/.profile.d"
ln -sf "$TARGET_DIR/.config/nix/nix.conf" "$HOME/.config/nix/nix.conf"
ln -sf "$TARGET_DIR/.profile.d/67-nix.sh" "$HOME/.profile.d/67-nix.sh"
mkdir -p "$HOME/.config"
ln -sfn "$TARGET_DIR/home" "$HOME/.config/home" 2>/dev/null || true
ln -sfn "$TARGET_DIR/.local" "$HOME/.local" 2>/dev/null || true
ln -sf "$TARGET_DIR/flake.nix" "$HOME/.config/flake.nix" 2>/dev/null || true
source "$HOME/.profile.d/67-nix.sh" 2>/dev/null || {
echo "WARNING: Could not source Nix profile configuration. Falling back to manual exporting"
export NIX_CONF_DIR="$HOME/.config/nix"
export NIX_STORE_DIR="$HOME/.nix/store"
export NIX_STATE_DIR="$HOME/.local/state/nix"
export NIX_LOG_DIR="$HOME/.local/state/nix/log"
export NIX_PROFILE_DIR="$HOME/.nix-profile"
export PATH="$NIX_PROFILE_DIR/bin:$PATH"
}
if ! command -v nix >/dev/null; then
echo "Installing Nix with custom configuration..."
mkdir -p /.nix/var/nix/{profiles,gcroots,db}
chown -R "$(whoami)" /.nix
sh <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install) --daemon \
--nix-extra-conf-file "$NIX_CONF_DIR/nix.conf" if [
-f '/.nix/var/nix/profiles/default/etc/profile.d/nix-daemon.sh' ]; then
. '/.nix/var/nix/profiles/default/etc/profile.d/nix-daemon.sh' fi fi
echo "Setting up Nix environment..." cd "$TARGET_DIR" nix flake update detect_shell() {
case "$(ps -p $$ -o comm=)" in *bash*) echo "bash" ;; *zsh*) echo "zsh" ;; *fish*)
echo "fish" ;; *) echo "bash" ;; esac } USER_SHELL=$(detect_shell)
echo "Detected shell: $USER_SHELL" nix develop --command "$USER_SHELL" </pre>
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<p>Or, <a href="https://github.com/qompassai/dotfiles/blob/main/scripts/quickstart.sh"
target="_blank">View the quickstart script</a>.</p>
</blockquote>
π§ About Qompass AI
<div align="center"> <p>Matthew A. Porter<br> Former Intelligence Officer<br> Educator & Learner<br> DeepTech Founder & CEO</p> </div> <h3>Publications</h3> <p> <a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0302-4812"> <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/ORCID-0000--0002--0302--4812-green?style=flat-square&logo=orcid" alt="ORCID"> </a> <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Matt-Porter-7"> <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/ResearchGate-Open--Research-blue?style=flat-square&logo=researchgate" alt="ResearchGate"> </a> <a href="https://zenodo.org/communities/qompassai"> <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Zenodo-Publications-blue?style=flat-square&logo=zenodo" alt="Zenodo"> </a> </p> <h3>Developer Programs</h3> [](https://developer.nvidia.com/) [](https://developers.facebook.com/) [](https://hackerone.com/phaedrusflow) [](https://huggingface.co/qompass) [](https://dev.epicgames.com/) <h3>Professional Profiles</h3> <p> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-a-porter-103535224/"> <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/LinkedIn-Matt--Porter-blue?style=flat-square&logo=linkedin" alt="Personal LinkedIn"> </a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/95058568/"> <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/LinkedIn-Qompass--AI-blue?style=flat-square&logo=linkedin" alt="Startup LinkedIn"> </a> </p> <h3>Social Media</h3> <p> <a href="https://twitter.com/PhaedrusFlow"> <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Twitter-@PhaedrusFlow-blue?style=flat-square&logo=twitter" alt="X/Twitter"> </a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/phaedrusflow"> <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Instagram-phaedrusflow-purple?style=flat-square&logo=instagram" alt="Instagram"> </a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@qompassai"> <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/YouTube-QompassAI-red?style=flat-square&logo=youtube" alt="Qompass AI YouTube"> </a> </p> </blockquote>
π₯ How Do I Support
<div align="center"> <table> <tr> <th align="center">ποΈ Qompass AI Pre-Seed Funding 2023-2025</th> <th align="center">οΏ½οΏ½ Amount</th> <th align="center">π Date</th> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://github.com/qompassai/r4r" title="RJOS/Zimmer Biomet Research Grant Repository">RJOS/Zimmer Biomet Research Grant</a> </td> <td align="center">$30,000</td> <td align="center">March 2024</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://github.com/qompassai/PathFinders" title="GitHub Repository">Pathfinders Intern Program</a><br> <small><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/evergreenbio_bioscience-internships-workforcedevelopment-activity-7253166461416812544-uWUM/" target="_blank">View on LinkedIn</a></small> </td> <td align="center">$2,000</td> <td align="center">October 2024</td> </tr> </table> <br> <h4>π€ How To Support Our Mission</h4> [](https://github.com/sponsors/phaedrusflow) [](https://patreon.com/qompassai) [](https://liberapay.com/qompassai) [](https://opencollective.com/qompassai) [](https://www.buymeacoffee.com/phaedrusflow) <details markdown="1"> <summary><strong>π Cryptocurrency Donations</strong></summary> **Monero (XMR):** <div align="center"> <img src="./assets/monero-qr.png" alt="Monero QR Code" width="180"> </div> <div style="margin: 10px 0;"> <code>42HGspSFJQ4MjM5ZusAiKZj9JZWhfNgVraKb1eGCsHoC6QJqpo2ERCBZDhhKfByVjECernQ6KeZwFcnq8hVwTTnD8v4PzyH</code> </div> <button onclick="navigator.clipboard.writeText('42HGspSFJQ4MjM5ZusAiKZj9JZWhfNgVraKb1eGCsHoC6QJqpo2ERCBZDhhKfByVjECernQ6KeZwFcnq8hVwTTnD8v4PzyH')" style="padding: 6px 12px; background: #FF6600; color: white; border: none; border-radius: 4px; cursor: pointer;"> π Copy Address </button> <p><i>Funding helps us continue our research at the intersection of AI, healthcare, and education</i> </p> </blockquote>
Frequently Asked Questions
### Q: How do you mitigate against bias?
**TLDR - we do math to make AI ethically useful**
### A: We delineate between mathematical bias (MB) - a fundamental parameter in neural network equations - and
algorithmic/social bias (ASB). While MB is optimized during model training through backpropagation, ASB requires
careful consideration of data sources, model architecture, and deployment strategies. We implement attention
mechanisms for improved input processing and use legal open-source data and secure web-search APIs to help mitigate
ASB.
[AAMC AI Guidelines | One way to align AI against
ASB](https://www.aamc.org/about-us/mission-areas/medical-education/principles-ai-use)
### AI Math at a glance
## Forward Propagation Algorithm
$$
y = w_1x_1 + w_2x_2 + ... + w_nx_n + b
$$
Where:
- $y$ represents the model output
- $(x_1, x_2, ..., x_n)$ are input features
- $(w_1, w_2, ..., w_n)$ are feature weights
- $b$ is the bias term
### Neural Network Activation
For neural networks, the bias term is incorporated before activation:
$$
z = \\sum\_{i=1}^{n} w_ix_i + b
$$
$$
a = \\sigma(z)
$$
Where:
- $z$ is the weighted sum plus bias
- $a$ is the activation output
- $\\sigma$ is the activation function
### Attention Mechanism- aka what makes the Transformer (The "T" in ChatGPT) powerful
- [Attention High level overview video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjJOgb-E41w)
- [Attention Is All You Need Arxiv Paper](https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.03762)
The Attention mechanism equation is:
$$
\\text{Attention}(Q, K, V) = \\text{softmax}\\left( \\frac{QK^T}{\\sqrt{d_k}} \\right) V
$$
Where:
- $Q$ represents the Query matrix
- $K$ represents the Key matrix
- $V$ represents the Value matrix
- $d_k$ is the dimension of the key vectors
- $\\text{softmax}(\\cdot)$ normalizes scores to sum to 1
### Q: Do I have to buy a Linux computer to use this? I don't have time for that!
### A: No. You can run Linux and/or the tools we share alongside your existing operating system:
- Windows users can use Windows Subsystem for Linux [WSL](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install)
- Mac users can use [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/)
- The code-base instructions were developed with both beginners and advanced users in mind.
### Q: Do you have to get a masters in AI?
### A: Not if you don't want to. To get competent enough to get past ChatGPT dependence at least, you just need a
computer and a beginning's mindset. Huggingface is a good place to start.
- [Huggingface](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1IkzESdOwdmwvPxIELYJi8--K3EZ98_cL6c5ZcLKSyVg/edit#slide=id.p)
### Q: What makes a "small" AI model?
### A: AI models ~=10 billion(10B) parameters and below. For comparison, OpenAI's GPT4o contains approximately 200B
parameters.
This project is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.