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Vijay Janapa Reddi 0810809b30 Add organizational insights from development history
Integrate four key lessons learned from TinyTorch's 1,294-commit history:

- Implementation-example gap: Name the challenge where students pass unit
  tests but fail milestones due to composition errors (Section 3.3)
- Reference implementation pattern: Module 08 as canonical example that
  all modules follow for consistency (Section 3.1)
- Python-first workflow: Jupytext percent format resolves version control
  vs. notebook learning tension (Section 6.4)
- Forward dependency prevention: Challenge of advanced concepts leaking
  into foundational modules (Section 7)

These additions strengthen the paper's contribution as transferable
curriculum design patterns for educational ML frameworks.

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2025-11-21 03:01:11 -05:00
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TinyTorch Research Paper

Complete LaTeX source for the TinyTorch research paper.


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Paper Details

  • Format: Two-column LaTeX (conference-standard)
  • Length: ~12-15 pages
  • Sections: 7 complete sections
  • Tables: 3 (framework comparison, learning objectives, performance benchmarks)
  • Code listings: 5 (syntax-highlighted Python examples)
  • References: 22 citations

Key Contributions

  1. Progressive disclosure via monkey-patching - Novel pedagogical pattern
  2. Systems-first curriculum design - Memory/FLOPs from Module 01
  3. Historical milestone validation - 70 years of ML as learning modules
  4. Constructionist framework building - Students build complete ML system

Framed as design contribution with empirical validation planned for Fall 2025.


Submission Venues

  • ArXiv - Immediate (establish priority)
  • SIGCSE 2026 - August deadline (may need 6-page condensed version)
  • ICER 2026 - After classroom data (full empirical study)

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