2020 has been a busy year for the LF AI Foundation (LF AI) and we are thrilled to see the continued enthusiasm among the overall community and the growth of our hosted technical projects. With half the year behind us, we’re taking a moment to reflect on the key highlights.
Members
LF AI launched two years ago with ten members, and is now at a total of 24 members across our Premier, General, and Associate levels. In the first half of 2020, we’ve seen extra momentum in our Associate member category, with several educational institutions joining us; including Montreal AI Ethics Institute, Pranveer Institute of Technology, and Penn State Great Valley. We also welcomed two non-profit organizations, AI for People and Ambianic.ai who have both been very active among the LF AI community right away.
It’s been great to see a diverse group of companies getting involved within LF AI across various industries. We welcome those interested in contributing to the support of open source projects within the artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and deep learning (DL) space to learn more about membership opportunities here.
Technical Projects
Our technical project portfolio grew to twelve projects; of which three are Graduated and nine are Incubating. At the end of June, the LF AI Technical Advisory Council (TAC) approved three additional Incubating projects in the Trusted AI space; these projects are undergoing onboarding into the Foundation and will be formally announced soon, stay tuned! The TAC is continually working to bring in new open source projects, if you are interested in hosting a project with LF AI, check out the proposal process here and email info@lfai.foundation to further discuss.
Interactive Landscape
The launch of the LF AI Interactive Landscape has continued to be a great tool to gain insights into how LF AI projects, among many others, fit into the space of open source AI, ML, and DL. As of the end of June, the landscape covers 248 projects coming from over 130 founding organizations universities. These projects collectively earned over 1.4 million GitHub Stars, and cover over 450 millions lines of code coming from over 30 thousand developers! Explore the landscape and please reach out to help us expand it with your own open source project or let us know of other projects that should be included by emailing info@lfai.foundation.
Initiatives
We are excited to have seen participation increase in two key initiatives. The ML Workflow & Interop Committee, is focused on defining an ML Workflow and promoting cross project integration and interoperability. The Trusted AI Committee is focused on creating policies, guidelines, tooling, and use cases by industry in this very important space. Both of these committees are open for participation and we welcome anyone interested to join the conversations by subscribing to the mail lists or attending an upcoming meeting; check out their wiki pages for more information.
Events
Despite the challenges that COVID-19 has presented with in person gatherings, our community did not let that prevent them from moving forward with their planned events and instead pivoted to virtual formats. There have been two LF AI Days this year; the first being focused on an ONNX Community Virtual Meetup, followed by a Virtual LF AI Day EU for those based in that region. LF AI Days are regional, one-day events hosted and organized by local members with support from LF AI and its projects. Visit our LF AI Events page for more details on upcoming events and be sure to join us for one soon!
Community
The LF AI community continues to grow! If you haven’t already, check out below a few ways to stay connected with LF AI:
Onward
We are excited to see what the second half of 2020 brings and how LF AI can influence the AI, ML, and DL space; we hope you will be a part of the journey! Check out our How to Get Involved Guide or email us at info@lfai.foundation for any questions on how to participate.
LF AI Resources
- Learn about membership opportunities
- Explore the interactive landscape
- Check out our technical projects
- Join us at upcoming events
- Read the latest announcements on the blog
- Subscribe to the mailing lists
- Follow us on Twitter or LinkedIn
- Access other resources on LF AI’s GitHub or Wiki
