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Melanie Sclar

Developed and integrated the AdaMuon optimizer into the marin-community/marin repository to enhance Muon training with element-wise adaptivity. The work involved subclassing MuonConfig to create AdaMuonConfig, implementing sign-stabilized orthogonalization, element-wise second momentum, and dynamic RMS alignment using Python. Conducted end-to-end experiments on the Qwen3 model, utilizing a single node with eight A100 GPUs and performing a grid search over learning rate, momentum, and epsilon parameters. Documented comprehensive configuration and results in speedrun_results.json to ensure reproducibility. This contribution established a foundation for future optimizer exploration and performance improvements, demonstrating skills in Python programming and machine learning.

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Feature vs Bugs

100%Features

Repository Contributions

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Lines of code
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Work History

March 2026

1 Commits • 1 Features

Mar 1, 2026

Month: 2026-03. Delivered AdaMuon Optimizer integration in marin (AdaMuonConfig subclassing MuonConfig) to enable element-wise adaptivity in Muon training. Implemented sign-stabilized orthogonalization, element-wise second momentum, and dynamic RMS alignment; included configuration and speedrun experiment results for Qwen3. Key commit: 7ed240a2426ed20de3aac505b82a2023ed9ae29b (AdaMuon implementation; speedrun submission). Experimental setup used a single node with 8 A100 GPUs, performing a small grid search over LR {0.016, 0.024}, momentum {0.95, 0.98}, and epsilon {1e-5, 1e-8}. The work produced speedrun_results.json and detailed run output, demonstrating reproducible experiments and data-driven evaluation.

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Quality Metrics

Correctness60.0%
Maintainability80.0%
Architecture80.0%
Performance60.0%
AI Usage60.0%

Skills & Technologies

Programming Languages

Python

Technical Skills

Python programmingmachine learningoptimizer development

Repositories Contributed To

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marin-community/marin

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Languages Used

Python

Technical Skills

Python programmingmachine learningoptimizer development