New contributor looking to get started — background in ML/RAG research

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Hi everyone :waving_hand:

I’m Lakshya, a B.Tech CSE (AI & ML) student. I currently work as an AI Research Contributor at MIT CSAIL (Mantis AI, under Prof. Manolis Kellis) and also contribute to terrierteam/pyterrier_rag at the University of Glasgow under Prof. Craig Macdonald.

I’d like to make my first contribution to PyMC. I don’t have a GPU set up, so I’m looking for CPU-friendly, well-scoped issues — docs, tests, or smaller enhancements are all fine to start.

I noticed a lot of the beginner friendly tagged issues already have linked PRs in progress. If any of you could point me to something currently unclaimed and suited to a newer contributor, I’d really appreciate it. Happy to introduce myself further or answer any questions about my background.

Thanks!

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Just bumping this in case it got buried — still looking to make a first contribution and would appreciate a pointer toward something suited to a newer contributor. Thanks for your patience!