MikaLabs โ Open Models
Open teaching-assistant models for Maths and the Sciences.
Home of the Vector-1 family.
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About
MikaLabs is a STEM education company. This Hugging Face organization is where we publish our open work: the Vector-1 model family โ teaching-assistant models built to help educators create real classroom materials in Maths and the Sciences, and small enough to run locally and offline.
The Vector-1 Model Family
Each model identifies itself as Vector, a teaching assistant by MikaLabs.
| Model | Type | Size | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vector-L1-4B | Light language model | 4B | โ Released |
| Vector-1-14B | Language model | 14B | ๐๏ธ In training |
| Vector-R1 | Reasoning model | โ | ๐ Coming soon |
| Vector-V1 | Vision model | โ | ๐ Coming soon |
The naming follows a simple scheme: L for Light (small, consumer-hardware models), R for Reasoning, V for Vision, and the version number that follows.
Vector-L1-4B โ our first release
Vector-L1-4B is the first and smallest member of the family โ a 4B-parameter open language model designed to run on modest consumer hardware so that schools and individual teachers can use it locally and offline.
It is built as a teaching-assistant model for educators across Kโ12 / secondary Maths, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics, and it punches well above its size at the things teachers actually need:
- Differentiated worksheets โ multi-tier (support / core / extension) question sets with genuine difficulty progression.
- Professional mark schemes โ separating method marks (M) from answer marks (A), the way real exam marking works.
- Misconception guides โ the specific errors students make on a topic, and how to address them.
- Structured lesson plans โ objectives, starters, main activities, and plenaries.
- Mixed-format questions โ short answer, true/false with justification, fill-in-the-blank, calculation, and explain-your-reasoning, without defaulting to multiple choice.
- Strong instruction-following โ handling complex, multi-part requests (e.g. "three tiers, a mark scheme, misconceptions, no multiple choice, output as markdown").
- Accurate level calibration and clean, ready-to-use output with no conversational filler.
License: Apache 2.0 ยท Language: English ยท Domain: Kโ12 / secondary Maths and the Sciences
Vector-L1-4B is a teaching aid, not a substitute for a qualified teacher's judgement. It is not intended for high-stakes or unsupervised assessment without human review, and it is specialised โ general chat, coding, and non-STEM subjects are out of scope.
About MikaLabs
To learn more about our wider STEM education work, visit mikalabs.org.