Harness-1B

Developed by Algo Science Lab

Author: Shahrear Hossain

Hugging Face: https://huggingface.co/algoscienceacademy


Harness-1B

Harness-1B is a lightweight large language model developed by Algo Science Lab for instruction following, coding assistance, reasoning, mathematics, electronics, semiconductor engineering, VLSI design, and general conversational AI.

The model contains approximately 1 billion parameters, making it suitable for local deployment while providing strong performance for everyday AI tasks.

Harness-1B has been fine-tuned to provide accurate, helpful, and concise responses across a wide variety of technical and general domains.


Features

  • General conversation
  • Code generation
  • Python programming
  • C programming
  • C++ programming
  • Rust programming
  • Java programming
  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • Verilog HDL
  • SystemVerilog
  • VHDL
  • RTL Design
  • FPGA Development
  • ASIC Design
  • CMOS Digital Design
  • Semiconductor Engineering
  • VLSI Design
  • Mathematics
  • Electronics
  • Physics
  • Problem Solving
  • Technical Documentation
  • AI Research Assistance

Model Details

Property Value
Model Name Harness-1B
Organization Algo Science Lab
Hugging Face Username algoscienceacademy
Parameters ~1 Billion
Architecture Llama-based
Model Type Causal Language Model
Context Length 2048 Tokens (or your trained context size)
Precision FP16 / BF16 / GGUF
Framework PyTorch
License Apache-2.0

Intended Uses

Harness-1B is designed for:

  • AI Chatbots
  • Programming Assistant
  • Educational Applications
  • Research
  • Embedded AI
  • Local AI Deployment
  • Engineering Assistance
  • Electronics Design
  • FPGA Development
  • ASIC/VLSI Workflow
  • RTL Development
  • Automation
  • Documentation

Example

from transformers import pipeline

pipe = pipeline(
    "text-generation",
    model="algoscienceacademy/Harness-1B",
    device_map="auto"
)

messages = [
    {
        "role": "system",
        "content": "You are Harness, an AI assistant created by Algo Science Lab."
    },
    {
        "role": "user",
        "content": "Write a Python program to print Fibonacci numbers."
    }
]

prompt = pipe.tokenizer.apply_chat_template(
    messages,
    tokenize=False,
    add_generation_prompt=True
)

output = pipe(
    prompt,
    max_new_tokens=256,
    temperature=0.7,
)

print(output[0]["generated_text"])

GGUF Usage

Harness-1B is also available in GGUF format for:

  • llama.cpp
  • LM Studio
  • Jan
  • Open WebUI
  • KoboldCpp
  • Ollama (after conversion)

Example:

./main \
-m Harness-1B-Q4_K_M.gguf \
-p "Explain CMOS Inverter."

Training

Harness-1B is trained and fine-tuned using open-source datasets and instruction-following techniques.

Possible data sources include:

  • SlimPajama
  • StarCoderData
  • UltraChat
  • UltraFeedback

Additional custom datasets may have been used during supervised fine-tuning.


Capabilities

Harness-1B can:

  • Answer questions
  • Explain concepts
  • Generate code
  • Debug code
  • Write documentation
  • Solve mathematics
  • Explain algorithms
  • Assist with VLSI
  • Help with FPGA design
  • Generate Verilog
  • Generate SystemVerilog
  • Produce technical reports

Limitations

Harness-1B may:

  • Produce incorrect information.
  • Generate outdated knowledge.
  • Make reasoning mistakes.
  • Require verification for safety-critical applications.
  • Require human review for production environments.

Hardware Requirements

Recommended:

  • 8 GB RAM (Q4 GGUF)
  • 12 GB RAM (Q6 GGUF)
  • 16 GB RAM (FP16)
  • CUDA GPU recommended but optional

Citation

@misc{Harness1B,
    title={Harness-1B},
    author={Algo Science Lab},
    year={2026},
    publisher={Hugging Face},
    howpublished={https://huggingface.co/algoscienceacademy/Harness-1B}
}

License

Apache License 2.0


Acknowledgements

Harness-1B builds upon open-source language model research and would not be possible without the work of the open-source AI community, including:

  • Meta AI (Llama Architecture)
  • TinyLlama Project
  • Hugging Face
  • PyTorch
  • Transformers
  • llama.cpp

Contact

Organization: Algo Science Lab

Hugging Face: https://huggingface.co/algoscienceacademy


Made with ❤️ by Algo Science Lab.

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