Open Science Initiative

Kentucky
Open Science

Discover AI models, datasets, platforms, and computational tools advancing research across the Commonwealth.

Projects

Applied research projects across healthcare, agriculture, public health, and education.

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smell-datasets

Project

smell-datasets Unless otherwise noted, this work is derived from the Institute for Biomedical Informatics Innovation Core at the University of Kentucky. Introduction Electronic nose (e-nose) technology is a type of…

multimodal Apache-2.0 Software Python ★ 9

AI-powered patient-to-clinical-trial matching using reasoning models for eligibility decisions.

text-generation in-development ★ 1

Endoscopy 3D Depth Visualization Interactive 3D depth-surface visualizations of endoscopy images and video, viewable in any browser. Two scripts, each producing a self-contained Plotly HTML file you can rotate, zoom,…

MIT Software Python

uav-world-model

Project

UAV World Model PLAN — Predictive Latent Autonomous Navigation. Imagination beats detection for drone danger. A world model that rolls its latent forward sees a threat a single-frame detector can't,…

Apache-2.0 Software Python

native_research_llms

Project

The Academic Foundation Model Index (AFMI) An index of foundation models trained natively, from scratch, on their own data and tokenizer, by academic and research institutions. Universities come first; research…

CC0-1.0 Software Ruby ★ 2

free-claude-code

Project

<div align="center"> 🤖 Free Claude Code Use Claude Code CLI, Codex CLI, their VS Code extensions, JetBrains ACP, or chat bots through your own provider-backed proxy. Free Claude Code routes…

MIT Software Python

AI Models

Pre-trained and fine-tuned models for computer vision, NLP, and medical AI.

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NP-GIANT

Model

Model Card for Neuropathology Vision Transformer: NP-GIANT This model is a Vision Transformer adapted for neuropathology tasks, developed using data from the University of Kentucky. It leverages principles from self-supervised…

image-feature-extraction apache-2.0 Model

Model Card for Finetuned-DINOv2-Chest-CT This repository hosts the backbone weights for a foundational Vision Transformer (ViT-Large with Registers) fine-tuned on Chest CT scans using the self-supervised DINOv2 algorithm (incorporating iBOT…

feature-extraction cc-by-nc-sa-4.0 Model

text-generation cc-by-nc-sa-4.0 released

KOS-V4-Base

Model

text-generation cc-by-nc-sa-4.0 released

KOS-V4

Model

Variants: Kentucky-Open-Science/KOS-V4-Instruct, Kentucky-Open-Science/KOS-V4-Instruct-GGUF (GGUF), Kentucky-Open-Science/KOS-V4-Base license: cc-by-nc-sa-4.0 library_name: transformers pipeline_tag: text-generation language: en tags: clinical medical instruction-following tool-calling function-calling KOS-V4 from-scratch <div align="center"> <img src="scratch_llm.png" alt="Scratch LLM" width="400"/> </div> Code…

text-generation cc-by-nc-sa-4.0 Model family

NP-TEST

Model

Model Card for Neuropathology Vision Transformer: NP-TEST-0 This model is a Vision Transformer adapted for neuropathology tasks, developed using data from the University of Kentucky. It leverages principles from self-supervised…

image-classification apache-2.0 Model

Datasets

Curated datasets for training and evaluation.

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TEMI-VOC

Dataset

Imported from hfds:Kentucky-Open-Science/TEMI-VOC. Source last updated 2026-06-12. Synced 2026-07-27.

apache-2.0 Dataset

Recent Publications

Peer-reviewed papers and preprints from Kentucky researchers.

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Abstract Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are ubiquitous bacteria that cause a spectrum of diseases, most notably pulmonary disease (NTMPD). The host factors contributing to the heightened susceptibility and severity of NTMPD…

2026 Research square

Abstract Alzheimer's disease neuropathological changes (ADNC)-operationalized with semi-quantitative parameters-represent the consensus-based gold standard for diagnostic evaluation of disease severity. Although useful, ADNC diagnostic frameworks have limitations, particularly in advanced disease…

2026 Brain pathology (Zurich,...

Abstract Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring is a key predictor of cardiovascular risk, but it relies on ECG-gated CT scans, restricting its use to specialized cardiac imaging settings. We introduce…

2026 arXiv preprint

Abstract Automated radiology report generation from 3D computed tomography (CT) volumes is challenging due to extreme sequence lengths, severe class imbalance, and the tendency of large language models (LLMs) to…

2026 arXiv preprint

Abstract Coronary artery disease (CAD), one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide, necessitates effective risk assessment strategies, with coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring via computed tomography (CT) being a…

2026 Medical & biological...

Abstract Histopathological image analysis plays a critical role in modern medical diagnostics, particularly in the detection and classification of various types of cancer. This study proposes a method called HistoDARE…

2025 Scientific reports

Grants & Funding

Federal and institutional grants supporting Kentucky research.

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Agency: NIH/NIDAAward Number: 1U54DA058256-01Program: AppalTRuST Project 3

active NIH/NIDA

Agency: College of Medicine

inactive College of...

Agency: NSFAward Number: OCI-1246332

inactive NSF

Agency: NSFAward Number: CNS-1541380

inactive NSF

Agency: NIH/HHSAward Number: R01 DK124774

active NIH/HHS

Expanding access to AI training resources across Kentucky through the NAIRR pilot program.

active NSF (National...

Platforms & Services

Self-service tools for researchers — no programming expertise required.

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CAT-Talk

Platform

Secure, web-based AI transcription platform with speaker diarization, timestamping, and LLM-powered analysis.

automatic-speech-recognition active

CLASSify

Platform

No-code, web-based machine learning platform for training and evaluating classification models on tabular data.

tabular-classification active

Forecaster

Platform

User-friendly web platform for time series forecasting with multiple models and LLM-assisted interpretation.

time-series-forecasting active

LLM Factory

Platform

Self-service platform for interacting with open-source large language models via web chat interface or OpenAI-compatible API.

natural-language-processing active

SmartState

Platform

Open-source automated protocol adherence platform using finite state machines and conversational AI for clinical research.

conversational active

Vision Foundry

Platform

Platform for training and deploying foundational vision AI models using self-supervised learning on Vision Transformers.

image-classification in-development