papers/README.md

Zen Model Research Papers

Technical papers and whitepapers for the Zen family of language models (600M--480B+ parameters), covering model architectures, training methodologies, benchmarks, and deployment specifications. Co-developed by Hanzo AI and Zoo Labs Foundation.

Structure

Each paper lives in its own subdirectory:

papers/
├── shared/             # cover styles, lstlang.tex, paperkit
│   ├── zencover.sty
│   └── lstlang.tex
├── <paper-slug>/
│   ├── <paper-slug>.tex          # main file (\input's sections)
│   ├── <paper-slug>.pdf          # compiled output
│   └── sections/                 # modular sections
│       ├── 01-intro.tex
│       ├── 02-architecture.tex
│       ├── 03-protocol.tex
│       ├── ...
│       └── 99-bibliography.tex
└── INDEX.md                      # auto-generated catalogue

Building

cd <paper-slug>
TEXINPUTS=".:..:" latexmk -pdf <paper-slug>.tex

Or build all:

make all

Index

See INDEX.md for full catalogue of papers.

Conventions

1. One paper, one directory. No top-level .tex files.
2. Modular sections. Main .tex \input's sections/NN-name.tex files for easy editing.
3. Shared cover. All papers use \usepackage{shared/zencover} and \zencoverpage.
4. Shared lstlang. All papers use \input{shared/lstlang} after \usepackage{listings}.
5. No AI slop. Technical, dense, citation-supported.
6. One paper per concept. Updates over time via versioning, not duplication.