Announcements
TITLE: “No Metadata, No Future”
PRESENTER: Brenden McCarthy (Rensselaer Libraries)
WHEN: 6p, Weds, 01 Nov 2023 (pizza & salads at 5:30)
WHERE: Winslow 1140
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/C8o_lygVpDU
EVENT PAGE: https://tw.rpi.edu/media/twed-talk-01-nov-2023-brenden-mccarthy-no-metadata-no-future
WHAT: "A Guide to Open-Source Large Language Models and Fine-Tuning Techniques"
LEADERS: Inwon Kang and Tripp Lyons
WHERE: Carnegie 113 (New location!)
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/5Ul0Wz9p9vU
TITLE: "Splitting the World With My Grandfather's Axe"
LEADER: Jamie McCusker
WHEN: 6p, Weds, 11 Oct 2023 (pizza & salads at 5:45)
WHERE: Winslow 1140
WEBEX: https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/erickj4
TWed Web: https://tw.rpi.edu/about/twed
WHAT: The FOCI LLM User's Group Series
WHERE: AE 217 and Carnegie 113
WEBEX: https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/erickj4 (will be recorded)
WHEN: 6p, 20 Sep; 18 Oct; 15 Nov
LEADER: Aaron Green <greena12@rpi.edu>
TWed Lightning Talks (Spring 2023)
When: Tues, 25 Apr (6p)
In-person: Winslow 1140
Webex: https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/erickj4
Pizza, pie, etc.: Starting at 5:30p
Who: THIS IS AN "ALL HANDS" for TWC grad students; this means ALL students of Hendler/McGuinness/Seneviratne!
TITLE: "Employing Ensemble Reasoning to Support Clinical Decision-Making"
LEADER: Sabbir Rashid (TWC)
DATE: TUES, 21 Mar, 6p (pizza, salad and pies!! at 5:30p)
LOCATION: Winslow 1140
Webex: https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/erickj4
TWed VIDEOS: http://bit.ly/twed_twc_rpi
TITLE: "Bibliometrics: The limitations and possibilities"
LEADER: Brenda Thomson (TWC)
DATE: TUES, 28 Feb, 6p (pizza, salad and pies!! at 5:30p)
LOCATION: Winslow 1140
Webex: https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/erickj4
TWed VIDEOS: http://bit.ly/twed_twc_rpi
TITLE: "Working with Wikidata"
LEADER: Sola Shirai (TWC)
DATE: TUES, 21 Feb, 6p (pizza & salad at 5:30p)
LOCATION: Winslow 1140
Webex: https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/erickj4
TWed VIDEOS: http://bit.ly/twed_twc_rpi
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Deborah McGuinness has been elected a fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) “for significant contributions to the semantic web, knowledge representation and reasoning environments, and deployed artificial intelligence applications.” AAAI is a nonprofit scientific society that promotes research in artificial intelligence and its responsible use. The AAAI fellows program recognizes people who have “made significant, sustained contributions to the field of artificial intelligence.”