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TWed Talk: Danielle Villa on "Honesty Beyond Fact Checking - AI Faithfulness" (10 Apr 2024)
TWed Talk: Danielle Villa on "Honesty Beyond Fact Checking - AI Faithfulness" (10 Apr 2024)

WHAT: Danielle Villa on "Honesty Beyond Fact Checking - AI Faithfulness"
WHEN: Weds, 10 Apr (6p)
IN-PERSON: Winslow 1140
EVENT PAGE: https://bit.ly/4cUkrrJ

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TWed Talk: Sola Shirai on "Tools and Methods for Pretty Knowledge Graph Visualizations"
TWed Talk: Sola Shirai on "Tools and Methods for Pretty Knowledge Graph Visualizations"
TWed Talk: Sola Shirai on "Tools and Methods for Pretty Knowledge Graph Visualizations" (27 Mar 2024)
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DALL-E the GenAI Sheep
FOCI GenAI/LLM Users Group
FOCI GenAI/LLM Users Group: "Bias in Bias Evaluation: The Need for Multifactor Bias Benchmarking of LLMs" (21 Feb)

WHAT: "The Need for Multifactor Bias Benchmarking of LLMs "
LEADER: Hannah Powers
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/kJqnb_hlzo8
EVENT PAGE:  https://bit.ly/foci_llm_users_21feb2024
WHEN: 6p, 21 Feb 
CONTACT: Aaron Green <greena12@rpi.edu>

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TWed Lightning Talks (Spring 2024)
TWed Lightning Talks (Spring 2024)
TWed Lightning Talks: Spring 2024

TWed Lightning Talks (Spring 2024)
WHEN: Weds, 14 Feb (6p)
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/FnXsiVZKzmI
WEBEX: https://rensselaer.webex.com/meet/erickj4
PIZZA, pie, etc.: Starting at 5:30p
WHO: "ALL HANDS" for TWC grad students; this means ALL students of Hendler/McGuinness/Seneviratne!

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DALL-E the Sheep
DALL-E the Sheep
FOCI GenAI Users Group: "The Large Language Model for Mixed Reality (LLMR)" (31 Jan)

WHAT: "The Large Language Model for Mixed Reality (LLMR)"
LEADER: Bill Huang
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/efLGnsV4LIE
EVENT PAGE:  https://tw.rpi.edu/media/foci-genai-users-group-large-language-model-mi…
WHEN: 6p, 31 Jan 

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DALL-E the Sheep
FOCI LLM Users Group: "Beyond Autocomplete: Instruction Following & Chain-of-Thought Reasoning in LLM Agents" (15 Nov)
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Twed Talk (01 Nov 2023): Brenden McCarthy on "No Metadata, No Future"
TWed Talk (01 Nov 2023): Brenden McCarthy on "No Metadata, No Future"

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

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OpenAI DALL-E rendering of an AI sheep...
FOCI LLM Users Group: "A Guide to Open-Source Large Language Models and Fine-Tuning Techniques" (18 Oct)

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

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"Splitting the World With My Grandfather's Axe"
TWed Talk: Jamie McCusker on "Splitting the World With My Grandfather's Axe"
TWed Talk: Jamie McCusker on "Splitting the World With My Grandfather's Axe"

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

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DALL-E rendering of an AI sheep
OpenAI DALL-E rendering of an AI sheep...
FOCI LLM User's Group: "Introducing the FOCI LLM User's Group Series"

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>

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