Welcome to the monthly in-person AI meetup in Washington DC, in collaboration with Excella. Join us for deep dive tech talks on AI/ML, food/drink, networking with speakers & peers developers

Agenda:
* 5:30pm~6:20pm: Checkin, Food/drink and networking
* 6:20pm~6:30pm: Welcome/community update
* 6:30pm~8:00pm: Tech talks and Q&A
* 8:00pm: Open discussion & Mixer

Tech Talk: Generative AI use in Government Procurement
Speaker: Alexander Cohen (GovPro AI)
Abstract: In this presentation, I will discuss how government use generative AI in the processing of buying billions of dollars of goods and services every year and how are government contractors using these tools as well.

Tech Talk: Empowering Federated Learning for Massive Models
Speaker: Holger Roth (NVIDIA)
Abstract: In the ever-evolving landscape of AI and LLMs, handling and leveraging data effectively has become a critical challenge. Most state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms are data-centric. However, as the lifeblood of model performance, necessary data cannot always be centralized due to various factors such as privacy, regulation, geopolitics, copyright issues, and the sheer effort required to move vast datasets. In this talk, I explore how federated learning enabled by NVIDIA FLARE can address these challenges with easy and scalable integration capabilities, enabling parameter-efficient and full supervised fine-tuning of LLMs for natural language processing and biopharmaceutical applications to enhance their accuracy and robustness.

Speakers/Topics:
Stay tuned as we are updating speakers and schedules.
If you have a keen interest in speaking to our community, we invite you to submit topics for consideration: Submit Topics

Sponsors:
We are actively seeking sponsors to support AI developers community.  Whether it is by offering venue spaces, providing food, or cash sponsorship. Sponsors will not only have the chance to speak at the meetups, receive prominent recognition, but also gain exposure to our extensive membership base of 5,000+ AI developers in Washington DC or 300K+ worldwide.

Venue:
Excella, 2300 Wilson Blvd #600, Arlington, VA

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