Expert Group Meeting – Natural Language Processing in Action: Contextualization

The next expert meeting of the NLP group will be held on 1. October 2024 at the usual location – ZHAW on Lagerstrasse – followed by an Apero at Nüü. This session will focus on the topic of “Contextualization,” featuring the following speakers:

• Hans Ramsl from Weights and Biases will discuss “Beyond Vibe Checks: Establishing Systematic Evaluation Frameworks for Semantic Contextualization in LLMs”.
• Tobias Schimanski, PhD candidate at the University of Zurich and affiliated researcher at the University of Oxford, is going to talk about “Challenges and Pathways for Retrieval Augmented Generation” by looking into two of his recent papers.
• Dietrich Trautmann, AI Engineer and Creator of Assistant Shell, will present on “Context-Driven Development: Exploring the Potential of LLMs in Software Engineering”. Dietrich will explore how leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs) can revolutionize software engineering practices, focusing on context-aware development workflows, enhanced code generation, and intelligent error handling.

Join us on October 1st at 17:30 at Lagerstrasse 45, 8004 Zurich, in room ZL O6.16 (6th floor). The presentations will run from 17:30 to 19:00, followed by an Apero downstairs at 19:00.

Online participation is also possible.

Please use the following form to confirm your attendance by September 24: 

https://forms.gle/UWbkMcEvNP6jcSgSA

We will send you a calendar invite which also includes online participation details.