[NYC AI Event Picks] May edition!
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TOP Events Overview
NYC IRL: Learn & Meet Fellow Folks working on AI!
May.07 17:30-21:00 EDT | AI Adoption and Pitfalls in Financial Engineering. Hosted by AI/ML Conversations Meetup. In Person RSVP.
May.08 19:30-22:30 EDT | NYC AI Users - AI Tech Talks, Demo & Social: LLM Flaws and Universal Translation. Hosted by David Cunningham @ New York AI Users. In Person RSVP.
May.11 09:00-17:00 EDT | Samsung Next 2024 Generative AI Hackathon, Samsung Next Events, In Person RSVP
May.13 18:00-21:00 EDT | The AI Titans Summit. Hosted by The AI Furnace. In Person RSVP.
May.16 17:30-20:00 EDT | RAG - AICamp GenAI and LLMs meetup. Hosted by AI Camp. In Person RSVP.
May.22 18:00-22:00 EDT | AI Tinkerers NYC May 2024 Meetup. In Person RSVP.
Application Series: Leveraging AI to solve your issues!
May.10 12:00-15:00 EDT | Build with AI (Virtual) - Generative AI Workshop on Google Gemini. Hosted by NYC AI/ML/Data Developers Group. Virtual RSVP.
May.15 13:00-14:00 EDT | Explainable AI in Computer Vision. Hosted by The institute for experiential AI, Northeastern University. Hybrid RSVP.
May.23 14:00-18:00 EDT | Blue w(AI)ve Venture Showcase. The institute for experiential AI, Northeastern University. Hybrid RSVP.
May.29 12:00-12:30 EDT | Beyond the lines: Building responsible AI together. MIT Horizon webinar. Virtual RSVP.
May.29 13:00-14:00 EDT | How Data Happened: A History from the Age of Reason to the Age of AI. Hosted by The institute for experiential AI, Northeastern University. Hybrid RSVP.
Deep Dive: Neuroscience, Engineering and AI
May.21 10:30-11:30 EDT | Individuality in brain and behavior [Columbia Affiliates Only]. Hosted by Zuckerman Institute from Columbia University. In Person RSVP.
AI Adoption and Pitfalls in Financial Engineering
May.07 17:30-21:00 EDT
In Person: RSVP
Featuring Speaker
Ana Santhosh, Founder and CEO of kraft AI -
"Navigating the Future of AI Adoption - A User First Approach."
Vladimir Kirilin, Quantitative Researcher at Five Rings Capital - "Dealing with Missing Data in Financial Time Series - Recipes and Pitfalls
We are delighted to announce that our upcoming meetup is scheduled for Tuesday, May 7th. We invite you to join us at the Capital One Flat Iron office to discuss the latest advancements in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. There will also be an opportunity to network and enjoy some pizza.
NYC AI Users - AI Tech Talks, Demo & Social: LLM Flaws and Universal Translation
Time: May.08 19:30-22:30 EDT
In Person: RSVP
Featuring Speaker:
Lee Gaul, founder of Long Horizon AI
Ethan Edwards, AI Lead at EY and an AI Alignment researcher focused on LLMs
AI technology like OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google's Bard and Gemini, Midjourney, Dall-E, and many others will play an increasingly large role in our day-to-day lives. Generative AI has incredible implications such as universal translation, but also has flaws and limitations we need to be aware of. To this end, New York AI Users will host our eleventh talks & social gathering at the private event space in Sour Mouse. We're very excited to host at Sour Mouse, which has a theater screen and fully talks setup, along with a really cool space for the social portion of the event. From the creators and organizers of New York Tech & Beer®, New York AI Users organizes high-quality AI events that both educate and connect AI enthusiasts in the New York area who use or want to use AI to meet their creative, entrepreneurial, and technical aspirations. No technical background is required, only an interest in learning about these tools of the future.
Samsung Next 2024 Generative AI Hackathon
Time: May.11 09:00-17:00 EDT
In Person: RSVP
Judges:
Daniel Porras Reyes, associate @ Flybridge
David Ongchoco, co-founder/GP @ Comma Capital
Diane Choi, investor @ Samsung Next
Erica Van, investment director @ Intel Capital
Madison Hawkinson, investor @ NEA
Matthew Mandel, investor @ USV
We'll explore two tracks:
Health & Wellness: Harness the power of AI in improving healthcare outcomes, fostering well-being, and revolutionizing the way we approach personal health
Mediatech: Delve into the intersection of AI and media, unlocking possibilities for enhanced content creation, distribution, and audience engagement
Submissions are now closed, and presenting teams have been notified. You're welcome to join us for the Demo Day! RSVP here and save your spot.
The AI Titans Summit - The AI Furnace
Time: May.13 18:00-21:00 EST |
In Person: RSVP
Featuring Speaker:
Dominik Kovaks: Transforming Learning + Development with AI Avatars (Raised $28M)
Sarah Nagy, Founder of Seek AI (Raised $10M)
Join us for The AI Titans Summit, hosted by The AI Furnace. See and meet AI founders who are building breakthrough AI innovations that will change how we interact with the world. For one night only, we’re bringing a slice of San Francisco to NYC: An incredible lineup of late stage AI founders along with rising AI stars for a night of connection, learning, and serendipity 🚀.
Agenda:
Keynote: A peek into the future with Colossyan Founder, Dominik Kovaks: Transforming Learning + Development with AI Avatars (Raised $28M)
Fireside Chat: Founders Forge with Sarah Nagy, Founder of Seek AI (Raised $10M)
AI Demos: Demos from the hottest AI startups in NYC
Networking: Founder/AI Talent networking mixer with AI founders, engineers and PhDs
RAG - AICamp GenAI and LLMs meetup
Time: May.16 17:30-20:00
In Person: RSVP
Mark your calendars for the next AI meetup in Microsoft NYC on May 16th. Join us for a power-packed night of learning, sharing, and networking. We are thrilled to bring the AI developer community together to learn and discuss the latest trends, practical experiences, and best practices in the field of AI, LLMs, generative AI, and machine learning.
Agenda:
5:30pm~6:00pm: Checkin, Food and networking
6:00pm~6:10pm: Welcome/community update
6:10pm~8:30pm: Tech talks
8:30pm: Q&A, Open discussion
AI Tinkerers NYC May 2024 Meetup
Time: May.22 18:00-22:00 EST
In Person: RSVP
Sign up now to join AI Tinkerers for an evening of kick-ass demos and networking with other active builders. Participate by presenting your own work in a 5-minute talk/demo, or just share ideas with like-minded people.!
Who is this for?
We’re not “AI Enthusiasts”, we are AI Tinkerers. The core essence of AI Tinkerers lies in active collaboration surrounding early-stage discovery and innovation, which requires a high degree of experimentation, vulnerability, openness to sharing challenges and learnings, and collaboration among individuals with a shared level of expertise. This unique environment allows us to push the boundaries of what’s possible with AI and LLMs while maintaining a strong sense of camaraderie and mutual support.
Build with AI (Virtual) - Generative AI Workshop on Google Gemini
Time: May.10 12:00-15:00 EDT
Virtual: RSVP
"Build with AI" event is community-led technical workshops and hackathons by Google developers. These events are designed to empower developers to both learn about and apply their skills to the latest trends and products in Generative AI, as offered by Google.
Explainable AI in Computer Vision
Time: May.15 13:00-14:00 ET
Hybrid: RSVP
Featuring Speaker:
Agata Lapedriza is a Principal Research Scientist at Northeastern University (Institute for Experiential AI) and a Professor at Universitat Oberta de Catalunya.
The goal of Explainable AI is to make AI systems and their decisions transparent and comprehensible to humans. This involves deploying different methodologies and techniques that provide insights on how the AI models work. For example, how they represent the information and how they establish the connections between the inputs and their corresponding outputs. In this talk, Agata will focus specifically on Computer Vision. She will briefly review the history of this field and will present different approaches that she have explored, such as Unit Interpretability and Class Activation Maps. Agata will show examples of Explainable AI applied to object recognition, action recognition, place categorization, and face classification. Finally, she will discuss how Explainable AI can be used to reveal bias in the data that has been encoded in the model during training.
Blue w(AI)ve Venture Showcase
Time: May.23 14:00-18:00 EST
Hybrid: RSVP
Dive into the future of ocean innovation at the inaugural Blue w(AI)ve Venture Showcase, where the seven companies participating in the Blue w(AI)ve Accelerator will showcase their groundbreaking innovations in leveraging artificial intelligence for ocean-based solutions. These innovators represent promising blue technology focused on exploration, conservation, and sustainable use of ocean resources.
The Blue w(AI)ve Venture Showcase will convene entrepreneurs, investors, students, industry partners, and the public to hear pitches from the seven blue technology companies participating in the program.
Agenda:
14:00 pm-15:30pm: Showcase
15:30pm-17:00: Reception
Beyond the lines: Building responsible AI together
Time: May.29 12:00-12:30
Zoom: RSVP
Featuring Speaker:
Diya Wynn, Amazon, Responsible AI lead
The boundaries of artificial intelligence are constantly expanding, affecting every industry, and its use is exposing concerns at every turn. Navigating the ethical and practical implications requires a collective effort. Diya Wynn of Amazon Web Services will share how professionals from all backgrounds can be part of the responsible AI solution. She will offer practical strategies to ensure responsible AI integration. Everyone, regardless of background, has a role to play in shaping a responsible AI future.
How Data Happened: A History from the Age of Reason to the Age of AI
Time: May.29 13:00-14:00 ET
Hybrid: RSVP
Featuring Speaker:
Chris Wiggins is an associate professor of applied mathematics at Columbia University and the Chief Data Scientist at The New York Times.
Data-empowered products and decision automated decision systems increasingly determine our political, professional, and personal realities. How did we come to this data moment? How do we shape its future as scholars and educators, consumers, and members of the electorate? I'll briefly share lessons learned from a class investigating these questions, co-developed with Matthew L. Jones, a historian of science, technology, and mathematics at Columbia University, and the resulting book published in 2023. Additional material, syllabus, readings, and code (in Python) can be found here.
Individuality in brain and behavior [Columbia Affiliates Only]
Time: May.21 10:30-11:30 EDT
Hybrid: RSVP
Featuring Speaker:
Bassem Hassan, PhD, Team Leader and Scientific Director, Paris Brain Institute
The speaker will discuss how genetically encoded stochastic processes generate variation in neuronal circuit architecture and how that in turn facilitates the emergence of behavioral individuality.
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