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Cohere Labs

We bring together leading researchers and rising stars in the field of machine learning to discuss their research learning journeys. Research is inherently a human endeavor, and this podcast provides insights from beginning to breakthrough. Join Cohere Labs, Cohere's research lab that seeks to solve complex machine learning problems. We support fundamental research that explores the unknown, and are focused on creating more points of entry into machine learning research. We are committed to making meaningful progress in machine learning research through open collaboration. We believe that technology is powerful, and empowering different perspectives ensures responsible innovation. Learn more about Cohere Labs at https://cohere.com/research   Follow us on Twitter here: https://x.com/Cohere_Labs Make sure you follow us on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/cohere-labs

  1. 07/19/2024

    Fireside Chat: AI, Science, and Humanity with Max Welling

    Prof. Dr. Max Welling is a research chair in Machine Learning at the University of Amsterdam and a Distinguished Scientist at MSR. He is a fellow at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) and the European Lab for Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELLIS) where he also serves on the founding board. His previous appointments include VP at Qualcomm Technologies, professor at UC Irvine, postdoc at U. Toronto and UCL under supervision of prof. Geoffrey Hinton, and postdoc at Caltech under supervision of prof. Pietro Perona. He finished his PhD in theoretical high energy physics under supervision of Nobel laureate prof. Gerard ‘t Hooft. Max Welling has served as associate editor in chief of IEEE TPAMI from 2011-2015, he serves on the advisory board of the Neurips foundation since 2015 and has been program chair and general chair of Neurips in 2013 and 2014 respectively. He was also program chair of AISTATS in 2009 and ECCV in 2016 and general chair of MIDL 2018. Max Welling is recipient of the ECCV Koenderink Prize in 2010 and the ICML Test of Time award in 2021. He directs the Amsterdam Machine Learning Lab (AMLAB) and co-directs the Qualcomm-UvA deep learning lab (QUVA) and the Bosch-UvA Deep Learning lab (DELTA). Cohere For AI Fireside Chats bring together leading researchers and rising stars in the field of machine learning to discuss their research learning journeys. Research is inherently a human endeavour, and this discussion series provides insights from beginning to breakthrough.

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  2. 05/22/2024

    Roads to Research: A Panel Conversation on Research Question Ideation

    Let's demystify ML research. This panel hosted by Marzieh Fadaee focuses on how to ask research questions, featuring insight and advice from experienced researchers. Discussion includes: -some practical strategies or techniques you use for generating and refining research ideas in the field of ML -common pitfalls or mistakes that ML researchers should avoid when formulating research questions -focus on a specific niche or sub-field of ML versus exploring a variety of topics Look forward to a lively discussion, followed by audience questions. About the speakers - Stella Biderman: I am a mathematician and theoretical computer scientist interested in a variety of types of computational research, including artificial intelligence, combinatorics, and data science. Currently, I do research developing new techniques and new applications of established techniques in AI and machine learning to data analysis, especially social network analysis. Recently I have been focusing on sociopolitical and ethical implications of computational decision making. - Tim Bettmers: I am a graduating PhD student at the University of Washington advised by Luke Zettlemoyer working on efficient deep learning at the intersection between machine learning, natural language processing, and computer systems with a focus on quantization and sparsity. My main research goal is to empower everyone to make AI their own. I do this by making large models accessible through my research (QLoRA, LLM.int8(), k-bit inference scaling laws, Petals, SWARM) and by developing software that makes it easy to use my research innovations (bitsandbytes). - Mostafa: I'm a Research Scientist at Google Brain, where I work on machine learning, in particular, deep learning. My areas of interest include self-supervised learning, generative models, training giant models, and sequence modeling. Before Google, I was doing a PhD at the University of Amsterdam. My PhD research was focused on improving the process of learning with imperfect supervision. I explored ideas around using injecting inductive biases into algorithms, incorporating prior knowledge, and meta-learning the properties of the data using the data itself, in order to help learning algorithms to better learn from noisy or/and limited data. - Eugene Cheah: I am currently the CEO / Co-Founder at Recursal AI and currently work on: RWKV : Opensource foundation model under the Linux Foundation, uilicious.com : Low-Code UI Testing, various other opensource projects, most notable : GPU.JS. In the past, I worked as a developer / project manager at multiple banks and insurance companies and developer at multiple startu

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We bring together leading researchers and rising stars in the field of machine learning to discuss their research learning journeys. Research is inherently a human endeavor, and this podcast provides insights from beginning to breakthrough. Join Cohere Labs, Cohere's research lab that seeks to solve complex machine learning problems. We support fundamental research that explores the unknown, and are focused on creating more points of entry into machine learning research. We are committed to making meaningful progress in machine learning research through open collaboration. We believe that technology is powerful, and empowering different perspectives ensures responsible innovation. Learn more about Cohere Labs at https://cohere.com/research   Follow us on Twitter here: https://x.com/Cohere_Labs Make sure you follow us on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/cohere-labs