PyData Amsterdam and Women in AI (WAI) Benelux are teaming up for an inspiring meetup of AI, data, and diversity in tech! Join us on Wednesday, September 10, at the Xebia Amsterdam office for an evening focused on how to building an agent network on your own device and leveraging data agents. Stick around to meet like-minded people, share ideas, and enjoy a relaxed evening with a passionate data community.

SCHEDULE:

• 17.30-18.15: Welcome with snacks and drinks
• 18.15-18.20: Xebia introduction
• 18.20-19.00: Talk 1 - "Building an agent network on your own device (like Jetson Nano)", Shu Zhao
• 19.00-19.15: Break + Food (🍕)
• 19.15-19.20: WAI introduction
• 19.20-20.00: Talk 2 - "From Data to Decisions: Leveraging AI for a Competitive Edge", Rania Mohamed
• 20:00-20:30: 🤝 Networking with drinks 🍻

TALKS: [Talk 1] "Building an agent network on your own device (like Jetson Nano)" by Shu Zhao Shu Zhao has been working on something to reduce her screen time - a personal "moon" that takes notes and handles messages for her, routing processed information directly to Notion or GitHub. Think of it as a personal AI-powered assistant running entirely on edge hardware. In the talk, she will demonstrate this tool and share the challenges she's faced in building a tool based on a small language model.

The Tech Stack 🤓 - RedPanda for reliable message streaming and storage - Ollama running Llama 3.1 8B for local reasoning - Jetson Nano as the compact powerhouse driving it all

She has an MSc. in Artificial Intelligence, and part of her thesis was published in ECCV 2022 about artistic pose analysis based on computer vision. She also participated in AI Song Contest 2021 by producing one song by training an RNN-based language model. Before she worked for Xebia data, Shu worked in various roles from large banks to smaller fintechs to e-commerce where she accumulated a wide span of technical skills to come to a sustainable solution.

[Talk 2] From Data to Decisions: Leveraging AI for a Competitive Edge by Rania Mohamed TDB

DIRECTIONS: Xebia Amsterdam Office Address: Wibautstraat 200, 1091 TJ Amsterdam