Past Meetups

March 29, 2025

Quantifying Prediction Uncertainty

Deep dive into uncertainty quantification methods in machine learning, covering proper prediction uncertainty estimation, point predictions limitations, and implementation techniques.

13:00-14:30
Terminal Abashidze
Andro Sabashvili, PhD
March 19, 2025

Reinforcement Learning and Its Role in Modern LLMs

A comprehensive exploration of reinforcement learning's impact on modern language models, covering RLHF, DPO, and future perspectives.

20:00-21:30
Online (Zoom)
Mariam Dundua
March 15, 2025

Implementing Transformer Architecture from Scratch

Deep dive into the internals of transformer architecture, including step-by-step implementation and optimization techniques.

14:00-16:00
Ilia State University, T Building, Auditorium #102
Malkhaz Suladze
March 1, 2025

Practical Computer Vision

Deep dive into modern computer vision model architectures, from data preparation to deployment, with hands-on implementation of vision transformers.

13:30-15:00
EPAM Georgia, 10 Bidzina Kvernadze Street
Irakli Salia
February 15, 2025

Synthetic Data Generation and Small Language Models

Deep dive into synthetic data generation for LLM training and the growing importance of small language models in practical applications.

14:00-15:30
ISET - International School of Economics at TSU
Raphael Kalandadze
October 5, 2024

LLM Systems: Development and Evaluation

The talk explored LLMs' core principles, covering Prompt Engineering, RAG, Fine-Tuning, System Design, and evaluation methods for performance, reliability, and ethics.

15:00-17:00
Terminal Abashidze
Shota Natenadze
July 27, 2024

Unveiling Efficiency: Operational Research and Optimization Solvers

Explored Operational Research, optimization solvers, and Data Envelopment Analysis for complex decision-making optimization.

20:00-22:00
Terminal Abashidze
Levan Pavlenishvili
July 10, 2024

Adaptation of Open-Source LLMs on Custom Domain

Discussion on adapting open-source LLMs for Georgian language through tokenizer transfer and continual pretraining.

20:00-22:00
Terminal Abashidze
Malkhaz Suladze
June 15, 2024

What if...?: Estimating Intervention Effect via Causal Inference

Review of causal inference methods beyond conventional correlation techniques for answering 'What if' questions.

19:00-21:00
Terminal Abashidze
Andro Sabashvili, PhD
April 27, 2024

Forecasting: Benchmarks & Practice

Discussion of time series forecasting algorithms, benchmarks, common pitfalls, and best practices.

19:00-21:00
Terminal Abashidze
Andro Sabashvili, PhD