AI•ON LAUNCH PARTY & SVAI Holiday Gathering
This month, we're celebrating François Chollet's new project, AI•ON with a launch party at SVAI's new HQ. François will introduce AI•ON, talk about the vision behind it, and how you can be involved. This event is an informal Open House style Holiday Gathering.
We're excited to welcome you to our new location in Hillsborough! Are you doing amazing AI research and need a great place to live / work? Check out our house. We have lots of space, and a growing crowd of wonderful people. sv.ai/house
François on LinkedIn.
François Chollet
François is a deep learning engineer and researcher at Google, and the Founder of:
AI•ON is an open community dedicated to advancing Artificial Intelligence by: Drawing attention to important yet under-appreciated research problems, Connecting researchers and encouraging open scientific collaboration and Providing a learning environment for students looking to gain machine learning experience.
Keras is a high-level neural networks library, written in Python and capable of running on top of either TensorFlow or Theano. It was developed with a focus on enabling fast experimentation. With over 60,000 users and over 200 open-source contributors, Keras is used by top startups, large companies and research labs, including CERN, Microsoft Research, OpenAI, Netflix, Yelp, Square, Google, and many more.
Wysp is a social network and learning platform for artists with over 20,000 monthly active users as of mid-2016.
He was previously ranked 17th globally on Kaggle. and is active on Twitter & Github.
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AGENDA:
14.00: Doors Open
15.00: Francois AI•ON Talk
15.15: Resume Party
16.00: House Tour
TECHNICAL LEVEL:
Not-technical
VENUE:
SVAI HQ
TRANSPORTATION:
Cal Train: 1.5 miles from Hayward Park Station. Note: Limited service to this station.
Parking: Please park on Tobin Clark, on either side of the street. MAP
FOOD & DRINKS:
Mostly beverages like beer, wine, water and appetizers.
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CODE OF CONDUCT:
Our conference is dedicated to providing a harassment-free conference experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion (or lack thereof), or technology choices. We do not tolerate harassment of conference participants in any form. Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate for any conference venue, including talks, workshops, parties, Twitter and other online media. Conference participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled from the conference without a refund at the discretion of the conference organizers. For full version, please see: confcodeofconduct.com.
PHOTOGRAPHY:
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COMMUNICATIONS:
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IMPORTANT:
This gathering is limited to 20 people. You MUST be pre-registered to attend. Registration must include your First and Last name, and some of our venues require ID for entry. You do not need to print a paper ticket. We will be checking people in the building lobby. Questions or comments? Tweet to us @SVAIresearch.