Evening with AI, A Live Podcast Followed by Agentic AI Hands-on Training
This event begins with a live podcast session featuring an in-depth conversation between the speakers Dr. Jon Krohn and Mr. Aurélien Géron, discussing their industry experience and academic expertise to explore the rapidly evolving landscape of AI. Subsequently, the interview session will feature a Q&A segment, providing participants with opportunities to engage directly with the speakers. The first session concludes with a networking interval and refreshments, creating an informal environment for participants to discuss insights gained and explore collaborative opportunities.
During the second session, a hands-on training workshop in agentic AI is delivered, where attendees gain practical experience with cutting-edge agentic AI tools while working through structured exercises. The event ends with an informal dinner, bringing together all participants, speakers, and organisers, creating a collaborative environment for continued discussion of AI innovations.
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- 20 Symonds Street, University of Auckland
- Auckland, North Island
- New Zealand 1010
- Building: Engineering and Design Building (405)
- Room Number: 405-470
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- Co-sponsored by The University of Auckland
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Mr. Aurélien Géron
Live Podcast on AI
Biography:
Mr. Aurélien Géron is a Machine Learning consultant. A former Googler who led YouTube's video classification team from 2013 to 2016. He was also a founder and CTO of Wifirst from 2002 to 2012, a leading Wireless ISP in France, and a founder and CTO of Polyconseil in 2001, a telecom consulting firm. Before this, he worked as an engineer in a variety of domains: finance (JP Morgan and Société Générale), defence (Canada's DOD), and healthcare (blood transfusion). He published a few technical books (on C++, WiFi, and Internet architectures) and was a Computer Science lecturer in a French engineering school. His most popular and #1 bestselling book is "Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn, Keras, and TensorFlow".
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Dr. Jon Krohn
Live Podcast, Agentic AI Hands-on Training
Biography:
Dr. Jon Krohn is the Co-Founder of Y Carrot and ML Practice Fellow at Lightning AI. He hosts "SuperDataScience", a technical program on machine learning applications. He presents tutorials on machine learning. His Udemy course has over 130,000 students, and his YouTube channel was recognised with the 2021 Data Community Content Creator Award for the AI/ML category. He regularly teaches classes online via O'Reilly and provides lectures in person at world-leading universities, conferences, and companies. He is also the author of the "Deep Learning Illustrated" book.
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Address:United States