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SUMMARY:LF AI & Data Meetup – Research Triangle Park\, NC
DESCRIPTION:Date & Time: September 17\, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Eastern Time \n\nLocation: Frontier RTP\, 800 Park Offices Drive\, Research Triangle Park\, NC 27709\nCost: Free to attend. Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks provided courtesy of Frontier RTP. Optional snacks and food available.\n\nJoin us at a special meetup with the RTP area’s members of the LF AI & Data Foundation — a premier open-source foundation fostering collaboration and providing trusted AI & Data infrastructure\, uniting developers\, organizations\, and users. \nYou’ll have the opportunity to meet fellow LF AI & Data Foundation members\, discover the latest open-source projects and initiatives\, and explore ways to contribute to the future of responsible AI development. Most importantly\, you’ll have plenty of time to connect\, network and build relationships with fellow professionals in the AI and data science community.  This meetup is part of Frontier RTP’s Out of Office (OOO) weekly networking event (the broader event starts at 4:30pm) and is free to attend. \n\nNetworking\, Pizza\, and LF AI & Data updates 6:00 PM – 6:30 PM \n\nWelcome speech – Oita Coleman\, Member\, LF AI & Data\nIntro and updates on LF AI & Data activities – Brad Topol\, LF AI & Data Governance Board Representative\, IBM\n\nMain talk – Transfer Learning with PyTorch 6:30 PM – 7:00 PM \n\nTransfer learning reuses a model trained on a large dataset and fine-tunes it for a new task. It delivers dramatically better accuracy in far less training time. In this talk\, we will share a demo showcasing benefits of Transfer learning with PyTorch. You will learn how to create model from scratch\, how a pretrained model (e.g. ResNet) can be fine-tuned\, and comparison of their training and inference accuracy. We will also show how IBM Bob (AI-powered development partner) was used to build this demo. The speaker is Sahdev Zala\, PyTorch Ambassador. \n\nTalk 2: Intro to Distributed Inference with LLM-D 7:00 PM – 7:30 PM \n\nThe session will cover various vLLM deployment topologies for deploying large models\, as well as the routing optimizations in llm-d to improve their performance on Kubernetes. It will also provide an overview of Batch Inference\, which covers re-using the inference pools for low priority requests. Overall\, it will a good introduction into how llm-d enables priority shedding via flow control. The speaker is Will Eaton\, Red Hat.\n\nLightning talks  \n\nIf you are interested to present your LF AI & Data project for a 10-minute slot\, let us know by emailing to oita.coleman@gmail.com and spzala@us.ibm.com\n\n 
URL:https://lfaidata.foundation/event/lf-ai-data-meetup-research-triangle-park-nc/
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SUMMARY:LF AI & Data Mini Summit\, Co-Located with Pytorch Conference NA
DESCRIPTION:Event Details\nDate: October 19\, 2026\nTime: 9:00 AM–5:00 PM\nLocation: Room 210B\, San Jose Convention Center\nCo-located with: PyTorch Conference North America \nJoin the LF AI & Data community for a full-day Mini Summit exploring how open source collaboration is shaping the future of AI. Developers\, maintainers\, researchers\, practitioners\, and technology leaders will share insights into the open technologies powering AI\, from data and models to infrastructure\, deployment\, governance\, and agentic systems. Come learn from peers\, explore the LF AI & Data ecosystem\, and help build a more open and interoperable future for AI. \nHow to Register\nThe LF AI & Data Mini Summit is free to attend with PyTorch Conference registration. Be sure to add the Mini Summit when registering. Register for PyTorch Conference \nMini Summit Agenda\nThe event agenda will feature community updates\, technical sessions on responsible AI and emerging standards\, project lightning talks\, a panel on the role of AI at universities\, and a hands-on Docling workshop. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLF AI & Data Mini Summit (9AM – 5PM)\n\n\nTime\nDuration\nSession Title\nSpeaker(s)\n\n\n9:00–9:25 AM\n25min\nLF AI and Data State of the Union and Kick-Off\nMark Collier\, general manager of AI & Infrastructure at the Linux Foundation and executive director of LF AI & Data\n\n\n9:25–9:50 AM\n25min\nAI Safety and Responsible Generative AI Framework (RGAF)\nMuneeza Azmat\, Research Scientist at Red Hat\n\n\n9:50–10:15 AM\n25min\nThe Development of ISO 42001 and 42003 – and Responsible Generative AI Framework\nKaren Bennet\, Senior Engineering Leader\n\n\n10:15–10:30 AM\n15min\nMorning Break\n\n\n\n10:30–10:45 AM\n15min (lightning talk)\nGenerative AI Commons\nArnaud Le Hors\, Open Source and Standards Expert at IBM\n\n\n10:45–11:00 AM\n15min (lightning talk)\nSecurity and Compliance Workgroup\nColin Gigool\, Software Development Engineer at IBM\n\n\n11:00–11:15 AM\n15min (lightning talk)\nIREE (Intermediate Representation Execution Environment)\nRod Burns\, Head of Ecosystems at Roofline AI\n\n\n11:15–11:30 AM\n15min (lightning talk)\nFeast: Open Source Feature Store for ML\nHao Xu\, Lead Software Engineer at Apple\n\n\n11:30–11:45 AM\n15min (lightning talk)\nDocling and Doclang\nMing Zhao\, Open Source Developer and Developer Advocate at IBM\n\n\n11:45 AM–12:00 PM\n15min (lightning talk)\nONNX Project\nJavier Martinez\, AI Software Architect at Intel at Intel\n\n\n12:00–12:10 PM\n10min\nCall to Action: Engage with the LF AI & Data Foundation\nArnaud Le Hors\, Open Source and Standards Expert at IBM\n\n\n12:10–1:10 PM\n1hr\nLunch Break\n\n\n\n1:10–1:55 PM\n45min\nThe Role of AI at Universities in 2026 – Panel Discussion\n– Jorjeta Jetcheva Associate Professor and Chair of the Computer Engineering Department at San José State University\n– Akansha Bansiya\, MS Software Engineering at San José State University.\n– Jeffrey Young\, Principal Research Scientist at the Georgia Institute of Technology.\n– Panel chair: Suja Viswesan\, Vice President\, Security Products at IBM\n\n\n1:55–2:10 PM\n15min\nAfternoon Break\n\n\n\n2:10-4:10 PM\n2.00 hr\nDocling Hands-On Workshop\n– Ming Zhao\, Open Source Developer and Developer Advocate at IBM \n– James Busche\, Senior Software Development Manager at IBM\n\n\n4:10-4:30 PM\n20min\nClosing remarks + Networking\nSusan Malaika\, Stephen Chin\n\n\n\nVisit the LF AI & Data Booth\nLF AI & Data will also have a booth onsite during PyTorch Conference on October 20–21. Stop by to meet community members\, learn more about our projects\, and discover ways to get involved! \nContinue the Conversation at SJSU\n​After the Mini Summit\, join the free Open Source AI: Building Reliable AI Systems event from 5:00–7:30 PM at San José State University. Explore Mellea\, TrustyAI\, Bob\, and Docling through technical talks\, hands-on learning\, and networking. Separate registration is required. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://lfaidata.foundation/event/lf-ai-data-mini-summit-co-located-with-pytorch-conference-na/
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