The Deepseek Revolution: Shaping the Future of LLM Training and Reasoning
About this Event
Join us at The Toronto AI Practitioners Network 1st online event for an in-depth exploration of DeepSeek, the Chinese AI company that has quickly gained prominence with its family of groundbreaking foundation models.
These models have disrupted the AI industry, challenging established giants and making state-of-the-art performance accessible to the open-source community. The event will feature a special speaker from NVIDIA’s model post-training team, who will share technical insights on model training and reasoning capabilities. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about the advancements behind DeepSeek’s success and engage with experts in Toronto's thriving AI community!
Speakers
Dr. Shengyang Sun is a Research Scientist from NVIDIA’s Nemotron post-training team. His research centers around post-training applications and extracting reasoning capability from LLMs. Sun is going to cover the technical advancement that ultimately lead to the success of DeepSeek-V3 and, more importantly, DeepSeek-R1.
Agenda:
7:00 Zoom room opens
7:00-7:10 TAPNET and Speaker Introduction
7:10-7:35 Guest Presentation
7:35-7:45 Q&A between Guest Speaker and Hosts
7:45-8:00 Open Q&A
Why Attend?
Get exclusive insights from NVIDIA’s post-training team about cutting-edge advancements in model reasoning.
Learn about DeepSeek's innovative approach that’s revolutionizing AI performance and reshaping the foundation model landscape.
Network with other AI professionals and enthusiasts in Toronto’s thriving AI community.
Sponsors
RBC Borealis (https://rbcborealis.com/)
Osler (https://www.osler.com/)
About US
Toronto AI Practitioners Network (TAPNET) is founded in 2024. We are created to provide high-quality content and networking opportunities for AI practitioners located in Toronto.
Currently we have a couple hundreds of active members and have successfully hosted three in-person events in the last year.
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