AI Alliance NYC Meetup
Join us at the AI Alliance meetup in NYC. Experience open innovation AI product demos from AI Alliance members and friends and network with AI professionals. Food and drinks will be provided.
This AI Alliance event is hosted by IBM, Lightning AI and LastMile AI.
Agenda
6:00–6:30 Check-in
6:30–8:00 Talks & demos
Welcome (3')
Meet the AI Alliance (5') – Dean Wampler, IBM
Generative AI for Materials Design (5') – Stefano Martiniani, NYU
Explainable AI: Understanding the "Why" Behind AI Decisions (5') – Jose Mendoza, Professor at NYU
TBD (12') – Lightning.ai
TBD (12') – LastMile.ai
Accelerating Triton Kernels (12') – Adnan Hoque, Research Engineer at IBM
Quick intro to the Data Prep Kit and Open Source RAG (12') – Timothy Spann, Milvus
Panel discussion (20')
8:00–9:00 Socialize
About the AI Alliance
The AI Alliance is a global community that builds, enables, and advocates for open innovation across the AI technology landscape, including software, data and models, safety, security and trust, tooling, evaluation, hardware, education, open science, and advocacy.
Co-founded in December 2023 by IBM and Meta, the AI Alliance comprises 130+ member organizations from 20+ countries.
About the Sponsors
LastMile AI: LastMile AI is an industry-leading platform to productionize enterprise-grade AI applications. LastMile reduces hallucinations and improves accuracy for LLM applications through state-of-the-art machine learning models.
IBM is at the forefront of enterprise AI innovation, offering a comprehensive suite of solutions through its watsonx platform and open-source initiatives like the Granite model family and InstructLab, among many others. The company’s focus on open, accessible, and flexible AI technologies, combined with strategic partnerships and ecosystem collaborations, positions IBM as a leader in driving AI adoption and transformation across industries