🧠AI Collective NYC 🧠x Justwork NYC: June Research Roundtable
​About Event
​​Building on the momentum of our last research-focused event, we're excited to announce our next Research Roundtable in NYC with Justworks! Join us for an insightful event where we delve into the latest research in Generative AI. We'll be diving deep into the technological forefront of the field, directly engaging with the researchers making it all possible.
​​Who Should Attend
​​This event is designed for researchers, engineers, founders, investors, and all enthusiasts passionate about the latest in Generative AI.
​​What to Expect
​​Speaker Presentations: Learn from top researchers about the latest in AI research.
​​Interactive Q&A Sessions: Engage with experts, ask questions, and gain a deeper understanding of the topics discussed.
​​Networking Opportunities: Connect with like-minded professionals, exchange ideas, and explore collaborative opportunities in the field of Generative AI and software development.
​​Event Details
​​6:15 Doors Open
​​6:30 - 7:00 Networking w/ Food and Drinks
​​7:00 - 8:00 Speaker Sessions
​​8:00 - 9:00 More Networking
​​Featured Researchers
​This event will feature researchers from Columbia, NYU, and Cornell.
​Niv Cohen is a postdoc at New York University, where he researches methods to detect and understand unexpected phenomena in machine learning models and scientific data. His recent work spans robust watermarking for images, adversarial attacks on generative models, and red teaming approaches for AI safety.
​Jack Morris is a PhD at Cornell Tech and a visiting researcher at FAIR (AI at Meta). A former Google Brain Resident, his research focuses on understanding representation vectors inside language models - exploring where embeddings come from, what they mean, and how to improve them.
​Shiyu Wang is a PhD at Columbia University developing innovative approaches to manifold denoising and signal reconstruction. Her research introduces a novel framework that grows optimizers from noisy data, with mixed-order methods guaranteeing superior performance compared to traditional approaches.
​​As always, food and drink, engaging conversation, and incredible company will all be provided!
​​We look forward to seeing you there!
​​​​Please be advised: Unfortunately, space is very limited at these community events, and we can not always accept everyone we would like to. If you are not accepted to this event, please keep applying! We appreciate your application tremendously, and we are looking forward to seeing you at a future event very soon!
​Your Host
​The GenAI Collective is a growing community of 40,000+ founders, researchers, operators, and investors built around a shared curiosity for AI. Through incredible in-person events and vibrant online forums, members leverage their diverse perspectives and innovative minds to foster meaningful relationships, solve challenging problems, and define the future of AI.
​Justworks is a leading platform that helps businesses manage payroll, benefits, HR, and compliance all in one place. They provide a simple and intuitive platform, allowing companies to streamline their HR operations and focus on growth. As a sponsor for the NYC research event, Justworks is dedicated to supporting the local community and fostering innovation.​​
​Your Organizers
​​Prithvi Rajasekaran is an Applied AI Engineer @ Anthropic and leads the GenAI Collective in NYC. His past experience includes work at MIT's Auto ID Lab and C3 AI, where he developed AI applications for Fortune 500 companies and led Applied AI research projects on IoT, voice recognition, and medical use cases.
​​Alex Pizzirani is a quantitative researcher at AllianceBernstein L.P.
​​Saurav Velleleth is a Solutions Architect at Cohere, advising enterprises on building AI systems. He was previously at Retool and C3 AI, as well as a co-founder of Dogwood Technology Associates.
​​​Rahul Verma leads partnerships for the GenAI Collective in New York, connecting the chapter with businesses and other organizations in the city's AI ecosystem. He works as a Senior Software Engineer at AppliedXL, where he architects LLM-based pipelines that deliver insights for leading investment researchers, newsrooms, and industry analysts.
​Venue:
​Upon entering the building, please check in with the security desk and head on to the elevator bank near the end to go up to the 30th floor. The entry is on the right.
​Questions, comments, concerns? Reach out to us at nyc@genaicollective.ai.