ML Reading Group Meetup
Thanks to New Systems for the chance to host at New Stadium, and to Rootly for sponsoring snacks for the meetup!
Notice of photography 📸: a photographer will be taking photos of the event to share on New Systems' social media and the organizers' personal social media accounts. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out to the event organizers.
Schedule
7:30 PM ET: doors open. We strongly encourage everyone to arrive at 7:30 PM sharp, since one of the speakers is calling in from a +6 hour time difference. Starting earlier would make it much easier for the speaker to not stay up later than anticipated, thanks in advance!
7:40 PM ET: virtual presentation & Q&A by Akira Yoshiyama on LADDER paper
8:20 PM ET: virtual presentation & Q&A by Adam Zweiger on TTT for Few-Shot Learning paper
9:00 PM ET: wrap-up
Invited Speakers
We'll be hosting presentations and Q&A over a video link with:
Akira Yoshiyama, University of Waterloo, co-author of the LADDER paper
Adam Zweiger, MIT CSAIL, co-author of the TTT for Few-Shot Learning paper
Reading List
"LADDER: Self-Improving LLMs through Recursive Problem Decomposition" by T. Simonds and A. Yoshiyama
"The Surprising Effectiveness of Test-Time Training for Few-Shot Learning" by E. Akyürek et al.