Basel Data Science & AI Meetup - June 2025

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Join us in June for the next Basel Data Science & AI Meetup!
This time, we have a particularly exciting mix of topics: from cutting-edge AI research to practical machine learning in production and optimizations in data tooling. Whether you're into research, engineering, or applied data science, there’s something in it for you.
As always, the evening will include time for discussions and networking with others in the local AI and Data Science community.
Looking forward to seeing you there!

Agenda
18:30 - Arrival & Mingling
19:00 - Talks:

• Max Buckley, Senior Software Engineer @ Google: The Road to Robust RAG: Overcoming Risks, Limitations, and Challenges
• Jan Cristina, Head of AI @ Starmind:
  Speeding up your data processing in Python with Rust and PyO3
• Armin Fanzott, Head of AI & Data Science @ Ascent:
  Large-Scale Forecasting with Machine Learning: Lessons from a real-world system

20:20 - Apéro & Networking

Thanks a lot to Ascent for hosting the meetup and to Machine Learning Architects Basel for supporting us and providing the Apéro!