GraphDB Melbourne March Madness

Welcome to GraphDB Melbourne March Madness!
Join us on March 20th for an exhilarating exploration into the world of graph databases. Whether you're a seasoned graph enthusiast or just diving into the realm of connected data, this meetup promises something for everyone.

Come mingle with fellow graph aficionados, share your experiences, and expand your knowledge as we delve into the latest developments, use cases, and best practices in graph database technology.

The agenda of the evening would be:
- 5pm: doors open
- 6.00pm: announcements and welcome
- 6.10pm: 1st Talk
- 6:40pm: 2nd Talk
- 7.10pm: networking
- 8.00pm: doors close

Speakers:
🎤 Talk Topic: Using LLMs to deliver Business Value
Speaker: Muddassir Zaidi, Consulting Engineer @ Neo4j
Summary:
LLMs are transforming businesses in many ways, and data plays a crucial role in unlocking their potential. It's important to remember that using LLMs effectively requires careful planning, data preparation, and ongoing monitoring. In this talk we will examine scenarios where LLMs can use actual ground truth to deliver Business value. We will also discuss some actual use-cases and the tech stack involved in building it.

🎤 Talk Topic: Text-to-Query: Way Harder Than You'd Think
Speaker: Louka Ewington-Pitsos, Senior Data Scientist @ SHAVIK.AI
Summary:
Text-to-Query is supposed to be the "baseline" LLM use-case: it's just formatting. LLMs are supposed to be great at formatting. Text-to-Python, Text-to-HTML, Text-to-Cypher, these are all supposed to be solved problems. Fun fact: they're not solved problems. This is a quick talk about our attempts at Shavk.ai to solve one of those supposedly easy problems (Text-to-SQL) including:

• How do we know that this problem isn't solved?
• How close can we get out of the box?
• How close can we get with prompt engineering?
• How close can we get with finetuning?
• What did I get horribly wrong?

Bio: Louka has founded 2 machine learning startups one (horse race outcome prediction) sold, the other (AI road fault detection) crashed and burned horrifically and then worked as a consultant in Melbourne as a data science consultant for the last 3 years before taking up a role at shavik.ai as a senior data scientist. In his spare time Louka currently helps to run the Melbourne Machine Learning and AI Meetup, and is also running Australia's first multi-state AI Hackathon focused on using AI to trade on the energy market to help fight climate change. He also has a fun youtube channel focused on AI image generation.

Interested to speak at this or future meetups? Fill this form: https://dev.neo4j.com/submit-your-talk

This month, we'll feature insightful talks, engaging discussions, and networking opportunities that are bound to spark new ideas and collaborations. Whether you're a developer, data scientist, or business strategist, you'll find value in our diverse lineup of speakers and topics.
So mark your calendars, bring your curiosity, and join us for an evening filled with graph-powered insights, connections, and maybe even a touch of madness!

See you at GraphDB Melbourne March Madness!