LLM London - October @ NexGen Cloud

October Meetup at NexGen Cloud.
Join fellow AI enthusiasts, developers and founders to discuss and explore the latest in LLM and Generative AI.
Host: NexGen Cloud
Sponsors: NexGen Cloud

Location: 4th Floor, 16 St John's Ln, London EC1M 4BS

Please confirm your registration on Luma: https://lu.ma/bd5qem8o

Talks:

1. Mischa van Kesteren
Bio: Mischa van Kesteren is a Solutions Engineer at NexGen Cloud, focused on Hyperstack, their GPUaaS On-Demand platform. With nearly a decade of experience in the field of HPC and AI, Mischa leads complex solution designs and serves as a thought leader in sustainable and secure AI and HPC practices.

Title: The Hidden Accelerator: How Storage Can Elevate LLM Performance

Abstract: This presentation explores the critical role of storage in large language model (LLM) development and deployment. It examines key considerations including performance, availability, mobility, and security, highlighting how these factors impact model training and inference at scale. The talk discusses various storage solutions, from local to distributed systems, and their trade-offs in supporting LLM workloads. Finally, it emphasizes the importance of a well-planned storage strategy in unlocking the full potential of AI projects and facilitating seamless scaling.

2. Chris Parsons
Bio: Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer at Cherrypick

Title: Programming not prompting put in practice

Abstract: Ever feel like you’re stuck in a loop trying to get AI prompts just right? Discover how shifting from prompting to programming is changing the game in the AI world. In this talk, we’ll explore a new way of interacting with AI that goes beyond tweaking prompts—it’s about programming on top of them. We’ll use DSPy as an example to show how you can layer higher-order programming concepts over basic prompts to unlock more powerful and flexible AI capabilities. With some hands-on examples, we’ll see how this approach makes working with AI more efficient and reliable.