January '23 Computer Vision Meetup (Virtual)

Zoom Link
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XQIZlMP2RQuCFBwBylyRqA

Agenda
* Housekeeping
* Lightning Talk - Voxel51
* Hyperparameter Scheduling for Computer Vision - Cameron Wolfe (Alegion/Rice University)
* An Introduction to Computer Vision with Hugging Face transformers - Julien Simon (Hugging Face)
* Closing Remarks

Hyperparameter Scheduling for Computer Vision
Nearly all state-of-the-art results on computer vision benchmarks rely upon curated hyperparameter schedules. Though hyperparameter tuning may at times seem like a dark art, extensive empirical analysis of the topic has revealed countless numbers of best practices that are of incredible use to practitioners. In this talk, Cameron will overview these findings with an emphasis on practical applications, aiming to provide the listener with a better understanding of how to properly approach the tuning of hyperparameters.

Cameron Wolfe is a a PhD student in Computer Science at Rice University in Houston, TX and a research scientist at Alegion, a software startup based in Austin, TX

An Introduction to Computer Vision with Hugging Face Transformers
In this code-level talk, we'll show you how to quickly build and deploy computer vision applications based on Transformer models. Along the way, you'll learn about the portfolio of open source and commercial Hugging Face solutions, and how they can help you deliver high-quality solutions faster than ever before.

Julien Simon is currently Chief Evangelist at Hugging Face. He previously spent 6 years at Amazon Web Services where he was the Global Technical Evangelist for AI & Machine Learning. Prior to joining AWS, Julien served for 10 years as CTO/VP Engineering in large-scale startups.

Don't Forget

* Voxel51 will make a donation on behalf of the Meetup members to the charity that gets the most votes this month
* Can't make the date and time? No problem! Just make sure to register for the Zoom so we can send you links to the playbacks

About the Meetup Sponsor
Voxel51 is the maintainer of the open source FiftyOne computer vision project