PyData Trójmiasto #35

We are very happy to invite you to 35th edition of PyData Trójmiasto meetup!

Where: Łużycka 8B, Gdynia, Tensor Z building.
When: 23rd of July at 6PM

Registration: please register with your full first and last name. Don't forget to bring your ID when entering the event venue.
RSVP available until 6pm day before. In any urgent communication please let us know at kontakt@pydata-trojmiasto.pl

Parking: Free parking located along the street next to the building.

Agenda:

18:00 - 18:05 - Event boarding
18:05 - 18:10 - A few words about PyData
18:10 - 18:55 - Revitalize your AI perf in Kaizen way by Katarzyna Papis
19:00 - 19:45 - You are more than a source of entropy: The hidden dangers of vibe coding by Aleksander Obuchowski
19:45 - Networking & 🍕

1st talk by Katarzyna Papis:
Revitalize your AI perf in Kaizen way

Have you ever wished for AI to swiftly generate an image of an astronaut on Mars or rapidly identify mushrooms in a photograph? Enhancing the performance of your local AI workloads can be achieved through incremental improvements across various domains—from optimizing hardware and refining models to streamlining inference processes. These incremental advancements can significantly boost efficiency, allowing you to receive your AI-generated pudding recipe in mere seconds.

Katarzyna Papis is an Electrical Engineer, AI performance specialist, researcher, public speaker and trainer on AI tools. She's passionate about learning new things and sharing that knowledge with others.
In her scientific research, she have developed a DNN-based speech synthesizer. Now she's up to HPC performance optimizations. She loves creating solutions and bringing ideas to life.
She also grow avocado.

2nd talk by Aleksander Obuchowski:
You are more than a source of entropy: The hidden dangers of vibe coding

We’ll explore the subtle yet significant ways in which reliance on AI tools—particularly large language models (LLMs) can change the way developers think. Drawing from personal experiences and broader industry trends, the talk examines the dangers of “vibe coding”: an intuition-driven, unstructured approach that LLMs often encourage, where solutions are stitched together based on plausibility rather than understanding.
We'll consider how over-reliance on these tools leads to cognitive offloading, potentially dulling critical thinking, weakening foundational skills, and diluting the craftsmanship that once defined great code. Rather than rejecting AI assistants outright, this talk invites a more mindful, deliberate engagement, where tools support, but do not substitute, human judgment and creativity.
The goal is to challenge developers to rethink their relationship with AI, reclaim ownership of their cognitive processes, and rediscover the joy of making things well, not just fast.

Aleksander Obuchowski, Co-founder of thelion.ai - open-source medical AI research group and medalion.tech - medical AI solution provider and on-premise platform.