PyData Valais (first meetup!) | RAG, Explainable AI, Polars and more

Join us for the very first PyData Valais Meetup (in person only)!

This is an exciting opportunity to connect with local data and machine learning practitioners, learn from industry experts, and dive into the world of data science and AI. Each presentation will last 15 minutes, followed by 10 minutes of questions, offering an interactive space for discussion. The event will be held in English.

After the talks, you are welcome to stay for drinks, exchange ideas, and network with the speakers and other attendees.

IMPORTANT: this is an in-person event only, no live stream will be provided.

Schedule | Thursday, 17th of October

18:00 - Welcoming
18:15 - Beginning of the talks
19:30 - Drinks and Networking

Talk #1:
Bringing a RAG From Prototyping to Industrialisation: Things I Wish I Knew Earlier
Gary Folli | Founder of Neuralia

Talk #2:
From Data to Insights With the SHAP Explainable AI Library
Raphaël Lüthi | Machine Learning & AI Lead @ Groupe Mutuel

Talk #3:
Beyond Pandas: Polars and DuckDB for Data Processing at Scale
Gregory Mermoud | Professor @ HES-SO Valais-Wallis · ex-Cisco

Location
Cimark
Haute Ecole d’Ingénierie - HES-SO Valais-Wallis
Rue de l'Industrie 23
1950 Sion
(no remote attendance is possible)