October Meetup

We are excited to invite you to an inspiring event this October at the Active Solution office in Linköping, tailored for software development enthusiasts like yourself.

We have a fun and informative evening planned with two engaging sessions, along with some snacks and drinks to keep our spirits high! On stage, we are thrilled to have Alan Smith, AI MVP and Senior Developer, who will demystify large language models with his session "Inside GPT – Large Language Models Demystified." Alan will take us on a deep dive into the architecture of GPT algorithms, exploring natural language processing concepts and demonstrating how to harness the power of GPT in your own solutions.

Additionally, we are pleased to announce Cecilia Wirén, a MVP and senior developer at Active Solution, who will help us "Level up your GitHub Copilot skills." Cecilia will guide us through the advanced functionalities of GitHub Copilot, exploring new areas of usage and demonstrating how to effectively integrate this powerful tool into your development workflow.

Join us for an evening of learning, networking, and inspiration. We look forward to seeing you there!

NOTE: This is an on-site/IRL event in Linköping. It will not be streamed or available online. Please only sign up if you can make it to the venue and if you are prevented, let us know so we can order just the right amount of food.

AGENDA
17:00 Doors open
17:15 Session 1 starts
18:15 Food
18:45 Session 2 starts
20.30 Event ends

Language: English

FOOD / SNACKS
Food, drinks and snacks will be provided. Let us know if you have any special requirements we should be aware of.

SESSION: Inside GPT - Large Language Models Demystified
Natural language processing using generative pre-trained transformers (GPT) algorithms is a rapidly evolving field that offers many opportunities and challenges for application developers. But what is a generative pre-trained transformer, and how does it work? How can you leverage the latest advances in GPT algorithms to create engaging and useful applications? Can my business benefit from creating a GPT powered chat bot?

In this demo intensive session Alan will take a deep dive into the architecture of GPT algorithms and the inner workings of ChatGPT. The journey will begin by looking at the fundamental concepts of natural language processing, such as word embedding, vectorization and tokenization. He will then demonstrate how you can apply these techniques to train a GPT2 model that can generate song lyrics, showing the internals of how word sequences are predicted. Alan will then shift the focus to larger language models, such as ChatGPT and GPT4, demonstrating their power, capabilities, and limitations. The use of hyperparameters such as temperature and frequency penalty will be explained and their effect on the generated output demonstrated. He will then cover the concepts of prompt engineering and demonstrate how Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) patterns can be leveraged to create a ChatGPT experience based on your own textual data.
SPEAKER: Alan Smith

SESSION: Level up your GitHub copilot skill
Have you been using Copilot for a while? Don't you feel it's as powerful a tool as promised? Let's dive into the functionality to understand how to use them better. Explore new areas for usage. And the hardest part is how to relearn to use Copilot instead of other tools you have, and why.
SPEAKER: Cecilia Wiren

EVENT SPONSOR: Active Solution
Active Solution är en partner för smarta och innovativa digitala lösningar. Vi erbjuder konsulttjänster inom systemutveckling, molnbaserad utveckling, artificiell intelligens och digital transformation.
Vi arbetar med olika branscher och tekniker och vi anpassar oss efter dina behov. Vi kombinerar färdiga komponenter med systemutveckling för att ge dig bästa möjliga resultat.