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We’re excited to invite you to an exclusive FREE workshop hosted by the Touro University Graduate School of Technology (RSVP Link):

What We Learned Building LLM-Powered Text-to-SQL, presented by Fatma Ozcan, Principal Engineer at Systems Research @ Google.

This session provides an overview of why text-to-SQL remains challenging, how LLMs translate natural language into SQL, and how CHASE-SQL and contextual signals improve performance.

Workshop Details:📅 Date: Monday, March 26, 2026🕖 Time: 7:00 PM (EDT)📍 Location: Zoom (link provided upon registration)

What You’ll Learn:
✅ Why text-to-SQL remains challenging in real-world databases
✅ How LLMs translate natural language into accurate SQL
✅ Inside CHASE-SQL: a multi-agent framework for better query generation
✅ Key findings from achieving strong performance on benchmarks like BIRD and Spider
✅How contextual signals (examples, hints, schema, documentation) improve performance

Meet the Speaker: Fatma Ozcan is a Principal Engineer at Systems Research@Google. Before she came to Google, she was a Distinguished Research Staff Member and a senior manager at IBM Almaden Research Center. Her current research focuses on platforms and infra-structure for large-scale data analysis, query processing and optimization of semi-structured data, and democratizing analytics via NLQ and conversational interfaces to data.

How to Register: Confirm your attendance by clicking the RSVP link below and completing the registration form. The Zoom link will be provided upon registration.If you have any questions, feel free to reach out. We look forward to seeing you there!

RSVP Link

RSVP LINK

What You'll Learn:

• Overview of Cloud Computing and Cybersecurity concepts
• Cybersecurity best practices implemented by cloud providers
• Regulatory requirements related to cloud computing
• Cloud services information security controls
• Data sovereignty considerations
• Best practices for implementing a secure cloud environment
• Key management strategies in the cloud
• The role of IoT and its relevance to cloud security

About the Presenter:

Behrooz Khorsandi is a professor at Touro's Graduate School of Technology, where he teaches courses including Networking Essentials, Fundamentals of Network Security, Advanced Cyber Security and AI Principals and Practice. He also currently serves as Technical Solution Architect at IBM Global Technology Services (GTS), where he has worked for 37 years. Professor Khorsandi possesses both level three certified technical specialist and senior consulting infrastructure services solution manager certifications from IBM.

The session will be held virtually, you will receive a separate email with the Zoom link and password to join the meeting once you RSVP.

All you need is a device with internet connection to stream the webinar live online from home.