Building AI powered applications with Java, by Andres Almiray

Note: Slightly earlier start time than usual! Let us know how you feel about 5:30pm vs 6:00pm start times!

Abstract
It's said that context is king. This phrase has become more important in recent times thanks to the rise of AI and LLMs. LLMs are evolving faster and faster every month. However, trained models lag in knowledge regarding recent events as well as specific data pertaining to your business, specially those models trained externally. This being said, there are ways to enhance these models with additional context enabling them to deliver results custom tailored to your specific needs.

In this session we'll have a look at how we can achieve this goal using a combination of well known Java stacks and libraries such as Spring AI and LangChain4j.

Speaker - Andres Almiray
Andres is a Java/Groovy developer and a Java Champion Alumni, Developer Advocate for the Database Group At Oracle, with more than 2 decades of experience in software design and development. He has been involved in web and desktop application development since the early days of Java. Andres is a true believer in open source and has participated on popular projects like Groovy, Griffon, and DbUnit, as well as starting his own projects. Founding member of the Griffon framework and Hackergarten community event. Author of JReleaser. You can find him on twitter too as @aalmiray. He likes to spend time with his beloved wife, Ixchel, when not hacking around.

Schedule
5:30 - Meet & Eat
6:00 - Announcements, Jobs exchange
6:15 - Presentation
7:15 - Conclusion