Please join us for a discussion on how we study the shapes of biological molecules, leading up to the new AlphaFold 3 AI model from Google DeepMind and Isomorphic Labs. We will start by talking about the famous protein folding problem and how scientists used to figure out these shapes using older methods like X-ray […]
Good evening! It’s time for our Spring Social! The forecast looks like rain, so we’re going to get together at Back Forty Beer Company. There’s a lot of room inside, and they also have good food.
Join us virtually this Wednesday at 6 pm to continue our monthly Paper Review series! Google released the Gemma 4 model family and TurboQuant KV cache compression about a week apart. We’ll look at what’s actually new in the architecture, how TurboQuant holds up against its claims, and walk through fitting these models across different […]
This week we have Tom Plunkett reviewing his recent experience at the NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference and winning the associated hackathon. We will be in the Executive Conference Room this week. Here’s the breakdown of what Tom plans to cover: What I saw at the NVIDIA GTC conference in San Jose March 16-19. Competing and Winning the […]
This event is going to be virtual only due to weather. This week we have Sumaita Rahman presenting the paper “Training a Generally Curious Agent” that was previously presented at 2025 ICML. The paper provides a fine-tuning method that improves AI agents’ ability to explore new environments by first exposing a language model to diverse […]
Place holder for a virtual paper review Join us virtually next Wednesday for a focused discussion of two recent AI papers: Google DeepMind’s framework for measuring progress toward AGI and Stanford HAI’s AI Index Report 2026. We’ll look at how AGI is being defined, what the latest AI data actually shows, and what remains hard […]
Good evening, First off, please note that we will be meeting at CohesionForce this week. We’ll be using the door in the back of the building, so you probably want to park there. The address is below in the details list. This week David and I will team up to present applications that we have […]
We will be meeting at Deloitte this week. The best way to park and get to the office is via the large parking lot on the west side of the building (across from Food City). You can enter the building from that side and head upstairs to the 2nd floor. The address is below in the details […]
This week we will have two smaller presentations between myself and Matt Brooks. We’ll meet up at CohesionForce again – so come in the back door to our large conference room. My presentation will be on using Modal to host a serverless AI endpoint with nearly zero setup. The use case we’ll cover is to […]
This week we’re switching things up. Instead of a focused meetup with presentations, we’ll be having a casual AI discussion night. Weather permitting, we’ll meet at Stovehouse common area on Wednesday night. David Showalter will be there from 5:30–7:30 PM to facilitate a few tables for the group, unless it’s absolutely storming. Come on out, grab […]
What would it take for an AI to be a useful assistant for a large tabletop campaign simulation? Not just a chatbot that vaguely remembers lore, but a system that knows which NPCs know which secrets, which factions are connected, which rumors came from which source pages, and which claims can actually be checked.
A deep dive into the engineering and life-saving potential of open-source Photoplethysmography (PPG) technology. This presentation explores how custom edge devices and applied machine learning can decode cardiovascular signals to prevent driver impairment, track pilot perfusion, and ultimately democratize health data for patients.
