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VAM! Weekly AI Reading Group

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Tuesday, April 15th • 6:00 PM PDT
Join our weekly AI reading group to discuss interesting AI papers. We'll have a 20-minute presentation followed by a 25-minute discussion. Great opportunity to learn and connect with others.
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Where:
Online via Zoom
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Dr. Naghmeh Babaee

Assistant Professor Faculty and Director of Education

Thrilled to present my research on the ethical application of Artificial Intelligence in Education at the Vancouver AI Meetup. Huge thanks to Issam Laradji for the invite and to the amazing audience whose meaningful questions and comments made it a great session. Looking forward to connecting with this passionate team!

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Ildar Akhmetov

Educator & Researcher, Emerging Leaders in Computer Science

What a fun event on our campus -- Vancouver AI Meetup (VAM!) Night, organized by Issam Laradji and Dylan Nihte at Northeastern University Vancouver. Enjoying some great learning with the Vancouver AI community and some of our fantastic students!

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Gerardo N. Carrion

Digital Commerce Expert | AI & Strategic Partnerships

Vancouver AI Meetup (VAM!): A Night of Innovation & Ethics in AI! Last Friday night at Northeastern University Vancouver, the Vancouver AI Meetup brought together an incredible group of AI enthusiasts, researchers, and industry leaders. Huge thanks to Issam Laradji and Dylan Nihte for organizing such a fantastic event!

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Our Co-founders

Issam Laradji

Issam Laradji

Adjunct Professor, UBC, Research Scientist, ServiceNow

Research Scientist at ServiceNow and an Adjunct Professor at University of British Columbia. He holds a PhD in Computer Science and a PhD from the University of British Columbia, and his research interests include natural language processing, computer vision, and large-scale optimization.

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Dylan Nihte

Dylan Nihte

AI Staffing Expert

Experienced entrepreneur focused on AI startups. I build tailored AI staffing models for business growth and talent retention, while balancing your human resourcing requirements. Passionate about helping entrepreneurs to better focus on leading their business.

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Eric Laycock

Eric Laycock

ML Engineer

I'm passionate frontrunner of hundreds of large language models and overseeing the scaling of AI provider API traffic, as well as building user-clamoring agentic AI.

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