I have known Zainab and Jace for the better part of nearly two decades that I have been part of the Bangalore tech ecosystem through events, meetups and conferences. The association goes back to the early days of the Linux user groups with a set of self selecting geeks who were interested in then-niche Linux operating system and the surrounding free software/opensource ecosystem. Hasgeek was star… more

A overview of the Hadoop ecosystem and how the different parts of the ecosystem interact and fit together. more

How to use advanced visualizations to see multidimensional data using python libraries. more

To provide an intermediate-to-advanced usage of R To do a deep-dive into different R modules using public data sets more

This talk will cover a framework for thinking about the analytics data stack. What are the things to consider when building a data stack from scratch. How to choose the right software for your stack whether it is visualisation, analytics or storage ? It will talk about the relations between different techniques for extracting insights outs of raw data. I will draw upon examples from my experience… more

I plan to cover the following topics. . How LLMs work (short intro) . The challenges of working with LLMs (Hallucinations) . How to reduce Hallucination using Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) . How can you can finetune LLMs to give give more coherent answers . What is the Copilot pattern for building creative/enterprise apps? . How does the Copilot pattern work from a UX point of view to augm… more