Date: 12 December, 2024
Location: Jaarbeurs, Utrecht
SURF and EuroCC Netherlands cordially invite you to the Advanced Computing User Day! On Dec. 12, Advanced Computing User Day brings together leading experts, entrepreneurs and users from the advanced computing community for a day of inspiring talks, workshops and valuable networking opportunities.
Whether you are a seasoned professional or just starting out in the world of advanced computing, Advanced Computing User Day offers you the chance to learn from other users, gain inspiration, hear latest developments, and connect with like-minded professionals from the research and business fields.
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Keynote
Cees Snoek
Join Professor Cees Snoek at the Advanced Computing User Day 2024 for an engaging keynote exploring the limitations of multimodal foundation models. While these AI models excel in multimedia generation and transfer learning, they struggle with tasks like spatial grounding, temporal reasoning, and aligning with ethical and societal values. Drawing from his groundbreaking research at the University of Amsterdam’s Video & Image Sense Lab, Snoek will showcase sustainable methods to enhance these models without full retraining. With a prolific career spanning academia and industry, Snoek brings unparalleled expertise in AI-driven video and image understanding to this thought-provoking session.
Featured Speaker
Thomas Wolf
Join Thomas Wolf, co-founder and Chief Science Officer of Hugging Face, at PyData Amsterdam for an inspiring talk. A leading advocate for open science, Thomas has transformed AI accessibility through groundbreaking tools like the Hugging Face Transformers and Datasets libraries. His work bridges academic research and industry, highlighted by projects like the BigScience Workshop, which birthed BLOOM, a large-scale open-source language model. With a Ph.D. in Statistical/Quantum Physics and a unique interdisciplinary approach, Thomas combines technical expertise with a passion for education. Don’t miss his insights on advancing AI accessibility and overcoming the field’s limitations.
Last Years Advanced Computing User Day
After Movie Advanced Computing User Day 2023 Dive into the essence of the Advanced Computing User Day by watching the after movie – a genuine portrayal of shared experiences, insights, and the vibrant community that came together.
