Friday, 29 December 2023 GDSC Primorska hosted a DataFlow workshop last week
Last week, the Google Developer Club of the University of Primorska (GDSC Primorska) successfully held the DataFlow workshop, which brought together all enthusiasts of the Large Language Model (LLM).
The workshop took place from 18 to 21 December 2023 at various locations.
In the introduction, in Tramontana (UP FHŠ), the organizers delved into the details of the event, where Robert Dovžan, head of the data science team at Outbrain company (the sponsor of the event), introduced the participants to the department where he works and discussed the possibilities of cooperation with the company in the form of summer schools and internships. Clément Delteil, a data scientist, former Erasmus student at UP FAMNIT and keynote speaker from France, presented his important projects and professional work to the young enthusiasts, and then led his workshop.
Throughout the introductory day, participants interacted with speakers and discussed ML&AI topics using the Slido platform, which had been introduced at the beginning. On the following day, they actively started working on the development of their projects, and these were later presented at the conclusion of the event on December 21.
Additionally, the organisers gave the teams direct access to their sample reports accessible online, on the Medium platform. The individual teams with access to the platform can be found at the links below:
- Marija Rakic, Bogdan Sinik and Pavel Jolakoski, ‘Crafting Lyrics with LSTM’ > HERE
- Yllke Yashari and Dmytro Tupkalenko, ‘Predicting next term in an integer sequence’ > HERE
- Emilija Trajkovska and Ilija Petrov, ‘Fine tuning LLM to generate song lyrics’ Elsa Morina,Nikola Murgoski and Miha Rupar, ‘Fine tuning LLM for machine translation’ > HERE
- Vasilije Bozaric and Marko Veskovic, ‘Image generation by merging stable diffusion models’ > HERE
- Hana Amiri and Sasa Krajnovic, ‘Mechanisms of action’ > HERE
- Zhivko Stoimchev and Anastasija Temova, ‘Image Generation with DCGAN’ > TUKAJ
- Marija Cetkovic and Elena Zdravkoska, ‘Image Generation with DCGAN’ > HERE
- Andrej Natev, ‘Predicting Hit Songs’ > HERE
At the end of the workshop, Clement Delteil, assist. Jordan Deja and Martin Jakomin, Head of Outbrain, offered each group constructive feedback and suggestions, encouraging the participants to continue exploration of this field. Participants were acknowledged with prizes and certificates of participation.
»I want to extend a big thank you to everyone who made our recent 4-day Machine Learning Summit a success. It's been an incredible journey, and I'm grateful for the support from each participant and all those who helped to organise this event. I'm proud of our students who dove into networking, workshops, and project presentations over the three intense days. The meals and rewards were small tokens compared to the significant contributions of our hardworking students. Looking forward, 2024 promises more exciting events as we aim to grow and bring more opportunities to our university. We're not just a community, we're here for our students. Whether you need help with projects, academic questions, or anything else, feel free to reach out,« summed up Ivan Cvijetić, the leder of the GDSC Primorska.
According to the head of the event, Ivan Cvijetić, organizing such an event, especially for the first time, was no small task, so every individual's contribution played a role in the successful implementation of the event.
The organizers want to extend special thanks to Assoc. Prof. Branko Kavšek and assist. Domen Vake, who supported the event, the Outbrain sponsor, and Clément Delteil, who came from France to lead workshops and guide students. Also, thanks to Assist. Arsen Matej Golubovik, who prepared a workshop on neural networks, Nevena Stojnić and Jordan Aiko Deja for their support in leading this initiative, as well as Damjan Muhič for a short video recap of the event.
