What an excellent start to Day 1 of #ALTA2024!
In yesterday's #tutorial, Dr Nicholas I-Hsien Kuo took our participants through:
➡️ Implementing and evaluating #PEFT and quantisation techniques.
➡️ Fine-tuning and deploying #LLMs on hardware with limited resources.
➡️ Optimising workflows for real-world applications without sacrificing performance.
A huge thanks to Google Colab for our #compute requirements 👏
📷 by Taylor Liu, one of our incredible #ALTA2024 Volunteers
🌟 PANELLISTS ANNOUNCED 🌟
We're delighted to announce the panellists for our #ALTA2024 panel!
Professor Hanna Suominen is at the forefront of accelerating health impact from personalised precision medicine technology through the application of advanced data analytics and #ML #DL.
Kyla Quinn is the Technical Director of Data and Analytic Services Branch at the Australian Signals Directorate. In this role she provides strategic direction for staff.
🌟 TUTORIAL DETAILS - #LLMs, #LORA and #PEFT 🌟
Join us at #ALTA2024 for a tutorial led by Dr Nicholas I-Hsien Kuo from the UNSW Centre for Big Data Research in Health, #UNSW Sydney.
🌟 What You’ll Gain 🌟
➡️ Implement and evaluate PEFT and quantisation techniques.
➡️ Fine-tune and deploy LLMs on hardware with limited resources.
➡️ Optimise workflows for real-world applications without sacrificing performance.
🌟 Register now! 🌟
https://alta2024.alta.asn.au
🌟 JUST 5 DAYS TO GO! 🌟
There's just 5 days to go until #ALTA2024 opens 🎉
We can't wait to share with you an incredible tutorial, courtesy of Nicholas I-Hsien Kuo, incredible keynotes in @stevenbird Jing Jiang and Kyla Quinn, and a brilliant panel discussion featuring Hanna Suominen and expertly facilitated by Gabriela Ferraro.
We'll also delighted to be hosting Eduard Hovy who will present a free public lecture on how #LLMs work and where they're heading.
ICYMI: Professor Eduard Hovy of Melbourne Connect at #UniMelb will deliver a free public #lecture as part of #ALTA2024.
Generative #LLMs: How they work and where they are heading
📆 5.30pm - 6.30pm AEDT,
Monday, 2nd Dec 2024
📍 Birch Building Innovation Space,
35 Science Road, #ANU, #Canberra
Huge thx to Defence Australia, Google, Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC), Commonwealth Bank, UniMelb, #ANU School of Cybernetics, School Of Culture, History & Language
🌟 KEYNOTE ANNOUNCEMENT 🌟
Kyla Quinn, Australian Signals Directorate
We're delighted to announce that Kyla Quinn will be one of the fantastic keynotes at the #ALTA2024 Workshop, affiliated with the @aclmeeting.
Kyla will speak to the issues we need to contend with when we put #LLMs and other #language technologies into an enterprise.
LLMs are great ... but
Learn more and register at:
https://alta2024.alta.asn.au
🌟 KEYNOTE ANNOUNCEMENT 🌟
PROFESSOR Jing Jiang, #ANU
We're delighted to announce that Professor Jing Jiang of the ANU College of Engineering, Computing & Cybernetics at The Australian National University will be one of the incredible keynotes at the #ALTA2024 Workshop, affiliated with the @aclmeeting.
Professor Jiang will speak to the topic:
LLM Evaluation: Writing Styles, Role-playing, and Visual Comprehension
Learn more and register at:
https://alta2024.alta.asn.au/
SELLING FAST: Registrations are selling fast for the #ALTA2024 conference affiliated with the @aclmeeting 🎉
📆 Monday 2nd Dec - Wed 4th Dec 2024
📍 Birch Building Innovation Space,
35 Science Road, #ANU
#Online and in-person options available.
We will feature 3 incredible keynotes - Dr @stevenbird, Kyla Quinn, Professor Jing Jiang, a panel of industry experts, including Professor Hanna Suominen and Anna Leontjeva expertly facilitated by Professor Eduard Hovy.
ICYMI: Registrations are now open for the #ALTA2024 conference affiliated with @aclmeeting 🎉
📆 Monday 2nd Dec - Wed 4th Dec 2024
📍 Birch Building Innovation Space,
35 Science Road, #ANU, #Canberra, AU
#Online and in-person options available.
We will feature 3 incredible keynotes, a panel of industry experts and an outstanding range of paper presentations on topics like #LLMs, #RAG, #IR and #KnowledgeGraphs.
https://events.humanitix.com/alta-2024/tickets?hxchl=mkt-sch?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Registrations are now open for the #ALTA2024 conference affiliated with @aclmeeting 🎉
📆 Monday 2nd Dec - Wed 4th Dec 2024
📍 Birch Building Innovation Space,
35 Science Road, #ANU, #Canberra, AU
#Online and in-person options available.
We will feature 3 incredible keynotes, a panel of industry experts and an outstanding range of paper presentations on topics like #LLMs, #RAG, #IR and #KnowledgeGraphs.
https://events.humanitix.com/alta-2024/tickets?hxchl=mkt-sch?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
We're delighted that Professor Eduard Hovy of Melbourne Connect at #UniMelb will deliver a free public #lecture as part of #ALTA2024.
Generative #LLMs: How they work and where they are heading
📆 5.30pm - 6.30pm AEDT,
Monday, 2nd Dec 2024
📍 Birch Building Innovation Space,
35 Science Road, #ANU
Huge thx to Defence Australia, Google, Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC), Commonwealth Bank, UniMelb, #ANU School of Cybernetics, School Of Culture, History & Language
We're delighted that Prof Eduard Hovy of #UniMelb will deliver a free public #lecture as part of #ALTA2024.
Generative #LLMs: How they work and where they are heading
Interested in #GenAI, #RAG, #NLP or related areas? In #Canberra? This is a must-see!
Tickets are free and now available via the link below (choose "Public Lecture Only").
📆 5.30pm - 6.30pm AEDT,
Monday, 2nd December 2024
📍 Birch Building Innovation Space,
35 Science Road, #ANU Campus
https://events.humanitix.com/alta-2024/tickets?hxchl=mkt-sch
❗ #CfP EXTENDED to 27th Sep
Did your #NLP #RAG #NLU paper get rejected from @emnlpmeeting #EMNLP?
Consider submitting instead to #ALTA2024, affiliated with @aclmeeting.
📅 Submission deadline for short/long papers, presentation abstracts and industry demonstrations: 27 Sep 2024, 23:59 Anywhere on Earth, UTC -12
📅 Author notification: 29 Oct 2024
📅 Camera ready: 12 Nov 2024
📅 2nd-4th Dec 2024, #ANU, #Canberra, Australia.
#Hybrid in person and online.
❗ #CfP EXTENDED to 27th Sep
The #CfP for the 22nd Australasian Language Technology Association Workshop #ALTA2024, affiliated with @aclmeeting, has been extended to 27th Sep.
📅 Submission deadline for short/long papers, presentation abstracts and industry demonstrations: 27 Sep 2024, 23:59 Anywhere on Earth, UTC -12
📅 Author notification: 29 Oct 2024
📅 Camera ready: 12 Nov 2024
📅 2nd-4th Dec 2024, #ANU, #Canberra, Australia.
#Hybrid in person and online.
🚨 REMINDER:
#CfP for the 22nd Australasian Language Technology Association workshop #ALTA2024, affiliated with @aclmeeting, is open.
📅 Submission deadline for short/long papers, presentation abstracts and industry demonstrations: 20 Sep 2024, 23:59 Anywhere on Earth, UTC -12
📅 Author notification: 29 Oct 2024
📅 Camera ready: 12 Nov 2024
📅 2nd-4th December 2024, #ANU, #Canberra, Australia.
#Hybrid in person and online.
🚨 4 WEEKS TO GO:
#CfP for the 22nd Australasian Language Technology Association workshop #ALTA2024, affiliated with @aclmeeting, is open.
📅 Submission deadline for short/long papers, presentation abstracts and industry demonstrations: 20 Sep 2024, 23:59 Anywhere on Earth, UTC -12
📅 Author notification: 29 Oct 2024
📅 Camera ready: 12 Nov 2024
📅 2nd-4th December 2024, #ANU, #Canberra, Australia.
#Hybrid in person and online.
ICYMI: 🚨 We're delighted to announce the #SharedTask for #ALTA2024 - distinguishing between human-generated text and #AI / #LLM-generated text within hybrid articles that contain both.
Key contact for questions:
shared.task@alta.asn.au
Dr Diego Molla-Aliod
(Macquarie University, Australia)
Results of the Shared Task will be presented at #ALTA2024 in #Canberra #CBR, #ANU, 2nd to 4th December 2024.
Details are at:
https://www.alta.asn.au/events/sharedtask2024/index.html
We're delighted to announce the #SharedTask for #ALTA2024 - distinguishing between human-generated text and #AI / #LLM-generated text within hybrid articles that contain both.
Key contact for questions:
shared.task@alta.asn.au
Dr Diego Molla-Aliod
(Macquarie University, Australia)
Results of the Shared Task will be presented at #ALTA2024 in #Canberra #CBR, #ANU, 2nd to 4th December 2024.
Details are at:
https://www.alta.asn.au/events/sharedtask2024/index.html
We're delighted to announce Commonwealth Bank #CBA as a BRONZE #sponsor of the Australasian Language Technology Association 22nd Annual Workshop - #ALTA2024 - being held at The Australian National University December 2nd-4th #ANU
#CommBank's strategy is to build tomorrow's bank today, committing to support customers, invest in communities and provide strength and stability for the broader #economy.
Thank you so much for your support, CommBank!
🚨 REMINDER: The #CfP for the 22nd Australasian Language Technology Association workshop #ALTA2024, affiliated with @aclmeeting, is now open.
📅 Submission deadline for short/long papers, presentation abstracts and industry demonstrations: 20 Sep 2024, 23:59 Anywhere on Earth, UTC -12
📅 Author notification: 29 Oct 2024
📅 Camera ready: 12 Nov 2024
📅 2nd-4th December 2024, #ANU, #Canberra, Australia.
#Hybrid in person and online.
