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Expert Group Meeting – Natural Language Processing in Action: Evaluation of AI-Systems

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The next NLP Expert Meeting will focus on the topic of “Evaluating AI Systems”. Join us on September 16th at our regular venue – ZHAW on Lagerstrasse. As always, we will feature three great speakers.

  • Katherine Munro will reveal how Swisscom bootstrapped the evaluation of their newest conversational AI models, despite having no baseline or benchmarks to work with
  • Florian Schottman will explain how Supertext addresses the myth of human parity in machine translation and their lessons learned for evaluating LLMs
  • Pius von Däniken from the CAI at ZHAW will discuss how to Judge Not by Metrics Alone

Join us on September 16th at 17:30 at ZHAW Lagerstrasse, 8004 Zurich. The presentations will take place from 17:30 to 19:15, followed by the apéro downstairs at 19:15.

Online participation is also possible, but we highly recommend attending in person for the great company and delicious apéro!

Please confirm your attendance by September 13th using the following form: 

https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/eE1MyPTkUe

NLP Crash Course – ChatGPT – Tips and Tricks

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Three renowned experts share their experiences, use cases and best practices in their respective areas of work, i.e.:

  • Journalism and content creation
  • Software development
  • Digital Marketing

Speakers:

  • Reto Vogt, Freelance Journalist & Author, Director of Studies “Digital Media and AI” @ MAZ Swiss Institute for Journalism
  • Markus Stauffiger, CEO and Co-Founder @ 4eyes
  • Sandra Wendland, Global Digital Marketing Manager @ Lionbridge

Moderator:
Dr. Elisabeth Maier, Member of the Board and Co-Founder @ Karakun AG

Participate online via Zoom.

Register here

Expert Group Meeting – Natural Language Processing in Action: Secure and Responsible NLP

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Our next NLP Expert Meeting at our regular venue – ZHAW on Lagerstrasse – with an Apero to follow at Nüü. With this session, we will focus on “Secure & Responsible NLP” and will as always feature three great speakers.

Join us on March 27th, 17:30 at Lagerstrasse 41/45, Room ZL 06.10 (6th floor), 8004 Zurich. The presentations will take place from 17:30 to 19:15, followed by the Apero downstairs at 19:15.

Agenda

We begin at 17:30 with the following talks:

  • Ricardo Chavarriaga | Group Lead «Responsible AI Innovation» at ZHAW Centre for Artificial Intelligence (CAI) and Head of the Switzerland Office at CAIRNE with 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐀𝐈 : 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐈-𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬
  • Daniel Fabian | Manager AI Red Team, uber-TL for Red Teaming at Google with 𝐑𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐈: 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐀𝐈 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐋𝐌𝐬
  • Leon Hinderling | AI Consultant at Cyberfy Consulting with 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭: 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐋𝐌-𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬

Around 19:15, we’ll head downstairs to enjoy an apéro and connect with like-minded people.

Online participation is also possible, but we highly recommend attending in person for the great company and delicious apéro!

Please confirm your attendance by March 23rd using the following form: 

https://forms.office.com/e/Z8krc2Vby8

Swiss NLP Days 2025

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The Swiss NLP Days 2025 are a series of activities in 2025 about Natural Language Processing (NLP), which will take place May 13-15, 2025 in Winterthur, Switzerland. They provide a unique opportunity for everyone interested in NLP applications to connect with experts and gain insights into the current state of NLP, and they serve as a platform for NLP professionals to present their work and exchange with potential clients and other NLP experts. 

The Swiss NLP Days consist of two main events:

  • An NLP Expo for the interested public with more than 70 exhibitors which present current industrial and academic solutions in NLP.
  • A scientific conference called SwissText for researchers and NLP experts.

These two events are accompanied by an NLP Crash Course – Insightful sessions on practical applications and fundamental technologies of Natural Language Processing – throughout the year with workshops and tutorials.

The Swiss NLP Days 2025 mark the 10th anniversary of the SwissText conference, which was initiated in 2016 by NLP researchers at Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW).

Find more information on the official website!

NLP Crash Course – Bias in NLP – A Practical Perspective

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Led by industry and academic experts, the NLP Crash Course explores a wide range of NLP topics and aims to help participants understand how NLP can be applied in various business and organizational contexts.

Perfect preparation for the NLP Expo 2025. Biweekly. Free of charge.

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Mascha Kurpicz-Briki (Bern University of Applied Sciences)

Participate online via Zoom.

Register here

NLP Crash Course – The “Sudden” Success of Generative AI and LLMs

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Led by industry and academic experts, the NLP Crash Course explores a wide range of NLP topics and aims to help participants understand how NLP can be applied in various business and organizational contexts.

Perfect preparation for the NLP Expo 2025. Biweekly. Free of charge.

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Rico Sennrich (University of Zurich)

Participate online via Zoom.

Register here

Webinar: The Future of Work – How AI Enables New Collaboration and Recruitment Strategies

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Are you ready to discover the future of talent and innovation matching? Join us for this webinar on the “Future of Work” where experts from the Data Innovation Alliance, Rockstar Recruiting and Innofuse share insights, prototypes, and platforms designed to address one of the biggest challenges in today’s professional landscape: connecting the right people with the right opportunities across companies and industries.

Agenda

  • Dr. Reik Leiterer, data innovation alliance – Introduction, Challenges in Matching Skillsets
  • Dr. Klaus Fuchs, Rockstar Recruiting AG – Presenting AI based CV Screening (Results from Databooster), Q&A
  • Ivan Sanicola, Founder Innofuse – working principles of the Innofuse platform – innovation matchmaking. 
  • Dr. Reik Leiterer, data innovation alliance – Sum-up and IB AI Funding Opportunities

What’s in Store?

  • The Challenge: The Data Innovation Alliance kicks off with a deep dive into the complexities of matching skills across diverse sectors and organizations, highlighting the critical need for smarter, scalable solutions.
  • AI in Action: How to mitigate the inbound floor of AI-assisted job applications? Klaus Fuchs from Rockstar Recruiting presents an novel AI-based VC screening prototype developed through a Data Booster booster – saving recruiters valuable time by analyzing and pre-filtering hundreds of CVs in parallel – making recruiting faster, cheaper and fairer for everyone involved.
  • Collaboration Reimagined: Ivan from Innofuse showcases their innovative platform, designed to connect potential project stakeholders from different organizations through skill-based matching. Discover how this ecosystem enables seamless collaboration and knowledge sharing.
  • Funding Opportunities: Wrap up with an outlook from the Data Innovation Alliance on available funding mechanisms to bring your own innovative projects to life.

Why Attend?

This webinar is a must for recruiters, HR professionals, innovators, and project leaders looking to harness the power of AI and collaborative platforms to drive efficiency, foster innovation, and unlock new opportunities.

Don’t miss this opportunity to stay ahead of the curve.
Secure your spot now and be part of the conversation shaping the future of work and innovation.

Expert Group Meeting – Natural Language Processing in Action: Agents in 2025

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The next NLP Expert Meeting will focus on the topic of “Agents in 2025”. Join us on February 4th, 2025, at our regular venue – ZHAW on Lagerstrasse.

  • Flurin Gishamer works at Open System and will discuss Challenges building reliable multi agent systems for real world applications – what they learned from implementing diskurs.dev
  • Farhad Nooralahzadeh from ZHAW will highlight how they use agentic systems for Explainable Multi-Modal Data Exploration.
  • Marius Högger works at bbv Software Services AG and will explore AI Agent Collaboration: A roadmap for successful adoption and scaling in organizations.

Join us on February 4th at 17:30. On-Site Registration is booked out.

You can still register for online attendance using the following form: 

https://forms.office.com/e/McdQA1Wpci

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