ACM TechTalks

ACM members and non-members alike are welcome to attend our popular series of free TechTalks by expert industry professionals, distinguished ACM award laureates, and visionary researchers from industry and academia. Focused on keeping our global audience of busy practitioners at the forefront of technical trends, professional development, and emerging technologies, the TechTalks are also popular with students and educators. Recent talks have covered topics in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Big Data and Data Science, Blockchain, Computer Vision, Deep Learning, JavaScript, Microservices, Python, Quantum Computing, and more. Registration is free and the TechTalks can be attended both live and on-demand, on desktop and mobile devices. Check this page frequently for upcoming events as well as our on-demand archive. To subscribe to our TechTalk announcements, email [email protected].

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Unlock Hugging Face: Simplify AI with Transformers, LLMs, RAG, Fine Tuning

Hugging Face has transformed the landscape of AI development and deployment with its robust ecosystem of pre-trained models, innovative libraries, and versatile tools for natural language processing (NLP), computer vision, and more.

In this talk, we’ll uncover how Hugging Face simplifies machine learning workflows, empowering developers and researchers to achieve more with less effort. You'll discover the power of the Transformers library and the pipelineobject, and learn how to leverage pre-trained models to perform tasks such as NLP, image recognition, and more. We'll explore practical applications like text generation, sentiment analysis, and question answering.

Additionally, we'll delve into using large language models (LLMs) to answer questions based on custom datasets through Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and learn how to fine-tune pre-trained models for specialized tasks.

Whether you're new to AI or an experienced practitioner seeking to streamline your workflows, this session will provide actionable insights and practical guidance to harness the full capabilities of Hugging Face in your projects.

ACM Learning Center TechTalk Archive

ACM award winners, leading researchers, industry veterans, thought leaders, and innovators address today and tomorrow's hottest topics and issues in computing for busy practitioners, as well as educators, students, and researchers. Check out our archive of these ACM TechTalks, free for members and non-members alike.

TechTalks on Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

Talks from some of the leading visionaries and bleeding-edge researchers in AI/ML: Fei-Fei Li on visual intelligence in computers and ImageNet; Eric Horvitz on AI solutions in the open world; and Tom Mitchell on using ML to study how the brain creates and represents language.

12 February 2025 :

Unlock Hugging Face: Simplify AI with Transformers, LLMs, RAG, Fine Tuning with Wei-Meng Lee

23 January 2025 :

Testing the System: A Holistic Approach to Security in Systems Development with Scott Tilley

12 December 2024 :

Research to Reality: Building Production Ready LLM Apps Users Can Trust with Rush Shahani

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Angelica Lo Duca TechTalk

Register now for the next free ACM TechTalk, "Applying Cinematic Techniques to Data Storytelling," presented on Thursday, March 27 at 12:00 PM ET/17:00 UTC by Angelica Lo Duca, Researcher at the Institute of Informatics and Telematics of the National Research Council, Italy. Victor Yocco, Director of Research and Strategy at Allelo Design, will moderate the questions and answers session following the talk. Continue the discussion on ACM's Discourse Page.

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Sarah Drasner TechTalk

View the recent ACM TechTalk, "The Death of Work: Leading Effective Engineering Teams," presented by Sarah Drasner, Senior Director of Engineering at Google. Eve Andersson, Senior Director at Google and member of the ACM Professional Development Committee, moderated the questions and answers session following the talk. Continue the discussion on ACM's Discourse Page.

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ACM Learning Center TechTalk Archive

TechTalks on Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

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Unlock Hugging Face: Simplify AI with Transformers, LLMs, RAG, Fine Tuning with Wei-Meng Lee

Testing the System: A Holistic Approach to Security in Systems Development with Scott Tilley

Research to Reality: Building Production Ready LLM Apps Users Can Trust with Rush Shahani

Angelica Lo Duca TechTalk

Sarah Drasner TechTalk