My talk focuses on the challenges, responsibilities, and opportunities of working in our field after the shift to LLMs and transformer architecture.

A virtual panel with Koa Club talking about applying AI effectively in business

See me in October virtually at ODSC West talking about how to communicate effectively with business leadership about AI/ML

I presented at AIQ Con talking about data privacy and how to balance it with innovating in your AI development

I spoke to overseas Chinese students and scholars about career opportunities in data science. Click for full video.

Topic: Maximize Productivity with Shipment Data & ML-Driven Smart Geofences Location: Orlando, FL Date: May 9, 2023 Co-presented with Nick Clark Links: https://explore.project44.com/et0/en-gartner-symposium-2023

Topic: Generating “Smart” Geofences with Clustering Techniques Location: Chicago Loop, Toast offices Date: November 10, 2022 Links: https://mlops.community

Topic: Virtual Panel on Visualization Tool Ecosystems Location: Virtual Date: October 25, 2021 Links: http://ieeevis.org/year/2021/info/visinpractice, http://ieeevis.org/year/2021/welcome

Topic: Data Science/Machine Learning misc Location: Virtual Date: October 4, 2021 Links: https://www.beautifulbastardspodcast.com/the-rise-of-ai-stephanie-kirmer-on-the-future-of-big-tech/ The Chicago SSL: Tribune and Chicago Magazine Machine learning for kids book

Event: Center for Deep Learning Spring 2021 Seminar, Northwestern University Topic: Accelerating Deep Learning with Dask and GPUs Location: Virtual Date: April 27, 2021 Links: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research/deep-learning/ https://github.com/skirmer/gpu_pytorch/tree/main/center-deep-learning