Friday Hacks #265, October 18: On AI Research for Undergraduates and Scaling to 400,000 Users
Posted on by Chua Jun Yu
Date/Time: Friday, October 18 at 7:00pm SGT
Venue: Seminar Room 3, COM1-02-12, NUS
Sign-up Link: Sign-up here
Food 🍕 and Drinks 🧋 will be served!
1) Exploring AI Research: How to Get Started as an Undergraduate
In this talk, we explore how modern tech stacks that rely on SaaS applications behind Are you curious about the world of Artificial Intelligence and want to contribute to cutting-edge AI research? Join us for an engaging talk that introduces the realm of AI research! We’ll cover:
- What AI research looks like in practice
- How you can start your AI research journey, including available programs and opportunities
- Essential skills to succeed in AI research
- Career pathways for AI researchers, from academia to industry Whether you’re studying AI or beginning to explore the field, this talk provides insights for you to take the next step in your research career.
Speaker Profile 🎙️
A Year 3 student pursuing a Double Degree in Mathematics and Computer Science, one of the lead authors of a editing diffusion models paper, presented at the 2024 European Conference on Computer Vision.
2) One Engineer, 400,000 Users
Many criticize Ruby on Rails for being slow and unscalable. However, I will challenge this notion by sharing how I reduced latencies and scaled an application to 400,000 monthly visitors as the sole engineer with limited time and money - fully embracing Rails single-person framework ideology.
Speaker Profile 🎙️
Adrian Goh is the Founder of NodeFlair (Series A) and single-handedly scaled it to >400k monthly visitors.
👋 See you there!