Events

The Intro to Overleaf Part III webinar is ideal for you if you want a deep insight into advanced features within Overleaf and how to make the most of your account access or subscription. You’ll have the chance to hear from an Overleaf representative, ask questions about the
platform and learn firsthand about using Overleaf / LaTeX.

This webinar will be covering:
- Best Practices For Document Structures
- Cross-referencing
- Math Typesetting
- Complex Tables
- Advanced Figures
- Reference Management with Mendeley/Zotero
- Using Templates
- Questions & Answers

This webinar is suitable for users with any level of experience with LaTeX and Overleaf,
including beginners.

You’ll have the chance to hear from an Overleaf representative, ask questions about the
platform and learn firsthand about using Overleaf / LaTeX

To participate in the hands-on lab during the session, you will need to provide your own computer with a web browser and a reliable internet connection.

Presented by Lee Spence

L200 – Recommended for researchers with coding experience

This hands-on coding workshop is tailored for researchers aiming to accelerate their
development of research tools and applications. You'll explore the full potential of Amazon Q Developer, an AI coding assistant that goes beyond code generation. Learn how this tool can assist in planning your application architecture, optimizing AWS resource utilization, and even troubleshooting issues with your AWS infrastructure. From crafting effective AI prompts to generating optimized code in Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, and Java, you'll become familiar with techniques for data handling, algorithm development, and application testing. Amazon Q Developer's ability to understand complex research contexts will help you navigate coding tasks, allowing you to focus more on groundbreaking research and less on technical implementation.

By the end of this workshop, you'll be equipped to significantly boost your coding efficiency, streamline your AWS architecture planning, and quickly resolve technical hurdles.

To participate in the hands-on lab during the session, you will need to provide your own computer with a web browser and a reliable internet connection.

Julia is a new language specifically designed to be fast and replace Matlab, R, and Python. Julia behaves like an interpreted language but is just in time compiled to maximize performance, sometimes exceeding the speed of C and C++.

This session will give an overview of basic julia features and demonstrate some of its capabilities.

Presented by Steven Dick

L200 – Recommended for researchers with foundational GenAI knowledge

This workshop focuses on techniques for customizing Large Language Models (LLMs) using Amazon Bedrock. Participants will explore four key areas: (1) Knowledge Bases and Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), a method to enhance LLMs with external information; (2) LLM Customization through Fine-Tuning and Continued Pre-Training, allowing researchers to tailor models for specific domains; (3) Image and Video Generation using Amazon Nova, pushing the boundaries of visual AI; and (4) Agents, creating autonomous AI systems for complex tasks. Leveraging Amazon Bedrock, a fully managed service that provides API access to state-of-the-art foundation models, attendees will gain hands-on experience in these advanced topics.
This workshop is designed for researchers who have a basic understanding of LLMs and are eager to dive deeper into customization techniques.

To participate in the hands-on lab during the session, you will need to provide your own computer with a web browser and a reliable internet connection.

Presented by Gabriel Brackman

In this demo, participants will dive into the world of prompt engineering—a crucial skill for effectively interacting with AI models like ChatGPT. Tailored for beginners to intermediates, this session will explore the art and science of crafting prompts that yield accurate, creative, and useful outputs. By the end of the workshop, attendees will have a solid understanding of prompt structuring techniques, practical applications, and best practices to harness AI's full potential in various contexts.

Presented by Vivek Sabbani, Nafisa Islam