Google exploreCSR Summer School
on Machine Intelligence

Department of Computer Science, University of Jaffna

14-16 June 2024

Programme

Day 01 (14/06/2024): Machine Learning and Deep Learning

Day 01
8.00 a.m. - 8.15 a.m.
Registration
8.15 a.m. - 8.20 a.m.
Welcome Address

Prof. A. Ramanan (General Chair/GeSSoMI-2024)

8.20 a.m. - 8.25 a.m.
Chief Guest’s Address

Prof. S. Srisatkunarajah (Vice-Chancellor/University of Jaffna)

8.25 a.m. - 8.30 a.m.
Special Guest’s Address

Prof. P. Ravirajan (Dean/Faculty of Science, University of Jaffna)

8.30 a.m. - 11.30 a.m.
with Tea Break
Introduction to Deep Learning (with hands-on training)

Prof. M. Siyamalan
Department of Computer Science
University of Jaffna

11.30 a.m. - 12.30 p.m.
Online
Machine Learning: From Foundations to Applications

Prof. M. Niranjan
School of Electronics and Computer Science
University of Southampton, UK

12.30 p.m. - 1.30 p.m.
Unleashing the Potential of Deep Learning in Omics Data

Dr. (Mrs.) Sugandima Vidanagamachi
Department of Computer Science
University of Ruhuna

1.30 p.m. - 2.15 p.m.
Lunch Break
2.15 p.m. - 3.00 p.m.
Online
AI Now and Then: Pre and post ML

Dr. Ruvan Weerasinghe
University of Colombo School of Computing

3.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m.
with Tea Break
Revolutionising Analytics Task Augmentation with LLM and Retrieval Augmented Generation (with hands-on training)

Mr. Samudra Kanankearachchi
Director of Technology
99x

Day 02 (15/06/2024): Natural Language Processing with Generative AI Use Cases

Day 02
8.00 a.m. - 10.30 a.m.
GenAI in Education and Research (with hands-on training)

Prof. Roshan G. Ragel
Department of Computer Engineering
University of Peradeniya

10.30 a.m. - 11.00 a.m.
Tea Break
11.00 a.m. - 11.45 a.m.
Online
Introduction to Generative LLMs

Prof. Eduard Hovy
School of Computing and Information Systems
University of Melbourne, Australia

11.45 a.m. - 12.45 p.m.
Online
Learning Performance-Improving Code Edits

Dr. Amir Yazdanbakhsh
Research Scientist
Google DeepMind, USA

12.45 p.m. - 1.30 p.m.
Online
LLMs using Multimodality from Language, Vision, Sensor, and Beyond

Dr. Caren Han
School of Computing and Information Systems
University of Melbourne, Australia

1.30 p.m. - 2.30 p.m.
Group Photo & Lunch Break
2.30 p.m. - 3.15 p.m.
Online
Building NLP Resources and Tools for Sri Lanka

Prof. Gihan Dias
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
University of Moratuwa

3.15 p.m. - 5.45 p.m.
with Tea Break
Beyond Foundation Models (with hands-on training)

Dr. (Mrs.) Damayanthi Herath
Department of Computer Engineering
University of Peradeniya

6.30 p.m. - 8.30 p.m.
Banquet Dinner

Day 03 (16/06/2024): Continued Day 02 & Cloud Computing

Day 03
8.00 a.m. - 10.30 a.m.
Building Enterprise-Grade LLM Applications:
Practical Considerations and Best Practices
  • Mr. Arshardh Ifthikar (Technical Lead/WSO2)
  • Mr. Anjana Supun (Senior Software Engineer/WSO2)
10.30 a.m. - 11.00 a.m.
Tea Break
11.00 a.m. - 12.00 noon
Introduction to Vision Transformers and Applications

Dr. T. Kokul
Department of Computer Science
University of Jaffna

12.00 noon - 1.00 p.m.
Online
Neoteric Frontiers in Cloud and Quantum Computing

Prof. Rajkumar Buyya
School of Computing and Information Systems
University of Melbourne, Australia

1.00 p.m. - 2.00 p.m.
Lunch Break
2.00 p.m. - 3.00 p.m.
Online
Gen AI-powered Teaching Assistant BOT in LMS

Prof. K.P. Hewagamage
University of Colombo School of Computing

3.00 p.m. - 4.00 p.m.
Online
Cost Efficient AI

Mr. Νikhil Sarda
Software Engineer
Google, USA

4.00 p.m. - 4.30 p.m.
with Tea
Awarding and Closing of GeSSoMI-2024
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