What we’re about
We are the North East Data Scientists, and we love all things data!
We are an inclusive community which meets four times a year to listen to talks from data innovators, experts, and enthusiasts, as well as to learn about the latest data science tools and technologies with hands-on-workshops!
All our events are free-to-attend, and are a great opportunity to network with like-minded data professionals, software developers, students, engineers, and entrepreneurs. We meet in the TusPark building in Newcastle upon Tyne.
A selection of slides from previous talks are available at: jumpingrivers.github.io/neds-meetup-2022/.
Want to contact the organisational team? Get in touch with us via neds@jumpingrivers.com.
We are sponsored by:
• Jumping Rivers, an analytics company whose passion is data and machine learning.
• The R Consortium
This is a joint meet-up with the R North East User Group.
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November Meetup: Programming with LLMs in R & Python
TusPark Newcastle, 27 Grainger Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, GBWe're delighted to welcome you to our November Meetup, featuring Myles Mitchell with his hands-on workshop "Programming with LLMs in R & Python".
Pizza and soft drinks will be provided on a first-come-first-served basis from 6pm as usual. There will be no pre-event workshop this time, so please do not arrive before 6pm!
Schedule
1800--1830h: Refreshments
1830--1835h: Welcome
1835--1905h: Programming with LLMs in R & Python - Part 1
1905--1915h: Intermission
1915--1945h: Programming with LLMs in R & Python - Part 2
1945--1950h: News & Announcements
Workshop overview
Myles Mitchell, Principal Data Scientist @ Jumping Rivers Ltd
Programming with LLMs in R & PythonThis workshop will provide a hands-on introduction to working with Large Language Models (LLMs) in R and Python. We will explore the {ellmer} and chatlas packages which provide access to some of the most popular model providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc). Using these tools we will cover good practices when writing and formatting your prompts as well as some use cases for LLMs in Data Science.
The demo will be split into two parts:
Part 1
- Brief overview of LLMs
- Strengths, weaknesses & common pitfalls
- Running basic prompts from R & Python
Part 2
- Formatting prompts to retrieve a structured (programmatic) output
- Use cases of LLMs for Data Science
- Security, privacy & responsible use of AI
Code examples will be provided in R and Python. Just remember to bring along a laptop if you'd like to take part. If you prefer to just come and watch while enjoying some pizza, that's fine too :)
News and Announcements
Have a news item or announcement you'd like to make about upcoming data events or job opportunities in the North East? Comment below or email us at neds@jumpingrivers.com and we'll do our best to circulate this information during the session.
Please also get in touch if you'd like to volunteer yourself for a talk at a future meetup!
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