Join us for pizza, Python, and networking. A big thank you to WorkOS for sponsoring this event! Tentative Agenda
5:30 pm: Networking 6:30 pm: Welcome and Community Announcements 6:40 pm: Sponsor Presentation 6:55 pm: Viviana Márquez, AI Community Lead at Prolific, "How to Collect Data for AI in Just Minutes via Python"
Modern AI systems rely heavily on human data; but where does that data come from, and how is it used?
In this talk, I’ll walk through the role of human data across the LLM lifecycle, including pre-training, supervised fine-tuning, preference tuning, and evaluation. I’ll then show how you can quickly collect high-quality human data yourself using Prolific via Python, with a hands-on demonstration of setting up a study and gathering responses in minutes.
This session is designed to be practical and accessible. You only need a basic understanding of Python to follow along. By the end, attendees will have a clear understanding of how human-in-the-loop data powers AI systems, and how they can start leveraging it in their own projects.
7:30 pm: Ingrid Fuentes, Software Engineer, "Intro to Capture The Flag: A Python Developer's Guide to Thinking Like a Hacker"
Curious about how to use Python to solve cybersecurity challenges? Then, this talk is for you. We'll explore Capture the Flag competitions, hands-on puzzles where Python is your best tool, and walk through a real example. No security experience needed, just your Python skills and some curiosity.
7:45 pm: Community Announcements 7:50 pm: Networking 8:30 pm: Event ends
