A monthly podcast where we discuss recent research and developments in the world of Neural Search, LLMs, RAG and Natural Language Processing with our co-hosts Jakub Zavrel (AI veteran and founder at Zeta Alpha) and Dinos Papakostas (AI Researcher at Zeta Alpha).
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The Alpha Phi Omega - Zeta Omicron Podcast is a conversational podcast where we discuss recent chapter events and activities from the past week. Every week we also try to feature an alumni from the chapter in the form of an interview or a guest appearance. Hosts: APO-ZO Podcast -Gregg Yasuda: Alpha Lambda Pledge Class, Spring 2009 -Alex Wilk: Alpha Nu Pledge Class, Spring 2010 -Kevin Chu: Alpha Iota Pledge Class, Spring 2008
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Chopping down the stereotype of today's fraternity men.
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated Xi Zeta Omega Chapter presents Money Mommas The Podcast coming to all streaming platforms May 4th, 2021. The purpose of Money Momma The Podcast is to provide the black community with access to free information on money management, business, and finance, with the goal of economic empowerment. Keep up with the Money Mommas on Social Media: https://linktr.ee/moneymomma1908
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The Ability Experience is a nonprofit organization with a simple mission: create shared experiences with people with disabilities and members of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity. We do so through a variety of volunteer events, bringing students together from across the country to bike, build, and create lasting memories with the disability community. Our hosts, Zorth Pilonieta and Gary Sugg, interview members of our Ability Experience community and give them the platform to tell their shared experien ...
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In this debut episode of Advisors in Action, a new segment of the ChopTalk Podcast, meet the Lambda Chi Alpha Volunteer Support Team and learn how they're working to empower and equip our incredible Alumni volunteers. This episode also features a conversation with longtime volunteer Dave Arland (Butler, '85) who shares what inspired him to stay inv…
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In Part 2 of our conversation with mental health advocate Dennis Gillan, we shift from story to action. Learn practical ways to support your own mental health, recognize when a brother is struggling, and build a Chapter culture that leads with care. Real tools. Real talk. Real Brotherhood.
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#71 - Men's Mental Health: Breaking the Silence
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In this powerful episode of Choptalk, we sit down with Dennis Gillan, Founder and Executive Director of the Half a Sorrow Foundation and nationally recognized mental health speaker. Dennis shares his deeply personal journey through loss, healing, and advocacy—and offers practical, heartfelt advice for how we can better support ourselves and each ot…
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In this episode of ChopTalk, we sit down with Will Bell ('27)and OJ Son ('25), two of the Founding Fathers of Lambda Chi Alpha at the University of Georgia. From vision to reality, they share what it was like to build a Chapter from scratch—navigating uncertainty, establishing culture, and laying a foundation that would outlast them. Hear how they …
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#69 - Building a Legacy: Becoming a Founding Father
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In this episode, we’re joined by Keith Stubblebine, Expansion Manager, and Elliot Davidson, Expansion Development Specialist, to dive into what it truly means to be a Founding Father of Lambda Chi. From the first conversations on campus to building a chapter from the ground up, Keith and Elliot share what the journey looks like — the challenges, th…
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#68 - Brotherhood in Action: The American Red Cross
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In this episode, we dive into Lambda Chi Alpha’s impactful partnership with the American Red Cross. Join us as we speak with Tracy Crooks, Biomedical National Partnership Manager, about how this collaboration is equipping Brothers with life-saving skills through CPR/AED training and service opportunities. Whether you’re an undergraduate, alumnus, o…
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Lunch & Learn - Nailing the Interview with Bryce Murray
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Welcome to Lunch & Learn - Level Up Your Career! In this episode, we spoke with Bryce Murray (UC-San Diego, '08) Principal at HoganTaylor Talent. We focused on interviews and how to set yourself up for success. Whether you’re a seasoned professional or just starting your career journey, this video will give you the tools to elevate your career to t…
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In this epsiode, Avery Baker (Lycoming College, '18) share the "why" behind his continuous whole blood and platelet donations to the American Red Cross. In January 2025, Baker was acknowledge for his commitment and his lifetime donation of over 10 gallons of blood. Use this link to find a drive near you: https://support.redcrossblood.org/webApp/spo…
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#65 - The International Zeta Advisory Council
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In this episode, we talked to four members of the International Zeta Advisory Council (IZAC) about the functions of the council, their roles and what they've learned so far.
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"Lunch & Learn: Level Up Your Career" is a new series on the Lambda Chi LinkedIn page where we cover professional and career-focused topics. In this episode, we spoke to Chase Simpson (Memphis, 2010) the Senior Director of Global Early Careers at the Coca-Cola Company. We dove into essential resume and cover letter tips to help you stand out in tod…
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Chad Coltrane, Epsilon Iota (University of North Carolina – Greensboro)
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On the newest episode of “The Shared Experience Podcast,” host Zorth and Gary interview 2-time Pi Alpha, Chad Coltrane from Epsilon Iota (University of North Carolina – Greensboro). Chad completed Journey of Hope (JOH) South Route as a cyclist in 1991 and as Project Manager in 1992. Chad was the CEO of The Ability Experience (formerly known as PUSH…
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Nolan Carpenter, Kappa Omega (University of Utah)
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On the newest episode of “The Shared Experience Podcast,” host, Zorth, interviews Pi Alpha, Nolan Carpenter, Kappa Omega (University of Utah). Nolan completed Journey of Hope (JOH) North Route as a cyclist in 2023 . Nolan is currently a Senior and has served his chapter as Philanthropy Chair, Archon, and Warden. Nolan is the first Pi Alpha and Lead…
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Richard Pierce, Alpha (College of Charleston)
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On the newest episode of “The Shared Experience Podcast,” host Zorth interviews Pi Alpha, Richard Pierce, Alpha (College of Charleston). Richard completed Gear Up Florida (GUF) as a cyclist in 2023. He is currently the Chapter Advisor for the Alpha chapter and serves on the standing committee of the Ritual and Insignia Committee of Pi Kappa Phi. In…
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CHOPTALK IS BACK!!! In the face of a crisis, you are left with two options: fight or run away. What would you do? When Brother Geoffrey Dochat (University of Maryland, College Park, ‘25) was hit with the suspension of 37 Greek Organizations as the Interfraternity Council (IFC) President, he knew he had to do something. He had to be a leader.…
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Chase DuMond, Alpha Iota (Auburn University)
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On the newest episode of “The Shared Experience Podcast,” host, Zorth, interviews 2-time Pi Alpha and the 2024 "Thomas Sayre Philanthropist of the Year Award" recipient, Chase DuMond, Alpha Iota (Auburn University). Chase completed Gear Up Florida (GUF) as cyclist in 2022 and Journey of Hope (JOH) TransAmerica Route as a cyclists in 2024. Chase joi…
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AGI vs ASI: The future of AI-supported decision making with Louis Rosenberg
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In this episode of Neural Search Talks, we have invited Louis Rosenberg, CEO of Unanimous.AI, to discuss the future of AI in decision-making, contrasting the development of artificial superintelligence (ASI) with collective human intelligence systems, such as swarm intelligence. In particular, Louis argues that the advancement of AI should focus on…
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Ethan Norman, Delta Lambda (University of North Carolina - Charlotte)
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On the newest episode of “The Shared Experience Podcast,” host Zorth and Gary interview 2-time Pi Alpha, Ethan Norman Delta Lambda (University of North Carolina - Charlotte). Ethan completed Journey of Hope (JOH) North Route as a cyclist in 2018 and Gear Up Florida (GUF) as a cyclist in 2024. Ethan joined the Fraternity staff after 3+ years working…
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Evan Austin, Eta Beta (Indiana State University)
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On the newest episode of “The Shared Experience Podcast,” host Zorth and Gary interview Pi Alpha, Evan Austin, Eta Beta (Indiana State University). Evan completed Gear Up Florida (GUF) as a cyclist in 2023. Evan is a keynote speaker for ForCollegeForLife, and a team member of Team USA. He is a 4-time Paralympian in swimming (London 2012, Rio 2016, …
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EXAONE 3.0: An Expert AI for Everyone (with Hyeongu Yun)
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In this episode of Neural Search Talks, we welcome Hyeongu Yun from LG AI Research to discuss the newest addition to the EXAONE Universe: EXAONE 3.0. The model demonstrates strong capabilities in both English and Korean, excelling not only in real-world instruction-following scenarios but also achieving impressive results in math and coding benchma…
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Zeta-Alpha-E5-Mistral: Finetuning LLMs for Retrieval (with Arthur Câmara)
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In the 30th episode of Neural Search Talks, we have our very own Arthur Câmara, Senior Research Engineer at Zeta Alpha, presenting a 20-minute guide on how we fine-tune Large Language Models for effective text retrieval. Arthur discusses the common issues with embedding models in a general-purpose RAG pipeline, how to tackle the lack of retrieval-o…
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On the newest episode of “The Shared Experience Podcast,” host Zorth interviews two-time Pi Alpha, Michael Harvey, Kappa Eta (SUNY Geneseo). Michael completed Build America (BAM) as a foreman in 2019 and project managed in 2020. In this episode, you'll learn how Michael incorporates the values he learned as a Pi Alpha into his career as a high scho…
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ColPali: Document Retrieval with Vision-Language Models only (with Manuel Faysse)
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In this episode of Neural Search Talks, we're chatting with Manuel Faysse, a 2nd year PhD student from CentraleSupélec & Illuin Technology, who is the first author of the paper "ColPali: Efficient Document Retrieval with Vision Language Models". ColPali is making waves in the IR community as a simple but effective new take on embedding documents us…
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Drake Lloyd, Eta Psi (University of Central Florida)
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On the newest episode of “The Shared Experience Podcast,” hosts Zorth and Gary interview three-time Pi Alpha, Drake Lloyd, Eta Psi (University of Central Florida). Drake completed Gear Up Florida as a cyclist in 2021, project managed in 2024 and Journey of Hope as a cyclist in 2023 on the North Route. In this episode, you'll learn how Drake stays c…
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Using LLMs in Information Retrieval (w/ Ronak Pradeep)
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In this episode of Neural Search Talks, we're chatting with Ronak Pradeep, a PhD student from the University of Waterloo, about his experience using LLMs in Information Retrieval, both as a backbone of ranking systems and for their end-to-end evaluation. Ronak analyzes the impact of the advancements in language models on the way we think about IR s…
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Designing Reliable AI Systems with DSPy (w/ Omar Khattab)
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In this episode of Neural Search Talks, we're chatting with Omar Khattab, the author behind popular IR & LLM frameworks like ColBERT and DSPy. Omar describes the current state of using AI models in production systems, highlighting how thinking at the right level of abstraction with the right tools for optimization can deliver reliable solutions tha…
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In this episode of Neural Search Talks, we're chatting with Florin Cuconasu, the first author of the paper "The Power of Noise", presented at SIGIR 2024. We discuss the current state of the field of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and how LLMs interact with retrievers to power modern Generative AI applications, with Florin delivering practica…
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Benchmarking IR Models (w/ Nandan Thakur)
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In this episode of Neural Search Talks, we're chatting with Nandan Thakur about the state of model evaluations in Information Retrieval. Nandan is the first author of the paper that introduced the BEIR benchmark, and since its publication in 2021, we've seen models try to hill-climb on the leaderboard, but also fail to outperform the BM25 baseline …
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Andre Arman, Zeta Epsilon (George Mason University)
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On the newest episode of “The Shared Experience Podcast,” hosts Zorth and Gary interview 7-time Pi Alpha and 3-time Bruce Rodgers Award winner, Andre Arman (Zeta Epsilon, George Mason University), who completed his first Pi Alpha event at the age of 35. Within a 10 year span, Andre completed 7 summer events including Journey of Hope in 2002, Gear U…
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On the newest episode of “The Shared Experience Podcast,” hosts Zorth and Gary interview four-time Pi Alpha and current Ability Experience staff member, Patrick Carlson, Iota Kappa (Greeley). Carlson completed Journey of Hope in 2017 and 2018 as crew member and project manager and then Gear Up Florida in 2019 and 2022 as project manager and cyclist…
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Baking the Future of Information Retrieval Models
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In this episode of Neural Search Talks, we're chatting with Aamir Shakir from Mixed Bread AI, who shares his insights on starting a company that aims to make search smarter with AI. He details their approach to overcoming challenges in embedding models, touching on the significance of data diversity, novel loss functions, and the future of multilin…
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Hacking JIT Assembly to Build Exascale AI Infrastructure
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Ash shares his journey from software development to pioneering in the AI infrastructure space with Unum. He discusses Unum's focus on unleashing the full potential of modern computers for AI, search, and database applications through efficient data processing and infrastructure. Highlighting Unum's technical achievements, including SIMD instruction…
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The Promise of Language Models for Search: Generative Information Retrieval
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In this episode of Neural Search Talks, Andrew Yates (Assistant Prof at the University of Amsterdam) Sergi Castella (Analyst at Zeta Alpha), and Gabriel Bénédict (PhD student at the University of Amsterdam) discuss the prospect of using GPT-like models as a replacement for conventional search engines.Generative Information Retrieval (Gen IR) SIGIR …
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Ruben Talavera, Eta Omega (New Mexico State University)
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On the newest episode of “The Shared Experience Podcast,” hosts Zorth and Gary interview 7-time Pi Alpha and Nu Phi Society member, Ruben Talavera, Eta Omega (New Mexico State University), who completed Journey of Hope in 2006 as a crew member and then cycled Gear Up Florida in 2007, 2009, 2019, 2020 and 2022. Since his retirement of summer events …
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Austin Gothard, Iota Nu (Mississippi State University)
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On the newest episode of “The Shared Experience Podcast,” hosts Zorth and Gary interview Pi Alpha Austin Gothard (Iota Nu, Mississippi State University), who completed Gear Up Florida as a cyclist in 2022, led the TransAmerica team as Project Manager in 2023 and will be cycling Gear Up Florida a second time in 2024. Austin will also be a Leadership…
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Jeremy Jones, Alpha Gamma (University of Oklahoma)
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Welcome to episode 14! On the newest episode of “The Shared Experience Podcast,” hosts Zorth and Gary interview Pi Alpha and Team AbEx Ambassador, Jeremy Jones (Alpha Gamma, University of Oklahoma), who completed Journey of Hope as a cyclist in 1998, 2001 and as project manager in 2009. Jeremy has walked across Spain, biked around New Zealand, was …
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Welcome to episode 13! On this episode of “The Shared Experience Podcast,” hosts Zorth and Gary interview 1997 Journey of Hope North Route cyclist, managing director at Merrill Lynch and current AbEx board member, Michael Davis. Learn how Michael’s Journey of Hope experience led to him hosting the Inaugural Empire State Ride in New York, and saying…
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Rob Raesemann, Zeta Zeta (University of North Florida)
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Welcome to episode 12, featuring Rob Raesemann from the Zeta Zeta chapter of Pi Kappa Phi. In this episode, hosts Zorth and Gary talk with Rob about being a 6x Pi Alpha, his involvement for the AbEx Challenge: Gate River Run and the future of the Zeta Zeta Chapter. A snippet about Rob: "Rob's initiation into Pi Kappa Phi over 35 years ago set him o…
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In the conclusion of our three-part series with Dr. Anthony Bradley, we talk through Lambda Chi Academy and how it will add meaning to membership.
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We continue our conversation with Dr. Anthony Bradley and CEO Troy Medley where we discuss the current landscape of higher education and why values-based fraternities are needed now more than ever.
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Join Taylor and Mike as they start the conversation with Dr. Anthony Bradley to talk about why men need fraternities in the first part of this three-part series. Dr. Anthony Bradley was most recently professor of religious studies and director of the Center for the Study of Human Flourishing at The King’s College, Theologian-In-Residence at Redeeme…
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Lambda Chi Alpha is more than just a name: It's a home, a place of belonging, and a badge of honor. But it's important to acknowledge where we have come from and take inventory on how we can continue to respect all our Brothers.
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Just like your journey through Lambda Chi Alpha, mental health is an ever-evolving, ever-growing journey. To celebrate the end of Mental Health Awareness Month and the start of Men's Health Month, our ChopTalk crew checked in with Movember to see how we can continue to make strides for our Brothers.
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Welcome to season 2, episode 3 of Money Mommas The Podcast, presented by Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated., Xi Zeta Omega Chapter. In this episode, we will be discussing winning strategies for negotiating the salary you deserve. Keep up with the Money Mommas on Social Media! https://linktr.ee/moneymomma1908…
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Welcome to season 2 episode 2 of Money Mommas The Podcast, presented by Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated., Xi Zeta Omega Chapter. In this episode, we will be discussing tips for creating a realistic budget that will set you up for successful money management. Tune in next week on Tuesday, April 18th to learn about how to negotiate your salar…
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Welcome to season 2, episode 1 of Money Mommas The Podcast, presented by Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated., Xi Zeta Omega Chapter. In this episode, we will be discussing intergenerationally between Gen X, Y & Z to talk about savings challenges, techniques, and triumphs. Tune in next week on Tuesday, April 11th to learn about budgeting techni…
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Go around the horn on what's happening in Lambda Chi Alpha as we talk to Chief Innovation Officer Doug Derringer, Chief Operating Officer Justin Fisher, Chief Technology Officer Mike Covert, and Chief Executive Officer Troy Medley.
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Task-aware Retrieval with Instructions
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Andrew Yates (Assistant Prof at University of Amsterdam) and Sergi Castella (Analyst at Zeta Alpha) discuss the paper "Task-aware Retrieval with Instructions" by Akari Asai et al. This paper proposes to augment a conglomerate of existing retrieval and NLP datasets with natural language instructions (BERRI, Bank of Explicit RetRieval Instructions) a…
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What do you want to remember from your undergraduate career? If you have already graduated, what stands out to you most? Was it your time in the classroom or those experiences you had during your extracurricular activities? Dr. James Bridgeforth (Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs and ExperienceVT at Virginia Tech University) joins the Ch…
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Generating Training Data with Large Language Models w/ Special Guest Marzieh Fadaee
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Marzieh Fadaee — NLP Research Lead at Zeta Alpha — joins Andrew Yates and Sergi Castella to chat about her work in using large Language Models like GPT-3 to generate domain-specific training data for retrieval models with little-to-no human input. The two papers discussed are "InPars: Data Augmentation for Information Retrieval using Large Language…
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Fasten your seatbelts and make sure your tray table is in the upright position for this chat about all things travel.
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