During the initial two days (26 and 27 February), the program will be hosted at UM6P, featuring sessions elucidating introductory insights into Generative AI by esteemed speakers like Yann LeCun, Eric Moulines and Eric Xing.
Following these instructive days, the subsequent 48 hours (28 and 29 February) will be dedicated to an immersive Hackathon, where students from Ecole Centrale Casablanca, EMINES and Polytechnique will engage in practical application development under the guidance of global mentors, as detailed in the provided schedule.
The event concludes on the final day (01 March) at Ecole Centrale Casablanca, with a comprehensive wrap-up session, encompassing notable presentations and outcomes from the hackathon, offering a comprehensive culmination to the event.
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26 February EMINES Conference Center Introduction to Generative AI |
27 February EMINES Conference Center Generative AI Applications Showcase |
01 March Ecole Centrale Casablanca Amphi1 AI Advancements & Hackathon Finale This session is optional for external individuals, meaning those who are not affiliated with Emines and/or École Centrale Casablanca |
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| Accueil | Welcome and opening speech 09h -09h30 Nicolas Cheimanoff (Director of EMINES - UM6P) & Ghita Lahlou (Ecole Centrale Casablanca - ECC Director) or Adnane Boukamel (ECC Deputy Director) | Multimodal Graph Generative AI 09h -10h Michalis Vazirgiannis Head of Data Science and Mining group - LIX, Ecole Polytechnique | Smart Multi-Agent Systems 09h -10h Amal El Fallah-Seghrouchni Executive President of Ai Movement - UM6P, prof and head of the Multi-Agent System group at Sorbonne University, member of the COMEST - UNESCO, member of the Higher Council for Education, Training and Scientific Research |
| 09h30 - 10h30 | Introduction to LLM: Part I 09h30 - 10h25 Michalis Vazirgiannis Prof at Ecole Polytechnique (X) | Audio and Cross-modal Generative AI - Part II 10h00 - 11h00 Gaël Richard Prof at Telecom Paris and Scientific director Hi! PARIS | Mock defense 10h05 - 11h55 During this mock defense, students will have half the time to present the same content as in the actual defense. |
| coffee break 15' | |||
| 10h45-12h30 | Introduction to LLM: Part II 10h45 - 11h30 Michalis Vazirgiannis Prof at Ecole Polytechnique (X) and Adjunct Prof at MBZUAI | Showcasing successful applications of Generative AI in business 11h15 - 12h30 Joëlle Barral Research & Engineering Senior Director at Google DeepMind | AI and conclusion 12h00 - 12h30 Eric Moulines Prof at Ecole Polytechnique (X) and affiliate prof at UM6P |
| 11h - 12h | LLM from theory to practice 11h30-12h30 Eric Xing President MBZUAI and Prof of ML & Computer Science - Carnegie Mellon UniversityI | ||
| lunch break | |||
| 14h - 15h | Audio and Cross-modal Generative AI - Part I 14h - 15h Gaël Richard Prof at Telecom Paris and Scientific director Hi! PARIS | Generative Model for biology 14h - 15h Eric Xing President MBZUAI | Hackathon project evaluation 14h - 15h30 Two juries chaired by: Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni and Eric Moulines |
| 14h - 15h | Recent advancements in AI 15h - 16h Yann LeCun Prof at Courant Institute NY and VP & Chief AI Scientist at Meta | Uncertainty Quantification for LLM 15 - 16h Maxim Panov Assistant prof in Machine Learning and Statistics at MBZUAI | Juries deliberation 15h30 - 16h Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni, Yann LeCun, Eric Moulines and Mohammed El Rhabi |
| 16h - 17h30 |
16h - 17h30
Round Table 1: Technology from Generative AI &
Perspective
Moderated by Team 1 of students
LLM in Arabic: Discussion on the challenges and
advancements in adapting LLM to the Arabic language.
Google's Strategy: Analysis of Google's recent initiatives
in the field of generative AI. Future of LLMs: Exploration of trends and potential applications of LLMs. Impact of Generative AI: Discussion on the impact of generative AI on various sectors such as arts, education, health, environment, and employment. Risks associated with Generative AI: Discussion on security risks and ethical challenges associated with generative AI. Michalis Vazirgiannis, Eric Xing, Gaël Richard, Maxim Panov, Benoit Bergeret (Executive Director, MetaLab for data @ESSEC) and Reda Bona (Sense4Data, Startup) |
16h - 17h30
Round Table 2: New Economic Models, Ethics, and
Legislation
Moderated by Team 2 of students
New Economic Models: Exploration of emerging business
opportunities thanks to generative AI. Ethics of Generative AI: Discussion on the ethical principles to integrate into the development and use of generative AI. Legislation and Sovereignty: Discussion on new legislations related to AI and the importance of data and technology sovereignty. Eric Xing, Joëlle Barral, Benoit Bergeret, Luciano Borges (CEO/Director of SIANA (JV SNCF/ONCF)), and Jawad Alaoui (CEO, Norma Dev), |
Hackathon results Award ceremony 16h - 17h Jury Members: Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni, Yann LeCun, Eric Moulines and Mohammed El Rhabi |
| 17h30 - 18h30 | 17h30 - 18h30 Posters session | 17h30 - 18h30 Posters session | |
