Workshops @ Kempner
A series of ongoing, interactive, in-person workshops that facilitate training and skill-building for researchers and students affiliated with the Kempner Institute, as well as those in the wider Harvard community.
Do you have a research idea that you are unsure how to implement using computational methods? Or are you looking for opportunities to sharpen your skills in computational science, or to understand high performance computing in greater depth?
Workshops @ Kempner is a series of ongoing workshops and classes designed to cover a wide range of topics, everything from technical computational research skills to broader theoretical aspects of the study of intelligence. Workshops cover topics such as high performance computing, distributed training & inference for machine learning models, building a transformer network from scratch, neuroscience for machine learning, and the nature of natural and artificial representations.
Given the rapid speed of progress in the field of intelligence, the Kempner’s workshop series offers an opportunity for newcomers to ease into the often daunting world of cutting-edge computational research, as well as an opportunity for seasoned researchers to hone and develop new skillsets. Workshops are hands-on, teaching participants various skills needed to integrate scientific creativity with hardware optimization.
Each workshop typically consists of a presentation combined with interactive hands-on tutorials and discussions.
Workshops @ Kempner are now available to Harvard students, postdocs and faculty, with priority given to Kempner community members. In addition to the workshops themselves, the Kempner has developed the Kempner Computing Handbook – freely and publicly available online – which brings together mathematical theory, insight into hardware, and best practices for coding AI/ML models.
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Questions?
If you have a suggestion for a workshop, would like to lead one, or have a general question about Workshops @ Kempner, contact kempnereducation@harvard.edu.