Schedule

Devmoot is a one day, single track event on October 4, 2024

Note: This is the planned schedule, but will change.

8:30 Doors Open, Amazing Donuts sponsored by KEC plus tea and coffee
9:00Welcome and announcements
9:15Keynote: Beverly Wright: Evolving from Business Intelligence to Artificial Intelligence: Transforming Mindsets and Organizations
As the shift from Business Intelligence to Artificial Intelligence gains momentum, many organizations are exploring AI’s potential through pilot projects and strategic initiatives. Join a seasoned data expert as she shares insights from her extensive experience with companies navigating this transformation. Discover practical strategies for fostering an AI-driven culture within your organization, tackling common obstacles related to data, technology, and mindset. Learn how to harness the benefits of AI, including enhanced efficiency and competitive advantage, and position your organization for future success.
10:05Amos Manneschmidt: How I built the Screw Sorting Machine (Lightning Talk)
The story of how I built a machine that identifies and sorts miscellaneous fasteners of the sort you may find in a mason jar in the garage. The screw sorter as it currently exists is a combination of robotics and machine vision powered by classical signal processing algorithms contained in OpenCV – no AI needed this time and it can run on a single board computer as a result…but I did use AI to much more rapidly make it than I could left to just my own brain.
10:50Amy Fletcher: Never Say Die: Digital Afterlives in an Algorithmic Age
Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is the current summit of contemporary technological progress. It is rapidly disrupting almost every industry and opening new pathways to enhanced productivity, creativity, and wealth.

Yet GenAI also has a strange occult dimension, one that weaves in and out of the reporting on Industry 5.0. Even as we hurtle into an algorithmic age, we cannot let go of the past. From the synthetic voices of dead celebrities such as Marilyn Monroe and James Dean to start-ups that promise to recreate dead relatives in digital form, generative AI hums with ghosts in the machine.

This presentation, suitable for specialists and generalists alike, uses the tools of horizon scanning and the history of science to consider the following questions:

1. What is the state-of-the-art in Silicon Valley as early-stage companies such as Pulse Evolution, Base Hologram, and Nectome try to push the boundaries of digital life?
2. What are the ethical implications of trying to circumvent grieving through algorithms?
3. Is there something tangible here or are these speculative technologies simply the latest version of spirit phones and talking boards?
4. What might it mean to live in a world where no one ever quite dies?

The technological power of GenAI is impressive and likely to become only more so over the next few decades. This presentation shifts focus to the ethical and social dimensions of the dawning era of digital afterlives.
11:40Gaurav Mittal: RealTime Defects Categorization using ML/AI (Lightning Talk)
AI is significantly transforming the field of software testing, offering new tools and methodologies to enhance the efficiency, accuracy, and scope of testing activities. Triaging defects, determining their root causes, prioritizing them, and assigning them to the appropriate technical team is a time-consuming process that can be automated for real time action using AI.

Urgent production incidents occur, often critical and requiring swift intervention. QA must first carefully analyze the issue, putting in a significant amount of manual effort to pinpoint the root cause, assign the correct priority, and determine if it’s a defect, an enhancement, or a task.

I am introducing an ML/AI solution that utilizes Image Classification with TensorFlow and Keras, along with Natural Language Processing (NLP), to automatically categorize production issues. This approach significantly reduces the manual efforts required by QA, allowing for a quicker initiation of issue resolution for business users. Additionally, I will present how AI can be used to generate testing KPIs and metrics, which can be leveraged by business leaders and senior management for strategic planning and decision-making.
NoonLunch!
12:15LinkedIn Live with CGI
1:00Trivia with prizes!
1:15Levi Smith: Blockchain for Game Development (Lightning Talk)
Proof of concept demonstration on how to implement a blockchain to track game currency and purchase of game items. In this demonstration, the blockchain is created in PHP on a Fedora Linux virtual machine running in Virtual Box. The block chain is pulled into Unity through C# networking code. Regular expressions are used to parse the blockchain to return the user’s game currency and items purchased.
1:45Wil Wade: The Post-AI Future of Thinking
Each technological age has changed how we think and interact with the world around us. Leaving the age of the “bicycle for the mind” computer, this next age of AI, be it tool or crutch, requires another round of adaptation. Learning to operate in this new age is a requirement, especially for those of us in the tech industry.

We will explore three potential cognitive approaches in the AI era—Directed, Expansive, and Paired Thinking. We will use our imagination to examine how these new ways of thinking can shape and improve our cognitive practices with and without AI today and into the changing world.
2:45Jeremy Davis: Scaling AI Solutions: How GraphRAG is Changing the Game for Enterprise Applications
In this cutting-edge session, we’ll explore how GraphRAG (Graph-based Retrieval-Augmented Generation) is revolutionizing enterprise AI applications. We’ll dive into real-world examples of how this technology is being used to scale AI solutions across various industries. Attendees will learn how GraphRAG combines the power of knowledge graphs with large language models to create more accurate, context-aware, and scalable AI systems.

We’ll cover:
* The limitations of traditional RAG and how GraphRAG overcomes them
* Case studies of GraphRAG implementation in enterprise settings
* Techniques for integrating GraphRAG into existing AI pipelines
* Performance comparisons between traditional and GraphRAG approaches
* Best practices for scaling GraphRAG solutions to handle enterprise-level data volumes
* Future trends and potential advancements in GraphRAG technology

By the end of this session, attendees will have a clear understanding of how GraphRAG can be leveraged to build more robust and scalable AI solutions for their organizations.
3:35Cody Lambert: Building a Second Brain: Leveraging Obsidian for Personal Knowledge Management in the Digital Age (Lightningish Talk)
In a world overflowing with information, managing knowledge effectively is key to personal and professional success. In this session, I’ll explore how I used Obsidian to create a “second brain”—a system for capturing, organizing, and retrieving knowledge. This talk will dive into the strategies and tools that have transformed my approach to learning, problem-solving, and innovation. Whether you’re a developer, entrepreneur, or lifelong learner, discover how PKM can be your competitive edge in navigating the complexities of the modern world.
4:20 PMHappy hour, trivia, and afterparty with heavy hors d’oeuvres
6:00You don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here