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November 2024 Friends, As we enter the holiday season, I am especially thankful for our Vanderbilt community. I spend most of the space in these letters talking about AI and translation as I am continually awed by our vibrant energy here, spurred again by the … Read More

Interested in a unique chance to explore global collaboration and advance AI for the benefit of society? How about spending up to 28 days pioneering innovative AI research with universities in Canada, Germany, South Korea, or Iceland?  Join… Read More

We invite you to join us for the Men’s Basketball game vs. California on Wednesday, November 13! Meet in the AI Lounge next to FGH 385 at 6:15 PM and we will head over as a group! Claim your ALL-IN-1 student ticket and add to your mobile wallet (… Read More

October 2024 Friends, As we approach VALIANT’s half-birthday (November 6th), I am enthusiastic with the progress that we have made together. I have had the opportunity to meet so many new creative scholars using AI while deepening established collaborations. My main regret is that there isn’t enough time in the… Read More

We invite VALIANT Labs to join VALIANT Attempt for a lab Trick-or-Treat on Thursday, October 31 at 12:00 PM!  Trick-or-treat to collect candy and stamps from participating labs! Visit all stations to win a VALIANT beanie (while supplies last)! Enjoy pizza in the AI Lounge (next to FGH 385) and learn about… Read More

Friends,  Val, our AI cat, has fully moved into the new VALIANT space in Featheringill / Jacobs Hall and triggered vibrant discussions ranging from impressionism to cubism with a bit of masked auto-encoders and latent diffusion models sprinkled in. Read More

Join us on September 26,2024 for a special seminar presented by Chongyu Qu! Title: AbdomenAtlas: A large-scale, detailed-annotated, & multi-center dataset for efficient transfer… Read More

Friends,  What an amazing launch from summer into autumn! Thank you to the volunteers, faculty, lecturers, sponsors, staff, and attendees who made our first AI Summer School a success. We started off the week with charges from Dean Krish Roy for “VALIANT to be the… Read More

Join us in welcoming Antoine Théberge on September 5th, 2024 for a special seminar!  Title: Tractography Algorithms with Global Information via Transformers Who: Antoine Théberge, 4th year PhD student in Computer Science at the University of Sherbrooke Québec, Canada.  Where: Featheringill Hall (FGH)… Read More

VALIANT Attempt, the student group for undergraduate and graduate affiliates, is holding an open interest meeting to discuss how to best serve the community. Food will be provided. We hope to see you there! When: Wednesday, 9/4 at 5pm Where: AI Lounge (FGH/Jacobs adjacent to FGH 385) Contact: Please email… Read More