Date: Wednesday 11 December 2024 

Format: 1 full day + informal dinner previous day


Venue/Location 

Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center (PSNC) office

Polish Optical Internet Research Center
Street Jana Pawła II 10
61-139 Poznan, Poland

Google maps link:


How to get there: https://www.psnc.pl/how-to-reach-us/cbpio/.

Accommodation/recommended hotels:

The list of recommendations: https://www.psnc.pl/how-to-reach-us/base-of-hotels/

Remote participation:

Will be possible via Webex. Details will follow after registration





REGISTRATION

For any questions, please email schaefer@dfn.de

AGENDA

TimingTopic & Presenter
Tuesday 10 December
19:00Group dinner at 'Wiejskie Jadło'
Wednesday 11 December
09:00 - 09:30

Welcome & Intro -  Leonie Schäfer (DFN) and Daniela Brauner (GÉANT)

News from the GÉANT Community Programme - Dawn Hsu-hua Ng  (GÉANT)

SIG-AI for NRENs Roadmap - Leonie Schäfer (DFN) and Daniela Brauner (GÉANT)

09:30 - 10:45

PSNC - Overview of current AI Projects

  1. AI for Next Generation Networks -  Bartosz Belter (PSNC)  
  2. ML/AI for early diagnosis and therapy of diseases - Cezary Mazurek (PSNC)
  3. LLM and Generative AI in practice - Marcin Wolski (PSNC)
  4. AI for Humanity and Cultural Heritage - Tomasz Hoffman (PSNC)
10:45 - 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:30Panel: A view on AI for NRENs from the SIG AI Steering Committee perspective

Using Machine Learning approaches to facilitate network situational awareness - Jan Kohlrausch (DFN-CERT)


The Current AI Landscape in Greece: A View from the Supply Side - Panos Louridas (GRNET)


From GPT-NL to WiLLMa to dealing with AI(-ACT) - an overview on what is happening at SURF - Albert Hankel (SURF)


High-Performance Artificial Intelligence Activities at ASNET-AM: Bridging Advanced Computing and AI - Hrachya Astsatryan (ASNET-AM)


AI impacts on the research lifecycle - Daniela Brauner (GÉANT)

12:30 - 13:30Lunch
13:30 - 14:30Discussion in Breakout Groups - Online and F2F

Discussion and presentation of the results 
14:30 - 15:00

Session: Short presentations by SIG-AI participants (Part I)


Making a service out of Whisper - Lars Lund Thomson (NORDUnet)


NREN as AI broker - Facilitating access to AI platforms - Jakob Tendel (DFN)


GenAI initiative for NRENs in the Asia Pacific region
- Asitha Bandaranayake (LEARN)

15:00 - 15:20

Coffee Break

15:20 - 16:00

Session: Short presentations by SIG-AI participants (Part II)


Building an AI-Driven Platform for Proactive Threat Detection - Antonio Fuentes Bermejo (RedIRIS)


Implementing preventUEBA for risk assessment: Lessons Learned and Challenges - Nil Ortiz Rabella and Albert Calvo (I2CAT) - Virtual presentation


Secure AI services for Austrian academic institutions 
Michael Pisecki (ACOmarket GmbH) - Virtual presentation


The importance of ethics in AI development - Magdalena Rzaca (GÉANT)
16:00 - 16:15Final Comments & Closing - Leonie Schäfer (DFN)