* **Title of session:** Semantic Search and RAG on a FOSS stack
* **Session description:** In this session I will present a prototype software stack to implement Semantic Search and Retrieval Augmented Generation with self-hosted, straight forward and familiar FOSS tools, such as Postgres and Ollama, skipping confusing abstractions such as LangChain and escaping vendor lock in through SaaS products.
* **Username for contact:** @roti_WMDE
* **Session duration (25 or 50 min):** 25min
* **Session type (presentation, workshop, discussion, etc.):** Presentation
* **Language of session (English, Arabic, etc.):** English
* **Prerequisites (some Python, etc.):** Interest in deep learning developments, especially LLMs and embeddings.
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* **Interested? Add your username below:**
* @Olea
* @Damilare