In the second session of our Expert Talks series, where real-world experience takes center stage, we were joined by Ahmet Erdem.

In this session, Ahmet Erdem, a Senior LLM Engineer at NVIDIA', shared his experience across a wide range of topics, including machine learning applications on GPUs, large language models (LLMs), building frameworks from the ground up, and his journey within the Kaggle ecosystem and competitions.

The discussion also covered Ahmet Erdem’s career path, his contributions to open-source projects, insights gained from Kaggle competitions, and perspectives on the future of large language models.

Key topics addressed during the session included career development and guidance for advancing in the field of artificial intelligence, Kaggle competitions and the broader data science ecosystem, the LOFO Importance methodology and feature selection processes, the AI ecosystem in Türkiye and open-source initiatives, as well as emerging trends in the LLM landscape and future outlooks.

The session was moderated by Enes Fehmi Manan & Engin Deniz Alpman .