README.md

NLB Workshop Resources

This repository contains links to resources created for the Neural Latents Benchmark Workshop. The resources are listed with their contact, who you can find on the NLB slack or during the Gather town poster session!

Resources

• Opening welcome (Joel Ye)
  • Slides
  • AE workshop reimbursement
  • AE team grant
• NLB Technical walkthrough (Felix Pei)
  • Overview
• Pytorch Lightning (Andrew Sedler, Chris Versteeg)
  • Overview and code
• Exploring latents with LFADS (Yahia Ali)
  • Overview
• Phase 1 Model: AESMTE3 (AE Studio)
  • Overview, and code
• Phase 1 Model: iLQR-VAE (Marine Schimel)
  • Overview, code in docker as described in overview.
• Phase 1 Model: MINT (Sean Perkins)
  • Overview, and video, code not available at this time.
• Phase 1 Baseline: NDT (Joel Ye)
  • Overview and code

Recordings

• Opening Talks: Welcome (Joel Ye), NLB Technical Walkthrough (Felix Pei), Pytorch Lightning (Andrew Sedler, Chris Versteeg)
• Model Blitz Talks: iLQR-VAE (Marine Schimel), MINT (Sean Perkins), AESMTE3 (AE Studio)

Schedule for Workshop Day (2/27, in Eastern Time)

• 12-12:30PM: Opening (Gather presentation room)
• 12:30-12:45PM: Ramp-up with pytorch lightning (Gather presentation room)
• 2:15-3: Phase 1 model blitz talks (Gather Presentation room), from AE Studio, Marine Schimel, Sean Perkins
• 3-4: Resource Poster Session (middle-left of gather town).
• 5: Casual conversation and games! (Gather announcement, TBD)