Join us tomorrow for "From Still Photos to 3D Scene: An Introduction to Neural Radiance Fields"
Plus, a brief demo of Syncog, an experimental platform exploring how cognitive scaffolding can enhance the AI assistant experience
Please join Charlottesville Data Science tomorrow evening for our August event!
Alison Lu, a data scientist at ENSCO Rail, will present the talk From Still Photos to 3D Scene: An Introduction to Neural Radiance Fields — exploring this breakthrough in computer vision and its applications in industry settings.
Prior to Alison’s talk, Carson Sweet will provide a brief demo of Syncog, an experimental platform he’s working on to explore how cognitive scaffolding can enhance the AI assistant experience.
We’ll be gathering in person at Vault Virginia on the Downtown Mall. We look forward to seeing you there!
More upcoming events around Charlottesville
Thursday, August 20: The Charlottesville Rust Meetup continues its Tock OS series with Wireless Communication with the IEEE 802.15.4 Protocol, exploring how a Rust application can wirelessly transmit and receive radio frames.
Friday, September 4: The UVA School of Data Science hosts an award ceremony and reception for the 2026 Data Is ART Competition. Data visualization expert Alberto Cairo will give a keynote talk, followed by the award presentation for this year’s winners. Open to the public.
Thursday, September 17: CvilleBioHub holds its 5th Annual BioDiscovery Summit, “From Spark to Scale,” at the Irving Theater in the CODE Building.
Friday, October 2 – Saturday, October 3: Save the date for beCamp 2026, one of the longest-running and most storied events in the Charlottesville technology scene. beCamp is the Charlottesville tech community’s annual “unconference”, an event fully planned and run by the people who show up. Registration will open in the coming weeks. Stay tuned!