Knowing When to Pivot. A Fireside Chat & Workshop for Women in Tech

Join us at the University of Washington on Oct 20 for the Seattle Physical AI Workshop and Meetup, co-presented by Nebius and Voxel51. Bring a laptop. Seats are limited, Pre-registration is mandatory. Date, Time and Location Oct 20, 2026 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM Walker-Ames Room (KNE 225), University of Washington, Seattle, WA Meetup Speakers When 99% Accuracy Isn't Good Enough: The Long (Fish)Tail of Real-World Computer Vision Real-world computer vision rarely fails on the examples you expect, it fails on the long tail of strange cases you didn’t know existed. At Ark CV, we build computer vision systems for fish monitoring, where models that achieve 99%+ accuracy can suddenly encounter folded salmon, bouncing lamprey, unusual lighting, or individual fish that cross the camera view hundreds of times. This talk shares lessons from deploying computer vision in these messy real-world environments and why benchmark accuracy alone isn’t enough. We'll explore how human review, targeted dataset development, and continuous feedback loops can turn unexpected failures into increasingly robust production systems. Speaker: Nate Bennett at Ark CV Mapping Agricultural Fields of the World with RasterFlow Agriculture depends on timely, reliable insight into what’s happening on the ground: what’s being planted, what’s being harvested, and how fields evolve over time. The Fields of The World (FTW) project was created to support exactly this mission, by building a fully open ecosystem of labeled data, software, standards and models to create a reliable global map of agricultural field boundaries using AI and Earth Observation (EO) data. Contributing to this effort, Wherobots processed petabytes of satellite imagery to create seamless global imagery mosaics and produce global maps at 10 meter resolution of agricultural boundaries. In this presentation we'll cover how Wherobots RasterFlow works to scale models like Fields of the World and the applications it unlocks. Speaker: Ryan

Talk 1: Choosing the Right Intelligence for AI Workflows Not every AI decision needs an LLM. Production systems often need to classify, score, route, generate, retry, wait, and recover, and different kinds of intelligence may be better suited to each task. Using examples from the open-source Cadence AI Samples project, this talk explores how deterministic code, specialized decision models, LLMs, and agents can work together inside durable workflows. We’ll compare approaches through accuracy, decision consistency, latency, cost, and operational reliability, with the goal of choosing the simplest kind of intelligence that reliably solves each part of the system. Talk 2: Building a Self-Evolving Mobile App None of the existing consumer AI apps met my needs, so I built my own: OpenOx. In this talk, I’ll share how I did it so you can too! OpenOx is open source, and you can use it today. A useful agent needs to work with every service you use, from AI assistants like ChatGPT and everyday tools like Outlook to legacy government websites. But the world is too vast and dynamic for connectors built ahead of time. Instead, connectors can be created just in time for whatever service the user needs, which makes the app itself malleable: able to learn new interfaces, turn them into reusable capabilities, and evolve over time. Supporting any model, including local ones, lets it keep up with frontier intelligence without being locked into a single provider. Running on the user’s own device also makes web interactions more reliable: cloud agents often operate from centralized IPs that are easier for bot-protection systems to identify and block, while local agents use the user’s own IP and cookies. It also keeps more sensitive context, credentials, and browsing state local. About Speakers Kevin Burns is a Senior Developer Advocate on Uber's Cadence team, an OSS distributed workflow orchestration platform. His 25+ year software career also includes time at Microsoft and Volkswagen. K

Come hang out with Seattle's UX crowd for an evening of drinks, snacks, and honest conversation about the reshaping of our work and our world. Oh the Humanity is a relaxed social hour hosted by/at TACTILE, up on the fourth floor in our downtown Seattle studio. Bring your hot takes, wins, stories, and honest questions about what all of this means for the craft of UX design. Whether you're deep in prompt workflows, quietly skeptical, or somewhere in between, pull up a chair and swap notes with fellow designers, researchers, writers, and product folks. Expect plenty of laughs, a few spirited debates, and a chance to meet someone new before the night wraps up. So come ready to mingle, say hi to a few new faces, and leave with some fresh ideas (and maybe a new collaborator or two).

Join us for an evening at Stoup Brewing. We'll welcome back old faces and welcome new ones. This is an informal format -- feel free to bring a laptop if you want and work on projects or use this event as an opportunity to catch up and meet new people. Stoup serves mainly beer and some cider, hard seltzer, slushies and a selection of non-alcoholic beverages including coffee. They also welcome you to bring in your own food if you want. All attendees are required to abide by the PuPPy Code of Conduct, you can read the Code of Conduct here: https://www.pspython.com/code-of-conduct/ Join our slack channel: http://slack.pspython.com

Code and Coffee is an inclusive, informal co-working session. People of all skill levels attend, and we love it that way. Many people bring projects to work on, and many other people socialize the entire time. It's entirely up to you! 👋 The Introduction Circle Around 30 minutes into the event (12:30 pm), we will do a standup in a circle. Round 1: Your name Your occupation/professional interests What would you like help with? Round 2: Job opportunities you're hiring for OR announce that you are looking for one. If not, that's cool. Community events you wanna plug After the intro circle, everything is self-organized! 🛠️ Tech Workshops We offer opportunities to host workshops after the intro circle. These are free for all and hosted by friends/volunteers at C&C! If you have specialty knowledge you'd like to share, or wish to find an audience for your tech talk, please reach out to any of our volunteers or @ us on discord! For today: Building a Self-Evolving Mobile App with Connectors - Ziyuan Zhu None of the consumer AI apps met my needs, I’ll share how I built my own: OpenOx, an open-source, on-device agent that runs on my phone and connects to mainstream AI assistants, everyday apps, and legacy websites. Instead of relying on a fixed set of integrations, it can create reusable connectors when users need them, support any model including local ones, and keep sensitive context, credentials, and browsing state on device. ☕ Free coffee! Please RSVP to secure your spot and help us get an accurate count on coffee. 🅿️ Parking advisory Unfortunately, no parking will be provided for this event. Plenty street parking options are available near pike place market. ↪ Detailed location Find us on... Discord LinkedIn Website We will be looking to take photos during the meetup. 📸 Let one of the organizers know if you would rather we not include you in the photos! Find out more about Internet Development Studio's history, mission, and vision!