30 November 2025 to 3 December 2025
Century City Conference Centre
Africa/Johannesburg timezone
PLEASE NOTE: Registrations Have Closed! Contact chpc@csir.co.za for further queries.

How custom chatbot works and how to build a RAG (Retrieval-Augmented-Generation) system from scratch

30 Nov 2025, 09:00
1h 30m
1/1-2 - Room 2 (Century City Conference Centre)

1/1-2 - Room 2

Century City Conference Centre

21
Machine Learning and other AI techniques Workshop

Speaker

Walter Riviera (walterbot.ai)

Description

This hands-on workshop introduces students to building a basic Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system. Participants will learn how to index a document corpus using embeddings, implement a vector search retriever, and connect it to a language model for context-aware responses. The session covers key components like vector store, prompt design, and system evaluation. By the end, students will have built a simple, working RAG pipeline. Basic Python knowledge is recommended.

Requirements:Each attendee should bring their laptop along and have Jupyter notebook with python 3.10 pre-installed.

Primary author

Walter Riviera (walterbot.ai)

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