Name: OpenSearch Project User Group [Bellevue]
Start: 2025-01-24T01:00:00.000Z
End: 2025-01-24T04:00:00.000Z
Location: Dynomo (Amazon)

Generally, in this meeting we cover all aspects of “Search”, including core search functionalities, query capabilities, resiliency, and relevance. We can also use the time to review the roadmap of various streams, and gather broader feedback on planning and releases.

* We welcome community discussion and contribution.
* We are all learning together, even the organizers of this meeting.
* Agendas may look full; it’s a community meeting, so we can take a tangent.
* Please feel free to introduce yourself to the group, especially if you’re speaking, but if you’re just observing, no pressure.

**Standing Topics**

* Brief intro
* Triage New Issues - [https://github.com/orgs/opensearch-project/projects/45](https://github.com/orgs/opensearch-project/projects/45)
* New Contributors Can Pick Up Issues Here: [https://github.com/orgs/opensearch-project/projects/45/views/1?filterQuery=label%3A%22g](https://github.com/orgs/opensearch-project/projects/45/views/1?filterQuery=label%3A%22g). Comment on an issue you want to work on and ask to be assigned.

**Weekly Topics**

* Put your name next to a topic in the Google Doc or add your own topic: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cpGSlQVnzd_J6NoFcBbGf4ykGK31l3h59toZmbxUezw/edit?usp=sharing](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cpGSlQVnzd_J6NoFcBbGf4ykGK31l3h59toZmbxUezw/edit?usp=sharing)

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OpenSearch Meetup Group

Marc Handalian

Michael Froh

Saurabh Singh

Search Community Meeting - Triage and Backlog Discussion

Online event

**[Zeta Alpha](zeta-alpha.com) invites the Gen AI and Search community in Amsterdam to join our next meetup!**

We'll kick off at 18:00 with Pizza, Refreshments, Talks, and Networking (this is an in-person only event).

This time we have a packed lineup in a more central location, featuring speakers from AWS, Eliatra and Zeta Alpha. Don't miss out!

**What our group is about:**
We are a community in the Amsterdam area with keen interest in Generative AI, Search Engineering, and Open-Source Technology. Whether you are building production systems or simply curious about the latest and greatest in AI and Search technologies -- such as Agents, RAG, Fine-Tuning, Vector Search -- this is the space for you!
We welcome all skill levels. Come learn and connect with other smart engineers.

**Time and location**:
📅 November 13th, 2024 from 18:00 to 20:30.
📍AWS Office, Mr.Treublaan 7, 4th floor, 1097 DP, Amsterdam.

**Schedule:**
18:00 -- Arrival. Grab some 🍕 and 🥤.
18:30 -- Maximizing Your Hardware Potential With Local LLMs on OpenSearch - Lucas Jeanniot (Eliatra)
18:50 -- Build and scale your generative AI application the right way - Maurits de Goot (AWS).
19:10 -- Tips & Tricks for vector workload optimization - Cédric Pelvet (AWS)
19:30 -- Creating state-of-the-art embedding models - Arthur Câmara (Zeta Alpha).
19:50 -- Networking with drinks.
20:30 -- Closing.

**Talks:**

**Maximizing Your Hardware Potential With Local LLMs on OpenSearch**
In this talk, we will explore how to maximize your hardware potential by integrating local Large Language Models (LLMs) with OpenSearch, creating efficient and scalable AI-driven search experiences. We’ll start with an overview of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and how it enhances the power of traditional search by using AI to provide more relevant and context-aware results. From there, we’ll dive into implementing local LLMs within the OpenSearch ecosystem, focusing on practical steps for connecting external models using Connector Blueprints. Attendees will also learn how to set up and optimize search and ingest pipelines, leveraging the full potential of their hardware resources for AI-powered search solutions. This session is designed to be hands-on and approachable, making it ideal for AI enthusiasts looking to deepen their OpenSearch knowledge and push the boundaries of what’s possible with local LLMs.

*Speaker: [Lucas Jeanniot](https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucas-jeanniot/), Machine Learning Engineer at Eliatra.*

**Tips & Tricks for vector workload optimization**
OpenSearch makes it easy to get started using vector search, but using it efficiently is a different story. Let’s talk about the key optimization techniques to get the most out of OpenSearch.

*Speaker: [Cédric Pelvet](https://www.linkedin.com/in/cedricpelvet/), Principal Specialist Solutions Architect at AWS.*

**Build and scale your generative AI application the right way**
Building a generative AI application can be tricky. Besides making your awesome application you want to ensure that your data is secure, your application scales well and that you have the right performance. In this 20 minute session you’ll learn more about the different deployment strategies, and implications for your GenAI application.

*Speaker: [Maurits de Goot](https://www.linkedin.com/in/maurits-de-groot/), Solutions Architect at AWS.*

**Creating State-of-the-Art Embedding Models**
While encoder-only models have dominated the embedding landscape, a new generation of decoder-only embedding models, based on pre-trained LLMs, is quickly emerging as a powerful alternative to BERT-like models. In this talk, we will talk about how to fine-tune an embedding model and how to build a model based on existing LLM models. We will go through the process of the creation of the Zeta-Alpha-E5-Mistral, Zeta Alpha’s first open embedding model, and how we plan on continue pushing this direction with more efficient and performing models

*Speaker: [Arthur Câmara](https://www.linkedin.com/in/abcamara/), Research Engineer at Zeta Alpha.*

OpenSearch Project - Amsterdam

Fernando Rejon Barrera

Sanchir Kartiev

Kirill Shcherbakov

RAG, Generative AI, and Fine Tuning - The OpenSearch Meetup Amsterdam

Join the "Storage Triage and Backlog Review" community meeting to review, triage and deep dive on Storage related issues and PRs. Meetings are open-to-all and attendance is encouraged for anyone who hopes to contribute, discuss an issue, or learn more about the project. See [Triaging](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/blob/main/TRIAGING.md) on OpenSearch for more details and FAQs.

**Agenda**

* **Introduction (5 mins)**
* Host’s Intro
* What do we cover here?
* New members Intro
* Meeting Facilitator will host and take [meeting notes](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WyYAa34bXA843mJJgpYCUORqj96x95Sm2nxktJIhhZo/edit#heading=h.kl4gb0qrnrb5). Meeting facilitators can be any volunteers from the OpenSearch community.
* **For Facilitators: for each issue, before we remove “untriaged” label, check the following:**
* Is it a good first issue
* Who should be the assignee?
* Whats the release target?
* Whats the priority/severity?
* Whats the sizing/effort?
* **Triage New Storage Issues**
* Label:untriaged && label:Storage\* Example :[ https://github.com/orgs/opensearch-project/projects/187/views/2](https://github.com/orgs/opensearch-project/projects/187/views/2)
* **Backlog review and cleanup**
* label:Storage\* Example :[ https://github.com/orgs/opensearch-project/projects/187/views/1](https://github.com/orgs/opensearch-project/projects/187/views/1)
* **New Contributors Can Pick Up Issues -**
* label:"good first issue"
* Comment on an issue you want to work on and ask to be assigned.

**Full Agenda and Meeting Notes** \- https://docs\.google\.com/document/d/1WyYAa34bXA843mJJgpYCUORqj96x95Sm2nxktJIhhZo/edit\#heading=h\.kl4gb0qrnrb5

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Ranjith Ramachandra

Steve Nell

Storage Triage and Backlog Review

Hi Everyone, mark your calendars for the first OpenSearch Project Vancouver BC Meetup
**Agenda**
**4.30pm Networking**

**4.45pm:** **Building an opensearch observability dashboards - steps and best practices - Lior Perry**

**5.30pm Break (Networking)**

**5.45pm Understanding derived fields - Rishabh Maurya**

**6.30pm Networking**

**7.00pm Close.**

Speakers
**Lior Perry** is an AWS senior software development engineer focusing on OpenSearch, Lior has contributed to the open-source community for years and is leading the Observability domain bringing vast experience and domain knowledge. [https://opensearch.org/community/members/lior-perry.html](https://opensearch.org/community/members/lior-perry.html)

Rishabh Maurya is a Software Engineer at AWS working on the OpenSearch Project. https://opensearch.org/community/members/rishabh-maurya.html

OpenSearch Project Vancouver BC

Lior Perry

David Bennett

Davood Kimya

OpenSearch Project Vancouver BC First Meetup - Please note DATE CHANGE

Amazon YVR 26

Anyone using or interested in using, contributing, maintaining, or who wants to know more about [OpenSearch](https://github.com/opensearch-project) and who can come to our **Seattle/Bellevue** venue is welcome.

OpenSearch User Group is a place to meet users of OpenSearch, the community-driven, Apache 2.0-licensed, open source search and analytics suite derived from ElasticSearch. We will share ideas and stories to help each other get the most out of the OpenSearch stack of tools.

For this session, we will meetup at
Amazon/Dynomo Room 02.201
The address to drive to is: 85 106th Ave NE, Bellevue, WA 98004
(Please let the organizer know how your parking experience was. Email prnsndr@gmail.com)

**Speakers and Sessions**
Coming Soon!
(Please email prnsndr@gmail.com if you would like to be one of our speakers for this session)

OpenSearch Project - Seattle

Aparna Sundar

OpenSearch Project User Group [Bellevue]

Dynomo (Amazon)

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