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SUMMARY:[CLOUD SEMINAR] Agentic Modeling: Tool Usage and Function Calling i
 n LLMs\, G P Shrivatsa Bhargav\, March 07\, 2:00PM\, CDS 102
DESCRIPTION:\n\nCLOUD COMPUTING SEMINAR SERIES\n\n\n\nSpeaker : G P Shrivat
 sa Bhargav\, IBM India Research Lab.\nTitle : Agentic Modeling: Tool Usage
  and Function Calling in LLMs\nDate &amp\; Time : March 07\, 2025 (Friday)
 \, 02:00 PM\nVenue : # 102\, CDS Seminar Hall\n\n\n\nAbstract: In this ses
 sion we explore techniques that enable Large Language Models (LLMs) to ove
 rcome their inherent limitations through the use external tools and APIs. 
 Despite their impressive capabilities\, LLMs face challenges such as the i
 nability to access up-to-date information\, limited mathematical skills\, 
 and the inability to perform real-world actions like booking flights\, tra
 nsferring money\, or sending emails.\nWe discuss techniques that allow LLM
 s to effectively leverage external tools\, much like humans do\, to mitiga
 te these limitations. Specifically\, we examine state-of-the-art methods f
 or integrating various tools\, such as calculators and web search\, during
  fine-tuning. Additionally\, we explore how to build models capable of uti
 lizing functions at runtime\, even if those functions were not encountered
  during training. Finally\, we discuss benchmarks and metrics used to eval
 uate the performance of these models.\n\nBio: G P Shrivatsa Bhargav is a R
 esearch Engineer at IBM India Research Lab\, where he has been contributin
 g to NLP research and it's application to complex real-word scenarios for 
 the past 5 years. He earned his M. Tech. (Research) degree from CSA\, IISc
  in 2020. Bhargav's primary research interests lie in the fields of conver
 sational AI\, tool usage and function calling in LLMs\, and agentic modeli
 ng. His past work includes publications and patents in the areas of knowle
 dge base and reading comprehension question answering systems\, entity lin
 king\, etc.\n\nHost Faculty: Prof. Yogesh Simmhan\n\nAbout: The IBM-IISc H
 ybrid Cloud Lab (IIHCL) hosted at IISc is curating the Cloud Computing Sem
 inar series with guest speakers from Industry and Academia speaking about 
 the latest technologies and research on Cloud and edge computing\, distrib
 uted computing systems\, and AI/ML/Big Data platforms.\n\n\n\nALL ARE WELC
 OME
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