Alonso Silva

Alonso Silva is currently a Researcher on Verifiable AI at Nokia Bell Labs in the Machine Learning and Systems Research Lab. He has previously worked at Safran in the Department of Mathematics and Temporal Data, in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley, working with Professor Jean Walrand, at INRIA Paris Rocquencourt working with Dr. Philippe Jacquet and as a Research Consultant/Intern at Bell Labs Headquarters in Murray Hill, New Jersey, working with Dr. Iraj Saniee. He did his Ph.D. at INRIA Sophia-Antipolis under the direction of Dr. Eitan Altman. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Physics from the École Supérieure d'Électricité in June 2010.


Session

09-25
11:05
30min
Enhancing RAG-based apps by constructing and leveraging knowledge graphs with open-weights LLMs
Alonso Silva

Graph Retrieval Augmented Generation (Graph RAG) is emerging as a powerful addition to traditional vector search retrieval methods. Graphs are great at representing and storing heterogeneous and interconnected information in a structured manner, effortlessly capturing complex relationships and attributes across different data types. Using open weights LLMs removes the dependency on an external LLM provider while retaining complete control over the data flows and how the data is being shared and stored. In this talk, we construct and leverage the structured nature of graph databases, which organize data as nodes and relationships, to enhance the depth and contextuality of retrieved information to enhance RAG-based applications with open weights LLMs. We will show these capabilities with a demo.

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