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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-science/events/phd-defence-ir-nlp-benchma
 rks-data-evaluation-robust-retrieval-retrieval-augmented-generation-hetero
 geneous-domains-languages
LOCATION:DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 200 University Aven
 ue West Hybrid: DC 2310 | Online PhD defence Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:PhD Defence • Information Retrieval | Natural Language Processing
 \n• Benchmarks\, Data\, and Evaluation for Robust Retrieval and\nRetriev
 al-Augmented Generation on Heterogeneous Domains and Languages
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: THIS PHD DEFENCE WILL TAKE PLACE IN DC 2310 AND ON
 LINE.\n\nNANDAN THAKUR\, PHD CANDIDATE\n_David R. Cheriton School of Compu
 ter Science_\n\nSUPERVISOR: Professor Jimmy Lin
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