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6 weeks - worldwide - open research challenge
Expand the world that AI sees
Expand the world that AI sees
Join our Expedition, an initiative bringing together a global community of
researchers exploring the power of AI models.
By participating in the Expedition, you will:
🌍 connect ML researchers around the world,
💻 gain access to exclusive resources and API credits,
🤝 and receive support to launch your research ideas,
✨ teams that complete the initiative will be eligible for limited edition Expedition swag
🏆 exclusive prizes for top projects at the end of the Expedition!
Join us to mark the end of Expedition Aya, our six-week global open-build challenge designed to accelerate ML research progress in multilingual, multimodal and efficiency.
💻 Please begin to build a 10-slide presentation that provides an overview of your project and research findings.
🚨 Slides are due to this Google Drive folder by EOD Friday May 9th (Anywhere on Earth) - Name your presentation using the format: “Team # - project name” (ie. 03 - Street Art Analysis")
📎 You’re welcome to use the Cohere Labs branded slide deck or create your own
🧑⚖️ Both the content of your research progress and quality of scientific communication will be taken into consideration - (check out our past Roads to Research for some tips on Scientific Communication.)
👀 Our team of judges will then review your work and secretly select the top ~50% of teams to present at the Closing Ceremony!
At the Closing Ceremony event, we’ll reveal the list of top teams invited to present, LIVE. The selected teams will present and showcase their key findings and innovations in a 5 minute lighting talk, available to the public. Judges will then select 5 winning projects and they will be awarded exclusive Expedition Aya swag and Cohere API credits - Learn more about the prizes.
Our Expedition Aya judges are:
Kelly Marchisio, Multilinguality Lead, Cohere
Max Bartolo, Command Modelling Team Lead, Cohere
Marzieh Fadaee, Staff Research Scientist, Cohere Labs
Let’s celebrate this collaborative research and look ahead to what’s next!
Session Recordings
Session Recordings
May 7
May 7
Weekly Field Notes
breakout_room_1_May_7.mp4Session Recording -
Breakout Room 1 (Marzieh & Alejandro)
video1674011733.mp4Session Recording -
Breakout Room 2 (Julia and John)
Expedition Aya 2025 - May 7 Weekly UpdateSlide Deck
April 30
April 30
Weekly Field Notes
breakout_room_1_april_30.mp4Session Recording -
Breakout Room 1 (Alejandro and John)
breakout_room_3_April_30.mp4Session Recording -
Breakout Room 3 (Julia)
Expedition Aya 2025 - April 30 Weekly UpdateSlide Deck
April 23
April 23
Weekly Field Notes
breakout_room_1_April_23.mp4Session Recording -
Breakout Room 1 (Alejandro and John)
breakout_room_3_April_23.mp4Session Recording -
Breakout Room 3 (Julia)
Expedition Aya 2025 - April 23 Weekly UpdateSlide Deck
April 16
April 16
Weekly Field Notes
breakout_room_1.mp4Session Recording -
Breakout Room 1 (Ahmet)
breakout_room_2_April_16.mp4Session Recording -
Breakout Room 2 (Alejandro)
Expedition Aya 2025 - April 16 Weekly UpdateSlide Deck
March 28
March 28
Kick Off Event
Session Recording
Previous events/resources
Previous events/resources
Connect with potential teammates
Connect with potential teammates
Join any of our Crew Connections meetings to learn more about Expedition Aya, pitch your project, or connect with potential collaborators
Expedition kick-off, March 28
Expedition kick-off, March 28
Join us for a special event celebrating the launch of the next 6-week Expedition Aya open build period! Hosted by Sara Hooker, this high-energy gathering will feature lightning talks showcasing past Expedition projects and cutting-edge research in multilingual, multimodal, and efficiency advancements.
Past Expedition participant will share their journey, the innovative solutions they built, and their ongoing work, along with tech-talks from the researchers and engineers behind some of our lab's latest models and research outputs.
Past Expedition participant will share their journey, the innovative solutions they built, and their ongoing work, along with tech-talks from the researchers and engineers behind some of our lab's latest models and research outputs.
Sign-up by March 28
Sign-up by March 28
Do you have a project idea? Become a team captain by sharing your ideas in the sign-up sheet and starting a thread on Discord.
Interested in joining a team? Check out the sign-up sheet to see who is still accepting teammates and find the corresponding thread on Discord to be in touch with the captain, and tell them what you can bring to the team.
Interested in joining a team? Check out the sign-up sheet to see who is still accepting teammates and find the corresponding thread on Discord to be in touch with the captain, and tell them what you can bring to the team.
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