Serhii Sokolenko
Employers on the program
- 2025–2026Tower5 talks
The year around now
Talks in the past 12 months and announced talks ahead, one row per conference, January to December. Hover a mark for the talk.
Appearances by year
- PyData
- Data Council
Talks
| Date | Event | Conference | Role | Title | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 2026 | PyCon DE & PyData 2026 | PyData | talk | Demystifying Agentic AI Using Small Language Models as Tower The AI world is buzzing with claims about “agentic intelligence” and autonomous reasoning. Behind the hype, however, a quieter shift is taking place: Small…Show lessThe AI world is buzzing with claims about “agentic intelligence” and autonomous reasoning. Behind the hype, however, a quieter shift is taking place: Small Language Models (SLMs) are proving capable of many reasoning tasks once assumed to require massive LLMs. | |
| Apr 14, 2026 | PyCon DE & PyData 2026 | PyData | tutorial | From Prompt to Production: How to use AI Code Assistants for Python Data Systems as Tower Code-generating LLMs have matured to the point where they can reliably scaffold data pipelines and data agents, when used in a supervised, engineering-first…Show lessCode-generating LLMs have matured to the point where they can reliably scaffold data pipelines and data agents, when used in a supervised, engineering-first workflow. | |
| Apr 14, 2026 | PyCon DE & PyData 2026 | PyData | panel | Panel: Evolution, Revolution, or Illusion? The Future of Python and Coding in the Age of AI as Tower Software engineering is changing fast. With AI now writing and reasoning about code, does it still make sense to learn Python or any language at all? | |
| Dec 8, 2025 | PyData Boston 2025 | PyData | speaker | Surviving the Agentic Hype with Small Language Models as Tower.dev The AI landscape is abuzz with talk of "agentic intelligence" and "autonomous reasoning." But beneath the hype, a quieter revolution is underway: Small Language…Show lessThe AI landscape is abuzz with talk of "agentic intelligence" and "autonomous reasoning." But beneath the hype, a quieter revolution is underway: Small Language Models (SLMs) are starting to perform the core reasoning and orchestration tasks once thought to require massive LLMs. | Video |
| Apr 22, 2025 | Data Council 2025 | Data Council | talk | AI Launchpad 2025: Tower as Tower |
Frequent co-speakers
| Speaker | Shared events | Shared talks | Last together |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dawn Wages | 2 | — | 2026 |
| Asya Melnik | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
| Ines Montani | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
| Markus Klein | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
| Sebastian Neubauer | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
| Brad Heller | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
Speakers with the same name are merged into one entry, so this page may combine more than one person. Affiliations are shown as each conference listed them.