June 29 – July 2, 2026 · San Francisco, CA · imported from ai.engineer's public schedule feed

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RAG Needs a Map: Using GraphRAG to Retrieve Connected Context

Nyah Macklin

When
Monday, June 2911:05 AM – 12:05 PM · 60 min
Where
Track 2San Francisco, CA · imported from ai.engineer's public schedule feed
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About this session

Vector search is good at finding similar text, but real answers often depend on how facts, entities, and documents connect. In this hands-on workshop, you’ll build a GraphRAG workflow that uses relationships to retrieve connected context for more grounded AI responses.

Speaker

Nyah Macklin
Nyah Macklin

Sr. Developer Advocate, Artificial intelligence, Neo4j

Nyah Macklin is a seasoned researcher and speaker on topics around AI, ML, Ethics, Governance, and Responsibility. Nyah serves as a Senior Developer Advocate for Artificial Intelligence at Neo4j, specializing in context engineering, knowledge graphs, and AI-driven developer tooling where Nyah has built high-impact technical communities and led initiatives that advance a critical understanding of AI and its use cases. They are also the Founder & CTO of Afros in AI, a technical community dedicated to showcasing the multifaceted nature of artificial intelligence. Beyond Nyah's technical expertise, Nyah has a background in government leadership and technology policy, having served as Chief of Staff in the U.S. state government, where they helped shape tech-driven legislative initiatives and equity-driven legislation. When not immersed in their work, Nyah cares about empowering, teaching, and tutoring engineers, live-streaming technical deep dives, and building open-source tools that make software more accessible, explainable, and community-driven.

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