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
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
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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