At TechX Florida 2025, held at the University of South Florida, Raghavan Lakshmana, a Full-stack Software Engineer at Atlassian, led a dynamic workshop titled “Interactive Document Search Using a Custom AI Model.” His session gave attendees a clear path to transforming everyday documents into powerful, searchable resources.

💡 Interactive Document Search with RAG

Raghavan guided participants through Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) techniques, illustrating how vector databases and text embeddings can turn any regular file into an interactive tool. His workshop provided a step-by-step experience that attendees could immediately apply, which included:

– How to build an interactive document search system with custom AI models.

– Leveraging vector databases to organize and retrieve information efficiently.

– Using text embeddings to make documents context-aware and searchable.

– Unlocking new productivity workflows, like chatting with lecture notes to prep for exams in minutes.

– Practical ways to integrate document search into everyday academic and professional tasks.

This workshop offered students and professionals a glimpse into how AI can accelerate, enhance, and simplify information retrieval.

🎯 A Quick Look at the Event

TechX Florida gathered engineering students, founders, and Tampa Bay professionals, an ideal audience for Raghavan’s hands-on approach to AI-powered productivity.

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