Cedric Bourrasset
Head, High Performance AI Business Unit
Atos
Dr. Cedric Bourrasset is AI Business Leader for High Performance Computing Business Unit at Atos. He is also AI product manager for the Atos Codex AI suite, software enabling AI workloads into HPC environments as well as integrating a computer vision solution. He joined Atos in 2016 as an expert in the HPC/AI domain.
Previously, Cedric received his Ph.D. in Electronics and computer vision from the Blaise Pascal University of Clermont-Ferrand defending the dataflow model of computation for FPGA High Level Synthesis problematic in embedded machine learning applications.
Stelios Diamantidis
Senior Director & Head of Autonomous Design Solutions
Synopsys
Stelios heads Synopsys' AI Solutions team in the Office of the President, where he researches and applies innovative machine-learning technology to address systemic complexity in the design and manufacturing of integrated computational systems. In 2020, Stelios launched DSO.ai™, the world’s first autonomous AI application for chip design. He has more than 20 years of experience in chip design and EDA software and has founded two companies in this space. Stelios holds an M.S. Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, California.
In this presentation we discuss how leveraging sparsity, knowledge distillation and quantization, not only enable deep learning models to run on edge devices, but in many instances outperform standard models running on datacenter class systems. We discuss our recent innovations in sparsity research that enables the creation of dual-sparse networks that can outperform standard networks by over 100X. Finally, we illustrate how sparsity can be combined with other model compression techniques to unlock deep learning inference at the edge.
On Device ML
Edge Trade Offs
Innovation at the Edge
Hardware and Systems Engineering
Software Engineering
Data Science
Strategy
Lawrence Spracklen
Director of Machine Learning Architecture
Numenta
While 5G connectivity offers broad new opportunities, it is not free of cost or energy consumption. So how do you optimise for the best user experience and is it worth it?
Connectivity and 5G
Innovation at the Edge
Edge Trade Offs
Hardware and Systems Engineering
Software Engineering
Strategy
Industry & Investment
Kristina Serafim
Managing Director
Verizon Ventures
Sven Brunner
CEO and Founder
holo|one
Sven is founder and CEO of holo|one, a leading Mixed Reality software company. holo|one offers a standardized Mixed Reality collaboration platform targeting the high-value enterprise use cases – remote assistance, workflow guidance and live collaboration. Their solution has been adopted across the globe by Fortune 500 companies like Micron, Lenovo and the Renault Group, along with garnering several awards and accolades.
Before founding holo|one, Sven worked as a software engineer and product manager at Disney Research, ETH Zurich, and his own consulting firm. Sven holds a master’s degree in informatics from the University of Zurich and is a recipient of the Swiss National Bank’s Economics Award.
Khalil Laaboudi
VP of Innovation and Strategic Partnerships
VOSKER
Khalil Laaboudi is VP Innovation and Strategic Partnerships at VOSKER, a fast growing Canada based company with a global footprint, that specializes in remote area monitoring.
Among other subject matters, he is currently in charge of developing, maintaining and monitoring a resilient, reliable and secure LTE network access in more than 50 countries for Vosker's outdoor cameras. Khalil has previously held different senior level positions in the telecommunications industry. Throughout his carrier he established commercial and partnership relations with tier 1 Network Operators in all major geographies.
He is member of the Interuniversity Research Center on Science and Technology (CIRST) where he specializes in comparative telecommunications policies. He is also member of the board at different organizations promoting North-South economic and social collaboration. He is currently completing his PhD thesis on 5G Industrial Strategies at the University of Quebec in Montreal
Achieving full optimization requires co-design and co-optimization of AI algorithms and the hardware platforms where they will be executed. This panel will explore the benefits and potential of such co-design approaches.
Innovation at the Edge
Chip and Systems Design
Edge Trade Offs
On Device ML
Hardware and Systems Engineering
Software Engineering
Strategy
Subutai Ahmad
CEO
Numenta
Subutai is passionate about neuroscience, deep learning, and building intelligent systems. An accomplished technologist, he has been instrumental in driving Numenta’s research, technology and business since 2005. He previously served as VP Engineering at YesVideo where he helped grow the company from a three-person start-up to a leader in automated digital media authoring. In 1997, Subutai co-founded ePlanet Interactive which developed the IntelPlay Me2Cam, the first computer vision product developed for consumers. Subutai holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Cornell University, and a Ph.D in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Anshumali Shrivastava
CEO and Founder
ThirdAI
Godwin Maben
Strategy & System Architect and Fellow
Synopsys
Innovation at the Edge
Edge Trade Offs
On Device ML
Data Science
Hardware and Systems Engineering
Software Engineering
Strategy
Industry & Investment
Banu Nagasundaram
AI Product Leader
Amazon Web Services (AWS)