Volunteer Students for E-Week Banquet "The Race to Neural-Class Networks"
Date and time
Location
Hyatt Hotel
5101 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054Description
This is a page for only student volunteers to sign up. Regular (non-student volunteer) banquet tickets can be purchased here: svecbanquet2018.eventbrite.com
The Silicon Valley Engineering Council (SVEC) proudly presents its Silicon Valley Engineers Week Banquet on Thursday, February 15, 2018. The SVEC honors outstanding individuals for their contributions by welcoming them into its Hall of Fame. The banquet will also feature a distinguished keynote speaker and award several scholarships for academic excellence. The Hall of Fame ceremony recognizes local engineers for their outstanding professional achievements, both in engineering and technology-- and for significant contributions to the community. Tickets are $125 through 1/15 and $140 thereafter. Full tables accommodate 10 diners.
5:30 PM Reception and No-Host Bar
6:30 PM SVEC President’s Welcome
6:45 PM Dinner with Friends
Keynote by Tina Tsou, Enterprise Architect, ARM
"The Race to Neural-Class Networks"
Two macro trends are converging to accelerate the emergence of a new era of computing:
1) the pervasive deployment of big data analytics fed by the Internet of Things, and
2) the availability of artificial intelligence manifested in neural-class networks.
In her keynote presentation Tina Tsou describes lays out key networking specifications for the human brain, then compares the specifications with the connectivity and performance capabilities of our current networking technology. Tina concludes her brief presentation with key industry initiatives that underpin the on-going development of neural class networks.
Inductees:
William "Bill" Jennings
Vice President of Engineering, FarmX
Dr. Randy Katz
United Microelectronics Corp. Distinguished Professorship
University of California, Berkeley
-Lemon Chicken, Saffron Vegetable Risotto, Baby Carrots, Sweet Roasted Pepper Coulis, Spinach Chips
-Grilled Salmon, Olive Oil Whipped Potatoes, Grilled Asparagus, Ratatouille Ragu, Basil Chips
-Saffron Vegetable Risotto Paella, Braised Artichokes, Crispy Basil Chips
Bill has over thirty years of system development experience ranging from high volume consumer products, atomic clocks, and worldwide networking systems for major Enterprises and Service Providers. Bill was an advisor for many privately held, and two public companies leading to acquisitions and/or public offerings. He has led teams developing multi-billion dollar product lines from concept to volume installation.
At Cisco, Bill invented the first Network Processor that combined the processing capabilities of a microprocessor with the high speed communication required to process the data needed that makes the high speed internet a reality. With Bill’s ingenuity and innovation, we achieved the networking speeds we have today.
Bill has seventeen design patents relating to CPU, Memory, Sensor, Networking, Agriculture, and Bus Architectures. He is a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering honors graduate from Georgia Tech.
Today, at FarmX, Bill is bringing the same innovations to precision agriculture by developing patent pending solutions to collect soil and plant data in a very accurate and cost effective manner. This data is being used by machine learning algorithms that make commercial agriculture significantly more productive while conserving our natural resources.
Organized by
The Alliance for Engineering Leaders in Silicon Valley, we are dedicated, through a network of volunteers and local engineering societies, to meeting the needs of the engineers of today and of tomorrow. Our website is at www.svec.org.