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Archive of 2022 Sessions

Monday, May 16 (Deep Dive Day 1):

1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Deep Dive by Qualcomm: Getting Your Machine Learning Algorithm Running on the Snapdragon Mobile Platform - Session 1

Deep Dive
1:00 PM
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Deep Dive by Qualcomm: Getting Your Machine Learning Algorithm Running on the Snapdragon Mobile Platform - Session 2

Deep Dive
3:00 PM

Tuesday, May 17 (Main Conference Day 1):

9:00 am - 9:30 am
A View from the Summit (Part 1)
By Jeff Bier Founder, Edge AI and Vision Alliance

Technical Insights
9:00 AM
9:30 am - 10:40 am
Event-Based Neuromorphic Perception and Computation: The Future of Sensing and AI
By Ryad Benosman Professor (University of Pittsburgh) and Adjunct Professor (CMU Robotics Institute)

Keynote
9:30 AM
10:40 am - 11:10 am
How Do We Enable Edge ML Everywhere? Data, Reliability, and Silicon Flexibility
By Zach Shelby Co-founder and CEO, Edge Impulse

General Session
10:40 AM
11:25 am - 11:55 am
Representing Fourier Transforms and Advanced Signal Processing as Convolutional Neural Networks
By Cagatay Dikici Senior Research Manager, Imagination Technologies

Technical Insights
11:25 AM
11:25 am - 12:30 pm
Introduction to Computer Vision with Convolutional Neural Networks
By Mohammad Haghighat Senior AI Software Product Manager, Intel Corporation

Fundamentals
11:25 AM
11:25 am - 11:55 am
Seeing the Future: 7 Decisions to go from Idea to Successful Scale Business
By Stefan Heck Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Nauto

Business Insights
11:25 AM
11:25 am - 11:55 am
System Imperatives for Audio and Video AI at the Edge
By Chris Rowen VP of AI Engineering for Webex Collaboration, Cisco

Technical Insights
11:25 AM
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Comparing ML-Based Audio with ML-Based Vision: An Introduction to ML Audio for ML Vision Engineers
By Josh Morris Engineering Manager, DSP Concepts

Technical Insights
12:00 PM
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Interview: Designing a Visual AI-Enabled Power Tool to Augment Human Capabilities: Lessons Learned
By Alec Rivers Co-founder, Shaper Tools

Business Insights
12:00 PM
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Putting Activations on a Diet – Or Why Watching Your Weights Is Not Enough
By Steve Teig Founder and CEO, Perceive

Technical Insights
12:00 PM
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Open Standards: Powering the Future of Embedded Vision
By Neil Trevett President of the Khronos Group and Vice President of Developer Ecosystems, NVIDIA

Technical Insights
1:30 PM
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
A Platform Approach to Developing Networked Visual AI Systems
By Tony Luce Vice President - Product Marketing, Network Optix, Nathan Wheeler Chairman and CEO, Network Optix

Enabling Technologies
1:30 PM
1:30 pm - 2:35 pm
Understanding DNN-Based Object Detectors
By Azhar Quddus Senior Computer Vision Engineer, Au-Zone Technologies

Fundamentals
1:30 PM
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Empower Your Edge Device Using NetsPresso – No AI Engineer Required!
By Tae-Ho Kim Co-founder & CTO, Nota

Enabling Technologies
1:30 PM
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
High-Efficiency Edge Vision Processing Based on Dynamically Reconfigurable TPU Technology
By Cheng C. Wang Senior Vice President and Co-founder, Flex Logix

Enabling Technologies
1:30 PM
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Compound CNNs for Improved Classification Accuracy
By Spyros Tragoudas Professor and School Director, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Technical Insights
1:30 PM
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
What Happens When Your Speed of AI Innovation Exceeds Your Ability to See the Regulatory Challenges Ahead?
By Robert Cattanach Partner and Cybersecurity Team Leader, Dorsey & Whitney, LLP

Business Insights
1:30 PM
2:05 pm - 2:35 pm
Optimization Techniques with Intel’s OpenVINO to Enhance Performance on Your Existing Hardware
By Nico Galoppo Title: Principal Engineer – AI Performance, Intel, Ryan Loney Technical Product Manager, Intel

Enabling Technologies
2:05 PM
2:05 pm - 2:35 pm
Arm Cortex-M Series Processors Spark a New Era of Use Cases, Enabling Low-cost, Low-power Computer Vision and Machine Learning
By Stephen Su Senior Product Manager, Arm Inc.

Enabling Technologies
2:05 PM
2:05 pm - 2:35 pm
Privacy: A Surmountable Challenge for Computer Vision
By Susan Kennedy Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Santa Clara University

Business Insights
2:05 PM
2:05 pm - 2:35 pm
Autonomous Driving AI Workloads: Technology Trends and Optimization Strategies
By Ahmed Sadek Senior Director of Engineering, Qualcomm

Enabling Technologies
2:05 PM
2:05 pm - 3:10 pm
Strategies and Methods for Sensor Fusion
By Robert Laganiere CEO/Professor, Sensor Cortek

Technical Insights
2:05 PM
2:05 pm - 2:35 pm
Knowledge Distillation of Convolutional Neural Networks
By Federico Perazzi Head of AI, Bending Spoons

Technical Insights
2:05 PM
2:40 pm - 3:10 pm
Seamless Deployment of Multimedia and Machine Learning Applications at the Edge
By Megha Daga Sr. Director of Product Management, AIoT, Qualcomm

Enabling Technologies
2:40 PM
2:40 pm - 3:10 pm
Introducing the Kria Robotics Starter Kit, Robotics and Machine Vision for Smart Factories
By Chetan Khona Director, Industrial, Vision, Healthcare & Sciences Markets, AMD

Enabling Technologies
2:40 PM
2:40 pm - 3:10 pm
Ask the Ethicist: Your Questions about AI Privacy, Bias, and Ethics Answered
By Susan Kennedy Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Santa Clara University

Business Insights
2:40 PM
2:40 pm - 3:10 pm
Designing the Next Ultra-Low-Power Always-On Solution
By Amol Borkar Director of Product Management and Marketing Tensilica Vision & AI DSPs, Cadence

Enabling Technologies
2:40 PM
2:40 pm - 3:10 pm
Fundamentals of Training AI Models for Computer Vision and Video Analytics Applications - Part 1
By Ekaterina Sirazitdinova Data Scientist, NVIDIA Corporation

Fundamentals
2:40 PM
4:15 pm - 4:45 pm
Fundamentals of Training AI Models for Computer Vision and Video Analytics Applications - Part 2
By Ekaterina Sirazitdinova Data Scientist, NVIDIA Corporation

Fundamentals
4:15 PM
4:15 pm - 4:45 pm
Human-Centric Computer Vision with Synthetic Data
By Alex Thaman Chief Software Architect, Unity

Enabling Technologies
4:15 PM
4:15 pm - 4:45 pm
The Future of Retail is Here, and It's Powered by Embedded Computer Vision
By Will Glaser Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Grabango

Business Insights
4:15 PM
4:15 pm - 4:45 pm
Fireside Chat - Embedded Vision in Robotics, Biotech and Education: A Conversation With Dean Kamen
By Dean Kamen Founder, DEKA Research and Development

Technical Insights
4:15 PM
4:15 pm - 4:45 pm
Combining Ultra-Low-Power Proximity Sensing and Ranging to Enable New Applications
By Armita Abadian Senior Technical Marketing Manager, Imaging, Americas, STMicroelectronics

Enabling Technologies
4:15 PM
4:15 pm - 4:45 pm
Programming Vision Pipelines on AMD's AI Engines
By Kristof Denolf Principal Engineer, AMD, Bader Alam Director, Software Engineering, AMD

Enabling Technologies
4:15 PM
4:50 pm - 5:20 pm
Focus on Value, Not Valuation: A Crash Course in VC Trends and Fundraising in 2022
By Todd Poole Director, Venture Investments, HPE Pathfinder

Business Insights
4:50 PM
4:50 pm - 5:55 pm
Ensuring Quality Data for Deep Learning in Varied Application Domains: Data Collection, Curation and Annotation
By Gaurav Singh Perception Lead and System Architect, Nemo @ Ridecell

Fundamentals
4:50 PM
4:50 pm - 5:20 pm
Deploying Visual AI on Edge Devices: Lessons From the Real World
By Luc Chouinard AI Specialist & Design Architect, Teledyne Imaging

Enabling Technologies
4:50 PM
4:50 pm - 5:20 pm
A Flexible Software Ecosystem and Marketplace for Hybrid AI Vision Solutions
By Bastian Steinbach Head of Software Product Management, Basler

Enabling Technologies
4:50 PM
4:50 pm - 5:20 pm
A Novel Packet-Based Accelerator for Resource-Constrained Edge Devices
By Sharad Chole Chief Scientist & Co-founder, Expedera

Enabling Technologies
4:50 PM
5:25 pm - 5:55 pm
Building Embedded Vision Products: Management Lessons From The School of Hard Knocks
By Phil Lapsley Vice President, Edge AI and Vision Alliance

Business Insights
5:25 PM
5:25 pm - 5:55 pm
Build Smarter, Safer and Efficient Autonomous Robots and Mobile Machines
By Manisha Agrawal Product Marketing Manager, Texas Instruments

Enabling Technologies
5:25 PM

Wednesday, May 18 (Main Conference Day 2):

9:00 am - 9:30 am
A View from the Summit (Part 2)
By Jeff Bier Founder, Edge AI and Vision Alliance

Technical Insights
9:00 AM
9:30 am - 10:00 am
Powering the Connected Intelligent Edge and the Future of On-Device AI
By Ziad Asghar Vice President of Product Management, Qualcomm Technologies Inc.

General Session
9:30 AM
10:15 am - 10:45 am
The Automotive Driver Monitoring Market: What’s Happening? Why? What’s the Opportunity?
By Ian Riches VP - Global Automotive Practice, Strategy Analytics

Business Insights
10:15 AM
10:15 am - 10:45 am
How Transformers are Changing the Direction of Deep Learning Architectures
By Tom Michiels System Architect, DesignWare ARC Processors, Synopsys

Technical Insights
Fundamentals
10:15 AM
10:15 am - 11:20 am
MLOps: Managing Data and Workflows for Efficient Model Development and Deployment
By Carlo Dal Mutto Director of Engineering, Airbus, Konstantinos Balafas Head of AI Data, Airbus

Fundamentals
10:15 AM
10:15 am - 10:45 am
COVID-19 Safe Distancing Measures in Public Spaces with Edge AI
By Ebi Jose Senior Systems Engineer, Government Technology Agency of Singapore (GovTech)

Technical Insights
10:15 AM
10:50 am - 11:20 am
Nested Hierarchical Transformer: Towards Accurate, Data-Efficient and Interpretable Visual Understanding
By Zizhao Zhang Staff Research Software Engineer and Tech Lead, Cloud AI Research

Technical Insights
10:50 AM
10:50 am - 11:20 am
Taking Intelligent Video Analytics to the Next Level
By Avi Baum CTO and Co-founder, Hailo

Enabling Technologies
10:50 AM
10:50 am - 11:20 am
A Cost-Effective Approach to Modeling Object Interactions on the Edge
By Arun Kumar Perception Engineer, Nemo @ Ridecell

Technical Insights
10:50 AM
10:50 am - 11:20 am
FOMO: Real-time Object Detection on Microcontrollers
By Jan Jongboom Co-founder and CTO, Edge Impulse

Enabling Technologies
10:50 AM
10:50 am - 11:20 am
Tools for Creating Next-Gen Computer Vision Apps on Snapdragon
By Judd Heape VP of Product Management for Camera, Computer Vision and Video Technology, Qualcomm Technologies Inc.

Enabling Technologies
10:50 AM
10:50 am - 11:20 am
From ADAS to AD, Processor and Car Architecture Evolution
By Tom Hackenberg Principal Analyst for Computing and Software in the Semiconductor, Memory and Computing Division, Yole Développement, Adrien Sanchez Technology & Market Analyst, Computing & Software, Yole Développement

Business Insights
10:50 AM
11:25 am - 11:55 am
The Flex Logix InferX X1: Pairing Software and Hardware to Enable Edge Machine Learning
By Randy Allen Vice President of Software, Flex Logix

Enabling Technologies
11:25 AM
11:25 am - 11:55 am
How to Enhance Edge AI Vision with the Katana SoC Using Multi-Modal Sensing
By Shay Kamin Braun Director of Low-power AI Marketing, Synaptics

Enabling Technologies
11:25 AM
11:25 am - 11:55 am
Jumpstart Your Edge AI Vision Application with New Development Kits from Avnet
By Monica Houston Technical Solutions Manager, Avnet

Enabling Technologies
11:25 AM
11:25 am - 12:30 pm
Testing ML Models and Code: Practical MLOps Techniques
By Marcus Edel Machine Learning Engineer, Collabora

Technical Insights
11:25 AM
11:25 am - 11:55 am
Instant Item Training: Practical AI for the Retail Industry
By Mukul Dhankhar Co-Founder and CTO, Mashgin

Business Insights
11:25 AM
11:25 am - 11:55 am
Unifying Computer Vision and Natural Language Understanding for Autonomous Systems
By Mumtaz Vauhkonen Lead Distinguished Scientist: Head of Computer Vision - Cognitive AI - AI&D, Verizon

Technical Insights
11:25 AM
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Natural Intelligence Outperforms Artificial Intelligence for Autonomy and Vision
By James Marshall Chief Scientific Officer, Opteran

Enabling Technologies
12:00 PM
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Intel Video AI Box—Converging AI, Media and Computing in a Compact and Open Platform
By Richard Chuang Principal AI Engineer, Intel

Enabling Technologies
12:00 PM
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
The Future of AI is Here Today: Deep Dive into Qualcomm’s On-Device AI Offerings
By Vinesh Sukumar Senior Director – Head of AI/ML Product Management, Qualcomm Technologies Inc.

Enabling Technologies
12:00 PM
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Big Trends in Computer Vision for 2022: Health and Safety, Retail and Consumer Electronics
By Rudy Burger Managing Partner, Woodside Capital

Business Insights
12:00 PM
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
NeuPro-M: A Highly Scalable, Heterogeneous and Secure Processor for High-Performance AI/ML in Smart Edge Devices
By Yair Siegel Senior Director of Business Development, CEVA

Enabling Technologies
1:30 PM
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Accelerating the Creation of Custom, Production-Ready AI Models for Edge AI (NVIDIA Tools, Part 1)
By Akhil Docca Senior Product Marketing Manager, Nvidia

Enabling Technologies
1:30 PM
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
The Market for Cameras and Video Doorbells in the Smart Home
By Jack Narcotta Principal Analyst, Strategy Analytics

Business Insights
1:30 PM
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
New Imager Modules and Tools Enable Bringing High-Quality Vision Systems to Market Quickly
By Ganesh Narayanaswamy Sr Business Marketing Manager, Industrial & Commercial Solutions Division, onsemi

Enabling Technologies
1:30 PM
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Using Kubernetes to Speed Development and Deployment of Edge Computer Vision Applications
By Rakshit Agrawal Vice President of Research and Development, Camio

Technical Insights
1:30 PM
2:05 pm - 3:10 pm
Panel: Are Neuromorphic Vision Technologies Ready for Commercial Use?
By Garrick Orchard Research Scientist, Intel Labs, Sally Ward-Foxton European Correspondent, EE Times, James Marshall Chief Scientific Officer, Opteran, Ryad Benosman Professor (University of Pittsburgh) and Adjunct Professor (CMU Robotics Institute), Steve Teig Founder and CEO, Perceive

Business Insights
2:05 PM
2:05 pm - 2:35 pm
A New AI Platform Architecture for the Smart Toys of the Future
By Gabriel Costache Senior R&D Director, Xperi

Enabling Technologies
2:05 PM
2:05 pm - 2:35 pm
Vision AI At the Edge: From Zero to Deployment Using Low-Code Development (NVIDIA Tools, Part 2)
By Alvin Clark Product Marketing Manager, Nvidia

Enabling Technologies
2:05 PM
2:05 pm - 2:35 pm
TensorFlow Lite for Microcontrollers (TFLM): Recent Developments
By Advait Jain Staff Software Engineer, Google, David Davis Senior Embedded Software Engineer, BDTI, John Withers Automation and Systems Engineer, BDTI

Enabling Technologies
2:05 PM
2:05 pm - 2:35 pm
Data Versioning: Towards Reproducibility in Machine Learning
By Nicolás Eiris Machine Learning Engineer, Tryolabs

Technical Insights
2:05 PM
2:05 pm - 3:10 pm
12+ Image Quality Attributes that Impact Computer Vision
By Max Henkart Optics Consultant and Owner, Commonlands LLC

Fundamentals
2:05 PM
2:40 pm - 3:10 pm
Enable Spatial Understanding for Embedded/Edge Devices with DepthAI
By Erik Kokalj Director of Applications Engineering, Luxonis

Enabling Technologies
2:40 PM
2:40 pm - 3:10 pm
Intelligent Vision for the Industrial, Automotive and IoT Edge with the i.MX 8M Plus Applications Processor
By Ali Osman Örs Director, AI ML Strategy and Technologies, Edge Processing, NXP Semiconductors

Enabling Technologies
2:40 PM
2:40 pm - 3:10 pm
Incorporating Continuous User Feedback to Achieve Product Longevity in Chaotic Environments
By Erik Chelstad CTO & Co-Founder, Observa

Technical Insights
2:40 PM
2:40 pm - 3:10 pm
A Practical Guide to Getting the DNN Accuracy You Need and the Performance You Deserve
By Felix Baum Director Product Management, Qualcomm Technologies Inc.

Enabling Technologies
2:40 PM
4:15 pm - 4:45 pm
Is Your AI Data Pre-processing Fast Enough? Speed It Up Using rocAL
By Rajy Rawther PMTS Software Architect, AMD

Enabling Technologies
4:15 PM
4:15 pm - 4:45 pm
Developing Sustainable Edge AI Products for the Real World
By Barrie Mullins Senior Director, Product Marketing, Blaize

Enabling Technologies
4:15 PM
4:15 pm - 5:20 pm
Selecting the Right Camera for Your Embedded Computer Vision Project
By Adrián Márques Managing Partner, Digital Sense

Fundamentals
4:15 PM
4:15 pm - 4:45 pm
Accelerate Tomorrow’s Models with Lattice FPGAs
By Hussein Osman Segment Marketing Director, Lattice Semiconductor

Enabling Technologies
4:15 PM
4:50 pm - 5:20 pm
Accelerate All Your Algorithms with the quadric q16 Processor
By Daniel Firu Co-founder & CPO, quadric

Enabling Technologies
4:50 PM
4:50 pm - 5:20 pm
Creating Better Datasets for Training More Robust Models in FiftyOne
By Jason Corso CEO, Voxel51

Enabling Technologies
4:50 PM
4:50 pm - 5:20 pm
Optimizing Camera Image Quality to Maximize Computer Vision Results
By Dave Tokic VP Marketing and Strategic Partnerships, Algolux

Enabling Technologies
4:50 PM
4:50 pm - 5:55 pm
Vision Tank Start-Up Competition
By Nima Schei Founder and CEO, Hummingbirds AI, Charbel Rizk Founder and CEO, Oculi, Mohamed Elwazer Founder & CEO, lindedanceAI, Wassim El Ahmar Chief Technology Officer, Tempo Analytics Inc, Faris Alqadah CEO / Founder, Qlairvoyance, Forrest Iandola Founder, Brazzle, Vinesh Ratford CEO, Piera Systems, Shweta Shrivastava Senior Product Leader, Waymo, John Feland Founder and CEO, Argus Insights

4:50 PM
4:50 pm - 5:20 pm
Responsible AI and ModelOps in Industry: Practical Challenges and Lessons Learned
By Krishnaram Kenthapadi Chief Scientist, Fiddler AI

Technical Insights
4:50 PM

Thursday, May 19 (Deep Dive Day 2):

9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Deep Dive by Edge Impulse: Develop and Deploy Advanced Edge Computer Vision—Fast!

Deep Dive
9:00 AM
12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Deep Dive by Synopsys: Optimize AI Performance and Power for Tomorrow’s Neural Network Applications

Deep Dive
12:00 PM
3:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Deep Dive by Intel: Intel AI Developer Expo—Let's Build Something Wonderful Together

Deep Dive
3:00 PM

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