Sessions

We’re still in the process of putting together our 2023 program. In the meantime, check out the agenda from 2022 to get an idea of what you can expect.

(Want to propose a talk? See our Call for Proposals page!)

2022 Embedded Vision Summit Sessions

Monday (Deep Dive Day 1):

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

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

Deep Dive
3:00 PM

Tuesday (Main Conference Day 1):

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

Technical Insights
9:00 AM
9:30am - 10:40am
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
10:40am - 11:10am
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
11:25am - 12:30pm
Introduction to Computer Vision with Convolutional Neural Networks
By Mohammad Haghighat Senior AI Software Product Manager, Intel Corporation

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

Technical Insights
11:25 AM
12:00pm - 12:30pm
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
12:00pm - 12:30pm
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
12:00pm - 12:30pm
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
1:30pm - 2:00pm
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
1:30pm - 2:00pm
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
1:30pm - 2:35pm
Understanding DNN-Based Object Detectors
By Azhar Quddus Senior Computer Vision Engineer, Au-Zone Technologies

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

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

Technical Insights
1:30 PM
1:30pm - 2:00pm
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
2:05pm - 3:10pm
Strategies and Methods for Sensor Fusion
By Robert Laganiere CEO/Professor, Sensor Cortek

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

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

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

Business Insights
2:05 PM
2:40pm - 3:10pm
Fundamentals of Training AI Models for Computer Vision and Video Analytics Applications - Part 1
By Ekaterina Sirazitdinova Data Scientist, NVIDIA Corporation

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

4:50 PM
Business Insights
4:50pm - 5:55pm
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

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

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

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

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

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

5:25 PM
Enabling Technologies

Wednesday (Main Conference Day 2):

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

Technical Insights
9:00 AM
9:30am - 10:00am
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
10:15am - 10:45am
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
10:15am - 10:45am
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
10:15am - 10:45am
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
10:15am - 11:20am
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
10:50am - 11:20am
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
10:50am - 11:20am
A Cost-Effective Approach to Modeling Object Interactions on the Edge
By Arun Kumar Perception Engineer, Nemo @ Ridecell

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

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

Enabling Technologies
10:50 AM
11:25am - 11:55am
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
11:25am - 12:30pm
Testing ML Models and Code: Practical MLOps Techniques
By Marcus Edel Machine Learning Engineer, Collabora

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

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

Enabling Technologies
11:25 AM
11:25am - 11:55am
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
11:25am - 11:55am
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
12:00pm - 12:30pm
Natural Intelligence Outperforms Artificial Intelligence for Autonomy and Vision
By James Marshall Chief Scientific Officer, Opteran

Enabling Technologies
12:00 PM
12:00pm - 12:30pm
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
12:00pm - 12:30pm
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
12:00pm - 12:30pm
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
1:30pm - 2:00pm
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
1:30pm - 2:00pm
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
1:30pm - 2:00pm
The Market for Cameras and Video Doorbells in the Smart Home
By Jack Narcotta Principal Analyst, Strategy Analytics

Business Insights
1:30 PM
1:30pm - 2:00pm
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
1:30pm - 2:00pm
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
2:05pm - 3:10pm
12+ Image Quality Attributes that Impact Computer Vision
By Max Henkart Optics Consultant and Owner, Commonlands LLC

2:05 PM
Fundamentals
2:05pm - 3:10pm
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
2:05pm - 2:35pm
Data Versioning: Towards Reproducibility in Machine Learning
By Nicolás Eiris Machine Learning Engineer, Tryolabs

Technical Insights
2:05 PM
2:05pm - 2:35pm
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
2:05pm - 2:35pm
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
2:05pm - 2:35pm
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
2:40pm - 3:10pm
Enable Spatial Understanding for Embedded/Edge Devices with DepthAI
By Erik Kokalj Director of Applications Engineering, Luxonis

2:40 PM
Enabling Technologies
2:40pm - 3:10pm
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

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

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

2:40 PM
Enabling Technologies
4:15pm - 5:20pm
Selecting the Right Camera for Your Embedded Computer Vision Project
By Adrián Márques Managing Partner, Digital Sense

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

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

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

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

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

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

4:50 PM
Enabling Technologies
4:50pm - 5:55pm
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
4:50pm - 5:20pm
Responsible AI and ModelOps in Industry: Practical Challenges and Lessons Learned
By Krishnaram Kenthapadi Chief Scientist, Fiddler AI

4:50 PM
Technical Insights

Thursday (Deep Dive Day 2):

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

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

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

Deep Dive
3:00 PM

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