IEEE World Technology Summit
AI INFRASTRUCTURE
November 12-14, 2024 • San Jose Convention Center
ABOUT THE IEEE WORLD TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE
A lot of conferences are about the What of AI. This one is about the How – that is, the underlying infrastructure needed to support AI. This means the silicon, systems, and applications, plus security, standards and regulations to provide the framework for success.
The 2024 IEEE World Technology Summit (WTS 2024) is an industry-focused event. The conference features speakers working at the cutting edge of what it takes to provide AI infrastructure now and in the future. It includes more than 25 presentations by top-level executives from AMD, ASML, Cadence, Cisco, IEEE, Intel, Google, Nvidia, Schneider Electric, and more.
The conference is targeted to the design and development community defining and implementing the infrastructure needed to enable AI. To help guide product requirements, we share challenges and strategies that can lead to cooperation and successful implementations.
The presentations and discussions will appeal to executives, managers, and line engineers in industry, as well as AI researchers, product developers, and marketers. Legislators, regulators, and government agency personnel will also find it useful to participate.
Attendees will come away with increased understanding of challenges and solutions in providing the infrastructure needed to support the fast-growing AI industry.
Exhibit tables for 2024 are still available. See Sponsors page.
CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS
WTS Chair
Michael Condry currently has a consulting firm on technology future directions in business with a recent focus on Artificial Intelligence technologies, applications, and associated infrastructure. He retired from Intel as its Chief Technology Officer for the Client Division. Michael’s career spans both academic and industry positions, mostly in industry. This includes senior leadership roles in Intel, Sun, and AT&T Bell Laboratories. At Intel, Michael was the Chief Technical Officer solving customer concerns and for issues. At Sun he led the development of UNIX standards as well as improving the processes for architecture engineering. At AT&T he was an architect for the BellMac 32 processor, leading software projects including a Real-Time Unix design and Unix System V file system. He held teaching and research positions at Princeton University and the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. While at the University of Illinois, he served on (then Senator) Al Gore’s
Internet committee. Michael has multiple patents. Michael and holds multiple roles in IEEE.
Session Chairs
Stoyan Nihtianov (M’93-SM’98) received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electronics from the Technical University in Sofia, Bulgaria in 1980 and 1987, respectively. From 1987 till 1995 he was an Associate professor at the Technical University in Sofia, teaching and researching in the field of smart sensors and sensor systems. From 1995 till 2000 he was with the Laboratory of Electronics, University of Technology – Delft, The Netherlands, where he was a senior research fellow engaged in the research and development of methods and electronic equipment for non-destructive testing. Since 2000 he has been with the high-tech company ASML, The Netherlands, in the position of a senior research fellow. Since 2003 he has also been a part-time professor in the Electronics Instrumentation lab of TU Delft, The Netherlands, leading a research group working on industrial electronic instrumentation. Stoyan Nihtianov has authored or co-authored three books and four book chapters, more than 150 peer-reviewed journal and conference scientific papers in the field of sensors and sensor interface electronics. He holds 24 patents.
Stoyan Nihtianov served as a chair of the technical committee on MEMS@Nanotechnology of the Industrial Electronics society (2013-2014). He is an AdCom member of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society and represents this society in the IEEE Sensors Council. He is also an associate editor of IEEE TIE and a topical editor of IEEE Sensors Journal (Sensors Interface Electronics).
He has been multiple times a member of the technical program committees of the IES flagship conferences: IECON, ISIE and ICIT.
Frank Schirrmeister is Executive Director, Strategic Programs, System Solutions in Synopsys’ System Design Group. He leads strategic activities across system software and hardware assisted development for industries like automotive, data center and 5G/6G communications, as well as for horizontals like Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning. Prior to Synopsys, Frank held various senior leadership positions at Arteris, Cadence Design Systems, Imperas, Chipvision, and SICAN Microelectronics, focusing on product marketing and management, solutions, strategic ecosystem partner initiatives, and customer engagement. He holds an MSEE from the Technical University of Berlin and actively participates in cross-industry initiatives as Chair of the Design Automation Conference’s Engineering Tracks.
Steve Jordan is President of Jordan Consulting Group, focusing on strategic consulting for technology companies and venture funded startups. He serves as an elected Director of Purissima Hills Water District (PHWD), and as a Director of the Bay Area Water Conservation and Supply Agency (BAWSCA). He also serves as Chairman of the IEEE Power and Energy Society chapter in Santa Clara Valley, where he organized several highly successful power and AI data center seminars. He led PHWD’s early adoption of Advanced Metering Infrastructure (aka Smart Meters), as well as acoustic leak detection equipment, which have helped reduce water usage over 20%. Previously he led WaterCity, Inc. which installed on-site water recycling systems for heavy commercial water users. He was VP of Engineering at Poqet Computer where he led the design and introduction of the first DOS- compatible handheld PC. He previously served in management roles at Fairchild Semiconductor Co., Daisy Systems and Mostek, an early semiconductor memory innovator. He consulted for technology businesses for over 25 years, with a focus on developing successful growth strategies for both Fortune 100 companies and venture funded startups. He was a Partner with R. B. Webber and Co. (RBW), a leading Silicon Valley technology strategy management consulting firm, and previously consulted with McKinsey and Co. in its technology practice. He earned a BS in Electrical Engineering and a BS in Economics at MIT, and an MBA at Harvard Business School.
David M. Snyder is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP), California registered Civil Engineer (PE) and IEEE Senior Member. David’s experience includes Apple, Google, Kaiser Permanente, PayPal, Yahoo!, and various startups for healthcare systems, electronic payments, mobile applications, and data security. His cybersecurity career started in e-commerce about 25 years ago. Earlier, he was an environmental engineer and before that a Certified Respiratory Therapy Technician working in hospital Intensive Care Units. David is on the Board of the IEEE Consultants Network of Silicon Valley, a past board member of the Northern California Chapter of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), and has been the organizer, moderator, or speaker for more than 20 conferences and seminars on healthcare, data security, and payments topics, including Cybersecurity for Industrial Control Systems, and a panel on Communications, Computing, and Power during Disaster Response at the 2022 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference.
Advisors
Matthew R. Scott has 20 years of AI/ML research and development experience at Microsoft Research and VC-backed AI startups as CTO. He has published 30+ AI/ML papers garnering 8K citations, 100+ international patents, and has won multiple paper awards and AI technology prizes from organizations including CVPR, ICCV, Microsoft Research, and Google Research. Matthew has led the development of award winning AI/ML technologies shipped to hundreds of millions of users worldwide for multiple Fortune 500 companies. He is a Sr. Member of the IEEE, AI Advisor and Working Group Chair of the IEEE Industry Engagement Committee.
Dr. Adam T. Drobot is a technologist with over forty years of experience in industry, the public sector, and in research. Today his activities include strategic consulting, start-ups, and participation in industry associations and government advisory bodies. He is the Chairman of the Board of OpenTechWorks, Inc. a company specializing in open source software. Previously he was the Managing Director and CTO of 2M Companies in Dallas, TX, from 2010-2012, and President of the Applied Research and Government Business Units at Telcordia Technologies and the company’s CTO from 2002 to 2010. Prior to that, Adam managed the Advanced Technology Group at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). He also served as the Senior Vice President for Science and Technology as part of his 27 years of service at SAIC from 1975 to 2002. He has published more than 100 journal articles, and is a frequent contributor to industry literature. He currently holds 26 patents. Adam is a member of Several Corporate Boards, and the FCC Technology Advisory Council. He is on the Board of the Telecommunications Industry Association where he has Chaired the TIA Technology Committee. He is the 2007 recipient of IEEE’s Managerial Excellence Award. For the IEEE he has Chaired IEEE Employee Benefits and Compensation Committee, the IEEE Awards Recognition Council, served as a member of the IEEE Awards Board. During 2017 and 2018 he chaired the IEEE IoT Activities Board that oversees the multi-society IEEE IoT Initiative. He holds a BS in Engineering Physics from Cornell University and a PhD. in Plasma Physics from the University of Texas.
Event Management
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