Expand your knowledge and build new skills by attending our various engaging speaker events and workshops hosted throughout the academic year.
Meet the Expert
Each semester, we host two to three speaker events featuring experts in emerging technologies. The event includes a Q&A session where students have an opportunity to engage with the expert and have their questions answered.
Unveiling the Secrets of Generative AI and Large Language Models
Date & Time: Wednesday, April, 26, 2024, noon-1 p.m.
Location: Zoom
Speaker: Dante Everaert, AI Researcher at Amazon
Dante Everaert is a leading AI Researcher at Amazon, holding the distinction of being the youngest research scientist in the company's history. With a degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley, Dante has made significant contributions to various projects at Amazon, including one of the world's most widely used neural networks, Amazon Search. His groundbreaking work in neural network research, synthetic data, and Large Language Models has been featured in prestigious AI conferences, including an upcoming spotlight presentation at ICLR 2024.
Leveraging Large Language Models
Date & Time: Wednesday, February, 28, 2024, noon-1 p.m.
Location: Zoom
Speaker: Prashant Jain, Vice President of Business Transformation and the North American SAP Center of Excellence, Capgemini
Prashant Jain is an innovative technology leader with over two decades of experience spearheading Digital transportation and enterprise information systems. In his current role as the Vice President of Business Transformation and the North American SAP Center of Excellence at Capgemini, Prashant has pioneered some of the earliest successful S/4HANA projects and global business transformation. Prashant holds an Engineering degree from IIT Delhi and MBA from UCLA Anderson.
A Business Perspective on Generative AI
Date & Time: Monday, November 6, 2023, 2-3 p.m.
Location: To view the Zoom video recording, please click on the link below and enter the password: u$n!n@2=
Speaker: Andrea Anderson, Global Head of User and Information Experience, Guidewire
Based in Silicon Valley, and a life-long learner, connector and instigator, Andrea has led global teams for many years, designing and developing user-friendly, profitable digital business solutions using a combination of practices from design thinking, business model innovation, and agile development. Ms. Anderson has worked for companies such as MEAD Corporation and SAP, and Guidewire in a variety of roles.
Workshops
Cloud Computing: DevOps and Orchestration with Kubernetes
Date & Time: Tuesday, April 2, 2024, 12:30-2:30 p.m.
Location: LIB 260 and Zoom. To view the Zoom video recording, please click on the link below and enter the password: fwD#sWc7
Speaker: Sameer Verma, Professor and Chair, Information Systems Dept., San Francisco State University
Prof. Verma has been teaching computer networks at SF State for over 24 years. He loves to build things for learning and fun. His projects range from [digital] cloud computing infrastructures to [analog] vacuum tube amplifiers. In addition to his academic work, Professor Verma has worked with companies in a consulting capacity in the areas of content analysis, management, and delivery.
How to Launch Your Online Business with Open-Source Cloud
Date & Time: Friday, May 12, 2023, 10 a.m.- noon
Location: To view the Zoom video recording, please click on the link below and enter the password: XRO%Kf0M
Speaker: Tai-Yin Chi, Assistant Professor, Information Systems, San Francisco State University
Prof. Verma has been teaching Information Systems at SF State for over 5 years. He loves to teach using hands-on exercises like exchange the encrypted message with his students, use Google Cloud Platform to deploy virtual machines and many more.