Keynote Speakers
Keynote Speakers
Renée DiResta
Technical Research Manager
Stanford Internet Observatory
Topic: Detecting Misinformation in the Information Age
Renée DiResta is the Technical Research Manager at the Stanford Internet Observatory. She investigates the spread of malign narratives across social and other media networks. Renée’s areas of research include disinformation and propaganda by state-sponsored actors, and health misinformation and conspiracy theories. Renée has advised Congress, the State Department, and other academic, civic, and business organizations, and has studied disinformation and computational propaganda in the context of pseudoscience conspiracies, terrorism, and state-sponsored information warfare.
Renée regularly writes and speaks about the role that tech platforms and curatorial algorithms play in the proliferation of disinformation and conspiracy theories. She is an Ideas contributor at Wired and The Atlantic. Her tech industry writing, analysis, talks, and data visualizations have been featured or covered by numerous media outlets including the New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, CNN, CNBC, Bloomberg, Fast Company, Politico, TechCrunch, Wired, Slate, Forbes, Buzzfeed, The Economist, Journal of Commerce, and more. She is a 2019 Truman National Security Project security fellow, a 2019 Mozilla Fellow in Media, Misinformation, and Trust, and a Council on Foreign Relations term member. Renée is a co-author of The Hardware Startup: Building your Product, Business, and Brand, published by O’Reilly Media.
Ann Lee-Karlon, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President
Genentech
Topic: Engineers and the Future of Biotech
Ann Lee-Karlon is senior vice president and head of Portfolio Management and Operations for Genentech Research and Early Development. Leaders in her group oversee more than 30 drug development teams across oncology, immunology, ophthalmology, infectious diseases, and neuroscience.
Ann holds a BS in bioengineering from UC Berkeley, MBA from Stanford University, and PhD in bioengineering from UC San Diego, where she was a National Science Foundation Fellow. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at University College London as an NSF International Research Fellow.
She served as president and board chair for the Genentech Patient Foundation (2016-2019), providing medicines to uninsured and underinsured patients. Ann was elected president and board chair for the Association of Women in Science (2014-2016), based in Washington, D.C. She was honored by the UC President’s Office as one of the Remarkable Women of the University of California.
Ann is a board member for Eko Health, a startup focused on AI-driven software, advanced stethoscopes, and telemedicine for cardiopulmonary medicine. She is a Fellow of the Aspen Institute and a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.
Jessica J. Marquez, Ph.D.
Human-Systems Engineer
NASA Ames Research Center
Topic: On the Roadway to the Moon and Mars
As a Human-Systems Engineer at NASA Ames Research Center in the Human Systems Integration Division, Dr. Marquez’s research interests include human-automation integration, human-computer interaction, crew autonomy, and space human factors engineering. Throughout her career, she has contributed to various research projects ranging from lunar lander cockpit to planetary spacewalks to concepts of operations for deep space missions. Currently, she is the SPIFe (Scheduling & Planning Interface For exploration) team lead within the Human-Computer Interaction Group. The SPIFe team has developed and deployed planning and scheduling software tools for several space missions, including International Space Station and Mars rovers. This team is developing the next-generation of planning and scheduling systems, Playbook, a web-based, mobile timeline and execution aid. She lends her subject matter expertise to the Human Research Program and the Space Technology Mission Directorate. Over the last two decades, she has supported and conducted research on various Earth analog missions around the globe. She holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Princeton University, a SM in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. in Human-Systems Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Agenda
8:30 – 9:30 am
Welcome and Opening Keynotes
Welcome and Opening Keynotes
Topic: Engineers and the Future of Biotech
Ann Lee-Karlon, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President, Genentech
Topic: Detecting Misinformation in the Information Age
Renée DiResta
Technical Research Manager, Stanford Internet Observatory
9:45 – 10:45 am
Emerging Technologies Concurrent Sessions:
● Renewable Energy: Devices and Systems
● AI and Deep Learning Applications
● Sensors and Biomedical Devices
● Advancements in VR/AR
Professional Development Concurrent Sessions:
● Becoming a Leader
● Overcoming Unconscious Bias in Tech
Concurrent Session A
Emerging Technologies Concurrent Sessions
A1 ● Renewable Energy: Devices and Systems
Session Chair:
Lili He
Professor, Electrical Engineering, San José State University
Session Summary:
Renewable energy is from an energy resource that is replaced by a natural process such as power generated from the sun or from the wind. Most renewable forms of energy ultimately come from the Sun. Solar power is the widely studied and used renewable energy. Solar electric power has entered our daily lives. One of the best power choices is renewable batteries used to equip modern vehicles which effectively eliminate carbon emissions. The renewable energy industry not only brings a healthier lifestyle, it also opens opportunities for a huge job market for today’s engineering workforce. In this technical session, we bring three experts from advanced solar cell and system research and renewable battery materials.From the Lab to the Roof: Innovation within 10+ Years Old Industry
Manufacturing Better Energy Storage for the Future
A New Era for Solar
A2 ● AI and Deep Learning Applications
Session Chair:
Feruza Amirkulova
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, San José State University
Summary:
In recent years, we are experiencing the rebirth of AI and deep learning which drive innovation. Due to broader access to computing resources and large datasets, AI and deep learning are widely adopted in many industries. In this session, we have invited Dr. Jianghao Wang from MathWorks to talk about how deep learning can improve automated inspection and defect detection, and to show various deep learning based approaches to detect and localize different types of anomalies leading to a high throughput quality control in production systems; and Dr. Yunyao Li from IBM Research to discuss the open challenges in supporting universal natural language understanding and to share their work at IBM addressing these challenges, in particular, she will demonstrate how universal semantic representation of natural languages can enable cross-lingual information extraction in concrete domains and will show ongoing efforts towards seamless scaling existing NLP capabilities across languages.
Towards Universal Natural Language Understanding
Automated Optical Inspection and Defect Detection with Deep Learning
A3 ● Sensors and Biomedical Devices
Session Chairs:
Fariah Mahzabeen,
Assistant Professor, Aviation and Technology, San José State University
Yun Wang
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, San José State University
Session Summary:
The session brings together professionals in the biomedical arena, who will focus on their experiences in navigating uncertainties and career changes in “Re-imagining the future”, while thriving in the field and working on breakthrough biomedical innovations.
Grounding in the Present to Impact Change for the Future
Engineering for Food Safety
Shannon McGraw-Manza
Research Bioengineer
US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center
From an Uncertain Undergrad to a Mechanical Engineer in the Medical Device Field – How I Navigated My Career Path
A4 ● Advancements in VR/AR
Session Chair:
Liat Rosenfeld
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering, San Jose Staté University
Session Summary:
When we talk about Virtual Reality (VR), many of us think of science fiction films like ‘Minority Report’. However, the truth is that nowadays, this technology completely blends in with our daily lives. Video games, medicine, education… Virtual Reality is here to stay. According to the IDC, worldwide spending on AR/VR technology will increase from $12 billion in 2020 to $72.8 billion by 2024 and account for two-thirds of all consumer electronic goods. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic forced many to adopt remote work and home lifestyles. As a result, many consumers invested in AR/VR technology as a way of socially distant interaction. The Consumer Technology Association predicts that in 2021 AR/VR technology will dominate in various industries as people continue to explore different means of engaging with others and the world while maintaining socially distant and remote lifestyles. In this session we will host three industry leaders in the area of AR/VR who will discuss the recent advancements in the area.AR/VR devices: Silicon challenges and Research directions
Conversational AI: Past, Present and Future from the ML lens
Design Principles for Building VR: Translating Optics and Sensor Technologies into Products Consumers Love
A Journey Into Virtual Worlds
Concurrent Session A
Professional Development Concurrent Sessions
Session Chair:
Jorjeta Jetcheva
Assistant Professor, Computer Engineering, San José State University
Session Summary:
Technology fields are exciting and full of many opportunities. But how can you navigate the different choices you will face and succeed as a leader? Come join us for a panel discussion with women leaders and find out what it takes to be a leader and how you too can get on the path to leadership.
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A6 ● Overcoming Unconscious Bias in Tech
Session Chair:
Heidi Livingston Eisips
Adjunct Faculty, Interdisciplinary Engineering, Marketing & Business Analytics, San José State University
Session Summary:
Bias is natural and unavoidable. The human brain is hard-wired to organize social worlds by categorizing. Everyone holds both conscious and unconscious beliefs about various social and identity groups. Unfortunately, this implicit bias can lead to less-than-optimal hiring practices and business, scientific, and technical decision-making. Come hear from four amazing women from the tech and engineering fields who will discuss real-world anecdotes and strategies for overcoming bias.
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Charla Serbent
Vice President, Product Operations Security and Applications
Supply Chain Operations, Cisco Systems
10:45 – 11:00 am
Break
Break
11:00 – 12:00 pm
Emerging Technologies Concurrent Sessions:
● Water Management
● AI in FinTech
● Predictive Analytics in Manufacturing
● Innovative Transportation
Professional Development Concurrent Sessions:
● Job and Internship Search during Covid-19 and beyond
● Entrepreneurship
Concurrent Session B
Emerging Technologies Concurrent Sessions
B1 ● Water Management
Session Chair:
Olivia Yip
Assistant Professor, Civil and Engineering, San José State University
Session Summary:
With the increasing emphasis on the impact of climate change on infrastructure in the U.S., there is an increased focus on creating sustainable and resilient water infrastructure. In this session, we will have a discussion on regional water resources planning for future generations, adapting to sea level groundwater rise, and utilizing recycled water locally in the Bay Area. Each of our panelists will share experiences of working in the water resources industry to give attendees a real-world perspective on different career options. The session will conclude with a Q&A time.Regional Water Resources – Planning for Future Generations
Adapting to Sea Level Rise and Rising Shallow Groundwater
Utilizing Recycled Water in the East San Francisco Bay
B2 ● AI in FinTech
Session Chair:
Jorjeta Jetcheva
Assistant Professor, Computer Engineering, San José State University
Session Summary:
In recent years, AI has emerged as a key innovation enabler of financial technology (FinTech) which drives the digital transformation of the financial services sector responsible for maintaining the stability and efficient functioning of our local and global economies. In this session, our speakers will discuss the role of AI in a broad range of FinTech domains, including venture capital decision making, energy market efficiency, and digital payment fraud risk assessment.Using AI to Manage Fraud Risk
AI in Venture Capital
AI Challenges and Applications in the US Energy Market
B3 ● Predictive Analytics in Manufacturing
Session Chair:
Fatemeh Davoudi
Assistant Professor, Aviation And Technology, San Jose Staté University
Session Summary:
The forefront of research for operations and manufacturing engineering and systems management has been the novel applications of predictive analytics. The ability to access, analyse, and manage big volumes of data with the support of robust information architecture to improve the performance of manufacturing organizations has generated enormous interest and opportunities for predictive analytics among academia and industry. This session presents some main aspects regarding the applications of predictive analytics in manufacturing. In addition, the session includes presentations and discussion from three invited speakers with valuable experience in the field of artificial intelligence and predictive modelings in different aspects of manufacturing firms.
Intel In Healthcare
AI Applications in the Semiconductor Industry
Predictive Analytics in Manufacturing – Finding the right business use case
B4 ● Innovative Transportation
Session Chair:
Maria Chierichetti
Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering, San José State University
Session Summary:
Advances in autonomous mobility: This session will cover current transformations in autonomous driving and urban air mobility. It will investigate how transportation is changing toward a more green, autonomous, safe system. We are assisting to a revolution of how we conceive land and air transportation, and how smart and sustainable approaches to these technological challenges can lead to better services for our communities. Speakers from Zoox, Joby Aviation, and Waymo will showcase how advancements in technology can lead to a smarter, safer and more sustainable world, where transportation of people is optimized.
A New Way Forward in Mobility
Urban Air Mobility
Building for Autonomy from the Ground Up
Concurrent Session B
Professional Development Concurrent Sessions
Session Summary:
Everyone is familiar with the big job boards – Glassdoor, Indeed, LinkedIn. Come learn how to optimize your searches as well as other methods to increase your chances of landing a job or internship that will be the right fit for you.
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B6 ● Entrepreneurship
Session Chair:
Magdalini Eirinaki
Professor and Associate Chair, Computer Engineering, San José State University
Session Summary:
Do you have the entrepreneurship bug but don’t know where to start? Join us in this panel discussion with women leaders who will share their experiences and expertise on what it takes to start your own company.
12:00 – 12:25 pm
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:25 – 1:00 pm
Lunch Keynote
Lunch Keynote
Topic: On the Roadway to the Moon and Mars
Jessica J. Marquez, Ph.D.
Human-Systems Engineer, NASA Ames Research Center
1:00 – 1:30 pm
Lunch Roundtable Discussions
Lunch Roundtable Discussions
1:45 – 2:45 pm
Emerging Technologies Concurrent Sessions:
● Sustainable Environment
● Machine Learning for Cybersecurity
● Robotics and Intelligent Systems
● Engineering Solutions to COVID-19
Professional Development Concurrent Sessions:
● Employer Perspective: Top Tips on Job & Internship Success
● Career Stories and Strategies
Concurrent Session C
Emerging Technologies Concurrent Sessions
C1 ● Sustainable Environment
Session Chair:
Indu Jeyachandran
Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, San José State University
Session Summary:
Creating a Sustainable Environment to live in, requires protecting and using our natural resources effectively, and resorting to renewable energy sources. This session features three talks centering on the broader theme of Sustainable Environment. Rajani Nair from City of San Jose will provide an overview of history to current actions taken to protect our waterways from national to local perspective. In addition, Rajani Nair will share San Jose’s current progress, challenges and opportunities for the future in protecting our waterways. Aarti Sankrithi from RIC Enterprises, will share strategies she has employed to weave her passion for sustainability during her career, including working at a non-profit that is focused on designing and developing a new vertical-axis wind turbine technology that promises to be a good alternative energy source in the Arctic. Damaris Villalobos-Galindo from Santa Clara Valley Water District, will talk about the Coyote Creek Flood Protection Project, and the role of engineers in planning such a challenging public works project. Further, Damaris Villalobos-Galindo will talk about the participation of community members and stakeholders in the Flood Protection Project.
Protecting and sustaining our waterways in City of San Jose.
Crafting A Career in Sustainability
Planning a Flood Risk Reduction Project in a Heavily Urban Setting
C2 ● Machine Learning for Cybersecurity
Session Chair:
Younghee Park
Associate Professor, Computer Engineering, San José State University
Session Summary:
Machine learning (ML) has become a vital technology for cybersecurity to protect our assets from cyber threats. Through intelligent and automatic pattern analyses, ML-based security defense methods enable us to detect real-time cybercrime and attacks to bolster our infrastructure securely. In this session, with two industry speakers, we demonstrate the current security applications based on ML and then discuss current challenges and future directions for ML-based cybersecurity.
Machine Learning for Cyber Security – Applications from Research to Industry
Machine Learning Powering Cybersecurity
Session Chair:
Wencen Wu
Assistant Professor, Computer Engineering Department, San José State University
Session Summary:
Robotics and Intelligent systems are revolutionizing a wide variety of industries. A large range of technologies such as machine learning, edge computing, and control and automation are used to help improve the efficiency, quality, and flexibility of the underlying systems. In this session, Ms. Lee from Microsoft will discuss intelligent digital technologies including intelligent edge & cloud, Ms. Kashikar from Arevo will introduce robotics and intelligent systems in manufacturing, and Ms. Tan from Agilent will share her experience about the challenges of taking up an internal start-up category in robotics and automation.
Intelligent Edge & Intelligent Cloud
Robotics and Intelligent Systems in Manufacturing
Challenges of Taking Up an Internal Start-up Category: Robotics and Automation
C4 ● Engineering Solutions to COVID-19
Session Chair:
Dahyun Oh
Assistant Professor, Materials Engineering, San José State University
Session Summary:
COVID19 has changed our daily lives significantly. About 490,000 deaths were reported due to COVID19, close to 85% of the population of the least populous state in the United States. This session focuses on how engineers are helping the fight against the COVID. We invited three inspiring women engineers who immediately responded to this global pandemic by designing the most economical ventilators, unraveling transmission mechanisms, and developing a potential treatment method.
MIT E-Vent Ventilator Project
Measurement of Aerosol SARS-CoV-2 Virus
Engineering therapeutics for Cancer and Covid
Concurrent Session C
Professional Development Concurrent Sessions
C5 ● Employer Perspective: Top Tips on Job & Internship Success
Session Chair:
Kelly Masegian
Career Counselor, SJSU Career Center
Session Summary:
Hear from company representatives about how to best approach all aspects of the job search from applying to interviewing to career growth.
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C6 ● Career Stories and Strategies
Session Chair:
Sheryl Ehrman
Don Beall Dean, Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering, San José State University
Session Summary:
This session will provide conference attendees with an opportunity to gain professional and personal insights from women technical leaders who are not only highly accomplished in their respective fields of endeavor, but also passionate in their advocacy of women as leaders and innovators in technology careers. Each of our panelists will share experiences of working in their respective industries to give attendees a real-world perspective on different career options. They will also share personal and professional challenges faced, lessons learned, and successes achieved during their college years and careers. They will highlight what employers are looking for and how to land that first job as a college graduate.
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Bernadette (Bernie) Valencia
Vice President and General Manager – Guam and Micronesia
Matson Navigation
2:45 – 3:00 pm
Break
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3:00 – 4:30 pm
Concurrent Career Panels:
● Software and Information Technology
● Electronics and Semiconductor Equipment
● Biomedical and Biotech
● Aerospace and Aeronautics
● Building, Infrastructure, and the Environment
Concurrent Career Panels
I. ● Software and Information Technology
Session Chair:
Xiao Su
Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research, College of Engineering, San José State University
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II. ● Electronics and Semiconductor Equipment
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III. ● Biomedical and Biotech
Session Chair:
Katy Kao
Associate Professor, Chemical and Materials Engineering, San José State UniversityPanelist
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IV. ● Aerospace and Aeronautics
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V. ● Building, Infrastructure, and the Environment
Session Chair:
Laura Sullivan Green
Associate Professor, Civil & Environ Engineering, San José State University
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4:30 – 4:45 pm
Break
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4:45 – 6:00 pm
Sponsors
Title Sponsor
Mark and Carolyn Guidry Women in Engineering Program Fund
Carolyn Guidry (1937-2009) was born in Mississippi and spent her childhood in the Deep South. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering at Louisiana State University in 1959. One week after graduation, she married Mark Guidry (1937-2020), a fellow electrical engineering major she met at LSU. Carolyn began her career at Boeing, but soon put her career on hold and devoted 20 years to raising their three children. She returned to school and earned her Master’s degree in Computer Engineering from SJSU in 1979. She joined Hewlett-Packard and was directly responsible for the development of a new flexible interconnect cable and the microcode for a new computer.
In partnership with Mark, Carolyn founded two successful companies in semiconductor design software and semiconductor product development. Both companies were later acquired and became leaders in their respective fields. After the second company was acquired by Integrated Circuit Systems in 1993, she founded the Mark and Carolyn Guidry Foundation and managed all aspects of the organization. She received an Award of Distinction from SJSU Davidson College of Engineering in 2006. Both she and Mark were inducted into the LSU College of Engineering Hall of Distinction in 2001.
Mark was a Louisiana native. After receiving his BSEE from LSU, he took a position at Boeing. He subsequently earned an MSEE from University of Washington and a Ph.D. from Iowa State University. He taught at LSU, where he conducted research in semiconductor technology, laser technology and radio wave propagation. Prior to founding their companies, Mark worked at Fairchild Semiconductor in Palo Alto, a small San Diego company and Texas Instruments in Houston.
All three of Carolyn and Mark’s children graduated with degrees in engineering. The Guidry family strongly believes in the power of education and the importance of developing engineering education in the U.S. for what lies ahead. The Mark and Carolyn Guidry Foundation has been a long-time leader in supporting women in engineering at SJSU. Its commitment and on-going support have made the Silicon Valley Women in Engineering program a model of success for educating new woman innovators regionally and nationally.
Champion Sponsors
Google Roundtable
Excited to meet with you all throughout the showcase! Fill out this form if you are interested in receiving additional information, resources, and opportunities (goo.gle/2022WiE). Questions? Reach out to hsistudentquestions@google.com.
A problem isn’t truly solved until it’s solved for all. Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. Bring your insight, imagination and a healthy disregard for the impossible. Bring everything that makes you unique. Together, we can build for everyone. Check out our career opportunities at careers.google.com.
Lam Research
NETGEAR
NETGEAR Walkthrough and Summer Internship Program
Since 1996, NETGEAR® (NASDAQ: NTGR) has been the innovative leader in connecting the world to the internet with advanced networking technologies for homes, businesses, and service providers around the world. As staying connected has become more important than ever, NETGEAR delivers award-winning network solutions for remote work, distance learning, UHD streaming, online game play and more. By enabling people to collaborate and connect to a world of information and entertainment, NETGEAR is dedicated to providing a range of connected solutions from easy-to-use high-performance Orbi Mesh WiFi systems, the Nighthawk portfolio of WiFi routers, cable modems and mobile wireless, cloud-based subscription services for enhanced control and security, to smart networking products and video over Ethernet for Pro AV applications.
TSMC
TSMC Career Talk Sessions
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited engages in the computer aided design, manufacture, packaging, testing, sale, and marketing of integrated circuits and other semiconductor devices. The company is also involved in the research, development, design, manufacture, and sale of solid-state lighting devices and related applications products and systems, and renewable energy and efficiency related technologies and products, as well as manufactures masks. In addition, it provides customer and technical support services; and sells and markets solar related products. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited operates in Taiwan, the United States, Asia, and internationally. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan.
TSMC North America is the sales and service organization for the world’s largest semiconductor foundry with headquarters based in Taiwan. TSMC NA works with customers in the technology business that manufactures and sells products that run on our chips and cutting-edge technology.
vmware
VMware is a leading innovator in enterprise software. We power the world’s digital infrastructure. Our cloud, app modernization, networking, security and digital workspace platforms form a flexible, consistent digital foundation on which to build, run, manage, connect and protect applications, anywhere.
Advocate Sponsors
Agilent
How to Get Hired at Agilent!
We are hiring for interns and upcoming graduates! Stop by our booth to learn more about our opportunities and make sure you speak to our Recruiters at the Innovation Showcase to get the latest updates and ask any questions you may have!
Agilent is a global leader in laboratory technologies for the life sciences, diagnostics, and applied chemical markets, delivering insight and innovation that advance the quality of life. It is the quality of our products and services, our intense focus, and our uncompromising integrity that enable our customers to discover new frontiers and make continuous advancements in areas such as: cancer research and diagnostics, drug development, food safety and their labs’ performance and efficiency . Whatever the challenge, our One Agilent global team is dedicated to delivering trusted answers to our customers’ critical questions in our collective quest to improve the world around us.
Applied Materials
Career & Internship Opportunities at Applied Materials!
Join this session to learn more about career opportunities and Summer 2022 Internships at Applied Materials!
IBM
Natural Language Processing (NLP)
Creating AI models for Natural Language Processing (NLP) tasks remains a daunting task for many, requiring significant technical expertise, efforts, and resources. In this demonstration, we provide an overview of Watson Discovery – a low code AI-powered text-analytic platform & showcase its Pattern Induction feature – a human-in-the-loop text extraction system that lowers the barrier of entry to AI by allowing line-of-business users to quickly generate high-performance information extraction models. Through Pattern Induction, line-of-business users can quickly extract entities that follow common semantic or syntactic patterns from business documents without the need to provide pre-labeled data or write code.
Accelerated Discovery – how to speed up material design
It can take over 10 years to design new materials. At IBM Research, we’re looking to accelerate the discovery process using new AI methods, robotics, the hybrid cloud, and quantum computers. Our goal is to unlock new properties and materials to address global challenges in sustainability, health and computing.
Working at IBM – How to look for internships and more
KLA
Augmented Reality Training Demo
The future is ours to create. Whether it’s a driverless car, VR experience, or factory robotics, we help turn theory into possibility. We help create technological devices and ideas that transform our future and shape our current life. KLA is proud to be part of the most significant technological breakthroughs. Virtually no laptop, smartphone, wearable device, voice-controlled gadget, flexible screen, VR device or smart car would have made it into your hands without us. We are a multinational company with over 10,000 employees and offices all around the world. We believe that innovation thrives in a diverse environment built on communication, understanding, global culture, skills and knowledge. We take on complex technical challenges that often take years to solve. We work on the edges of deep science, exploring electron and photon optics, sensors, machine learning and data analytics. The innovative ideas and devices that are transforming our world all begin with research, development and inspiration. Last year we invested 15% of sales back into R&D, exceeding industry standards. That’s a measure of our commitment to solving the most daunting technical challenges. We believe in our people and make it our target to promote from within. Our CEO started as a KLA engineer. That’s pretty good proof that we’re a company of opportunity.
Erica Lockheimer (SJSU BS ‘00, Computer Engineering)
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Marvell
● How to get hired at Marvell!
● Marvell Technology
Be sure to join one of Marvell’s Innovation Showcase sessions and enter a raffle for a chance to win some Marvell swag!
To deliver the data infrastructure technology that connects the world, we’re building solutions on the most powerful foundation: our partnerships with our customers. Trusted by the world’s leading technology companies for 25 years, we move, store, process and secure the world’s data with semiconductor solutions designed for our customers’ current needs and future ambitions. Through a process of deep collaboration and transparency, we’re ultimately changing the way tomorrow’s enterprise, cloud, automotive, and carrier architectures transform—for the better. To learn more, visit:www.marvell.com.
Synopsys
● The World’s First AI-Designed Chip Will Land in your Phone Soon!
● Women in Engineering @ Synopsys
● InternX – The Synopsys Internship Experience
Synopsys technology is at the heart of innovations that are changing the way people work and play; Self-driving cars; Machines that learn; Lightning-fast communication across billions of devices in the datasphere. These breakthroughs are ushering in the era of Smart Everything―where devices are getting smarter and connected, and security is becoming an integral part of the design. Powering this new era of innovation are high-performance silicon chips and exponentially growing amounts of software content. Synopsys is at the forefront of Smart Everything with the world’s most advanced technologies for chip design, verification, IP integration, software security and quality testing. We help our customers innovate from silicon to software so they can bring amazing new products to life.
Using AI in chip design can significantly boost productivity, enhance design performance and energy efficiency, and focus expertise on the most valuable aspects of chip design. Synopsys’ DSO.ai solution is an artificial intelligence and reasoning engine capable of searching for optimization targets in very large solution spaces of chip design, massively scaling the exploration of options in design workflows while automating less consequential decisions. The technology continuously builds on its own training data and applies what it has learned to accelerate tapeouts and achieve power, performance, and area (PPA) targets.
Discover more at Synopsys.com and start your AI innovation journey today. www.synopsys.com
Valley Water
Valley Water invites you to a virtual tour of the Silicon Valley Advanced Water Purification Center. This award-winning facility uses advanced technologies to purify secondary treated wastewater (water used indoors that goes down the drain) and provides clean high-quality water through three processes: microfiltration, reverse osmosis and ultraviolet light disinfection. The result is 8 million gallons a day of highly purified water that meets and even exceeds California drinking water quality standards. Join us to learn more about the technology and Valley Water’s work to develop a locally managed, drought resistant water supply for a sustainable tomorrow.