In this presentation we discuss how leveraging sparsity, knowledge distillation and quantization, not only enable deep learning models to run on edge devices, but in many instances outperform standard models running on datacenter class systems. We discuss our recent innovations in sparsity research that enables the creation of dual-sparse networks that can outperform standard networks by over 100X. Finally, we illustrate how sparsity can be combined with other model compression techniques to unlock deep learning inference at the edge.
On Device ML
Edge Trade Offs
Innovation at the Edge
Hardware and Systems Engineering
Software Engineering
Data Science
Strategy
Lawrence Spracklen
Director of Machine Learning Architecture
Numenta
While 5G connectivity offers broad new opportunities, it is not free of cost or energy consumption. So how do you optimise for the best user experience and is it worth it?
Connectivity and 5G
Innovation at the Edge
Edge Trade Offs
Hardware and Systems Engineering
Software Engineering
Strategy
Industry & Investment
Kristina Serafim
Managing Director
Verizon Ventures
Sven Brunner
CEO and Founder
holo|one
Sven is founder and CEO of holo|one, a leading Mixed Reality software company. holo|one offers a standardized Mixed Reality collaboration platform targeting the high-value enterprise use cases – remote assistance, workflow guidance and live collaboration. Their solution has been adopted across the globe by Fortune 500 companies like Micron, Lenovo and the Renault Group, along with garnering several awards and accolades.
Before founding holo|one, Sven worked as a software engineer and product manager at Disney Research, ETH Zurich, and his own consulting firm. Sven holds a master’s degree in informatics from the University of Zurich and is a recipient of the Swiss National Bank’s Economics Award.
Khalil Laaboudi
VP of Innovation and Strategic Partnerships
VOSKER
Khalil Laaboudi is VP Innovation and Strategic Partnerships at VOSKER, a fast growing Canada based company with a global footprint, that specializes in remote area monitoring.
Among other subject matters, he is currently in charge of developing, maintaining and monitoring a resilient, reliable and secure LTE network access in more than 50 countries for Vosker's outdoor cameras. Khalil has previously held different senior level positions in the telecommunications industry. Throughout his carrier he established commercial and partnership relations with tier 1 Network Operators in all major geographies.
He is member of the Interuniversity Research Center on Science and Technology (CIRST) where he specializes in comparative telecommunications policies. He is also member of the board at different organizations promoting North-South economic and social collaboration. He is currently completing his PhD thesis on 5G Industrial Strategies at the University of Quebec in Montreal
Achieving full optimization requires co-design and co-optimization of AI algorithms and the hardware platforms where they will be executed. This panel will explore the benefits and potential of such co-design approaches.
Innovation at the Edge
Chip and Systems Design
Edge Trade Offs
On Device ML
Hardware and Systems Engineering
Software Engineering
Strategy
Subutai Ahmad
CEO
Numenta
Subutai is passionate about neuroscience, deep learning, and building intelligent systems. An accomplished technologist, he has been instrumental in driving Numenta’s research, technology and business since 2005. He previously served as VP Engineering at YesVideo where he helped grow the company from a three-person start-up to a leader in automated digital media authoring. In 1997, Subutai co-founded ePlanet Interactive which developed the IntelPlay Me2Cam, the first computer vision product developed for consumers. Subutai holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Cornell University, and a Ph.D in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Anshumali Shrivastava
CEO and Founder
ThirdAI
Godwin Maben
Strategy & System Architect and Fellow
Synopsys
Innovation at the Edge
Edge Trade Offs
On Device ML
Data Science
Hardware and Systems Engineering
Software Engineering
Strategy
Industry & Investment
Banu Nagasundaram
AI Product Leader
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Jordan Gosselin
Chief Engineer and Staff AI Systems Architect
Northrop Grumman
Edge cloud ends the conflict of edge vs cloud but when the option is there to use the cloud, should you? This session will explore the winning combination, how experts are overcoming privacy issues and the wealth of opportunities presented by connectivity.
Innovation at the Edge
Edge Trade Offs
On Device ML
Connectivity and 5G
Hardware and Systems Engineering
Software Engineering
Strategy
Industry & Investment
Data Science
Rakshit Agrawal
Vice President of Research and Development
Camio
Charles Byers
Chief Technology Officer
Industry IoT Consortium and Valqari
Prasad Akella
Chairman and Founder
Drishti
Dr. Prasad Akella, founder and chairman of the Drishti board, is creating his third massive market category that uses technology to extend human capabilities. In the 1990s, Prasad led the General Motors team that built the world’s first collaborative robots (“cobots,” projected to be a $12B market by 2025). In the early 2000s, as cofounder of the social networking pioneer Spoke, he envisioned and helped build the first massive social graph — a category now worth trillions. Today, at Drishti, he is working to combine the cognition of AI with the flexibility of humans in factories in the form of AI-powered production. Prasad is based in Mountain View, California.
In this session, XMOS will highlight the way in which they are revolutionising the automotive electronics industry with an accurate, low-power and cost-efficient automatic licence plate recognition (ALPR) reference solution. Benefitting from XMOS’ xcore®. ai silicon, the solution enables service providers to take parking management from a complex, resource-intensive system to one employing simple on-device AI. Using design principles that have only recently become feasible to deploy, XMOS will outline how they eliminate the cost, power and complexity challenges associated with traditional ALPR applications.
Aneet Chopra
Vice President, Product Development
XMOS
Aneet drives partner engagement, strategic account management and helps shape the forward-looking roadmap for XMOS.
He has extensive experience across the electronics industry. His career has centred around building and transforming organisations with world class capabilities for innovation, technology and service. He has worked across engineering, operations and sales, skilfully leading cross-functional teams from strategy to execution, latterly as General Manager, Compute Vision for Intel. He has played a key role in chip development and ecosystem transformation for the IoT. Aneet worked for Netboost during its acquisition by Intel and was involved in the Movidius acquisition, leading the integration into Intel. Aneet is a board advisor for Nimo Planet, an AR glasses company.
Aneet holds an honours degree from University of California, Davis and an MBA from Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.