Sharan Kalwani of IEEE Southeastern Michigan

These days it is getting fashionable to practically attach or prefix everything with the acronym AI (Artificial Intelligence) to it. What is little known is the huge compute power and infrastructure behind it all. This talk is designed to reveal a little bit of what is behind the curtains.

Biography:

Sharan Kalwani is an industry technology specialist with 25+ years of experience. Sharan has degrees in both Engineering and Computer Science. He has worked in many diverse areas and is a sought after speaker at many conferences and seminars, such as Supercomputing, HPC Advisory Council, SIAM, Infiniband Trade Association, AITP, etc. Sharan is a senior member of IEEE, an Emeritus member of Michigan!UNIX/user group (mug.org), member of Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), ASEI, ASEE and also leads the SIG-Linux section of SEMCO.org. He enjoys teaching, holds an Adjunct Faculty position at local educational sites. He has published one book "Linux and Internet Security" and is now working on his second text, about a new computer programming language. He is a recipient of the:

* 2018 IEEE MGA Achievement award,
* 2021 IEEE Region 4 Jack Sherman award,
* 2022 Robert Neff Section award, and
* 2023 IEEE Region 4 Outstanding Service award
* 2024 Engineering Society of Detroit (ESD) Anne Fletcher award

all for his contributions towards a diverse spectrum of member-centric activities.

He has been the Chair of the IEEE Southeastern Michigan Section since December 2021 and has held various officer roles for many of the Southeastern Michigan Units over the years. He also serves as one of the writers/editors of the Sections monthly newsletter - Wavelengths. He has also served as Vice-Chair of IEEE Sustech 2023, IEEE Sustech 2022, IEEE SusTech 2021 Global Conferences, IEEE Online Forum on Climate Change Technologies (OFCCT).

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