BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250708T231801Z UID:62C408CF-2836-4C24-8BCC-A1DB7BBFBB63 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250708T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250708T191500 DESCRIPTION:The Southeast Michigan Young Professionals Affinity Group is st arting a new member speaker series meant to highlight the projects\, resea rch\, or interests of our members! Our first session will be presented by member Harshal Shah in July on the topic of Voice Technologies and AI: A B ridge Between Humans and Machines.\n\nVoice technologies are evolving from simple command interfaces into sophisticated\, AI-powered tools that enab le deeper interaction between humans and machines. This talk explores the journey of voice processing\, from traditional systems to modern AI-enhanc ed applications that understand emotion\, accents\, and intent. The speake r will highlight real-world use cases in accessibility\, healthcare\, and embedded devices while also discussing challenges such as privacy\, datase t bias\, and inclusive design. The session aims to provide young professio nals with insights into the current landscape and future direction of voic e technologies and their intersection with artificial intelligence. Whethe r you're an engineer\, researcher\, or product thinker\, this session will offer practical takeaways and forward-looking perspectives on building mo re human-centric voice solutions.\n\nWe hope you can join us! If you are i nterested in presenting to the SEM YP audience as well\, be sure to submit a proposal [here](https://enotice.mmsend.com/link.cfm?r=eneCaabbihUmOAEBl fCMSA~~&pe=JUC_xjvopINsCD55LxK-1aNZPOXQyT20CqN6ZJjKY1t1E72PruA9IL3DF6FXya2 Qcd3Drx-UJgcmQkrTqz-hXg~~&t=zp0mqccg2w1gt7ynGowPOA~~).\n\nVirtual: https:/ /events.vtools.ieee.org/m/489130 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/489130 ORGANIZER:adabaja@ieee.org SEQUENCE:18 SUMMARY:SEM YP Member Speaker Series July Session A - Voice Technologies an d AI: A Bridge Between Humans and Machines URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/489130 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>The Southeast Michigan Young Professionals Affinity Group is starting a new member speaker series meant to highlight the projects\, research\, or interests of our members! Our first session will be presented by member Harshal Shah in July on the topic of Voice Tec hnologies and AI: A Bridge Between Humans and Machines.</p>\n<p>Voice tech nologies are evolving from simple command interfaces into sophisticated\, AI-powered tools that enable deeper interaction between humans and machine s. This talk explores the journey of voice processing\, from traditional s ystems to modern AI-enhanced applications that understand emotion\, accent s\, and intent. The speaker will highlight real-world use cases in accessi bility\, healthcare\, and embedded devices while also discussing challenge s such as privacy\, dataset bias\, and inclusive design. The session aims to provide young professionals with insights into the current landscape an d future direction of voice technologies and their intersection with artif icial intelligence. Whether you're an engineer\, researcher\, or product t hinker\, this session will offer practical takeaways and forward-looking p erspectives on building more human-centric voice solutions.</p>\n<p>We hop e you can join us! If you are interested in presenting to the SEM YP audie nce as well\, be sure to submit a proposal <a href="https://enotice.mmsend .com/link.cfm?r=eneCaabbihUmOAEBlfCMSA~~&amp\;pe=JUC_xjvopINsCD55LxK-1aNZP OXQyT20CqN6ZJjKY1t1E72PruA9IL3DF6FXya2Qcd3Drx-UJgcmQkrTqz-hXg~~&amp\;t=zp0 mqccg2w1gt7ynGowPOA~~">here</a>.</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR