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DESCRIPTION:Kick off 2026 with ACM Austin + IEEE at our first tech meetup o
 f the year\, featuring deep-dive talks in AI\, cloud-native systems\, secu
 rity\, identity\, and modern infrastructure engineering. This joint commun
 ity event brings together engineers\, researchers\, students\, and technol
 ogy leaders from across Austin for an evening of learning\, discussion\, a
 nd networking.​\n\n​Join us on Thursday\, January 29\, 2026\, from 6:0
 0 to 8:00 PM CST at The Center for Government and Civic Service\, 1218 Wes
 t Ave\, Building 3000\, Austin\, TX 78701. The meetup will feature communi
 ty-driven tech talks exploring cloud-native systems and scalable infrastru
 cture\, AI and GenAI platforms\, DevOps and platform engineering\, and sec
 urity and identity trends shaping modern software and infrastructure engin
 eering. Talks will emphasize real-world implementations\, practical insigh
 ts\, and forward-looking ideas that are redefining today’s technology la
 ndscape.​\n\n​Featured Speakers &amp; Talks​\n\n-\n​LLM-Driven Multimo
 dal Biometric Authentication: 74% Performance Gain with Built-In Privacy\n
 Ravi Ray – Principal Member of Technical Staff\, Salesforce\n\n-\n​Bui
 lding Autonomous Edge AI Systems: From Architecture to Production at Scale
 \nSamaresh Kumar Singh – Principal Engineer\, HP\nJoyjit Roy – Lead Pr
 incipal Technical Program Manager\, KForce\n\n-\n​Identity in the Age of
  AI: Phishing-Resistant Credentials\nSrinivasa Ravi Teja\n\n-\n​Engineer
 ing Cryptography for the Post-Quantum Era\nGurdeep Gill – Software Engin
 eering Technical Leader\, Cisco Systems\n\n​Whether you’re an industry
  professional\, researcher\, student\, founder\, or technology enthusiast\
 , this event is a great opportunity to learn\, share knowledge\, and conne
 ct with peers across the ACM and IEEE communities. You’ll meet practitio
 ners working on real systems at scale and have space for open discussion a
 nd community networking.\n\nCall for Speakers\nWe’re accepting tech talk
  proposals for upcoming ACM Austin + IEEE meetups. If you’re interested 
 in sharing your insights or presenting your work\, submit your talk here:
 ​\n👉 [https://sessionize.com/austin-acm-meetup](https://sessionize.co
 m/austin-acm-meetup/)\n\nThank you\,\nAkshay M\n\nhttps://www.linkedin.com
 /in/akshaymittal143/\n\nAgenda: \n​Featured Speakers &amp; Talks​\n\n-\n
 ​LLM-Driven Multimodal Biometric Authentication: 74% Performance Gain wi
 th Built-In Privacy\nRavi Ray – Principal Member of Technical Staff\, Sa
 lesforce\n\n-\n​Building Autonomous Edge AI Systems: From Architecture t
 o Production at Scale\nSamaresh Kumar Singh – Principal Engineer\, HP\nJ
 oyjit Roy – Lead Principal Technical Program Manager\, KForce\n\n-\n​I
 dentity in the Age of AI: Phishing-Resistant Credentials\nSrinivasa Ravi T
 eja\n\n-\n​Engineering Cryptography for the Post-Quantum Era\nGurdeep Gi
 ll – Software Engineering Technical Leader\, Cisco Systems\n\nAustin\, T
 exas\, United States\, 78701
LOCATION:Austin\, Texas\, United States\, 78701
ORGANIZER:akshaycanodia@gmail.com
SEQUENCE:13
SUMMARY:IEEE Tech Talks | January Meetup Austin
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/527584
X-ALT-DESC:Description: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;&quot;&gt;Kick off 2026 with&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;
 ACM Austin + IEEE&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;at our first tech meetup of the year\, fe
 aturing deep-dive talks in AI\, cloud-native systems\, security\, identity
 \, and modern infrastructure engineering. This joint community event bring
 s together engineers\, researchers\, students\, and technology leaders fro
 m across Austin for an evening of learning\, discussion\, and networking.
 ​&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;&quot;&gt;​Join us on&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;Thursday\, January 29\, 2
 026\, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM CST&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;at&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;The Center 
 for Government and Civic Service\, 1218 West Ave\, Building 3000\, Austin\
 , TX 78701&lt;/strong&gt;. The meetup will feature&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;community-drive
 n tech talks&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;exploring cloud-native systems and scalable in
 frastructure\, AI and GenAI platforms\, DevOps and platform engineering\, 
 and security and identity trends shaping modern software and infrastructur
 e engineering. Talks will emphasize&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;real-world implementatio
 ns&lt;/strong&gt;\,&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;practical insights&lt;/strong&gt;\, and&amp;nbsp\;&lt;stron
 g&gt;forward-looking ideas&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;that are redefining today&amp;rsquo\;s 
 technology landscape.​&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;&quot;&gt;​&lt;strong&gt;Featured Speakers &amp;am
 p\; Talks&lt;/strong&gt;​&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;ul&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;&quot;&gt;​&lt;strong&gt;LLM-Driven M
 ultimodal Biometric Authentication: 74% Performance Gain with Built-In Pri
 vacy&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ravi Ray &amp;ndash\; Principal Member of Technical Staff
 \, Salesforce&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;&quot;&gt;​&lt;strong&gt;Building Auton
 omous Edge AI Systems: From Architecture to Production at Scale&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;b
 r&gt;&lt;em&gt;Samaresh Kumar Singh &amp;ndash\; Principal Engineer\, HP&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;Jo
 yjit Roy &amp;ndash\; Lead Principal Technical Program Manager\, KForce&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/
 p&gt;\n&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;&quot;&gt;​&lt;strong&gt;Identity in the Age of AI: Phishin
 g-Resistant Credentials&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;Srinivasa Ravi Teja&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/li
 &gt;\n&lt;li&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;&quot;&gt;​&lt;strong&gt;Engineering Cryptography for the Post-Quan
 tum Era&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;Gurdeep Gill &amp;ndash\; Software Engineering Technic
 al Leader\, Cisco Systems&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;/ul&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;&quot;&gt;​Whether y
 ou&amp;rsquo\;re an industry professional\, researcher\, student\, founder\, o
 r technology enthusiast\, this event is a great opportunity to learn\, sha
 re knowledge\, and connect with peers across the ACM and IEEE communities.
  You&amp;rsquo\;ll meet practitioners working on real systems at scale and hav
 e space for open discussion and community networking.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call 
 for Speakers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;We&amp;rsquo\;re accepting&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;tech talk pr
 oposals&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;for upcoming ACM Austin + IEEE meetups. If you&amp;rsqu
 o\;re interested in sharing your insights or presenting your work\, submit
  your talk here:​&lt;br&gt;👉&amp;nbsp\;&lt;a href=&quot;https://sessionize.com/austin-a
 cm-meetup/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;https://sessionize.com/austin-a
 cm-meetup&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;&quot;&gt;Thank you\,&lt;br&gt;Akshay M&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;p1&quot;&gt;
 &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.linkedin.com/in/akshaymittal143/&quot;&gt;https://www.linkedi
 n.com/in/akshaymittal143/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agenda: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;&quot;&gt;​
 &lt;strong&gt;Featured Speakers &amp;amp\; Talks&lt;/strong&gt;​&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;ul&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;\n&lt;p cla
 ss=&quot;&quot;&gt;​&lt;strong&gt;LLM-Driven Multimodal Biometric Authentication: 74% Perfo
 rmance Gain with Built-In Privacy&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ravi Ray &amp;ndash\; Princi
 pal Member of Technical Staff\, Salesforce&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;\n&lt;p class
 =&quot;&quot;&gt;​&lt;strong&gt;Building Autonomous Edge AI Systems: From Architecture to P
 roduction at Scale&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;Samaresh Kumar Singh &amp;ndash\; Principal
  Engineer\, HP&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;Joyjit Roy &amp;ndash\; Lead Principal Technical Pr
 ogram Manager\, KForce&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;&quot;&gt;​&lt;strong&gt;Ident
 ity in the Age of AI: Phishing-Resistant Credentials&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;Srini
 vasa Ravi Teja&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;&quot;&gt;​&lt;strong&gt;Engineering C
 ryptography for the Post-Quantum Era&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;Gurdeep Gill &amp;ndash\;
  Software Engineering Technical Leader\, Cisco Systems&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;/
 ul&gt;
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