BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260225T024002Z UID:471F5A64-CB78-4CA1-AC9E-BDBB410DBA39 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260325T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260325T200000 DESCRIPTION:AI\, Cloud-Native Systems\, Security & Modern Infrastructure\n\ nThe IEEE and ACM Austin communities are pleased to host a joint technical meetup focused on emerging trends and real-world implementations in artif icial intelligence\, cloud-native systems\, data engineering\, security\, and modern infrastructure engineering.\n\nDate: Wednesday\, March 25\, 202 6\nTime: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM CST\nLocation:\nThe Center for Government and Civic Service\n1218 West Ave\, Building 3000\nAustin\, TX 78701\n-------- -------------------------------------------------------\n\nTechnical Progr am Overview\n\nThis session will feature expert-led talks covering:\n\n-\n Applied AI and Generative AI platforms\n\n-\nEnterprise-scale data enginee ring and analytics\n\n-\nCloud-native architecture and scalable infrastruc ture\n\n-\nDevOps and platform engineering practices\n\n-\nSecurity and id entity systems in modern software environments\n\nPresentations will empha size practical deployment experience\, architectural insights\, and forwar d-looking technical considerations relevant to industry and research commu nities.\n---------------------------------------------------------------\n \nFeatured Speakers\n\nChanging Landscape of Data Engineering & Analytics with AI\nPrakash Reddy – Director & Head of Data Engineering\, Atlassian \n\nThe MCP Gateway: The Control Plane for Enterprise AI Agents\nVenkata P hani Patelkhana – Distinguished Engineer\n\nAgentic Evaluation and Impro vements on the Freshness Quality of Large-Scale LLM RAG Systems\nSuyi Liu – Senior Software Engineer\, Meta Super Intelligence Labs\n------------- --------------------------------------------------\n\nThis event provides an opportunity for IEEE\, ACM\, and other professional societies members\, students\, researchers\, and industry professionals to exchange knowledge \, engage in technical discussions\, and expand professional networks with in the Austin technology ecosystem.\n------------------------------------- --------------------------\n\nCall for Speakers\n\nWe are accepting propos als for upcoming IEEE + ACM Austin events.\nSubmit your talk proposal here :\nhttps://sessionize.com/austin-acm-meetup/\n---------------------------- -----------------------------------\n\nWe look forward to your participati on in this collaborative technical event.\n\nAkshay Mittal\nIEEE / ACM Aus tin\nhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/akshaymittal143/\n\nCo-sponsored by: IEEE Austin – March Tech Talks Are Here!\n\nAgenda: \nFeatured Speakers\n\nC hanging Landscape of Data Engineering & Analytics with AI\nPrakash Reddy – Director & Head of Data Engineering\, Atlassian\n\nThe MCP Gateway: Th e Control Plane for Enterprise AI Agents\nVenkata Phani Patelkhana – Dis tinguished Engineer\n\nAgentic Evaluation and Improvements on the Freshnes s Quality of Large-Scale LLM RAG Systems\nSuyi Liu – Senior Software Eng ineer\, Meta Super Intelligence Labs\n\nAustin\, Texas\, United States\, 7 8701 LOCATION:Austin\, Texas\, United States\, 78701 ORGANIZER:akshaycanodia@gmail.com SEQUENCE:8 SUMMARY:IEEE & ACM Austin Joint Technical Meetup – March 25\, 2026 URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/542309 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><strong>AI\, Cloud-Native Systems\, Securi ty &amp\; Modern Infrastructure</strong></p>\n<p>The IEEE and ACM Austin c ommunities are pleased to host a joint technical meetup focused on emergin g trends and real-world implementations in artificial intelligence\, cloud -native systems\, data engineering\, security\, and modern infrastructure engineering.</p>\n<p><strong>Date:</strong> Wednesday\, March 25\, 2026<br ><strong>Time:</strong> 6:00 PM &ndash\; 8:00 PM CST<br><strong>Location:< /strong><br>The Center for Government and Civic Service<br>1218 West Ave\, Building 3000<br>Austin\, TX 78701</p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Technical Program Overv iew</h3>\n<p>This session will feature expert-led talks covering:</p>\n<ul >\n<li>\n<p>Applied AI and Generative AI platforms</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>En terprise-scale data engineering and analytics</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Cloud-n ative architecture and scalable infrastructure</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>DevOps and platform engineering practices</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Security and iden tity systems in modern software environments</p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Present ations will emphasize practical deployment experience\, architectural insi ghts\, and forward-looking technical considerations relevant to industry a nd research communities.</p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Featured Speakers</h3>\n<p><strong >Changing Landscape of Data Engineering &amp\; Analytics with AI</strong>< br>Prakash Reddy &ndash\; Director &amp\; Head of Data Engineering\, Atlas sian</p>\n<p><strong>The MCP Gateway: The Control Plane for Enterprise AI Agents</strong><br>Venkata Phani Patelkhana &ndash\; Distinguished Enginee r</p>\n<p><strong>Agentic Evaluation and Improvements on the Freshness Qua lity of Large-Scale LLM RAG Systems</strong><br>Suyi Liu &ndash\; Senior S oftware Engineer\, Meta Super Intelligence Labs</p>\n<hr>\n<p>This event p rovides an opportunity for IEEE\, ACM\, and other professional societies m embers\, students\, researchers\, and industry professionals to exchange k nowledge\, engage in technical discussions\, and expand professional netwo rks within the Austin technology ecosystem.</p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Call for Speake rs</h3>\n<p>We are accepting proposals for upcoming IEEE + ACM Austin even ts.<br>Submit your talk proposal here:<br><a href="https://sessionize.com/ austin-acm-meetup/">https://sessionize.com/austin-acm-meetup/</a></p>\n<hr >\n<p>We look forward to your participation in this collaborative technica l event.</p>\n<p><strong>Akshay Mittal</strong><br>IEEE / ACM Austin<br><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/akshaymittal143/">https://www.linkedin. com/in/akshaymittal143/</a></p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><h3>Featured Spea kers</h3>\n<p><strong>Changing Landscape of Data Engineering &amp\; Analyt ics with AI</strong><br>Prakash Reddy &ndash\; Director &amp\; Head of Dat a Engineering\, Atlassian</p>\n<p><strong>The MCP Gateway: The Control Pla ne for Enterprise AI Agents</strong><br>Venkata Phani Patelkhana &ndash\; Distinguished Engineer</p>\n<p><strong>Agentic Evaluation and Improvements on the Freshness Quality of Large-Scale LLM RAG Systems</strong><br>Suyi Liu &ndash\; Senior Software Engineer\, Meta Super Intelligence Labs</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR