BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260727T220341Z UID:EFE151BA-7A71-4B27-8E1B-A1C0BCF38C25 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260727T144200 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20280730T144400 DESCRIPTION:The IEEE Rochester Section Joint Chapter of the Aerospace and E lectronic Systems Society (AESS) and the Communications Society (ComSoc) i s pleased to announce the official launch of the Chapter's Special Interes t Group (SIG) on Networking for AI Infrastructure. The new SIG is planned to provide a forum for collaboration on AI-native networking\, hyperscale and data center networks\, cloud and edge infrastructure\, network resilie nce\, security\, emerging protocols\, and standards development. The SIG b rings together experts from academia\, industry\, government\, and standar ds organizations to exchange ideas\, promote collaboration\, and explore a ctivities to bridge gaps between university and industry research and othe r events to support knowledge sharing and innovation within our IEEE commu nity and plans to organize\n\n- technical presentations\,\n- webinars\,\n - workshops with panel discussions\,\n- collaborative projects\, and\n- st andards-related activities.\n\nIEEE members\, students\, and industry prof essionals interested are welcome to participate in the new SIG activities .\n\nIF YOU WISH TO JOIN\, please register and provide your name and affil iation.\n\nIF YOU ARE INTERESTED TO MAKE A TECHNICAL PRESENTATION: use thi s link https://forms.gle/NLqGjESeQL6SqHdT7\n\nFeel free to join our Linked IN group https://www.linkedin.com/groups/36950078/\n\nSTEERING COMMITTEE:\ n\n- Dr. -Ing. Nirmala Shenoy\, Professor ISchool\, Rochester Institute of Technology\, NY. nxsvks@rit.edu\n- Vidya Wadkar\, Distinguished Engineer and AI Systems Architect\, Verizon. vidya.wadkar@verizonwireless.com.\n- Chitiz Tayal\, Senior Director of Data and AI at Axtria. chitiz.tayal@axtr ia.com\,\n- Ketankumar Savajiyani\, Software Engineering Manager\, S&P Glo bal Ratings. imketan@gmail.com\n- Prasanna Kumar Kandregula\, Senior Softw are Engineer\, M&T Bank\, prasannakm9@gmail.com\n- Alok Tibrewala\, Softw are Engineer\, Deutsche Bank\, NYC\, alok@gwmail.gwu.edu\n- Sreejith Kemal \, Principal Site Reliability Engineer\, C3 AI\, sreejith.kaimal@c3.ai\n- Jitin Khanna\, Data & Analytics Architect\, IBM\, jitin.khanna1@ibm.com\n- Ishan Sharma\, – Group Product Manager\, Google\, is3@cornell.edu\n\nVi rtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/569849 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/569849 ORGANIZER:nxsvks@rit.edu SEQUENCE:354 SUMMARY:Launch of Special Interest Group (SIG) on Networking for AI Infrast ructure. URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/569849 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p class="MsoNormal">The IEEE Rochester Secti on Joint Chapter of the Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (AESS) an d the Communications Society (ComSoc) is&nbsp\; pleased to announce the of ficial launch of the <strong>Chapter's Special Interest Group (SIG) on Net working for AI Infrastructure.</strong> The new SIG is planned to provide a forum for collaboration on AI-native networking\, hyperscale and data ce nter networks\, cloud and edge infrastructure\, network resilience\, secur ity\, emerging protocols\, and standards development. The SIG brings toget her experts from academia\, industry\, government\, and standards organiza tions to exchange ideas\, promote collaboration\, and explore activities t o bridge gaps between university and industry research and other events to support knowledge sharing and innovation within our IEEE community and pl ans to organize</p>\n<ul>\n<li><!-- [if !supportLists]-->technical present ations\,</li>\n<li><span style="font-family: Symbol\; mso-fareast-font-fam ily: Symbol\; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol\;"><span style="mso-list: Ignor e\;"><span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman'\;">&nbsp\;</span></span></ span><!--[endif]-->webinars\,</li>\n<li><!-- [if !supportLists]-->workshop s with panel discussions\,</li>\n<li><!-- [if !supportLists]-->collaborati ve projects\, and</li>\n<li><!-- [if !supportLists]-->standards-related ac tivities.</li>\n</ul>\n<p class="MsoNormal">IEEE members\, students\, and industry professionals interested are welcome&nbsp\;<span style="mso-space run: yes\;">&nbsp\;</span>to participate in the new SIG activities.</p>\n< p class="MsoNormal">IF YOU WISH TO JOIN\, &nbsp\;please register and provi de your name and affiliation.</p>\n<p class="MsoNormal">IF YOU ARE INTERES TED TO MAKE A TECHNICAL PRESENTATION: use this link&nbsp\;<a href="https:/ /forms.gle/NLqGjESeQL6SqHdT7">https://forms.gle/NLqGjESeQL6SqHdT7</a></p>\ n<p class="MsoNormal">Feel free to join our LinkedIN group <a href="https: //www.linkedin.com/groups/36950078/">https://www.linkedin.com/groups/36950 078/</a></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 3.0pt\; text-align: justify\;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt\; line-height: 115%\;">S TEERING COMMITTEE:&nbsp\;</span></strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li><!-- [if !support Lists]--><strong><em><span style="font-size: 11.0pt\; line-height: 115%\;" >Dr. -Ing. Nirmala Shenoy\,</span></em></strong><span style="font-size: 11 .0pt\; line-height: 115%\;"> Professor ISchool\, Rochester Institute of Te chnology\, NY. <a href="mailto:nxsvks@rit.edu">nxsvks@rit.edu</a></span><! -- [if !supportLists]--></li>\n<li><strong><em><span style="font-size: 11. 0pt\;">Vidya Wadkar\,</span></em></strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt\; "> Distinguished Engineer and AI Systems Architect\, Verizon. <a href="mai lto:vidya.wadkar@verizonwireless.com">vidya.wadkar@verizonwireless.com</a> .&nbsp\;</span></li>\n<li><span style="font-size: 11.0pt\; font-family: Sy mbol\; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol\; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol\;">< span style="mso-list: Ignore\;"><span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman' \;">&nbsp\;</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><strong><em><span style="fon t-size: 11.0pt\;">Chitiz Tayal</span></em></strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt\;">\, Senior Director of Data and AI at Axtria. <a href="mailto:ch itiz.tayal@axtria.com">chitiz.tayal@axtria.com</a>\,&nbsp\;</span></li>\n< li><strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt\;">Ketankumar Savajiyani</span>< /strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt\;">\, Software Engineering Manager\ , S&amp\;P Global Ratings. </span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt\;"><a hre f="mailto:imketan@gmail.com">imketan@gmail.com</a></span><!-- [if !support Lists]--></li>\n<li><strong><em><span style="font-size: 11.0pt\; font-fami ly: 'Aptos'\,sans-serif\; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-hansi-th eme-font: minor-latin\; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'\; mso-bidi -theme-font: minor-bidi\; color: black\; mso-themecolor: text1\;">Prasanna Kumar Kandregula</span></em></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 11.0 pt\; font-family: 'Aptos'\,sans-serif\; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin\ ; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin\; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Rom an'\; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi\; color: black\; mso-themecolor: tex t1\; font-weight: normal\;">\, Senior Software Engineer\, M&amp\;T Bank\, <a href="mailto:prasannakm9@gmail.com">prasannakm9@gmail.com</a></span></s trong></li>\n<li><span style="font-size: 11.0pt\; font-family: Symbol\; ms o-fareast-font-family: Symbol\; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol\;"><span styl e="mso-list: Ignore\;"><span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman'\;">&nbsp \;</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><strong><em><span style="font-size: 1 1.0pt\;">Alok Tibrewala\,</span></em></strong><span style="font-size: 11.0 pt\;"> Software Engineer\, Deutsche Bank\, NYC\, <a href="mailto:alok@gwma il.gwu.edu">alok@gwmail.gwu.edu</a></span></li>\n<li><!-- [if !supportList s]--><strong><em><span style="font-size: 11.0pt\;">Sreejith Kemal\,&nbsp\; </span></em></strong><span style="font-size: 11.0pt\;">Principal Site Rel iability Engineer\, C3 AI\, <a href="mailto:sreejith.kaimal@c3.ai">sreejit h.kaimal@c3.ai</a></span></li>\n<li><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt\;"><em><strong>Jitin Khanna\,</strong></em>&nbsp\;Data &amp\; Analytics Architect\, IBM\,&nbsp\;</span><span style="font-size: 11 .0pt\;"><a href="mailto:jitin.khanna1@ibm.com">jitin.khanna1@ibm.com</a></ span><!-- [if !supportLists]--></li>\n<li><span style="font-size: 11.0pt\; "><em><strong>Ishan Sharma\, </strong></em>&ndash\; Group Product Manager\ , Google\, </span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt\;"><a href="mailto:is3@co rnell.edu">is3@cornell.edu</a></span></li>\n</ul>\n<p class="MsoNormal" st yle="text-indent: -.25in\; line-height: normal\; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1\ ; tab-stops: list .25in .5in\; margin: 3.0pt 0in 0in .25in\;">&nbsp\;</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR