BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Kolkata BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:19451014T230000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0630 TZOFFSETTO:+0530 TZNAME:IST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260820T141714Z UID:6254BD75-8FA3-4217-B9A2-E33B4AE1B1D0 DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260822T173000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260822T193000 DESCRIPTION:IEEE Photonics Society Membership Drive & The Photonic Edge Web inar\n\nDiscover the world of photonics and explore how light-based techno logies are shaping the future of computing\, communication\, artificial in telligence\, and innovation.\n\nJoin the IEEE Photonics Society CUSB Stude nt Branch for The Photonic Edge\, a technical webinar that brings together perspectives from large-scale machine learning and enterprise AI to explo re the technologies driving the next generation of intelligent systems.\n\ nAs part of the IEEE Photonics Society Membership Drive\, this event aims to introduce students and young professionals to the field of photonics an d highlight the opportunities available through the IEEE Photonics Society community. From optical communication and lasers to photonic computing an d emerging AI hardware\, photonics is becoming increasingly important in s olving the challenges of modern technology.\n\nThe webinar will connect th ese emerging technologies with the rapidly evolving world of AI.\n\nSessio n First Half — Efficient AI at Scale\n\nRajat Kanti Bhattacharjee will e xplore why AI models are becoming both more capable and more efficient\, c overing Mixture of Experts\, gating\, routing\, expert parallelism\, quant ization\, and production-serving trade-offs. He will also share practical experiences from building large-scale machine learning systems.\n\nSession Second Half — From Prompts to Autonomous Agents\n\nKunal Datta will exp lore what happens between a prompt and an autonomous AI agent completing a real-world task\, covering Agentic AI\, RAG 2.0\, orchestration patterns\ , LLM agent loops\, and enterprise AI.\n\nJoint Session — Efficiency Mee ts Autonomy\n\nThe speakers will bring both perspectives together to exami ne multi-agent systems\, routing overhead\, latency budgets\, model effici ency\, and the engineering trade-offs involved in building scalable AI sys tems.\n\nThe session will conclude with an interactive Q&A.\n\nWhy Join IE EE Photonics Society?\n\nBecoming part of the IEEE Photonics Society conne cts students with a global community working at the intersection of light\ , technology\, research\, and innovation. Membership provides opportunitie s to learn about emerging photonics technologies\, engage with researchers and industry professionals\, participate in technical activities\, and be come part of a community shaping the future of photonics.\n\nWhether you a re already interested in photonics or are discovering the field for the fi rst time\, this membership drive is an opportunity to learn\, connect\, an d explore where photonics meets the future of AI and computing.\n\nSpeaker s\n\nRajat Kanti Bhattacharjee\nSenior Machine Learning Engineer\, Roku In c.\nMS in Computer Science\, Georgia Tech\n\nKunal Datta\nSenior Advisory Architect\, IBM\nFounder\, Kyma AI\n\nDate: Saturday\, August 22\, 2026\nT ime: 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM IST\n\nJoin the IEEE Photonics Society CUSB commu nity and discover the photonic edge.\n\nSpeaker(s): Rajat Kanti Bhattachar jee\, Kunal Datta\n\nAgenda: \n5:30 PM – 5:40 PM\nWelcome and IEEE Photo nics Society Introduction\nIntroduction to IEEE Photonics Society\, photon ics awareness\, and the Membership Drive\n\n5:40 PM – 6:25 PM\nThe Produ ction AI Stack\nRajat Kanti Bhattacharjee\nLarge-scale ML systems\, Mixtur e of Experts\, routing\, quantization\, and production AI\n\n6:25 PM – 7 :10 PM\nFrom Prompts to Autonomous Agents\nKunal Datta\nAgentic AI\, RAG 2 .0\, orchestration\, LLM agent loops\, and enterprise AI\n\n7:10 PM – 7: 25 PM\nEfficiency Meets Autonomy\nRajat Kanti Bhattacharjee & Kunal Datta\ nAI efficiency\, latency\, multi-agent systems\, and the future of AI hard ware\n\n7:25 PM – 7:30 PM\nIEEE Photonics Society Membership Drive and C losing\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/573519 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/573519 ORGANIZER:ieeephotonics.cu@gmail.com SEQUENCE:72 SUMMARY:IEEE Photonics Society Membership Drive - The Photonic Edge URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/573519 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><strong>IEEE Photonics Society Membership Drive &amp\; The Photonic Edge Webinar</strong></p>\n<p>Discover the world of photonics and explore how light-based technologies are shaping the fut ure of computing\, communication\, artificial intelligence\, and innovatio n.</p>\n<p>Join the <strong>IEEE Photonics Society CUSB Student Branch</st rong> for <strong>The Photonic Edge</strong>\, a technical webinar that br ings together perspectives from large-scale machine learning and enterpris e AI to explore the technologies driving the next generation of intelligen t systems.</p>\n<p>As part of the <strong>IEEE Photonics Society Membershi p Drive</strong>\, this event aims to introduce students and young profess ionals to the field of photonics and highlight the opportunities available through the IEEE Photonics Society community. From optical communication and lasers to photonic computing and emerging AI hardware\, photonics is b ecoming increasingly important in solving the challenges of modern technol ogy.</p>\n<p>The webinar will connect these emerging technologies with the rapidly evolving world of AI.</p>\n<p><strong>Session First Half &mdash\; Efficient AI at Scale</strong></p>\n<p>Rajat Kanti Bhattacharjee will exp lore why AI models are becoming both more capable and more efficient\, cov ering Mixture of Experts\, gating\, routing\, expert parallelism\, quantiz ation\, and production-serving trade-offs. He will also share practical ex periences from building large-scale machine learning systems.</p>\n<p><str ong>Session Second Half &mdash\; From Prompts to Autonomous Agents</strong ></p>\n<p>Kunal Datta will explore what happens between a prompt and an au tonomous AI agent completing a real-world task\, covering Agentic AI\, RAG 2.0\, orchestration patterns\, LLM agent loops\, and enterprise AI.</p>\n <p><strong>Joint Session &mdash\; Efficiency Meets Autonomy</strong></p>\n <p>The speakers will bring both perspectives together to examine multi-age nt systems\, routing overhead\, latency budgets\, model efficiency\, and t he engineering trade-offs involved in building scalable AI systems.</p>\n< p>The session will conclude with an interactive Q&amp\;A.</p>\n<p><strong> Why Join IEEE Photonics Society?</strong></p>\n<p>Becoming part of the IEE E Photonics Society connects students with a global community working at t he intersection of <strong>light\, technology\, research\, and innovation< /strong>. Membership provides opportunities to learn about emerging photon ics technologies\, engage with researchers and industry professionals\, pa rticipate in technical activities\, and become part of a community shaping the future of photonics.</p>\n<p>Whether you are already interested in ph otonics or are discovering the field for the first time\, this membership drive is an opportunity to learn\, connect\, and explore where <strong>pho tonics meets the future of AI and computing</strong>.</p>\n<p><strong>Spea kers</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Rajat Kanti Bhattacharjee</strong><br>Senior Machine Learning Engineer\, Roku Inc.<br>MS in Computer Science\, Georgia Tech</p>\n<p><strong>Kunal Datta</strong><br>Senior Advisory Architect\, IBM<br>Founder\, Kyma AI</p>\n<p><strong>Date:</strong> Saturday\, August 22\, 2026<br><strong>Time:</strong> 5:30 PM &ndash\; 7:30 PM IST</p>\n<p>< strong>Join the IEEE Photonics Society CUSB community and discover the pho tonic edge.</strong></p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p><strong>5:30 PM &ndas h\; 5:40 PM</strong><br><strong>Welcome and IEEE Photonics Society Introdu ction</strong><br>Introduction to IEEE Photonics Society\, photonics aware ness\, and the Membership Drive</p>\n<p><strong>5:40 PM &ndash\; 6:25 PM</ strong><br><strong>The Production AI Stack</strong><br>Rajat Kanti Bhattac harjee<br>Large-scale ML systems\, Mixture of Experts\, routing\, quantiza tion\, and production AI</p>\n<p><strong>6:25 PM &ndash\; 7:10 PM</strong> <br><strong>From Prompts to Autonomous Agents</strong><br>Kunal Datta<br>A gentic AI\, RAG 2.0\, orchestration\, LLM agent loops\, and enterprise AI< /p>\n<p><strong>7:10 PM &ndash\; 7:25 PM</strong><br><strong>Efficiency Me ets Autonomy</strong><br>Rajat Kanti Bhattacharjee &amp\; Kunal Datta<br>A I efficiency\, latency\, multi-agent systems\, and the future of AI hardwa re</p>\n<p><strong>7:25 PM &ndash\; 7:30 PM</strong><br><strong>IEEE Photo nics Society Membership Drive and Closing</strong></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR