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DESCRIPTION:IEEE Photonics Society Membership Drive &amp; 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\n[]\n\nJoin the IEEE Photonics Society CUSB
  Student Branch for The Photonic Edge\, a technical webinar that brings to
 gether perspectives from large-scale machine learning and enterprise AI to
  explore the technologies driving the next generation of intelligent syste
 ms.\n\nAs part of the IEEE Photonics Society Membership Drive\, this event
  aims to introduce students and young professionals to the field of photon
 ics and highlight the opportunities available through the IEEE Photonics S
 ociety community. From optical communication and lasers to photonic comput
 ing and emerging AI hardware\, photonics is becoming increasingly importan
 t in solving the challenges of modern technology.\n\nThe webinar will conn
 ect these emerging technologies with the rapidly evolving world of AI.\n\n
 Session First Half — Efficient AI at Scale\n\nRajat Kanti Bhattacharjee 
 will explore why AI models are becoming both more capable and more efficie
 nt\, covering Mixture of Experts\, gating\, routing\, expert parallelism\,
  quantization\, and production-serving trade-offs. He will also share prac
 tical experiences from building large-scale machine learning systems.\n\nS
 ession Second Half — From Prompts to Autonomous Agents\n\nKunal Datta wi
 ll explore what happens between a prompt and an autonomous AI agent comple
 ting a real-world task\, covering Agentic AI\, RAG 2.0\, orchestration pat
 terns\, LLM agent loops\, and enterprise AI.\n\nJoint Session — Efficien
 cy Meets Autonomy\n\nThe speakers will bring both perspectives together to
  examine multi-agent systems\, routing overhead\, latency budgets\, model 
 efficiency\, and the engineering trade-offs involved in building scalable 
 AI systems.\n\nThe session will conclude with an interactive Q&amp;A.\n\nWhy J
 oin IEEE Photonics Society?\n\nBecoming part of the IEEE Photonics Society
  connects students with a global community working at the intersection of 
 light\, technology\, research\, and innovation. Membership provides opport
 unities to learn about emerging photonics technologies\, engage with resea
 rchers and industry professionals\, participate in technical activities\, 
 and become part of a community shaping the future of photonics.\n\nWhether
  you are already interested in photonics or are discovering the field for 
 the first time\, this membership drive is an opportunity to learn\, connec
 t\, and explore where photonics meets the future of AI and computing.\n\nS
 peakers\n\nRajat Kanti Bhattacharjee\nSenior Machine Learning Engineer\, R
 oku Inc.\nMS in Computer Science\, Georgia Tech\n\nKunal Datta\nSenior Adv
 isory Architect\, IBM\nFounder\, Kyma AI\n\nDate: Saturday\, August 22\, 2
 026\nTime: 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM IST\n\nJoin the IEEE Photonics Society CUSB
  community and discover the photonic edge.\n\nSpeaker(s): Rajat Kanti Bhat
 tacharjee\, Kunal Datta\n\nAgenda: \n5:30 PM – 5:40 PM\nWelcome and IEEE
  Photonics Society Introduction\nIntroduction to IEEE Photonics Society\, 
 photonics awareness\, and the Membership Drive\n\n5:40 PM – 6:25 PM\nThe
  Production AI Stack\nRajat Kanti Bhattacharjee\nLarge-scale ML systems\, 
 Mixture 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 &amp; Kunal 
 Datta\nAI efficiency\, latency\, multi-agent systems\, and the future of A
 I hardware\n\n7:25 PM – 7:30 PM\nIEEE Photonics Society Membership Drive
  and Closing\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/573519
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/573519
ORGANIZER:ieeephotonics.cu@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:IEEE Photonics Society Membership Drive - The Photonic Edge
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X-ALT-DESC:Description: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;IEEE Photonics Society Membership 
 Drive &amp;amp\; The Photonic Edge Webinar&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Discover the w
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 ng&gt;\, a technical webinar that brings together perspectives from large-sca
 le machine learning and enterprise AI to explore the technologies driving 
 the next generation of intelligent systems.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;As part of the &lt;strong
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 roduce students and young professionals to the field of photonics and high
 light the opportunities available through the IEEE Photonics Society commu
 nity. From optical communication and lasers to photonic computing and emer
 ging AI hardware\, photonics is becoming increasingly important in solving
  the challenges of modern technology.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;The webinar will connect the
 se emerging technologies with the rapidly evolving world of AI.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;s
 trong&gt;Session First Half &amp;mdash\; Efficient AI at Scale&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;R
 ajat Kanti Bhattacharjee will explore why AI models are becoming both more
  capable and more efficient\, covering Mixture of Experts\, gating\, routi
 ng\, expert parallelism\, quantization\, and production-serving trade-offs
 . He will also share practical experiences from building large-scale machi
 ne learning systems.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Session Second Half &amp;mdash\; From Pro
 mpts to Autonomous Agents&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Kunal Datta will explore what h
 appens 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.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Joint Session &amp;mdash\; Efficie
 ncy Meets Autonomy&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;The speakers will bring both perspecti
 ves together to examine multi-agent systems\, routing overhead\, latency b
 udgets\, model efficiency\, and the engineering trade-offs involved in bui
 lding scalable AI systems.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;The session will conclude with an inter
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 logy\, research\, and innovation&lt;/strong&gt;. Membership provides opportuniti
 es to learn about emerging photonics technologies\, engage with researcher
 s and industry professionals\, participate in technical activities\, and b
 ecome part of a community shaping the future of photonics.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Whether
  you are already interested in photonics or are discovering the field for 
 the first time\, this membership drive is an opportunity to learn\, connec
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