AI optimization and acceleration so far has mostly been driven by novel hardware innovations. However, recently there have been new products developed by the AI start-up and research communities that operate at the software level in the machine learning technology stack, which reduce training length, inference time, energy consumption and memory usage of AI and machine learning (ML) models.Learning how to benchmark, deploy, and use these tools, as well as scrutinizing existing real-world use-cases is business-critical because these tools disrupt the AI market by: Enhancing the running of ML models on CPUs, therefore, reducing the costs of ownership of AI hardwareImproving the performance of standard AI accelerators (GPUs, FPGAs, DSPs etc.)Helping more data science and machine learning projects get into full productionIncreasing the competitiveness of products in the crowded edge device and IoT marketsThe Software for AI Optimization Summit will demonstrate how to deploy and integrate the latest novel software optimization tools into AI/ML workflows. Consequently, innovators and adopters in data science, machine learning, AI engineering and IoT solutions will uncover new techniques that enable the training and inference of AI and ML models to be faster, more cost-efficient, and still maintain high levels of performance and accuracy.Consequently, you will be ahead of the latest innovations across the ML technology stack enabling you to make informed decisions about strategic partnerships on who to partner with to optimize AI on the cloud and at the edge.

The Quantum Partnerships Forum focuses on creating and growing key partnerships within the quantum computing ecosystem. The inaugural forum in 2020 will be a virtual event and center around the themes of commercialization and supply chain. Similar to an ‘exchange’ format, forum attendees are expected to fill out profiles in order to increase the effectiveness of networking. The structure and content of the event emphasizes networking and the formation and dynamics of partnerships over product pitches, updates, and industry timelines. More panels and group discussions than presentations.The Quantum Partnerships Forum 2020 will bring together researchers, hardware & systems builders, and equipment manufacturers to discuss design & engineering challenges, technical requirements, and case studies of successful industry partnerships.

The Brain Inspired Computing Congress will bring together the leading start-ups, researchers and multinational companies who are exploring technologies spanning neuromorphic engineering, event-based sensors, brain-inspired algorithms and biologically plausible neural networks. This congress will provide an overview of these technologies in addition to deep-dive sessions on new architectures for neuromorphic chips, event-based sensors, and efforts to create biologically plausible algorithms.The Brain Inspired Computing Congress will focus on the prime applications for brain-inspired technologies including autonomous vehicles, robotic arm control and dynamic vision sensing. Given the scope for ultra-low-power and edge applications, this technology can be used where conventional deep learning methods are not well suited, such as brain-implants, where it is vital to adhere to power and temperature constraints. Therefore, this congress will also openly discuss the overlap and differentiation between applications for conventional deep learning and brain-inspired computing, exploring how these technologies can complement one another.

After three successful events (two in the US, one in China) we’re delighted to be bringing the AI Hardware Summit to Munich. We’ve been honoured with previous keynote speakers such as Dr. John L. Hennessey, Chairman of Alphabet, Lip-Bu Tan, CEO of Cadence Systems and Naveen Rao, CVP & GM of Intel’s AIPG. Europe is struggling to keep up with developments in machine learning at the same pace as the US and China, where many of the top labs are located and investments are significantly larger. Due to its academic strength in AI, the potential for Europe to catch up in AI research is massive and could add enormous value to its combined economic output. Institutes like the ELLIS Society are working closely with top European academics to enable Europe to perform the best fundamental AI research, but there is still a large gap in GDP investment when compared to the US and China. Given Europe’s strength in automation across industrial, robotics and autonomous vehicles manufacturing, this summit will focus on inference systems in edge computing, connecting these industries through common challenges in systems architecture/engineering. The AI Hardware Summit Europe will bring together key players across the AI hardware ecosystem to promote innovation and adoption of systems & silicon for processing AI.

This past year, the cloud gaming industry has become a vibrant marketplace where influential partnerships are happening - such as the Microsoft alliance with Sony and Google with BT - amplifying the opportunity that cloud gaming represents for the gaming industry and highlighting its growth potential. But the industry faces some significant technological challenges, as ensuring the continuity and quality of the gaming experience is crucial, in order to build an audience and a trustworthy reputation for cloud gaming platforms and products.The Cloud Gaming Congress Webinar Series will congregate the critical mass of the emerging cloud gaming industry, to define game streaming business models, overcome technological hurdles in distribution and create partnerships between content creators & platforms, and gaming companies & tech providers.The series will navigate between technical and business-related topics, critiquing current service offerings, evaluating consumer behaviors, and extracting key insights for smart business decisions and stronger business models. Telco & network experts will discuss leveraging 5G to optimize the cloud gaming experience and assess strategies to overcome challenges such as latency and packet loss. Finally, we will discuss the future direction of the gaming industry, analyzing the relationship between console/PC and cloud gaming going forward.We will be exploring the expansion of content creation through cloud gaming as well as how the cloud will revolutionize the gaming industry by allowing game publishers & developers to close the gap with their customers, and by enabling a new wave of data insights for gaming companies.“What will be interesting is when you develop cloud to run natively onto servers and you take advantage of thoseresources whether it’s computer storage or into network creating a persistent world that can host millions of gamers at the same time continuously, that transformation is gonna be enabled over the next decade and it’s gonna change the world of gaming and cloud gaming is really just the beginning...” Marcus Kennedy, GM, Gaming Division, Client Computing Group, IntelRegister to attend the second webinar in the series: 

人工智能硬件峰会是第一个也是唯一一个专门探讨开发用于神经网络与计算机视觉的硬件加速器这一生态系统的行业峰会。参加峰会，与200多位来自人工智能芯片领域的新创企业、半导体公司的资深技术领导、系统供应商/原始设备制造商、数据中心、终端用户、金融服务机构、投资人及基金公司汇聚一堂，共同构建新兴人工智能芯片市场的总体综合路线图。利用独特的交流机会，与主要行业领袖进行1-2-1单独接触，就以下继分领域进行深度交流： 高性能芯片架构的创新与优化：GPU（图形处理器）、 ASIC（专用集成电路）& TPU、FPGA（…替代性方案：复合数字/模拟计算、神经形态学和神经忆阻系统（neuromemristive systems）与量子计算。软件的作用：辅助软件、软件框架、生态系统和应用。生成用户友好的原代码，并将TensorFlow&Caffe等开源机器学习框架链接起来。行业发展：创业与企业研发、风险资本与企业风险投资的投资趋势、战略性并购与合作。  各项预测预言，人工智能(芯片组)市场有望从2018年的70.6亿美元增长到2025年的592.6亿美元， 期间年复合增长率达到35.5%(Business Wire，2018)。因此，芯片市场将迎来停滞不前。我们正处于计算范式的转变期，毋庸置疑的是，目前正在开发的处理单元的结合将加快人工智能的研究与开发，而人工智能的性能将远远超过现有平台。。因此，对如何将这一趋势转化为机遇，如何规划未来，需要我们分享我们的认识与见解。您现在可以查看议程并在微信上付款