This week the AI Seminar welcomes Brenda Barron and Eric Fiala of the IBM
\nSystems Division. The seminar will be Friday, June 1st from noon – 1 p.m.
\nin CSC 3-33. Pizza @ 11:45 a.m.<\/p>\n
*Title:* An exploration of the technologies that the IBM Systems Division
\nis focusing on to advance the field of AI<\/p>\n
*Abstract:* IBM has been investing heavily in the field of AI but much of
\nthe marketing effort shifts focus to Watson capabilities and the service
\nofferings available in the IBM Cloud. The IBM Systems Division has also
\nbeen making key investments and is partnering closely with IBM Research and
\nthird parties like NVIDIA to develop a complete ecosystem with AI in mind.
\nCome out and gain a better understanding of how these investments have
\nshaped a server platform built for AI to enhance the performance of the
\npopular DL frameworks. Learn about several software extensions designed to
\nimprove the scaleability and throughput of ML and DL workloads and perhaps
\nidentify a tool or shortcut to aid you in your current projects.<\/p>\n
*Brenda Barron* is a Systems Architect within the national HPC and AI team
\nat IBM. She works directly with clients and business partners to help
\ndefine the infrastructure requirements of a given project and map that to
\nan optimal infrastructure solution. A UofA graduate, she has worked locally
\nin the Communications and IT fields for 35 years, the last 20 with IBM.<\/p>\n
*Eric Fiala* is a hands-on technical solutions architect with IBM Spectrum
\nComputing, representing global markets, based in Calgary, Alberta.
\nHe is a seasoned system administrator specialized in distributed computing,
\nbig data, machine learning, and deep learning at massive scale.
\nEric graduated from University of Ottawa with a degree in Economics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This week the AI Seminar welcomes Brenda Barron and Eric Fiala of the IBM Systems Division. The seminar will be Friday, June 1st from noon – 1 p.m. in CSC 3-33. Pizza @ 11:45 a.m. *Title:* An exploration of the technologies that the IBM Systems Division is focusing on to advance the field of AI<\/p>\n