This Tech Field Day Showcase is sponsored by Intel and presented by Todd Tomashek, Software Engineering Manager in Machine Learning Performance at Intel.
Key Insights: Intel is working to improve workloads for artificial intelligence (AI) developers and data scientists by offering a wide variety of AI Python optimizations and tools. Whether you are at the beginning of your AI journey and looking to learn more, or you consider yourself a data science veteran, you can find great insight about Intel’s tools and technology offerings through this showcase and the accompanying resources.
For more information, you can view the following resources:
Python Data Science and AI Analytics
Intel® Extension for Scikit-learn Performance
Presenter
Todd Tomashek, Software Engineering Manager in Machine Learning Performance
Todd joined Intel in 2015 as an initial member of the Intel® Distribution for Python team and now serves as the Software Engineering Manager in Machine Learning Performance for the Python product and infrastructure group, and Architect for the Intel® oneAPI AI Analytics Toolkit. Todd came to Intel from the National Center for Supercomputing at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where he was a Senior Database Administrator and Data Architect for the Dark Energy Survey.
Delegates
Chris Grundemann | @chrisgrundemann
Chris Grundemann is a passionate, creative technologist and a strong believer in technology’s power to aid in the betterment of humankind. In his current role as Managing Director at Grundemann Technology Solutions he is expressing that passion by helping technology businesses grow and by helping any business grow with technology.
Frederick Van Haren | @FredericVHaren
Frederic Van Haren, CTO at HighFens Inc., is known for his insights into the AI, Big Data, HPC, and storage industries. He has over 20 years of high tech experience and has built several large HPC and AI environments from the ground up. Today, he provides consultancy and services to organizations that aim to be leaders and innovators in AI. He is frequently invited to speak at events to offer his vision on AI, Big Data, and HPC.
Jim Czuprynski | @JimTheWhyGuy
Jim Czuprynski has 40+ years of professional experience in Information Technology, serving diverse roles at various Fortune 1000 companies before becoming an Oracle DBA in 2001. Oracle awarded Jim the status of Oracle ACE Director in 2014 and is a sought-after public speaker on Oracle technology, presenting often at Oracle OpenWorld, Oracle CODE, COLLABORATE, KSCOPE, Oracle Development Community tours, and Oracle User Group conferences around the world. Jim has co-authored four books on Oracle Database technology, and has written 100+ articles on Oracle Database administration and other topics, most recently at ODTUG TechCeleration. Jim speculates about the future of technology in his blog (Generally…It Depends) and he’s also co-host of the Beyond Tech Skills podcast.
Girard Kavelines | @GKavelines
Girard Kavelines has over 15 years of experience as an IT Professional, working in many different areas and roles from IT Helpdesk, Network Technician, Network and System Administrator, and IT administrator. Specializing in Networking, Security & Virtualization. He is currently working toward achieving his CCNA, and then pursuing this CCNP. He blogs regularly at TechHouse570. For his endless work as a blogger Girard has been recognized as a VMware vExpert & Cisco Champion.
