About us
This Meetup group supports the SF Bay ACM Chapter. You can join the actual SF Bay Chapter by coming to a meeting - most meetings are free, and our membership is only $20/year !
The chapter has both educational and scientific purposes:
- the science, design, development, construction, languages, management and applications of modern computing.
- communication between persons interested in computing.
- cooperation with other professional groups
Our official bylaws will be available soon at the About Us page on our web site. See below for out Code of Conduct.
Videos of past meetings can be found at http://www.youtube.com/user/sfbayacm
Official web site of SF Bay ACM:
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Article IX: Code of Conduct - from the ACM Professional Chapter Code of Conduct
Harassment or hostile behavior is unwelcome, including speech that intimidates,creates discomfort, or interferes with a person’s participation or opportunity for participation, in a Chapter meeting or Chapter event.Harassment in any form, including but not limited to harassment based on alienage or citizenship, age, color, creed, disability, marital status, military status, national origin, pregnancy, childbirth- and pregnancy-related medical conditions, race, religion, sex, gender,veteran status, sexual orientation or any other status protected by laws in which the Chapter meeting or Chapter event is being held, will not be tolerated. Harassment includes the use of abusive or degrading language, intimidation, stalking, harassing photography or recording,inappropriate physical contact, sexual imagery and unwelcome sexualattention. A response that the participant was “just joking,” or “teasing,”or being “playful,” will not be accepted.2. Anyone witnessing or subject to unacceptable behavior should notify a chapter officer or ACM Headquarters.3. Individuals violating these standards may be sanctioned or excluded from further participation at the discretion of the Chapter officers or responsible committee members.
Featured event
Latest & Unique Tech Innovations from the 2026 Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
LOCATION ADDRESS (Hybrid, in person or by zoom, you choose)
Valley Research Park
319 North Bernardo Avenue
Mountain View, CA CA 93043
If you want to join remotely, you can submit questions via Zoom Q&A. The zoom link:
https://acm-org.zoom.us/
Join via YouTube:
https://youtube.com/live/sJ38lsfLfeU
AGENDA
6:30 Door opens, SFBAY ACM 69 anniversary Cake and networking (we invite honor system contributions)
7:00 SFBay ACM 2025 Slate of board members and annual election, upcoming events.
7:15 Speaker presents
8:25- 8:40 finish, depending on Q&A
Join SF Bay ACM Chapter for an insightful discussion on:
Abstract
This is a summary of the latest and unique tech innovations from the 2026 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. CES's focus has expanded beyond consumer electronic devices to many categories including wearables, smart homes, robotics, drones, medical and healthcare devices, etc.
Speaker Bio:
Avery Lu is one of the leaders in the Valley in tech business development, and is current Chair of the IEEE Santa Clara Valley Section.
As Partner & Head of Business Development, Investments for Aventurine Capital Group, LLC (www.aventurine.com), Avery Lu leverages his
30+ year’s experience as a high-tech business executive in both large corporations and startups. He works directly with
partners in venture capital, universities and startups as well as scientists to identify high value intellectual property for
investment and commercialization. Avery is also Senior Director of Program Development and Interest Groups at the
Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) (www.gsaglobal.org), a global platform “Where Leaders Meet” to establish an efficient, profitable, and
sustainable high technology global ecosystem encompassing semiconductors, software, solutions, systems, and services.
He has previously co-founded 3 startups; Palo Alto Scientific (AI sports analytics/ wearables/IoT), ActionSpot Startup Studio
(venture studio & co-working space) and WBGlobalSemi (SiC power management solutions). Early in his career, Avery held
various senior level roles in Business Development, Segment Marketing, Product Marketing, Global Account Management
and Field Applications Engineering at NXP Semiconductor, Infineon Technologies, Toshiba Semiconductor, Winbond Electronics,
American Microsystems Incorporated, Cypress Semiconductor, Viewlogic Systems and Xilinx.
Avery is a Senior Member of IEEE (Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers) and Professional Member of IEEE Eta
Kappa Nu Honor Society who is the current Chair of IEEE Santa Clara Valley (SCV) Section in Silicon Valley, a former
2015-2016 Chair of IEEE SCV Consumer Technology Society Chapter and an Executive Committee Member of IEEE SCV
Startup Special Interest Group. Since 2011, he has served on the Board of Directors of CASPA (Chinese American
Semiconductor Professional Association), and has served on the Advisory Board of the Center for Innovation and
Entrepreneurship at his alma mater, Santa Clara University, where he earned his B.S. in Electrical Engineering.
www.linkedin.com/in/averylu
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Valley Research Park is a coworking research campus of 104,000 square feet hosting 30+ life science and technology companies. VRP has over 100 dry labs, wet labs, and high power labs sized from 125-15,000 square feet. VRP manages all of the traditional office elements: break rooms, conference rooms, outdoor dining spaces, and recreational spaces.
As a plug-and-play lab space, once companies have secured their next milestone and are ready to expand, VRP has 100+ labs ready to expand into.
https://www.valleyresearchpark.com/
Upcoming events
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Latest & Unique Tech Innovations from the 2026 Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
Valley Research Park, 319 North Bernardo Avenue, Mountain View, CA, USLOCATION ADDRESS (Hybrid, in person or by zoom, you choose)
Valley Research Park
319 North Bernardo Avenue
Mountain View, CA CA 93043
If you want to join remotely, you can submit questions via Zoom Q&A. The zoom link:
https://acm-org.zoom.us/
Join via YouTube:
https://youtube.com/live/sJ38lsfLfeUAGENDA
6:30 Door opens, SFBAY ACM 69 anniversary Cake and networking (we invite honor system contributions)
7:00 SFBay ACM 2025 Slate of board members and annual election, upcoming events.
7:15 Speaker presents
8:25- 8:40 finish, depending on Q&AJoin SF Bay ACM Chapter for an insightful discussion on:
Abstract
This is a summary of the latest and unique tech innovations from the 2026 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. CES's focus has expanded beyond consumer electronic devices to many categories including wearables, smart homes, robotics, drones, medical and healthcare devices, etc.Speaker Bio:
Avery Lu is one of the leaders in the Valley in tech business development, and is current Chair of the IEEE Santa Clara Valley Section.
As Partner & Head of Business Development, Investments for Aventurine Capital Group, LLC (www.aventurine.com), Avery Lu leverages his
30+ year’s experience as a high-tech business executive in both large corporations and startups. He works directly with
partners in venture capital, universities and startups as well as scientists to identify high value intellectual property for
investment and commercialization. Avery is also Senior Director of Program Development and Interest Groups at the
Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) (www.gsaglobal.org), a global platform “Where Leaders Meet” to establish an efficient, profitable, and
sustainable high technology global ecosystem encompassing semiconductors, software, solutions, systems, and services.He has previously co-founded 3 startups; Palo Alto Scientific (AI sports analytics/ wearables/IoT), ActionSpot Startup Studio
(venture studio & co-working space) and WBGlobalSemi (SiC power management solutions). Early in his career, Avery held
various senior level roles in Business Development, Segment Marketing, Product Marketing, Global Account Management
and Field Applications Engineering at NXP Semiconductor, Infineon Technologies, Toshiba Semiconductor, Winbond Electronics,
American Microsystems Incorporated, Cypress Semiconductor, Viewlogic Systems and Xilinx.Avery is a Senior Member of IEEE (Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers) and Professional Member of IEEE Eta
Kappa Nu Honor Society who is the current Chair of IEEE Santa Clara Valley (SCV) Section in Silicon Valley, a former
2015-2016 Chair of IEEE SCV Consumer Technology Society Chapter and an Executive Committee Member of IEEE SCV
Startup Special Interest Group. Since 2011, he has served on the Board of Directors of CASPA (Chinese American
Semiconductor Professional Association), and has served on the Advisory Board of the Center for Innovation and
Entrepreneurship at his alma mater, Santa Clara University, where he earned his B.S. in Electrical Engineering.
www.linkedin.com/in/averylu
---Valley Research Park is a coworking research campus of 104,000 square feet hosting 30+ life science and technology companies. VRP has over 100 dry labs, wet labs, and high power labs sized from 125-15,000 square feet. VRP manages all of the traditional office elements: break rooms, conference rooms, outdoor dining spaces, and recreational spaces.
As a plug-and-play lab space, once companies have secured their next milestone and are ready to expand, VRP has 100+ labs ready to expand into.
https://www.valleyresearchpark.com/53 attendees
The IEEE Mass Storage Roadmap 2026 Update
Valley Research Park, 319 North Bernardo Avenue, Mountain View, CA, USLOCATION ADDRESS (Hybrid, in person or by zoom, you choose)
Valley Research Park
319 North Bernardo Avenue
Mountain View, CA CA 93043
If you want to join remotely, you can submit questions via Zoom Q&A. The zoom link:
https://acm-org.zoom.us/j/
Join via YouTube:
https://youtube.com/live/sJ38lsfLfeUAGENDA
6:30 Door opens, SFBAY ACM 68 anniversary Cake and networking (we invite honor system contributions)
7:00 SFBay ACM 2026 Slate of board members and annual election, upcoming events.
7:15 Dr. Tom Coughlin :"The IEEE Mass Storage Roadmap 2026 Update"
8:25- 8:40 finish, depending on Q&AJoin SF Bay ACM Chapter for an insightful discussion on:
Abstract
A group of experts recently completed a roadmap for all types of digital storage technology out 15 years into the future. This includes NAND flash and new non-volatile memories, hard disk drives, magnetic tape, optical storage and DNA storage. Come to this talk to get a glimpse of the future of something that people can’t get enough of, digital storage technology.Speaker Bio:
Tom Coughlin, President, Coughlin Associates is a digital storage analyst and business/ technology consultant. He has over 40 years in the data storage industry with engineering and senior management positions. Coughlin Associates consults, publishes books and market and technology reports and puts on digital storage and memory-oriented events. He is a regular contributor for forbes.com and M&E organization websites. He is an IEEE Fellow, an ACM Senior Member, 2024 IEEE President, Past-President IEEE-USA, Past Director IEEE Region 6 and Past Chair Santa Clara Valley IEEE Section, and is also active with SNIA, SMPTE and CNSV. For more information on Tom Coughlin go to www.tomcoughlin.com.---
Valley Research Park is a coworking research campus of 104,000 square feet hosting 30+ life science and technology companies. VRP has over 100 dry labs, wet labs, and high power labs sized from 125-15,000 square feet. VRP manages all of the traditional office elements: break rooms, conference rooms, outdoor dining spaces, and recreational spaces.
As a plug-and-play lab space, once companies have secured their next milestone and are ready to expand, VRP has 100+ labs ready to expand into.
https://www.valleyresearchpark.com/38 attendees
Search 360°: From Query Understanding to LLM-Enhanced Retrieval
·OnlineOnlineHybrid event on Zoom and YouTube
If you want to join discussion remotely, you can submit questions via Zoom Q&A. The zoom link:
https://acm-org.zoom.us/j/94932457090?pwd=SzCaJbWEJpzEpJl7wYa1aSrHa8G15r.1
Join via YouTube:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=t15Ca-KblbEAGENDA
6:30 pre-sign in to test and chat
7:00 SFBayACM upcoming events, introduce the speaker
7:15 speaker presentation starts
8:15 - 8:30 finish, depending on Q&AJoin SF Bay ACM Chapter for an insightful discussion in person at VRP
Description:
Search systems are evolving rapidly, powered by advances in deep learning, embeddings, and now large language models. This talk offers a 360° view of modern search architectures: from query understanding and candidate generation to pre-ranking, ranking, and re-ranking. We’ll explore how hybrid retrieval (sparse + dense), multi-task learning, and LLM-assisted query understanding are redefining search quality and personalization. Attendees will gain a systems-level understanding of how each layer contributes to relevance, diversity, and user satisfaction, and where to focus next for scalable innovation.Audience:
AI practitioners interested in understanding how modern search systems work end-to-end. Also suitable for product engineers and researchers. Beginner to intermediate level: designed for attendees familiar with basic ML and data concepts, but not requiring deep expertise in search or ranking systems.Speaker Bio:
Gauri Sarode is a Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Doordash, where she builds large-scale personalization and search systems that shape the customer discovery experience. With an M.S. in Computer Science from New York University, Gauri combines academic depth with real-world production experience. She holds multiple certifications in Generative AI and Retrieval-Augmented Generation.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gaurisarode/
---Valley Research Park is a coworking research campus of 104,000 square feet hosting 60+ life science and technology companies. VRP has over 100 dry labs, wet labs, and high power labs sized from 125-15,000 square feet. VRP manages all of the traditional office elements: break rooms, conference rooms, outdoor dining spaces, and recreational spaces.
As a plug-and-play lab space, once companies have secured their next milestone and are ready to expand, VRP has 100+ labs ready to expand into.
https://www.valleyresearchpark.com/34 attendees
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