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ACM Austin + IEEE Day Celebrations with Young Professionals Joint Tech Talks

Join us for an exciting evening of cutting-edge talks at the intersection of AI, HPC, and specialized architectures. This joint event, co-hosted by ACM Austin and IEEE Young Professionals, brings together expert speakers, networking opportunities, and community collaboration.

Featured Talks
Rajesh Govindarajan
Context Engineering

  • Context engineering—the practice of shaping prompts, inputs, and surrounding data
  • How context engineering bridges raw model capabilities with real-world applications
  • Designing prompt strategies and engineering the context window
  • Practical insights into techniques, pitfalls, and design patterns that transform generic models into domain-aware, high-performing AI assistants

Anup Chakravarthi Suggula
Advancing HPC and AI Through Specialized Architectures

  • What accelerated processing units are, and their role in high-performance computing
  • Key architectural changes tailored for HPC vs. ML workloads
  • How AMD addresses increased demands in large LLM model training and inference

Oluwatoyin Aromokeye
Building Emotionally Intelligent Products: Tools and Techniques for Responsible Tech

  • Why emotional impact matters in product design
  • Practical tools for assessing user stress and cognitive load
  • Strategies for creating emotionally intelligent, user-centered products that prioritize well-being and ethical development

Aditya Vilas Deshpande
Observability for LLMs: Challenges and Lessons from Real-World Systems

  • Why observability for LLMs is harder than for traditional software
  • Real-world monitoring challenges: unpredictability, trust, and compliance
  • Lessons for AI/ML deployment in enterprise environments

Event Schedule
6:00 – 6:30 PM | Social Mixer + Pizza (sponsored by IEEE Young Professionals)
6:30 – 7:30 PM | Tech Talks (start sharp at 6:30, each talk up to 15 minutes with Q&A)
After 7:30 PM | Open Networking
Event Details
Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Venue: CGCS – ACC Rio Grande Campus, Building 3000
1218 West Ave Bldg #3000, Austin, TX 78701 (Parking image attached in comments)
What’s Included

  • Free food & drinks
  • Expert technical talks
  • Networking with Austin’s tech community
  • Live Q&A with speakers

Call for Speakers
Interested in presenting at a future event? Submit your proposal here:
👉 https://sessionize.com/austin-acm-meetup/
Acknowledgements
Special thanks to CGCS for providing the venue.

Organized by Akshay Mittal & Tarun Reddy

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