Deep Learning In Gaming (Virtual) - GDC Summer

Hi All - This event was originally going to be held during GDC week back in March but had to be postponed. Excited to be hosting this event virtually during GDC Summer on Aug 4th.

Games have always been at the forefront of AI and they serve as a good testing bed for AI before we put it to use in the real world. Therefore, it’s natural to look into gaming to peek into new techniques being discovered in AI. What started with self-learning AI in games has now translated into solving real-world problems in computer vision, natural language processing, and self-driving cars. Join us during GDC Summer for a meetup that will bring people who are at the intersection of gaming and deep learning so that game developers can learn how to start utilizing cutting-edge AI research in their development process to create a more immersive experience.

Speakers:

Zohaib Ahmed - Zohaib is the founder and CEO of Resemble AI (www.resemble.ai), a synthetic speech startup. Before founding Resemble, Zohaib led engineering teams at Magic Leap, Hipmunk and Blackberry.

Idan Beck - Idan is currently an adjunct professor at RIT teaching real-time systems, graphics, and machine learning and working on the intersection of Machine Learning and Graphics at Unity. He is also exploring new directions in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, after having led and built companies in a variety of spaces such as real-time graphics, hardware, and signal processing.

Dr. Srinath Sridhar- Srinath Sridhar is a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University where he is advised by Leonidas Guibas. He received his PhD in Computer Science at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics in Germany advised by Christian Theobalt and Antti Oulasvirta. His primary area of research is computer vision including overlapping topics in human-computer interaction, robotics, and graphics. He has received recognition for his work through fellowships, awards [Eurographics Best Paper Honorable Mention, ICCVW Best Poster], and media coverage. He has previously spent time at Microsoft Research Redmond and the Honda Research Institute.

Homepage: http://ai.stanford.edu/~ssrinath

The Venue?
Meetup will be hosted on Zoom. The link will be shared on the day of the meetup.

Agenda?
6:05-6:20pm - Opening Remarks by Zohaib Ahmed
6:25-7:00 pm - Idan Beck + Q&A
7:05-7:35pm - Dr. Srinath Sridhar + Q&A