Your face as your Ticket: Deploying Face Authentication at Scale

Let's get together, eat pizza, and hear from local companies and experts in the field. This week we will hear from Samson Timoner (LinkedIn), Head of Computer Vision, talk about the challenges of getting a computer vision product off the ground, and scaling it up to millions of users.

Meeting Location: Microsoft NERD (Microsoft New England Research and Development Center) at 1 Memorial Dr, Cambridge, MA 02142. (Not our usual location!)

Agenda:

• 6:00 - 6:30: Networking & Pizza.
• 6:30 - 7:20: Speaker: Samson Timoner (LinkedIn)
• 7:20 - 7:30: 1 min pitches from the audience. Need help? Looking for a job? Let us know.
• 7:30 - 8:00: More networking.

Details about the venue:

• Registration with full legal name is required to attend the event. Your registration name must match your ID.
• Please bring your valid government issued photo ID (state ID, driving license or passport). The venue requires mandatory ID checks for entry.

Parking/Commute Options:

• You can book parking on site through the ParkWhiz app for $11 in the NERD garage and $8-12 at nearby garages.
• The venue is a 5-minute walk from Kendall Square T stop.