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Dyson Electronics Lead and Baidu Institute Scientist headline 2015 Embedded Vision Summit

AWE partner Embedded Vision Alliance is on a mission to inspire and empower hardware and software product creators to use computer vision technology. Computer vision enables the creation of systems and applications that “see and understand.” As part of this mission the Alliance hosts an Embedded Vision Summit. Embedded is a one-day event featuring presentations by industry luminaries, bringing insights into innovative approaches to computer vision. Headlining this year’s Summit is Mike Aldred, Electronics Lead at Dyson and Ren Wu a distinguished scientist at the Baidu Institute of Deep Learning. Aldred has developed software for Dyson’s first bladeless fan, the AMO1, and has managed Dyson’s Electronics Research Group as well, but his main focus has always been to ensure that Dyson produces a world-beating robotic vacuum cleaner. He will talk about his experience in developing a vision-enabled consumer product in his keynote presentation on “Bringing Computer Vision to the Consumer.” Ren leads the effort at Baidu to expand the frontier of deep learning and artificial intelligence via high-performance heterogeneous computing. His latest work, Deep Image, powered by a custom-designed supercomputer dedicated to deep learning and highly optimized for convolutional neural networks, has achieved state-of-the-art performance on image recognition tasks. His dream is to make AI omnipotent and omnipresent. At the 2015 Embedded Vision Summit, Ren will speak on “Enabling Ubiquitous Visual Intelligence Through Deep Learning.” The AWE community is invited to attend the 2015 Embedded Vision Summit on May 12 in Santa Clara, California. AWE community members may use the discount code, “EVS154AWE,” for 20% off the full Summit registration or 50% off the Showcase-only registration. Go to http://www.embeddedvisionsummit.com for more information and to register. The Embedded Vision Summit is a full day of “how-to” presentations, product and technology demos, and insightful talks by industry leaders in one of the hottest areas of innovation today—computer vision. This year’s Summit has three conference tracks, including a new one focused on market trends and business opportunities. The Technology Showcase will feature dozens of demos of computer vision applications. The Embedded Vision Summit will: Inspire you to create new products that use computer vision technology Offer practical how-tos to help you incorporate vision capabilities into your designs Provide opportunities to meet and talk with leading computer vision technology suppliers and technologists, and see exciting demos of some of the latest technology Register today at http://www.embeddedvisionsummit.com. Augmented World Expo (AWE) is the world’s largest conference for professionals focused on making the world more interactive – featuring technologies such as Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Wearable Computing, Smart Glasses, Gesture and Sensors devices, and The Internet of Things. Now in our sixth year, AWE 2015 is our biggest event yet with over 3,000 tech professionals, 200 demos, 100+ AWE-inspiring talks and over 150 participating companies. Tickets are on sale now....

Jeff Bier

Jeff Bier

Jeff Bier is founder of the Embedded Vision Alliance. The Alliance is an industry partnership formed to enable the market for embedded vision technology by inspiring and empowering design engineers to create more capable and responsive products through the integration of vision capabilities. Jeff is also co-founder and president of Berkeley Design Technology, Inc. (BDTI), a trusted resource for independent analysis and specialized engineering services in the realm of embedded digital signal processing technology. Jeff oversees BDTI’s benchmarking and analysis of chips, tools, and other technology. Jeff is also a key contributor to BDTI’s consulting services, which focus on product-development, marketing, and strategic advice for companies using and developing embedded digital signal processing technologies....

Embedded Vision Summit to co-locate with AWE 2014

Embedded Vision Summit to co-locate with AWE 2014

AWE attendees who want to learn in depth about vision technology will have the option of attending the Embedded Vision Summit, which is co-located with AWE 2014. The Embedded Vision Summit West is a full day of “how-to” presentations, product and technology demos, and inspiring and insightful talks by industry leaders in one of the hottest areas of innovation today—embedded vision, which enables machines and apps to “see and understand.” Organized by leaders in embedded vision technology, the Summit is a technical educational forum for engineers interested in incorporating visual intelligence into systems and software. This year’s technical program will focus on two themes: Recognition and Autonomy. Recognition encompasses vision technologies that enable machines to detect and understand specific objects in images, such as people, bicycles, or license plates. It includes facial expression, gesture interfaces, as well as contextual understanding. Autonomy addresses technologies that support semi- or fully-autonomous machine behaviors, such as self-driving cars and drones. It includes visual tracking, localization, detection and decision-making about obstacles in the world for safe operation. Highlighting the themes of the 2014 Summit this year are keynotes by Yann LeCun, Director of AI Research at Facebook, and Nathaniel Fairfield, technical lead for Google’s self-driving car team. This year’s Embedded Vision Summit West will: Provide engaging, high-quality technical presentations to inspire you to create products and applications that use embedded vision technology Offer practical know-how to help you incorporate vision capabilities into your designs Give you opportunities to meet and talk with leading embedded vision technology suppliers and technologists, and see exciting demos of the latest vision technology Augmented World Expo 2014 attendees have two options for experiencing the Embedded Vision Summit: Full Embedded Vision Summit (Thursday, May 29, from 8 am to 7:30 pm). Sixteen technical presentations, morning and afternoon keynotes, as well as the Embedded Vision Summit Technology Showcase demos. AWE registrants will receive a discount code for 25% off the $199 registration fee in their AWE registration confirmation email. Embedded Vision Summit Technology Showcase only (Thursday, May 29, from 12:00 to 7:30 pm; includes lunch and evening reception). Demonstrations of embedded vision technology from member companies of the Embedded Vision Alliance. AWE registrants can add the Embedded Vision Summit Technology Showcase for 50% off the $99 registration fee when registering for AWE. Visit the Embedded Vision Summit website for more information....