Artificial intelligence and deep learning has touched every cornerstone of modern technology, changing the society that rests on it. Please come and hear one of the giants in the field discuss recent developments and innovations while operating at the largest scale possible at Google! While this will be primarily a technical talk showcasing innovations and new capabilities, the audience naturally invites fundamental understanding and deeper predictions. Whether it’s seeking to keep pace with innovations or build an understanding to develop new things, this session will be invaluable. Light refreshments will be served and a brief networking time will be held after.

Bio: Peter Norvig

“Peter Norvig is a Director of Research at Google Inc. Previously he was head of Google's core search algorithms group, and of NASA Ames's Computational Sciences Division, making him NASA's senior computer scientist. He received the NASA Exceptional Achievement Award in 2001. He has taught at the University of Southern California and the University of California at Berkeley, from which he received a Ph.D. in 1986 and the distinguished alumni award in 2006. He was co-teacher of an Artifical Intelligence class that signed up 160,000 students, helping to kick off the current round of massive open online classes. His publications include the books Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (the leading textbook in the field), Paradigms of AI Programming: Case Studies in Common Lisp, Verbmobil: A Translation System for Face-to-Face Dialog, and Intelligent Help Systems for UNIX. He is also the author of the Gettysburg Powerpoint Presentation and the world's longest palindromic sentence. He is a fellow of the AAAI, ACM, California Academy of Science and American Academy of Arts & Sciences.”

Hosted by: Leo Tam (BCSV Executive Committee)

Light refreshments provided and an opportunity for networking

Deep Learning & Artificial Intelligence at Web Scale and its Societal Implications