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SUMMARY:Modern Test Automation & Quality Engineering in Agile Systems
DESCRIPTION:LOCATION ADDRESS (Hybrid\, in person or by zoom\, you choose)\nValley Research Park\n319 North Bernardo Avenue\nMountain View\, CA CA 93043\nDon’t use the front door. When facing the front door\, turn right along the front of the building. Turn left around the building corner. The 2nd door should be open and have a banner and event registration. \nIf you want to join remotely\, you can submit questions via Zoom Q&A. The zoom link:\n[https://acm-org.zoom.us/j/95226212956?pwd=HnAedzSDGcYAYsCzTuavIvMYMFtILa.1](https://acm-org.zoom.us/j/95226212956?pwd=HnAedzSDGcYAYsCzTuavIvMYMFtILa.1)\nJoin via YouTube:\n[https://youtube.com/live/cu5TDl8N2Mk](https://youtube.com/live/cu5TDl8N2Mk) \nAGENDA\n6:30 Door opens\, food and networking (we invite honor system contributions)\n**7:00** SFBayACM upcoming events\, introduce the speaker\n7:15 speaker presentation starts\n8:15 – 8:30 finish\, depending on Q&A \nJoin SF Bay ACM Chapter for an insightful discussion on: \n**Talk Description**: \nAs software delivery accelerates\, traditional testing approaches struggle to keep pace with Agile and DevOps environments. Modern systems demand more than automated test cases—they require a shift toward quality engineering practices that embed reliability\, scalability\, and continuous feedback into every stage of development. \nThis talk explores how test automation has evolved from a validation activity into a core engineering discipline. We will examine how to design resilient automation frameworks\, integrate testing seamlessly into CI/CD pipelines\, and build quality signals that provide real-time insight into system health.\nThrough practical examples\, the session will highlight strategies for moving beyond UI-driven automation toward API\, integration\, and workflow-level validation. It will also cover key aspects such as test data management\, environment stability\, performance considerations\, and accessibility as part of continuous quality. \nAttendees will gain a clear understanding of how to align automation with Agile delivery\, reduce flaky tests\, and create scalable\, maintainable solutions that support rapid releases without compromising quality.\nThis session is designed for engineers and quality professionals who want to modernize their automation approach and build systems that are reliable by design\, not just tested after the fact. \n**Speaker Bio**:\nShri Lakshmi Rajagopal\, a Senior Quality Engineering Leader and Test Automation Architect. She has over 14 years of experience in software quality engineering\, automation architecture\, and engineering leadership. Her work focuses on designing maintainable automation frameworks\, enabling Agile quality practices\, and mentoring teams to adopt modern testing strategies. She is passionate about sharing practical insights that help teams build reliable and scalable software systems. \nLinkedIn:[https://www.linkedin.com/in/shri-lakshmi-rajagopal-a5012428](https://www.linkedin.com/in/shri-lakshmi-rajagopal-a5012428) \n— \nValley Research Park is a coworking research campus of 104\,000 square feet hosting 60+ life science and technology companies. VRP has over 100 dry labs\, wet labs\, and high power labs sized from 125-15\,000 square feet. VRP manages all of the traditional office elements: break rooms\, conference rooms\, outdoor dining spaces\, and recreational spaces. \nAs a plug-and-play lab space\, once companies have secured their next milestone and are ready to expand\, VRP has 100+ labs ready to expand into.\nhttps://www.valleyresearchpark.com/
URL:https://svec.org/event/modern-test-automation-quality-engineering-in-agile-systems/
LOCATION:Valley Research Park\, 319 N Bernardo Ave\, Mountain View\, CA\, 94043\, United States
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SUMMARY:Beyond the Buzzwords: The Real Engineering Challenges of Augmented Reality
DESCRIPTION:LOCATION ADDRESS (Hybrid\, in person or by zoom\, you choose)\nValley Research Park\n319 North Bernardo Avenue\nMountain View\, CA CA 93043\nDon’t use the front door. When facing the front door\, turn right along the front of the building. Turn left around the building corner. The 2nd door should be open and have a banner and event registration. \nIf you want to join remotely\, you can submit questions via Zoom Q&A. The zoom link:\n[https://acm-org.zoom.us/j/95226212956?pwd=HnAedzSDGcYAYsCzTuavIvMYMFtILa.1](https://acm-org.zoom.us/j/95226212956?pwd=HnAedzSDGcYAYsCzTuavIvMYMFtILa.1)\nJoin via YouTube:\n[https://youtube.com/live/cu5TDl8N2Mk](https://youtube.com/live/cu5TDl8N2Mk) \nAGENDA\n6:30 Door opens\, food and networking (we invite honor system contributions)\n**7:00** SFBayACM upcoming events\, introduce the speaker\n7:15 speaker presentation starts\n8:15 – 8:30 finish\, depending on Q&A \nJoin SF Bay ACM Chapter for an insightful discussion on: \n**Talk Description**:\nTalk description: Augmented Reality is often talked about in terms of its potential\, but what does it actually take to build it? This talk offers a candid\, high-level look at the engineering challenges that make AR glasses hard\, from power and thermals to silicon design\, and what it means to optimize at every layer of the stack to bring a product to life. \nReading material/blogs:\n[https://www.meta.com/blog/orion-ar-glasses-augmented-reality/](https://www.meta.com/blog/orion-ar-glasses-augmented-reality/)\n[https://www.meta.com/blog/boz-to-the-future-episode-22-wearables-orion-ray-ban-meta-alex-himel/](https://www.meta.com/blog/boz-to-the-future-episode-22-wearables-orion-ray-ban-meta-alex-himel/)\n[https://www.meta.com/blog/orion-compute-puck-reality-labs-next-computing-platform/](https://www.meta.com/blog/orion-compute-puck-reality-labs-next-computing-platform/)\n[https://www.meta.com/blog/orion-custom-silicon-chips-ip-blocks-accelerators-ar-algorithms-energy-efficiency-reality-labs/](https://www.meta.com/blog/orion-custom-silicon-chips-ip-blocks-accelerators-ar-algorithms-energy-efficiency-reality-labs/) \n**Speaker Bio**:\n**Shanmathi Natarajan is a Silicon Power Architect with experience at Meta Reality Labs\, where she led end-to-end power architecture for next-generation AR glasses. Her work spanned the full silicon lifecycle\, from early-stage SoC power modeling and architectural exploration to post-silicon validation and real-world correlation\, with a focus on turning high-level design intent into measurable efficiency gains on final silicon.**\n**Her work includes driving significant use-case power reductions on wearable SoCs\, directly enabling better battery life and user experience on AR devices. Her expertise spans low-power design methodologies\, hardware-software co-design\, DVFS and power state architecture\, and cross-layer optimization across compute\, memory\, and interconnect subsystems.**\n**Her research interests lie at the hardware-software boundary\, where low-level architectural decisions in AR glasses\, GPU architectures\, and energy-constrained systems translate directly into product-level impact.** \nhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/shanmathi-natarajan \n— \nValley Research Park is a coworking research campus of 104\,000 square feet hosting 60+ life science and technology companies. VRP has over 100 dry labs\, wet labs\, and high power labs sized from 125-15\,000 square feet. VRP manages all of the traditional office elements: break rooms\, conference rooms\, outdoor dining spaces\, and recreational spaces. \nAs a plug-and-play lab space\, once companies have secured their next milestone and are ready to expand\, VRP has 100+ labs ready to expand into.\nhttps://www.valleyresearchpark.com/
URL:https://svec.org/event/beyond-the-buzzwords-the-real-engineering-challenges-of-augmented-reality/
LOCATION:Valley Research Park\, 319 N Bernardo Ave\, Mountain View\, CA\, 94043\, United States
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SUMMARY:Practical Lessons from Building AI Infrastructure for Billion User Products
DESCRIPTION:Practical Lessons from Building AI Infrastructure for Billion-User Products with ML Systems \nLOCATION ADDRESS (Hybrid\, in person or by zoom\, you choose)\nValley Research Park\n319 North Bernardo Avenue\nMountain View\, CA CA 93043\nIf you want to join remotely\, you can submit questions via Zoom Q&A. The zoom link:\n[https://acm-org.zoom.us/j/](https://acm-org.zoom.us/j/99320216248?pwd=hmIZXJbNiS0F4hrJerx0ffnI8rbYOr.1)\nJoin via YouTube:\nhttps://youtube.com/live/sJ38lsfLfeU \nAGENDA\n6:30 Door opens\, SFBAY ACM 68 anniversary Cake and networking (we invite honor system contributions)\n**7:00** Upcoming events\, introduction of the speaker\n7:15 Speaker presentation\n8:15- 8:30 finish\, depending on Q&A \nJoin SF Bay ACM Chapter for an insightful discussion on: \nAbstract\nThis talk covers what it takes to move ML/AI systems from promising prototypes to production systems that are reliable\, observable\, scalable\, and maintainable. I will discuss common architecture patterns\, rollout strategies\, evaluation and monitoring loops\, operational failure modes\, and engineering tradeoffs that show up at large scale. The talk is intended for experienced computing professionals and can be adjusted to a 45-60 minute format with Q&A. \nSpeaker bio:\nSilu Panda is a Sr. Software Engineer at Linkedin.com. He has 6 years of experience building ML infrastructure used by billions of users\, including 4 years at LinkedIn. He holds a bachelors degree in computer science from IIT Bombay. His focus areas are ML systems\, scalable infrastructure\, software engineering\, and practical AI product execution.. \nhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/silupanda/ \n— \nValley Research Park is a coworking research campus of 104\,000 square feet hosting 30+ life science and technology companies. VRP has over 100 dry labs\, wet labs\, and high power labs sized from 125-15\,000 square feet. VRP manages all of the traditional office elements: break rooms\, conference rooms\, outdoor dining spaces\, and recreational spaces. \nAs a plug-and-play lab space\, once companies have secured their next milestone and are ready to expand\, VRP has 100+ labs ready to expand into.\nhttps://www.valleyresearchpark.com/
URL:https://svec.org/event/practical-lessons-from-building-ai-infrastructure-for-billion-user-products/
LOCATION:Valley Research Park\, 319 N Bernardo Ave\, Mountain View\, CA\, 94043\, United States
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SUMMARY:VENDOR TABLE for Electrical Design Fundamentals Seminar
DESCRIPTION:*****This vTools link is for purchase of Vendor Tables ONLY! No walk-in registrations.*****\n(Limit of 10 vendor tables so do not delay!)\nVendor table will be one 6-foot exhibit table. Vendor table includes one (1) attendee ticket. A power strip will be available upon request.\nFor more than one (1) attendee to support the table\, please register additional people using the regular attendee link: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/562108\nTape\, Tacks\, Nails may not be applied to walls\, ceilings\, or doors and are strictly prohibited.\nOutside food\, non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverage are not allowed.\nIEEE and the Hotel are not responsible for any loss or damage to property belonging to you.\nSign-in for attendees and continental breakfast will open at 7:15AM\, so please be completely set up by 7:15AM.\nVendors are encouraged (voluntary) to bring up to three (3) giveaways to be included in the overall raffle for attendees.\nThis one-day Technical Seminar will cover the fundamentals of electrical design\, cable ampacity\, protective relaying\, and interconnections. The seminar will serve as a primer for engineers and a refresher for experienced engineers. During breaks and lunch there will be opportunities to network with your peers and meet with manufacturers. The registration cost includes continental breakfast\, lunch\, and refreshments.\nPlease join us in attending this one-day Technical Seminar which will include an impressive list of speakers from IEEE\, Eaton\, Electrical Reliability Services (a Vertiv Company)\, ETAP\, SEL\, and NEMA. Seminar topics will include:\n– Overview of IEEE 1547-2018\, Standard for Interconnection and Interoperability of distributed energy resources (DER) with Electric Power Systems\n– Electrical Design Fundamentals – Circuit Breaker Applications Understood\n– Medium Voltage Cable Installations\n– Cable Ampacity and Sizing Fundamentals Generator\n– Protective Relaying Fundamentals\n– NEMA Resources and the NEMA Standards Store\nPlan to attend this timely\, educational Seminar. Registration is now open!\nSpeaker(s): Chase Sun\, Chris Lovin\, Steve Park\, Avelardo Morales \, Angel Morales\, Mike Stone\nAgenda:\n8:00AM-4:30PM (sign-in opens at 7:15AM)\n*****Vendors should be set up and ready by 7:15AM.*****\nDoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pleasanton at The Club\, 7050 Johnson Drive\, Pleasanton\, California\, United States\, 94588
URL:https://svec.org/event/vendor-table-for-electrical-design-fundamentals-seminar/
LOCATION:DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pleasanton at The Club\, 7050 Johnson Drive\, Pleasanton\, California\, United States\, 94588
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SUMMARY:Electrical Design Fundamentals Seminar
DESCRIPTION:This one-day Technical Seminar will cover the fundamentals of electrical design\, cable ampacity\, protective relaying\, and interconnections. The seminar will serve as a primer for engineers and a refresher for experienced engineers. During breaks and lunch there will be opportunities to network with your peers and meet with manufacturers. The registration cost includes continental breakfast\, lunch\, and refreshments.\nPlease join us in attending this one-day Technical Seminar which will include an impressive list of speakers from IEEE\, Eaton\, Electrical Reliability Services (a Vertiv Company)\, ETAP\, SEL\, and NEMA. Seminar topics will include:\n– Overview of IEEE 1547-2018\, Standard for Interconnection and Interoperability of distributed energy resources (DER) with Electric Power Systems\n– Electrical Design Fundamentals – Circuit Breaker Applications Understood\n– Medium Voltage Cable Installations\n– Cable Ampacity and Sizing Fundamentals Generator\n– Protective Relaying Fundamentals\n– NEMA Resources and the NEMA Standards Store\nPlan to attend this timely\, educational Seminar. Registration is now open!\nFor Group Registrations\, please list all attendee email addresses under Special Requests.\n***** Early-Bird registration closes on July 3\, don’t delay!*****\n(Registration is limited to 100 attendees and must be completed on vTools. No walk-in registrations.)\nSpeaker(s): Chase Sun\, Chris Lovin\, Steve Park\, Avelardo Morales \, Angel Morales\, Mike Stone\nAgenda:\n8:00AM-4:30PM (sign-in opens at 7:15AM)\nDoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pleasanton at The Club\, 7050 Johnson Drive\, Pleasanton\, California\, United States\, 94588
URL:https://svec.org/event/electrical-design-fundamentals-seminar/
LOCATION:DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pleasanton at The Club\, 7050 Johnson Drive\, Pleasanton\, California\, United States\, 94588
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