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2024 ASE Symposium Keynote Speaker

Aug 12, 2024

Our 2024 ASE keynote speaker is K S Venkatraman!

K S Venkatraman is Sr. Director for Artificial Intelligence Computing at NVIDIA Corporation, and an Executive member of the Workforce and Talent Development advisory board to the Governor of Oregon. His teams develop products that enable self-driving cars, natural language models for Generative AI, and recommendation systems.  Venkat moved to Oregon in 1997 and has since hired, mentored, and trained hundreds of students in STEM, high-performance computing, and AI.  Prior to NVIDIA and a brief stint at a startup company building systems-on-a-chip for digital televisions, he was a computer architect at Intel Corporation, responsible for developing innovative technologies for Pentium®4 and Core™ processors. 

Venkat grew up in an academic family with a strong love for science and tinkering with electronic gadgets.  He is passionate about career connected learning that enables  adoption of rapidly evolving technologies. Venkat co-chaired an AI task force for the state of Oregon, advising leaders from economic sectors across the state with specific recommendations on adapting to technological advances. Representing business, he leads the Technology Industry Consortium which guides Oregon’s Future Ready implementation.  As adjunct faculty, Venkat taught engineering courses at Portland Community College and Oregon Institute of Technology.  He holds a Master’s degree in Electrical engineering from Villanova University, and a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communication engineering from Birla Institute of Technology in India.  Venkat’s interests include Amateur Radio (callsign: K7VKT), career-connected education, electronic and DIY projects, long bicycle rides, macroeconomics, and renewable energy.

Thank you K S for joining us at our 2024 ASE Symposium; it will be an unforgettable experience for all of our ASE interns as they wrap up their summer with us!

Find more about our ASE program here.

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