Category: Events

CAISS members and their families had a wonderful time at Santa Teressa County Park. Professionals from Broadcom, Meta Platforms Inc, Seagate, Western Digital, IBM, TDG, Goldville Investment, etc joined the event, discussed a lot of topics such as storage technologies, semiconductor supply chain issues, block chain technologies, semiconductor stocks, etc, and exchanged ideas and opinions about information storage industry.

“Information Technology in the Post-Pandemic Future” Post-pandemic era is coming. Today, our CAISS 26th annual conference will be exploring information technology in the post-pandemic future. Metaverse may be the new chapter of human beings. How does Meta Platforms Inc tackle storage in the future cloud?  Cryptocurrency will be used as an alternative to paper money and gold as a trend. A storage based cryptocurrency, Chia, is becoming more and more popular. How is storage used to implement the Chia cryptocurrency? In addition, what is the current state of Semiconductor? What about the future of storage in the zettabyte era? We’re so excited to know the answers.  Date: Nov. 13th, 2021 (Saturday) Time: 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM Venue:         Virtual Zoom meeting MC: Henry Gai Dr. Carl…

"Big Data for AI, Cloud, and Autonomous Driving"  Data has evolved dramatically in recent years, in type, volume, and velocity – with its rapid evolution attributed to the widespread digitization of business processes globally. The rise of mobile devices, the proliferation of social platforms, the rapid growth of mobile internet, big data, artificial intelligence, and autonomous driving, all of which created a huge demand for data solutions and led to the emergence and new developments of cloud computing, storage, edge devices, artificial intelligence, autonomous driving and Internet of things applications. In this year’s CAISS Annual Conference, industry and academia leaders will get together to discuss the Data Solutions for AI, Cloud, and Autonomous Driving. Ticket Infomation Date: Dec. 12th , 2020 (Saturday)  Time: 1PM – 3:15 PM (PST) Venue: Virtual Zoom…

Speaker: Kash RanganKasthuri (Kash) Rangan is a managing director in US Equity Research, based in San Francisco, and head of the Enterprise Software team. The software team has maintained a high level of conviction and articulated about Cloud computing in the IT industry over the last 10 years, identifying long-term secular winners.

Topic: "Cloud and Computing Architecture" About this Event Agenda 1:00 ~ 1:05: Ganping Ju (CAISS President) - “CAISS 2020 introduction” 1:05 ~ 1:45: Speaker 1 - Jason Adrian, “Optimizing Flash Form Factors and Magnetic Storage Performance for the Cloud” (30 mins presentation + 10 mins Q&A) 1:45 ~ 2:25: Speaker 2 - Andy He, “The Importance of High-speed Interconnect in the Computing Architecture” (30 mins presentation + 10 mins Q&A) 2:25 ~ 2:40: 2 speakers + 2 BOA members - “Panel discussion” Speaker 1: Jason AdrianPrincipal Hardware Architect - Azure Storage Hardware at Microsoft.Jason is a storage hardware architect at Microsoft Azure, defining the technologies and system designs that power one of the world's largest cloud storage fleets. Jason is passionate about hyper-scale and scale-out storage systems and storage architectures.…

"The Data Solutions for AI and Cloud" Data has evolved dramatically in recent years, in type, volume, and velocity --- with its rapid evolution attributed to the widespread digitization of business processes globally. The rise of mobile devices, proliferation of social platforms, rapid growth of mobile internet, big data, artificial intelligence, all of which has created huge demand for data solutions and led to the emergence and new developments of cloud computing, storage, edge devices, and artificial intelligence applications. In this year's CAISS Annual Conference, industry leaders will get together to discuss the Data Solutions for Cloud and AI. Ticket Infomation Date: Nov. 16th, 2019 (Saturday)Time: 2:30 PM --- 9:30 PMVenue: Embassy Suite, 901 E Calaveras Blvd, Milpitas, CA 95035 Agenda:2:30 PM - 4:30 PM Registration and Networking4:30 PM -…

Topic: "Legal Basics for Startup & CFIUS Reform"Speaker: "Ruming Liu, the founding partner of MagStone Law, LLP"Date and Time:Friday, June 28, 2019Check-in: 6:30pm – 7:00pmSession time: 7:00pm - 9:00pmLocation:Seagate Fremont Research Center47488 Kato Rd, Fremont, CA 94538 Admission:Free for CAISS member, $10 for non-CAISS memberGet the ticket at Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.com/e/caiss-summer-seminar-legal-basics-for-startup-cfius-reform-tickets-63578284360 Other:Pizza and water will be provided. Details:Topic: "Legal Basics for Startup & CFIUS Reform"What a difference a year makes? After reaching enormous investment volumes in the last few years, Chinese-backed startups and venture capital based in the Silicon Valley entered 2019 with a whole host of challenges after the passage of the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA) and Export Control Reform Act of 2018. In this talk, we will not only discuss how these new laws impact the…

Topic: "Artificial Intelligence" https://www.eventbrite.com/e/caiss-artificial-intelligence-symposium-tickets-60965507474 Speaker 1: Yiran Chen, Professor, Duke UniversitySpeaker 2: William Gao, Senior Technical program manager, Argo.aiSpeaker 3: Andy He, GPU Engineering Manager, NVIDIASpeaker 4: Chunsheng Liu, Research Scientist, Alibaba Agenda:1:30-2:00pm: Reception and Networking2:00-2:15pm: CAISS 2019 Introduction2:15-2:45pm: Speaker 1- Yiran Chen, "Challenges in AI Chip Design”2:45-3:15pm: Speaker 2- William Gao, “AI in self-driving”3:15-3:45pm: Speaker 3- Andy He, “The importance of ultra-high-speed memory interface in GPU architecture and the future of GPU computing in AI”3:45-4:15pm: Speaker 4- Chunsheng Liu, “Computing for AI after Moore’s Law: A Hardware Perspective”4:15-5:00pm: Panel Discussion -------------------------------------------------------------------Speaker 1: Yiran ChenProfessor, Duke University陈怡然 ，美国杜克大学教授Topic: ”Challenges in AI Chip Design”Execution of deep neural networks (DNNs) consumes huge computing power. Many ASIC chips have been designed to accelerate the computation of DNNs by leveraging specially designed circuitries and…

Topic: "The Arts of Negotiation"  Speaker: Dr. Elaine Ping Wang, Vice President at CAISS and TDG Technology North America Inc Elaine Wang, Ph.D. Prior to start-up of Allied Advanced Materials served as CEO, worked for Samsung, IBM, Hitachi, and Heraeus; now she is VP of TDG Technology North America Inc. and VP of CAISS a nonprofit organization. She has solid experience in R&D, project management, operation, global manufacturing, business development, marketing, and sales.  Elaine is going to share some resources and tools they can put to use immediately to handle conflict and overcome disagreements with the title of “The art of negotiation”. Check-in:       6:30pm – 7:00pm Session time: 7:00pm - 8:30pmLocation: Seagate Fremont Research Center, 47488 Kato Rd, Fremont, CA 94538Admission: Free Other: Pizza and water will be provided. Event…