Artificial Intelligence Conference San Francisco 51/114

Artificial Intelligence Conference San Francisco 51/114


Jason Knight
Senior Technology Officer, Intel

Jason has a PhD in computational biology where he developed hierarchical Bayesian statistical models for classification of cancer tumor expression data. In addition, he developed high performance Markov chain Monte Carlo techniques to discover gene regulatory networks in this data using Bayesian networks. He then applied these techniques on the world’s largest database of human genomes at Human Longevity Inc. before jumping into the heart of machine learning at Nervana to advance what is possible with machine learning.

Sessions

4:50pm–5:30pm Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Intel Nervana Graph: A Universal Deep Learning Compiler
Location: Franciscan CD
Jason Knight (Intel)
With the chaotic and rapidly evolving landscape around deep learning, we need deep learning specific compilers to enable maximum performance in a wide variety of use cases on a wide variety of hardware platforms. The Intel Nervana Graph project is designed to solve this problem.
11:55am–12:35pm Wednesday, September 20, 2017
Meet the Expert with Jason Knight (Intel)
Location: Table 2
Jason Knight (Intel)
Jason will be available to discuss the software fragmentation that’s occurred in the deep learning community and how Intel Nervana Graph addresses this. He’ll also chat about how hardware independent intermediate representations (IRs) can enable the deep learning software and hardware ecosystems to thrive.