Invited Talk
Title : Recent advancements in GPU technology and allied ecosystem for Deep Learning
Date : 19-12-2016
Speaker : Mr. Sundara R Nagalingam
Bio: Mr. Sundara R Nagalingam is the Head of Deep Learning practice for NVIDIA India. He is a mechanical engineer and has a master’s in management. He has twenty years of experience in solutions involving Visual Computing, Virtualization and High Performance Computing. He also has exposure to the work cultures of multiple countries in the Asia Pacific region. He has a strong technical background and his areas of interest include Deep Learning, Big Data Analytics, IoT and Automotive Solutions.
Recent advancements in GPU technology and allied ecosystem for Deep Learning
Abstract : The talk will focus on the recent technological advancements around GPU, from both hardware and software perspective. It will provide an over view of modern DL stack (software and hardware)- Advances in GPU computation and how it helps to dramatically bring down DL training time - Modern tools CuDNN, CuSPARSE, cuBLAS, DIGITS- NCCL to improve intranode and internode scaling - Success Stories - DL Ecosystem in India from Enterprise and Startups perspective.