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The IEEE Rochester Section Joint Chapter of the Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (AESS) and the Communications Society (ComSoc) is pleased to announce the official launch of the Chapter's Special Interest Group (SIG) on Networking for AI Infrastructure. The new SIG is planned to provide a forum for collaboration on AI-native networking, hyperscale and data center networks, cloud and edge infrastructure, network resilience, security, emerging protocols, and standards development. The SIG brings together experts from academia, industry, government, and standards organizations to exchange ideas, promote collaboration, and explore activities to bridge gaps between university and industry research and other events to support knowledge sharing and innovation within our IEEE community and plans to organize - technical presentations, - webinars, - workshops with panel discussions, - collaborative projects, and - standards-related activities. IEEE members, students, and industry professionals interested are welcome to participate in the new SIG activities. IF YOU WISH TO JOIN, please register and provide your name and affiliation. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED TO MAKE A TECHNICAL PRESENTATION: use this link https://forms.gle/NLqGjESeQL6SqHdT7 Feel free to join our LinkedIN group https://www.linkedin.com/groups/36950078/ STEERING COMMITTEE: - Dr. -Ing. Nirmala Shenoy, Professor ISchool, Rochester Institute of Technology, NY. [email protected] - Vidya Wadkar, Distinguished Engineer and AI Systems Architect, Verizon. [email protected]. - Chitiz Tayal, Senior Director of Data and AI at Axtria. [email protected], - Ketankumar Savajiyani, Software Engineering Manager, S&P Global Ratings. [email protected] - Prasanna Kumar Kandregula, Senior Software Engineer, M&T Bank, [email protected] - Alok Tibrewala, Software Engineer, Deutsche Bank, NYC, [email protected] - Sreejith Kemal, Principal Site Reliability Engineer, C3 AI, [email protected] - Jitin Khanna, Data & Analytics Architect, IBM, [email protected] - Ishan Sharma, – Group Product Manager, Google, [email protected] Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/569849

The central question today, whether to keep adapting existing networks for AI or rethink the architectures, protocols, and infrastructure underneath them — is rarely answered as a single yes/no choice in the real world. In practice, it is a portfolio decision made based on workload, budget cycle by budget cycle, and it is frequently not optimal: the solution is either by default to incremental upgrades because they are familiar and low-risk, or chase clean-slate rebuilds without a credible transition path. This talk presents a practitioner-oriented decision framework for making that call deliberately. Drawing on process and digital transformation methodology rather than just protocol design, it maps workloads against two axes — AI-intensity of the traffic pattern and the organization's growth trajectory — to produce four distinct postures: adapt and optimize, adapt now while planning to rethink, selectively rethink critical paths, and rethink the foundation outright. Each posture carries different implications for cost, risk, talent, and speed to value, which the talk lays out side by side. While the presentation covers examples that can apply across industries, two illustrative examples ground the framework in practice include - In healthcare, a regional hospital network deploying real-time diagnostic AI — imaging triage, sepsis prediction — across facilities sits in the "selective rethink" quadrant: patient-safety latency requirements justify a purpose-built, low-latency fabric for the diagnostic pathway itself, while the broader hospital IT network continues to adapt incrementally, with resilience and forensic auditability of AI-assisted decisions treated as first-class design requirements rather than afterthoughts. In education, a university research computing center scaling distributed AI training across departments and connecting to national research and education networks sits in the "rethink the foundation" quadrant: sustained growth in AI-driven research and curricula justifies an AI-native fabric purpose-built for collective communication, decoupled from — but still interoperable with — the general campus network. The session closes with a phased roadmap (instrument and baseline → pilot AI-optimized fabrics on critical workloads → architect purpose-built domains) intended to help infrastructure leaders sequence investment without freezing the organization mid-transition — directly addressing the workshop's stated goal of identifying what should be retained, what should be redesigned, and what should be invented. Co-sponsored by: AI-Native Networking & Systems Technical Community LinkedIn Group Speaker(s): Swapna , Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/575151

The IEEE Rochester NY Section Joint Chapter Meeting is Oct 27th, 2026 Don’t miss this excellent opportunity to meet and network with people from all engineering disciplines and learn more about the activities of the different IEEE Society Chapters in the Rochester area. The IEEE Rochester Joint Chapters Meeting (JCM) features: - 6 technical presentations from IEEE Society Chapters (in 3 parallel tracks), - Student poster session with Best Grad and Best Undergrad poster prizes!!! 1st=$200, 2nd=$100. - Professional networking with crudités and a cash bar, - An "ALL-AMERICAN BUFFET" dinner featuring Roasted Salmon, Chicken French, Grilled Vegetable Napoleon (vegan), and more. - Keynote presentation by Dr. Kyle J. Myers Fellow, Hagler Institute of Advanced Studies, Biomedical Engineering Registration is required. mailto:[email protected]?&subject=IEEE%20JCM%20Poster Registration Pricing: BEFORE Monday, March 16, 11:59 PM - $30 IEEE Member or IEEE Member's significant other - $40 Non-member - $10 IEEE Student Member - $20 Non-IEEE Student Member - $20 IEEE Life Member or IEEE Fellow Registration Pricing AFTER Monday, March 16, 11:59 PM, add $5. Please come back to this site for updates on the JCM presentations. Speaker(s): GRSS Speaker: Dr. Grover Swartzlander, Signal Processing Speaker: Flip Phillips, Nick Donofrio, Zhongwang Dou, Dan Neuman, James Herrmann, Kyle J. Myers Agenda: IEEE Rochester Section Joint Chapters Meeting Agenda 3:00 – 7:00 PM Registration 3:15 – 4:00 PM Chapter Technical Presentations - Session 1 - Salon A: (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesfherrmann/) (Re: Build Manufacturing), "Power Integrity - Key Principles and Practices as Applied in Modern Circuit Board Design" - Salon B: (https://www.rit.edu/directory/zdbme-zhongwang-dou) (RIT) "Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Presentation." 4:00 – 4:45 PM Chapter Technical Presentations - Session 2 - Salon A: (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-donofrio-7638b419b/) (Pinpoint Safety), "Navigating OSHA Compliance, A Practical Roadmap." - Salon B: Dr. Dan Newman (University of Rochester) "The Rochester Intelligent Imaging Initiative (RI3)." 4:45 – 5:30 PM Chapter Technical Presentations - Session 3 - Salon A: (https://www.rit.edu/directory/gaspci-grover-swartzlander) (RIT), "Earth Cup - A Stepping Stone Toward Earth Shading." - Salon B: (https://www.rit.edu/directory/fxpppr-flip-phillips) (RIT) "The State of AI in Filmmaking, 2026." 5:30 – 7:00 PM Student Poster Session, Visit Information and Sponsor Tables 7:00 – 8:00 PM Buffet Dinner and Poster Awards 8:00 - 9:00 PM Keynote Presentation: (https://spie.org/profile/Kyle.Myers-7697) (Fellow, Texas A&M) "A Metaverse of ‘Medical Technology and AI’ (MeTAI): Building Blocks and Use Cases in Medical Imaging" 9 PM - End RIT Inn & Conference Center, 5257 W Henrietta Rd, Henrietta, NY 14467, Henrietta, New York, United States, 14467