Webinar on Deep Learning#2 ML & Neural Architecture Search for Microcontrollers & Edge Devices

A successful webinar on Deep Learning#2 ML & Neural Architecture Search for Microcontrollers & Edge Devices has been successfully arranged by IEEE Computer Society Bangladesh Chapter on 19th March 2021 at 7:00 pm through virtual zoom platform. Swapnil Sayan Saha, Ph.D. student and graduate research assistant at the Networked and Embedded Systems Laboratory in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California – Los Angeles (UCLA), was the keynote speaker of the webinar. The webinar was conducted by the 2021 IEEE Computer Society Bangladesh Chapter and supported by the student branches- IEEE Computer Society AIUB SBC, IEEE Computer Society EWU SBC, IEEE Computer Society ULab SBC, and IEEE IUT RAS SBC. 

The main purpose of the webinar was to introduce and familiarize students with Machine Learning for TinyML devices (e.g., Arduino & ARM microcontrollers) through a general deep-learning pipeline in Python. The speaker focused on how to conduct hyperparameter tuning and neural architecture search regularized by device constraints such as memory, latency and energy usage. Students were also provided with sample python notebooks (Collab/Jupyter). Several Python and C packages were also used to implement various state-of-the-art machine learning techniques. Finally, the speaker answered various questions related to the given topic.  

Students, academicians, and professionals from different Universities and organizations, especially those who were interested in research, attended the event. 288+ participants including 132 IEEE and 156 non-IEEE members participated in the webinar. Overall, the event was met with a huge response from machine learning and robotics enthusiasts all over the country. 

Executive committee members of the IEEE Computer Society Bangladesh Chapter (IEEE CS BDC), including Prof. Dr. Md. Abdur Razzaque, Chair, Sajeeb Saha, Secretary, Md. Ahsan Habib, Student Activity Coordinator, Md. Samin Rahman, Publicity Coordinator of IEEE CS BDC were present the webinar.