About Us
The Santa Clara Valley Chapter emphasizes all aspects of computational intelligence to the local members and welcomes visitors. It organizes monthly Technical Meetings, which allow professional networking and where invited speakers from academia and industry share their vision on the artificial intelligence and data science domains. The Chapter is a fully volunteer-driven organization, where volunteers benefit from developing their professional network, gaining experience, and achieving satisfaction.
The chapter has introduced multiple new initiatives in recent years and plans to continue doing so. Explore this website for more details.
2025 Chapter Officers
In its annual election, the following officers have been elected by the Chapter members.
| Chair | Vishnu S. Pendyala, PhD |
| Vice Chair |
Karthik Subramanian |
| Secretary |
Judy Barkal |
| Treasurer |
Priscilla Chen |
The Chapter organization is strongly supported by a volunteer group consisting of
- The Cognitive Nexus Magazine Editorial board members: Rahul Raja, Arpita Vats, Sanjana Kandi
Find your volunteer position!
Our active team can use your assistance. If any of these positions appeal to you, please contact one of the oficers to add your name to our listing.
| Social Media (2 positions): — Good familiarity with one or more: LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter — Post upcoming events and news of interest; moderate content Video Archiver: — Good video editing skills — Edit Zoom/WebEx videos of technical talks (remove/trim blank spots, bloopers; drop in slides; improve audio) — Add to IEEE.tv; add links from Website pages Publicity: — Gather content, construct portions of the monthly e-Newsletter — Coordinate publicity in various places: e-GRID, other chapters, etc–Magazine Editor Webmaster: — As assistant webmaster, know how to do basic editing and additions in WordPress — Take on one or two aspects of content creation, such as adding new meetings; editing Page content; etc. Membership Development: — Find ways to encourage non-members who participate in our chapter events to join IEEE and CS — Edit PPT slides with membership benefits, for intro slides at Webinars and meetings — Potentially develop a budget and subsidy program to get non-members to try IEEE/CS membership — Have CS literature and membership brochures available at in-person meetings and events New Frontiers in Computing (NFIC): — join our NFIC Committee to put on our semi-annual conference |
Conferences: — Coordinate participation of the chapter in EDPS, HotChips, and other local workshops and symposia — When interested, serve on organizing/AdCom team for local CS sponsored/co-sponsored events Program Committee member: — Assist in lining up, vetting speakers on topics of interest (perhaps as a specialist in a topical area) — Coordinate co-sponsorship (or publicity) of other chapters with an interest in each specific topic — Update Google Sheets listing of upcoming talks and keep proposals up-to-date Student Chapters Liaison: — Work directly with our Student Branch Chapters at SJSU, CSU-Fresno — Support their faculty chapter advisors; suggest programs/speakers — Budget for on-campus events (pizza/social activities, etc) — Coordinate start-up of new chapters (targets: SCU, Stanford, UC-Santa Cruz) — Potentially develop a budget and subsidy program to get students to try IEEE/CS membershipAdvancement: — A senior member or fellow who encourages Members to upgrade — Advise them about options for applying for Senior Member and getting endorsements — Potentially identify local Senior Members who might be candidates for Fellow |