MICRO22 Conference in Chicago
Here are some photos from the MICRO22 conference in Chicago. where we presented a tutorial on Deep Learning-Optimized FPGA Archiectures, slides available here.
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Here is a group shot of the instructors, panelists and friends. From left to right, Vaughn Betz (Uni of Toronto), Andrew Boutros (Uni of Toronto), Aman Arora (Uni Texas at Austin), Stefan Abi-Karam (Georgia Tech), Rishov Sarkar (Georgia Tech), Callie Hao (Georgia Tech), Ang Li (Princeton) Raymond Nijssen (Acronix), Sam Bayliss (AMD-Xilinx) and myself.
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After that we went to dinner.
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Walked past the Trump Hotel.
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Vaughn, Andrew, Mohamed Abdelfattah (Cornell), and myself.
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The next evening, I walked past the Hard Rock Cafe near my hotel.
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Had dinner at Portillo’s. It was so American.
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This is the McDonalds flagship restaurant at Clark and Ontario streets.
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Opening session of MICRO.
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We walked together to the Natural History Museum for the conference banquet.
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The museum has an outstanding dinosaur display.
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SUE, the most complete T-rex skeleton found to date.
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Squirrel.
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My new friend Mike at Chicago Fly-Fishing Outfitters.
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Had a great pizza at Gallucci Pizzeria in Old Town.
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Chicago skyline.
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On the final evening I went to Jazz Showcase, one of the oldest jazz clubs in Chicago.
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Check out who has played there.
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Dee Alexander and trio with guest (and Charlie Parker watching over) were performing. It was an amazing session.
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I’m always impressed by drive-through banks.
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Got my first ride in a Tesla. The driver, Zubin, is a private yacht captain in Mexico and drives Uber in Chicago when he has some time off.
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