Fasttrack AI workshop

The OpenPOWER workshop on PowerAI hosted by the NHCE on 19th of December 2017. The Program, led and managed by Ganesan Narayanasamy introduced a wide range of specialist topics ranging from IBM powerAI, deep learning, machine learning, tensorFlow frameworks, Image classification with example. In this session an introduction to OpenPower foundation was delivered.This included an overview of the cooperation of over 300 institutions ranging from academia to industry as well as a more in depth look at some of the success and developments currently underway within the OpenPOWER framework. The Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility provides the open scientific community access to America's fastest, most powerful supercomputer and is a key member of the OpenPOWER Founation. Also included an outline of the conventionally used qubit technologies as well as an indication of the current status of the quantum computer projects underway at some of the lead player institutions including IBM, Microsoft and NASA.