For Dwith Chenna, actively engaging with professional organizations isn’t an obligation, it’s enlightened self-interest.
Through this work with IEEE Computer Society and other organizations, he regularly connects with and learns from other professionals that he’d never encounter in daily life; through his work with conferences and publications, he engages with the latest research in his field, which feeds his own cutting-edge interests in creating solutions in computer vision, deep learning, and Edge AI.
Chenna, an MTS product development engineer in AI inference at AMD, was named Industry Rising Star 2024 by the IEEE Computer Society Santa Clara Valley Chapter and one of Computing’s Top 30 Early Career Professionals for 2024.
In the Q&A that follows, Chenna discusses his passion for his research and development, and how his contributions to the profession feed this work and his drive. Specifically, he describes
How being named an IEEE Rising Star had three key impacts on his career
The practical benefits of his work using fix-point arithmetic to implement CNNs on digital signal processors
The ways in which his various IEEE affiliations have enriched both his professional and personal lives
The three-pronged strategy he uses in his editorial work to ensure quality, technical accuracy, and an environment that encourages innovation and dialogue
The key themes he emphasizes in his invited talks, which aim for clear, actionable, research-driven messages
You were named the Industry Rising Star by the IEEE Computer Society Santa Clara Valley Chapter in 2024. What do you believe contributed to this recognition, and how has it impacted your career?
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