National Engineers Week Banquet 2018

Presented by the Members of Mid-Hudson Technical Societies
National Engineers Week 2018 Banquet

Anthony's Pier 9
2975 US Route 9W
New Windsor, NY 12553
845-565-3390

5:00 pm Check in & Cash Bar
6:00 pm Dinner/Program
9:00 pm Adjourn

Admission is by Prepaid Reservation only and is due by Friday, February 23, 2018
Cost is $35 per professional, guest or parent and $15 per student
Download reservation form listed below.

Quantum Computing
Guest Speaker: Dr. Talia Gershon, Ph.D

You are invited to join us for a dinner banquet with guest speaker Dr. Talia Gershon, who joined IBM in July of 2012 to work on earth-abundant thin film materials or photovoltaics.  Dr. Gershon earned her Bachelor's degree in Material Science from MIT in 2008 and her Ph.D in Materials Science from the University of Cambridge in 2012 where she was a Gates Scholar.  Dr. Gershon is now Senior Manage at IBM's TJ Watson Research center and is responsible for portfolio management for Artificial Intelligence (AI) research as well as making quantum computing available in the Cloud.  In her presentation, Dr. Gershon will give an introduction to quantum computing, beginning with an explanation of what makes these computers different from the ones we use in our daily lives.  These machines are the fundamental laws of nature in a different way, allowing us to explore new ways of processing information that may one day let us solve problems that can't be solved today.  Dr. Gershon will also give a demonstration how to learn about this new technology using online tutorials and and actual prototype quantum computer available for free in the Cloud.