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September 11, 2018: Training & Tutorials
September 12–13, 2018: Keynotes & Sessions
New York, NY
Swetha Machanavajhala

Swetha Machanavajhala
Software Engineer, Microsoft

Swetha Machanavajhala is a software engineer for Azure Networking at Microsoft, where she builds tools to help engineers detect and diagnose network issues within seconds. She is very passionate about building products and awareness for people with disabilities and has led several related projects at hackathons, driving them from idea to reality to launching as a beta product and winning multiple awards. Swetha is a co-lead of the Disability Employee Resource Group, where she represents the community of people who are deaf or hard of hearing, and is a part of the ERG chair committee. She is also a frequent speaker at both internal and external events.

Sessions

4:20pm–5:00pm Thursday, 09/13/2018
Location: 1A 15/16 Level: Beginner
Secondary topics:  Deep Learning
Swetha Machanavajhala (Microsoft), Xiaoyong Zhu (Microsoft)
Average rating: *****
(5.00, 3 ratings)
In this auditory world, the human brain processes and reacts effortlessly to a variety of sounds. While many of us take this for granted, there are over 360 million in this world who are deaf or hard of hearing. Swetha Machanavajhala and Xiaoyong Zhu explain how to make the auditory world inclusive and meet the great demand in other sectors by applying deep learning on audio in Azure. Read more.