[Ubuntu Chicago] UniForum Chicago General meeting open to the public

[Wayne Schneidman]

I realize this is short notice however if you can make it, it will be
interesting:
Deep Learning with Caffe & DIGITS for Robotic Coin CollectingPaul KrushTuesday
November 17th 2015 at 7:00pm
Wheaton, Illinois Institute of Technology - Rice Campus, Room 103
<http://uniforumchicago.org/meetings/coins.html#GettingThere>
Abstract

This presentation is a how-to and a personal experience of installing and
using Caffe & Digits for a high speed coin sorting project. Caffe is an
open source deep learning framework developed by the Berkeley Vision and
Learning Center. It has been making the news mostly for high speed and ease
of image classification using convolutional neural networks. DIGITS, by
NVidia, is a web app for training deep learning models using Caffe, as well
as other frameworks. It's easy to get started with them using low cost
no-GPU Ubuntu AWS instances. The presentation will include a live demo of a
system physically sorting coins by date.

After the meeting we generally adjourn to Cozymel's around the corner from
IIT for a more informal get together and discussion.
BioPaul Krush is a software developer and mechatronics engineer. His
current interests are machine vision, DIY manufacturing, small part
material handling, and electrometallurgy. He currently resides in Carol
Stream with his wife and two boys.

Getting to the meetingThe next General meeting of UniForum Chicago will be
at:

        IIT Rice Campus
        Room 103
        201 East Loop Road
        Wheaton, IL 60187-8489

Directions to IIT - Rice Campus in Wheaton
<http://www.rice.iit.edu/directions.html>
The 19-acre campus is located just northeast of the intersection of
Naperville and Butterfield roads in south Wheaton's Danada development. The
campus is three miles west of the Butterfield Road interchange of the
North-South Tollway (I-355) and two miles north of the Naperville Road
interchange of the East-West Tollway (I-88).

>From the North or South: From I-355 (North-South Tollway), exit westbound
at Rt.56/Butterfield Road and proceed west 3 1/2 miles on Butterfield Road
to East Loop Road. Turn right onto East Loop Road (Phillip's 66 Gas Station
on the corner); the campus will be on your right about a block north of
Butterfield Road, behind Cozymel's. Park in the Student parking lot behind
the building. Room 103 is the first room inside the north enterance.

>From the I-294 (Tri-State Tollway), take the I-88 (East-West Tollway)
westbound and follow directions "From the East or West" below.

>From the East or West: From I-88 (East-West Tollway), take the Naperville
Road exit. At the traffic light, turn right and then right again to the
intersection with Naperville Road. Turn right (north) for 1.5 miles to Rt.
56/Butterfield Road. Turn right onto Rt. 56/Butterfield Road and proceed
1/4 mile to the first traffic light (East Loop Road). Turn left on to East
Loop Road, ( Phillip's 66 Gas station on the corner); the campus will be on
your right about a block north of Butterfield Road, behind Cozymel's. Park
in the Student parking lot behind the building.

<http://www.rice.iit.edu/floorplan.html>
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