Join ACM Austin + IEEE for our monthly tech meetup–an evening of deep technical insights, meaningful conversations, and community connection. This joint event brings together engineers, researchers, students, and technology leaders from across Austin to explore the evolving landscape of AI, cloud-native systems, security, identity, and modern infrastructure engineering.
We meet every month, and everyone is welcome!
Join us on Wednesday, Oct 28, 2026, from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM CST at The Center for Government and Civic Service, 1218 West Ave, Building 3000, Austin, TX 78701.
This meetup will feature a series of community-driven talks focused on real-world applications and forward-looking innovations across:
AI and GenAI platforms
Cloud-native and scalable infrastructure
DevOps and platform engineering
Security and identity in modern systems
Each session is designed to share practical lessons, architectural insights, and emerging trends shaping today’s technology ecosystem.
(Each session will be 20 minutes, including Q&A)
🎤 Join us for an exciting lineup of talks exploring AI agents, cloud infrastructure, data engineering, automation, and modern AI systems.
1\. Beyond Agent Accuracy: Benchmarking Infrastructure Resilience Across 460 Agent Runs
Speaker: Barada Sahu
Founder & Independent AI Systems Builder
🔗 LinkedIn
2\. Building Cloud\-Ready Data Pipelines: Modernizing ETL for Analytics and AI
Speaker: Chandra Obul Reddy Nagi Reddy
Advisor Database Architect
🔗 LinkedIn
3\. Self\-Optimizing Infrastructure
Speaker: Rohit Garg
Staff Software Engineer at Meta
🔗 LinkedIn
4\. AI & Intelligent Automation in Data Engineering
Speaker: Venkateswara Reddy Gudise
Associate Director at KPMG
🔗 LinkedIn
🚀 What to Expect
Come connect with fellow engineers, architects, AI practitioners, data professionals, and technology enthusiasts as our speakers share practical insights, real-world experiences, and emerging approaches shaping the future of A