Lightning Talks
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ACM Dallas
Where Dallas Tech Learns, Builds, and Connects
ACM Dallas brings together students, researchers, and industry professionals to share knowledge, explore ideas, and grow through lightning talks, technical sessions, hackathons, workshops, and networking events.
What we do
Tech Talks & Panels
Discussions on software engineering, AI, data, cloud, cybersecurity, product development, and other emerging technologies.
Hackathons & Build Events
Hands-on opportunities to collaborate, solve problems, prototype ideas, and turn learning into action.
Workshops
Interactive sessions that help members build real-world technical skills and explore new tools and technologies.
Networking & Career Events
Opportunities to meet peers, mentors, speakers, recruiters, and professionals from across the Dallas tech ecosystem.
Why join
For Students
Gain exposure to real-world technology, connect with mentors, and build skills beyond the classroom.
For Professionals
Share your expertise, connect with future talent, and contribute to a growing local tech community.
For the Community
Create a stronger bridge between academia and industry while encouraging innovation, collaboration, and inclusion.
Past events
Jan 13, 2026
ACM Dallas - Tech Talk - From Vision to Global Impact: Scaling Product Development in High Complexity Environments
Online
This session examines how technical program leadership guides products from 0→1 through global scale by evolving product development frameworks for distributed complexity—balancing rapid innovation with mission-critical reliability. TPMs turn constant change into coordinated execution, aligning teams and delivering products that scale.
May 7, 2026
Industry Lightning Talks
Virtual
ACM Dallas is hosting another Virtual Innovation Lightning Talk, bringing together engineers and data professionals working on real-world systems. This session focuses on practical insights across software engineering, business systems, and applied data science.
May 14, 2026
Industrial Lightning Talks
Virtual
ACM Dallas is hosting another Virtual Innovation Lightning Talk, bringing together engineers and data professionals working on real-world systems. This session focuses on practical insights across software engineering, business systems, and applied data science.
Jun 6, 2026
ACM Dallas - Lighting Talks (AI-Driven Intelligent and Resilient Digital Systems) - June 6, 2026
Online
Join us for a 1 hr online ACM Dallas lightning talks on different topics around the "AI-Driven Intelligent and Resilient Digital Systems". Speakers Krishna Mula - Real-Time Fraud Detection Systems Using AI Harshavardhan Peddireddy - Next-Generation AI with Synthetic Data Manish Shah - Performance Engineering for Distributed Systems Register to receive your event link and updates.
Jun 18, 2026
ACM Dallas In-Person AI & Tech Meetup
Haggard Library 2501 Coit Rd, Plano
Join the ACM Dallas Chapter for an exciting evening of cutting-edge AI and engineering discussions, networking, and community collaboration. Hear from industry leaders as they share practical insights from real-world AI systems and scalable engineering platforms. Lightning Sessions Vivek Kolasani - Solutions Architect - NVIDIA Orchestrating Scalable InferenceExplore strategies and architectures for building scalable inference systems that support modern AI workloads efficiently and reliably. Abhishek Rai - Senior Data Scientist, Gigaforce. Agent Harness Engineering: Why the Harness Matters More Than the ModelA deep dive into agent evaluation, orchestration, and testing frameworks — and why robust harness engineering is becoming foundational for production AI systems. ✨ Connect with fellow engineers, researchers, architects, and AI enthusiasts from the Dallas tech community. 🥪 Light snacks and refreshments will be provided 🎟️ Free registration 📍 In-Person Event | ACM Dallas Chapter | Co-Hosted with IEEE Dallas PES/IAS/PELS Joint Chapter Seats are limited — register early to reserve your spot!
From the chapter
Apr 20, 2026
ACM Dallas Chapter Newsletter — April 2026
AI-powered coding assistants have come a long way from autocomplete and snippet suggestions. Today's agentic AI systems can write features, fix bugs, generate tests, and iterate across an entire codebase — semi-autonomously. This isn't just a tooling upgrade. It's a fundamental s
Feb 24, 2026
Workshop recap: systems design for students
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ACM Dallas Editorial
Notes from our February hands-on session.
Mar 15, 2026
Chapter update: new partner lab hours
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