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Join IEEE Women in Engineering for an insightful webinar on building trustworthy AI systems—a critical challenge as AI moves from experimentation to real-world, high-stakes applications. This session brings together two experienced speakers who will share practical perspectives on why many AI systems fail to gain trust and how we can design systems that are reliable, safe, and transparent by design. Through real-world case studies and research-backed frameworks, you’ll explore how to build AI systems that not only perform well but also know their limits, communicate uncertainty, and prevent critical failures. Topics will include production challenges in AI deployment, reliability and explainability, and safety mechanisms for high-impact environments such as healthcare. Whether you’re a student, engineer, or industry professional, this webinar will equip you with actionable insights, practical frameworks, and key questions to evaluate and build trustworthy AI systems. Speaker(s): Anusha Kovi, Latha Iyer Agenda: Session 1 (45 minutes) Talk: From Demo to Durable: How to Ship AI Systems People Actually Trust Speaker: Anusha, Business Intelligence Engineer, Amazon - Presentation (30 minutes) - Why most AI pilots fail in production - Real-world case study of an AI system failure - A practical five-layer framework: policy, retrieval, reasoning, verification, and explanation - Key questions and red flags when building trustworthy AI systems - Q&A (15 minutes) --------------------------------------------------------------- Session 2 (45 minutes) Talk: When AI Says “I Don’t Know”: Building Safety Alerts for High-Stakes Systems Speaker: Latha Iyer, Applied AI Researcher - Presentation (30 minutes) - Risks of overconfident AI in critical environments - Introduction to Adaptive Confidence Circuit Breaker (ACCB) - Real-world validation using healthcare data - Designing AI systems that recognize and communicate uncertainty - Q&A (15 minutes) Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/557290

TBA Agenda: TBA Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/554525

The meeting will start with PCBA Mfg. Facility Tours followed by three Presentations which are as follows: - Driving Quality in Electronics Manufacturing: Advanced Packaging, Process Tools, and Smart Package Selection. Presented by Matteo Forgione of Forgione Engineering - Packaging Selection as a Root Cause of Failure in Microelectronics Chip Tray and Waffle Pack Systems. Presented by Katherine Kutina of Forgione Engineering - What changed at APEX and Why it Matters, a review of APEX 2026. Presented by Leo Lambert of Eptac Corporation Co-sponsored by: SMTA Boston Chapter, iMAPS NE Chapter, and the IEEE Boston Reliability Chapter Speaker(s): Matteo , Katia, Leo Agenda: Agenda: 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM Registration, Networking, Table Top Displays/Demos, Manufacturing Facility Tours 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Italian Buffet Dinner 7:00 PM – 7:30 PM Announcements, Presentation: Overview of Mack Technologies 7:30 PM – 8:00 PM Presentation 1 – Driving Quality in Electronics Mfg.: Advanced Packaging, Process Tools & Smart Package Selection, Q&A 8:00 PM – 8:30 PM Presentation 2 – Packaging Selection as a Root Cause of Failure in Microelectronics Chip Tray, & Waffle Pack Systems, Q&A 8:30 PM – 9:15 PM Presentation 3 – What changed at APEX and Why it Matters, a review of APEX 2026, Q&A 9:15 PM – 9:30 PM Closing Announcements, Meeting Adjourns Mack Technologies, 27 Carlisle Road, Westford, Massachusetts, United States, 01886

The meeting will start with PCBA Mfg. Facility Tours followed by three Presentations which are as follows: - Driving Quality in Electronics Manufacturing: Advanced Packaging, Process Tools, and Smart Package Selection. Presented by Matteo Forgione of Forgione Engineering - Packaging Selection as a Root Cause of Failure in Microelectronics Chip Tray and Waffle Pack Systems. Presented by Katherine Kutina of Forgione Engineering - What changed at APEX and Why it Matters, a review of APEX 2026. Presented by Leo Lambert of Eptac Corporation Co-sponsored by: SMTA Boston Chapter, iMAPS NE Chapter, and the IEEE Boston Reliability Chapter Speaker(s): Matteo , Katia, Leo Agenda: Agenda: 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM Registration, Networking, Table Top Displays/Demos, Manufacturing Facility Tours 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Italian Buffet Dinner 7:00 PM – 7:30 PM Announcements, Presentation: Overview of Mack Technologies 7:30 PM – 8:00 PM Presentation 1 – Driving Quality in Electronics Mfg.: Advanced Packaging, Process Tools & Smart Package Selection, Q&A 8:00 PM – 8:30 PM Presentation 2 – Packaging Selection as a Root Cause of Failure in Microelectronics Chip Tray, & Waffle Pack Systems, Q&A 8:30 PM – 9:15 PM Presentation 3 – What changed at APEX and Why it Matters, a review of APEX 2026, Q&A 9:15 PM – 9:30 PM Closing Announcements, Meeting Adjourns Mack Technologies, 27 Carlisle Road, Westford, Massachusetts, United States, 01886