Meet your program lead
Practical AI learning, led by Chhavi Jain.
Program proposer and pilot lead · Vice Chair, IEEE SPS San Diego Chapter · UC San Diego startup mentor
Chhavi Jain proposed the SPS AI Systems and Practitioner Engagement Track — San Diego Pilot to connect students, researchers, and industry practitioners around the challenges of putting AI systems into use. IEEE Signal Processing Society approved $3,500 in support for the pilot through its Member Driven Initiative Program in August 2026.
Her experience includes work at Qualcomm and mentoring within UC San Diego’s startup community. She was invited to return as a mentor for The Basement’s 2026–2027 LaunchPad cohort.
For this program, Chhavi is leading the development of the learning pathway and coordinating its practical workshop experience. The focus is concrete: help participants identify a useful problem, make sound engineering decisions, and document what they build and learn.
A clear purpose. Contributions you can identify.
Chhavi Jain — program proposer and pilot lead
Proposed the San Diego pilot and leads development of its learning pathway, workshop planning, and practitioner engagement. Individual session contributions will be credited in the published program and subsequent recaps.
IEEE Signal Processing Society — pilot support
Approved $3,500 for the SPS AI Systems and Practitioner Engagement Track — San Diego Pilot through its Member Driven Initiative Program. The IEEE SPS San Diego Chapter is the organizing community.
Live AI Dream — learning content, tools, and support
Provides course content, educational tools, learning-lab access, technical guidance, and marketing support for selected participant stories. Support scope and any third-party costs will be stated before enrollment.
UC San Diego — mentoring connection
Chhavi’s mentoring includes The Basement’s startup community, which invited her to return for the 2026–2027 LaunchPad cohort. The October workshop is held at Lecaudia. University sponsorship, facility access, and Studio 411 use are not confirmed by this connection.
Pragathi and Mehmat — October speakers
Join Chhavi for the October session. Speaker biographies, affiliations, and session topics will be published after confirmation with each speaker.
Follow the work as it happens.
This pilot is being developed for October 2026–March 2027. As sessions take place, this page will share dated recaps, learning resources, and participant projects published with permission.
Each project story will explain the business problem, the participant’s contribution, how the work was tested, and what the results do—and do not—show.