We are pleased to announce the first-ever Chair and Vice Chair of the PyTorch Foundation’s Technical Advisory Council (TAC): Luca Antiga as the Chair and Jiong Gong as Vice Chair. Both leaders bring extensive experience and deep commitment to the PyTorch community, and they are set to guide the TAC in its mission to foster an open, diverse, and innovative PyTorch technical community.
Meet the New Leadership
Luca Antiga is the CTO at Lightning AI since 2022. He is an early contributor to PyTorch core and co-authored “Deep Learning with PyTorch” (published by Manning). He started his journey as a researcher in Bioengineering, and later co-founded Orobix, a company focused on building and deploying AI in production settings.
“I am looking forward to taking on the role of the chair of the PyTorch TAC,” says Luca. “As the TAC chair, I will ensure effective, timely topic selection and enhance visibility of technical needs from the board members and from the ecosystem at large. I will strive for directional, cohesive messaging throughout the transition of PyTorch from Meta to the Linux Foundation.”
Jiong Gong is a Principal Engineer and SW Architect for PyTorch Optimization from Intel. He serves as one of the PyTorch CPU module maintainers and is an active contributor to the TorchInductor CPU backend.
“I plan to further strengthen the collaboration between PyTorch developers and hardware vendors, promoting innovation and performance optimization across various hardware platforms, enhancing PyTorch ecosystem and streamlining the decision-making process,” says Jiong. “I am honored to serve as the vice chair of the TAC.”
What Does the TAC Do?
The PyTorch Foundation’s TAC provides a forum for technical communication, leadership, and collaboration for the PyTorch Foundation. The committee members are members of the PyTorch Foundation. The committee holds open meetings once a month that anyone in the community can attend. The committee provides thought leadership on technical topics, knowledge sharing, and a forum to discuss issues with other technical experts in the community.
New TAC Webpage
Stay connected with the PyTorch Foundation’s Technical Advisory Council (TAC) by visiting our new TAC webpage. Here you can find the TAC members, where to view upcoming meeting agendas, access presentations, attend public meetings, watch meeting recordings and participate in discussions on key technical topics.
Plus stay tuned on our blog for regular updates from the PyTorch Foundation TAC leadership.
