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ECE Explorations (200): Meta "Building the Metaverse"

Event Type
Seminar/Symposium
Sponsor
Engineering Career Services
Virtual
wifi event
Date
Mar 23, 2022   5:00 pm  
Speaker
Neil Patel (ECE alum), Senior Data Engineer at Meta Reality Labs
Contact
Kat Darr | Office of Advancement
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Presentor:  Neil Patel (ECE '18), Senior Data Engineer at Meta Reality Labs

Presentation Title:  Building the Metaverse

Abstract:  There's been a lot of buzz about the Metaverse recently -- for example, with Facebook becoming Metaverse first and renaming the company Meta. What exactly is the Metaverse? What is it like working on "the future" and what career opportunities exist for an ECE major within the nebulous field that is "The Metaverse"?

Bio:  Originally from Fremont, California, Neil Patel has worked at Meta for the last 3 years as well as interned there after his junior year at ECE@Illinois. Prior to that, he interned at several other places including at various Research Park offices. He's been to 6 Meta offices worldwide, with 2 more to come soon! In his spare time, he enjoys playing indie platformers and listening to history podcasts.

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