Sandra Johnson
Sandra Kay Johnson is an electrical and computer engineer and the first African American woman to earn a PhD in computer engineering.
Quotes
[edit]- Know what you were born to do. Know your purpose. Know your destiny...
- A focus on less complexity will drive the cost down for generative AI and make it more available for a broader global audience
- At this time, most of my technology work involves consulting with others at a very high level. For example, the specifics of issues associated with cybersecurity, blockchain technology, and a little bit of AI.
- My background is in computer hardware. But over the years, I have transitioned from hardware design to software design. But someone who's an expert in both or understands both is a more valued person. I keep my tentacles, if you will, in both hardware and software.
- At the time, the only type of engineer I was aware of was one who drove a train. I was not interested in learning how to drive a train, but very much interested in getting away from home for the summer so that I did not have to wash dishes.
- One could argue whether or not it's a breakthrough, but DeepSeek has really rattled the gen AI environment.
- There's always been a parallel between more complex versus how we make things simple but still get the job done. I remember decades ago, from a computer architecture or design perspective, there was a focus on less complex instructions. This is called "reduce instruction set."
- I think in the long run, this focus on less complexity will drive the cost down for generative AI and make it more available for a broader global audience because at this time, it takes a significant amount of money to build a really large gen AI project.
