Apple & AI: Performance, Privacy, Cost Efficient

February 26, 2027 | 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM | ACLC 208

Can your campus run powerful AI and machine learning tools without sending sensitive data off site or adding new infrastructure costs? Join Frank Callaham, Leadership Executive at Apple, for a look at how AI and ML run locally on Mac with Apple silicon, keeping data private and under institutional control.

In this session, you'll explore:

  • How Apple silicon powers AI and ML without added infrastructure costs
  • How on-device processing keeps sensitive data private
  • When to work locally and when to tap into cloud compute

Registration coming soon!

PARKING & GETTING HERE

Academic Classroom and Laboratory Complex (ACLC), Room 208, 347 Duncan Drive, 2nd floor. Auburn faculty, staff and students: please park with your Auburn permit. Visitors: paid visitor spaces are on the 4th level of the Stadium Parking Deck (425 Heisman Drive) through ParkMobile. Need accommodations? Email biggio@auburn.edu.

About the Speaker
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Frank Callaham, Leadership Executive, Apple

Frank Callaham is a Leadership Executive at Apple, based in Austin, Texas, where he focuses on digital transformation in higher education. He has been with Apple for more than 26 years. Before joining Apple, Frank spent 12 years at the University of Southern California, finishing as Executive Director of Information Technology Services.