SPEAKERS

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

TODD RICHMOND

An expert in emerging technologies and the implications for education, health care and society and the Director of USC’s Mixed Reality Lab and Studio.

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MASTER OF CEREMONIES

BRENT LUNCEFORD

President of Memstronics, a firm specializing in MEMS & sensor systems, data analytics and AI fields and founding Chairman of the IEEE Central Texas MEMS & Sensors Chapter.

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MODERATOR OF FIRESIDE CHAT ON THE NEW GENE THERAPY

GLENN ZORPETTE

Executive editor of IEEE Spectrum Magazine and IEEE Fellow. His interests include chipmaking, vehicles, nuclear and national-security technologies and digital imaging.

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PANELIST OF THE FIRESIDE CHAT ON THE NEW GENE THERAPY

JOHN TISDALE

A physician scientist and now Chief of the Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics at NHLBI, who has spent his career working with sickle cell disease through transplantation of bone marrow stem cells.

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PANELIST OF THE FIRESIDE CHAT ON THE NEW GENE THERAPY

BRUCE CONKLIN

Deputy Director of the Innovative Genomics Institute who focuses on Biomedical applications of CRISPR technology and using genome engineering to identify therapeutic approaches to human disease.

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MODERATOR FOR THE ROBOTICS SESSION

OUSSAMA KHATIB

A professor with the Department of Computer Science at Stanford University, whose pioneering contribution of control in operational space has been integral to advances made in whole-body motion and force control in humanoid robotics.

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PANELIST FOR THE ROBOTICS SESSION

CYNTHIA BREAZEAL

An award-winning innovator, designer, and entrepreneur whose research focuses on developing principles, techniques, and technologies for personalized, socially intelligent robots.

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PANELIST FOR THE ROBOTICS SESSION

GRANT IMAHARA

An electronics and robots expert from Discovery Channel's Mythbusters who uses a blend of science and fun to put urban legends to the test, sometimes with explosive results.

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PANELIST FOR THE ROBOTICS SESSION

MARC RAIBERT

The Founder and CEO of Boston Dynamics, a world-renowned company behind some of the most dynamic robots ever created, including BigDog, Atlas, Spot, and Handle.

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PANELIST FOR THE ROBOTICS SESSION

ERIC KROTKOV

The Chief Science Officer of the Toyota Research Institute whose responsible for directing research for the company, focusing primarily on Robotics, Accelerated Materials Discovery and Design, and the University program.

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MODERATOR OF THE SOCIAL IMPACT SESSION

MATTHEW FIEDLER

The Co-Founder and Catalyst for re:3D, a company utilizing gigabit to print human-scale objects composed of recycled materials.

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PANELIST OF THE SOCIAL IMPACT SESSION

RYAN COUSINS

The Co-Founder and CEO of krtkl inc., a Silicon Valley-based company serving the companies in the robotics, autonomous aircraft, video processing, and networking industries.

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PANELIST OF THE SOCIAL IMPACT SESSION

KEVIN NOERTKER

The Co-Founder and CEO of Ampaire, a Los Angeles-based aerospace startup that develops electric airplanes.

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PANELIST OF THE SOCIAL IMPACT SESSION

VERONICA OSINSKI

Founding Managing Partner at Trifecta Capital. She previously founded several businesses including a second-hand marketplace for women's clothing and a photo editing/ filtering business.

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GUEST SPEAKER ON GEOMETRY PROCESSING & ANIMATED FILM

MARK MEYER

Senior Scientist and lead of the Research Group at Pixar Animation Studios currently working on projects including character articulation, rendering acceleration, physical simulation and machine learning.

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AWARD RECIPIENTS

IEEE MEDAL OF HONOR

BRADFORD W. PARKINSON

For fundamental contributions to and leadership in developing the design and driving the early applications of the Global Positioning System.

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IEEE ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL MEDAL

NAMBI SESHADRI

For contributions to the theory and practice of wireless communications.

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IEEE EDISON MEDAL

ELI YABLONOVITCH

For leadership, innovations, and entrepreneurial achievements in photonics, semiconductor lasers, antennas, and solar-cells.

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IEEE MEDAL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND SAFETY TECHNOLOGIES

JEROME FAIST and FRANK K.TITTEL

For pioneering contributions to the quantum cascade laser and optical chemical sensors for environmental sensing.

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IEEE FOUNDERS MEDAL

NARAYANA MURTHY

For visionary leadership at Infosys contributing to human progress through technology and for advancing corporate ethics and social responsibility.

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IEEE RICHARD W. HAMMING MEDAL

ERDAL ARIKAN

For contributions to information and communications theory, especially the discovery of polar codes and polarization techniques.

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IEEE MEDAL FOR INNOVATIONS IN HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY

THOMAS F. BUDINGER

For pioneering contributions to tomographic radiotracer imaging.

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IEEE JACK S. KILBY SIGNAL PROCESSING MEDAL

BEDE LIU

For sustained contributions to the analysis and the development of low-complexity realizations of digital signal processing algorithms.

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IEEE/RSE JAMES CLERK MAXWELL MEDAL

THOMAS HAUG and PHILIPPE DUPUIS

For leadership in the development of the first international mobile communications standard with subsequent evolution into worldwide smartphone data communication.

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IEEE JAMES H. MULLIGAN, JR. EDUCATION MEDAL

DELORES M. ETTER

For contributions to engineering through innovative textbooks on problem solving with computing languages and software tools.

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IEEE JUN-ICHI NISHIZAWA MEDAL

JOE C. CAMPBELL

For contributions to the development of high-speed, low-noise, long-wavelength avalanche photodiodes.

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IEEE ROBERT N. NOYCE MEDAL

TSUGIO MAKIMOTO

For technical and managerial leadership in CMOS memory and microprocessors.

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IEEE DENNIS J. PICARD MEDAL FOR RADAR TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS

MARK E. DAVIS

For technical contributions to advanced aerospace multifunction microwave and foliage penetration radars, and for leadership within the radar community.

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IEEE MEDAL IN POWER ENGINEERING

HIROFUMI AKAGI

For pioneering contributions to theory and practice of power conversion systems and their applications.

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IEEE SIMON RAMO MEDAL

HEINZ STOEWER

For pioneering accomplishments in and technical leadership of space systems engineering, and for profound influence on teaching and practice of systems engineering.

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IEEE JOHN VON NEUMANN MEDAL

PATRICK COUSOT

For introducing abstract interpretation, a powerful framework for automatically calculating program properties with broad application to verification and optimization.

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IEEE CORPORATE INNOVATION AWARD

PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS

For a long history of pioneering innovations in computer animation and computer graphics.

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IEEE RICHARD M. EMBERSON AWARD

DONALD N. HEIRMAN

For leadership and service to industry and IEEE, and for the development of global consensus and education in IEEE technical fields and standards.

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IEEE HARADEN PRATT AWARD

LORETTA ARELLANO

For furthering IEEE’s objectives, promoting cooperation among IEEE organizational units, and exemplary innovation in developing IEEE volunteer leaders.

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IEEE HONORARY MEMBERSHIP

MIKE LAZARIDIS

For revolutionary contributions to wireless communication and visionary leadership in fostering the advancement of fundamental physics toward future innovation.

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IEEE HONORARY MEMBERSHIP

ANTON ZEILINGER

For pioneering conceptual and experimental contributions to the development of quantum communications and encryption.

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IEEE SPECTRUM EMERGING TECHNOLOGY AWARD

ASML

For its Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography system.

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IEEE SPECTRUM TECHNOLOGY IN SERVICE OF SOCIETY AWARD

PROJECT LOON

For Project Loon (high-altitude balloons for providing wireless access).

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