Edge cloud ends the conflict of edge vs cloud but when the option is there to use the cloud, should you? This session will explore the winning combination, how experts are overcoming privacy issues and the wealth of opportunities presented by connectivity.
Dr. Prasad Akella, founder and chairman of the Drishti board, is creating his third massive market category that uses technology to extend human capabilities. In the 1990s, Prasad led the General Motors team that built the world’s first collaborative robots (“cobots,” projected to be a $12B market by 2025). In the early 2000s, as cofounder of the social networking pioneer Spoke, he envisioned and helped build the first massive social graph — a category now worth trillions. Today, at Drishti, he is working to combine the cognition of AI with the flexibility of humans in factories in the form of AI-powered production. Prasad is based in Mountain View, California.
Together, a panel of domain experts will look beyond current limitations, creating a roadmap for the future at the edge and exploring what they would want to achieve if technological barriers were removed.
Gayathri is currently Partner at Hitachi Ventures. Prior to that, she was with Micron Ventures, actively investing in startups that apply AI to solve critical problems in the areas of Manufacturing, Healthcare and Automotive. She brings over 20 years of multi-disciplinary experience across product management, product marketing, corporate strategy, M&A and venture investments in large Fortune 500 companies such as Dell and Corning and in startups. She has also worked as an early stage investor at Earlybird Venture Capital, a premier European venture capital fund based in Germany. She has a Masters in EE from The Ohio State University and MBA from INSEAD in France. She is also a Kauffman Fellow - Class 16.
New for 2022, these discussion groups will allow attendees to delve into industry focused debate exploring the challenges and innovation driving edge AI across four specific industries.
Hooman Sedghamiz is Director of AI & ML at Bayer. He has lead algorithm development and generated valuable insights to improve medical products ranging from implantable, wearable medical and imaging devices to bioinformatics and pharmaceutical products for a variety of multinational medical companies.
He has lead projects, data science teams and developed algorithms for closed loop active medical implants (e.g. Pacemakers, cochlear and retinal implants) as well as advanced computational biology to study the time evolution of cellular networks associated with cancer , depression and other illnesses.
His experience in healthcare also extends to image processing for Computer Tomography (CT), iX-Ray (Interventional X-Ray) as well as signal processing of physiological signals such as ECG, EMG, EEG and ACC.
Recently, his team has been working on cutting edge natural language processing and developed cutting edge models to address the healthcare challenges dealing with textual data.
New for 2022, these discussion groups will allow attendees to delve into industry focused debate exploring the challenges and innovation driving edge AI across four specific industries.
Christopher Nichols is Director of IT/OT Resiliency & Support at Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. He has been employed by the Fortune 500 manufacturer, Stanley Black & Decker for over seven years, and is currently Director of IT/OT Resiliency & Support. In this role, he is responsible for deploying Level 2/3 system architectures and connecting all other level systems to level2/3, while supporting them. Additionally, he manages remediation with Edge components, and deploys servers and connectivity for all OT-Related systems, plus Level 1 support of all OT-Related SW applications.
Dominic Pajak started as an engineer in Arm's CPU group in Cambridge, UK. He went on to launch energy-efficient processors that now ship in billions of electronic devices every year. Dominic has consulted with major OEMs in the automotive, consumer and industrial segments but is a big believer in making embedded technology accessible to everyone. Later at Arduino he led a collaboration with Google to launch the first developer-friendly Tiny ML library. Today as VP Developers at Ready Robotics he is working on connecting software innovators with industry-proven robotics hardware. Dominic holds a PhD in Computer Science from University of Leeds, UK.
Jake Hillard is an expert in Signal Processing and has launched multiple laser satellite missions to space. He is a Peter Theil Fellow and currently the CEO and Co-Founder of Red Leader Technologies
Sven is founder and CEO of holo|one, a leading Mixed Reality software company. holo|one offers a standardized Mixed Reality collaboration platform targeting the high-value enterprise use cases – remote assistance, workflow guidance and live collaboration. Their solution has been adopted across the globe by Fortune 500 companies like Micron, Lenovo and the Renault Group, along with garnering several awards and accolades.
Before founding holo|one, Sven worked as a software engineer and product manager at Disney Research, ETH Zurich, and his own consulting firm. Sven holds a master’s degree in informatics from the University of Zurich and is a recipient of the Swiss National Bank’s Economics Award.
Anthony Valle is a Senior Pre-Sales Engineer for North America and Latin America at Ipsotek, an Atos company. Anthony has over 20 years of experience in IT and security technology solutions for the rapidly growing tech-based world. He works closely with clients in developing solutions for AI at the Edge, utilizing a patented Scenario-Based Rule Engine (SBRE), a powerful tool to precisely define behaviors of interest as they would unfold in the real-world dynamic and complex environment.
Prior to joining Atos, he performed first Sales Engineering and later Application engineering roles for Avigilon, one of the world's largest security manufacturers. Throughout his career, he has held key management positions within the industry and sought many certifications to further his career in security technology.
New for 2022, these discussion groups will allow attendees to delve into industry focused debate exploring the challenges and innovation driving edge AI across four specific industries.
Roger Berg is Vice President of DENSO’s North American Research and Development group. His latest research interests and responsibilities include next generation connectivity, mobile edge computing, connected automated vehicles and decentralized ledger technologies.
Gaurav is part of the Nemo product team at Ridecell, and does advanced AI-based data analytics for ADAS & AD data. He brings a strong AI and machine learning background to his role having previously worked on developing software for autonomous driving and computer vision applications. Gaurav is a Masters in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University.
The ability to maintain healthy, positive, fair, and ethical relationships is critical to long-term success. Social factors are difficult to quantify but their significance will intensify in years to come and it is imperative to plan for them.
As Head of Environmental and Social Risk Management (ESRM) team, I lead Wells Fargo’s efforts to understand customers’ E&S impact and performance, and manage E&S risks across the enterprise. ESRM team also engages with key external stakeholders to understand their perspectives about the industries Wells Fargo supports, and identify solutions to pressing and emerging E&S issues.
The ESRM function provides lines-of-business the clarity and tools they need to make informed decisions when growing relationships in sensitive industries. The ESRM approach also helps the corporation more effectively manage business and credit, strategic and reputational risks to Wells Fargo, while at the same time allow it to deeper understand customers’ operations and long-term viability. We help the company protect people, communities and the environment.
Prior to joining Wells Fargo, I spent 14 years at the International Finance Corporation (IFC) conducting global E&S risk management, due diligence, supervision, and audit in the infrastructure, apparel, manufacturing, oil and gas, mining, and health and education sectors. At IFC, I worked in a number of regions, including Europe, Central Asia, Northern Africa, Middle East, Central and Southern Americas. I hold an MS in Environmental Science and Sustainability Management from Columbia University in New York; Masters of Law from Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany; and the equivalent of a JD from Belarusian State University in the Republic of Belarus. I am fluent in English, Russian, German, and Spanish. I am a certified yoga teacher and mindfulness practitioner. For fun I travel the world and practice circus arts. I have a daughter who is a joy and light of my life.