Keynote Speakers
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Toshio Fukuda graduated from Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan in 1971 and received the Master of Engineering degree and the Doctor of Engineering degree both from the University of Tokyo, in 1973 and 1977, respectively, after studying at Yale in 1973-1975. He joined the National Mechanical Engineering Laboratory in Japan and also worked at the University of Stuttgart as a research Scientist. He joined the Science University of Tokyo in 1981, and then joined Department of Mechanical Engineering, Nagoya University, Japan in 1989. Currently he is also the professor of Beijing Institute of Technology as well as Nagoya/Meijo University. ...
Prof. Toshio Fukuda, Ph D
Oussama Khatib received his Doctorate degree in Electrical Engineering from Sup’Aero, Toulouse, France, in 1980. He is Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University. His work on advanced robotics focuses on methodologies and technologies in human-centered robotics including humanoid control architectures, human motion synthesis, interactive dynamic simulation, haptics, and human- friendly robot design. He is Co-Editor of the Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics series, and has served on the Editorial Boards of several journals as well as the Chair or Co-Chair of numerous international conferences. ...
Prof. Oussama Khatib, Ph D
Professor Eryk Dutkiewicz has over 25 years of industrial and academic research experience. He obtained his Bachelor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Adelaide, Australia in 1988, his Master of Science in Applied Mathematics from the University of Adelaide, Australia in 1992 and his PhD (Telecommunications) from the University of Wollongong, Australia in 1996. He began his research career at OTC R&D Laboratories in Sydney in 1988 working on pioneering broadband networking technologies. From 1999 to 2004 he worked at Motorola Laboratories in Sydney where he managed a wireless research laboratory....
Prof. Eryk Dutkiewicz, Ph D
Raouf Naguib is the Director of BIOCORE Research & Consultancy International and a Visiting Professor at Liverpool Hope University, UK. Prior to this he was Professor of Biomedical Computing and Head of the Biomedical Computing and Engineering Technologies Applied Research Group at Coventry University, UK. He has published over 360 journal and conference papers and reports in many aspects of health informatics, environmental health, social health, biomedical and digital signal processing, biomedical image processing and the applications of artificial intelligence and evolutionary computation in cancer research.
Prof. Raouf Naguib, PhD
He received his B.E., M.E. and Ph.D. degrees, all in Electronic Engineering from Waseda University in 1969, 1971 and 1978,respectively. He visited the Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, as a visiting Associate Professor from 1983 to 1984. He also visited Computing Laboratory, University of Kent, Canterbury, England from 1990 to 1991 as a research fellow. He was the President of Open Systems Interconnection Association, from 1991 to 1992, the Chairman of IEEE Seoul Section from1999 to 2000, and President of KIISE (Korea Institute of Information Scientists and Engineers)in 2003, and Director of the B...
Prof. Yong Jin Park, Ph D
Is a Professor of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at the University of Toledo. He is also the Director of the Precision Micro-Machining Center of the College of Engineering (www.eng.utoledo.edu/pmmc) of the same University. He has a PhD in Manufacturing Processes, a Honorary Doctorate from University of Iashi, Romania, and is member of numerous international professional organization: JSPE, SME, ASME, ASPE, CIRP, IDA, ASAT, NAMRI. ...
Prof. Ioan Marinescu, Ph D.
Is a professor and chairman of the Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at The University of Toledo. He is also the director of the Small Turbine Engine Institute, which he founded in 2005 in the College of Engineering at The University of Toledo. He received his BSME from Arya Mehr University of Technology, and his MSME and Ph.D. from University of Toledo. He is a distinguished Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Life Member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), and a member of the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), ...
Prof. Abdoullah Afjeh, Ph D
Dr. Mandaleeka G. P. L. Narayana
Post Graduate in Computer Science from the premier institute in India, IISc. Joined as a fresher in 1982 in a premier IT Consulting company, TCS and serving for the last 33+ years. Climbed up the roles and responsibilities and led the software delivery from India to a Telecom Major in US/Canada. Took up the business development and marketing for TCS during DotCom era working from Silicon Valley. Established several academic relationships with North American Universities for research collaborations. Resurrected Systems Engineering center in TCS giving a R&D focus to address the needs of business consulting, competence development, software quality and business value articulations. Published several research papers in international forums and patented certain assets, too. Some of the filed ones in the areas ...
Howard Michel
Since joining IEEE more than four decades ago, Howard has held a variety of leadership positions, including Vice President of Member and Geographic Activities (MGA), where he led efforts to enhance IEEE’s member and volunteer communities. In addition to his efforts within MGA, Howard also chaired the Public Visibility Committee that created IEEE’s “Advancing Technology for Humanity” tagline ...