IEEE MIT URTC 2023 Welcome Reception - Meets Industry Professionals for Research Collaboration

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The Weclome Reception is sponsored and organized by IEEE AESS (Aerospace and Electronic Systems) Boston Chapter and Society. The reception will welcome the students and attendees of the 2023 IEEE MIT URTC conference. It will also encourage Industry-Academia collaboration through graduate work in the industry. Guests are invited to network to find common technical interests to identify students for graduate work in the industry. 

Below is the list of distinguished guests from industry were invited to attend the reception with the students. This is the opportunity for these industries to recruit students for graduate work, internships, and future employment.  

  • Lockheed Martin
  • Boeing
  • Raytheon
  • Boston Dynamics
  • Northrop Grumman
  • Rockwell Automation
  • MACOM
  • GE Aerospace
  • QinetiQ
  • BAE Systems
  • Analog Devices


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  • Date: 06 Oct 2023
  • Time: 10:00 PM UTC to 12:30 AM UTC
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  • MIT
  • 32 Vassar St
  • Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • United States 02139
  • Building: Stata Center
  • Room Number: 32-123
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  • Co-sponsored by Francesca ScireScappuzzo, Soon Wan
  • Starts 18 September 2023 05:32 PM UTC
  • Ends 06 October 2023 10:30 PM UTC
  • No Admission Charge


  Speakers

Dr. Mark Maybury Dr. Mark Maybury of Lockheed Martin, Vice President, Commercialization Engineering & Technology

Topic:

Changing the World through Applied Research

Biography:

Dr. Mark Maybury is vice president, Commercialization, Engineering & Technology for Lockheed Martin Corporation. In this capacity, he is responsible for leading efforts to monetize product research and development (R&D) efforts for long-term growth in commercial and defense sectors. He works with the Corporate Technology Office, 5G.MIL® team, LM Ventures and the business areas to identify innovative methods to bring our capabilities to new markets, determine what existing R&D efforts have commercial value and partner with the recently launched LMEvolve team to explore new business models.

 

Previously, Dr. Maybury was the first Chief Technology Officer for Stanley Black & Decker, where he provided strategic technology and commercialization guidance to the CEO for the $17B global enterprise. His 36 years of experience spans both private and public sectors in innovation commercialization, ventures investment, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML), data analytics, C3I, energy storage, advanced manufacturing, competitive intelligence, revenue and margin growth, and global supply chains.

Dr. Maybury’s board experience extends over the past 17 years. He currently serves on the Board and Chairs the Nomination Committee at Internet Sciences Inc. and is a Board Advisor to READY Robotics, Flora Surfaces, and Halo.Energy. He is a Special Government Employee co-chairing the Congressionally Directed Task Force on Digital Engineering for the Defense Science Board. He served previously on multiple boards including the Executive Committee of the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, the Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory Committee, the Connecticut Science Center, and Mark Twain House and Museum.

As a U.S. Air Force officer, Mark was awarded the Air Force Commendation Medal. He subsequently served for 27 years at The MITRE Corporation in leadership roles including Chief Technology Officer, Chief Security Officer, and Director of the NIST Cybersecurity FFRDC. He was the 33rd Chief Scientist of the USAF advising the Secretary of the Air Force and Chief of Staff of the Air Force on S&T and national security.

Dr. Maybury received his BA in mathematics from College of the Holy Cross (Fenwick Scholar, valedictorian), a MPhil in computer speech and language processing from Cambridge University, England (Rotary Scholar), a MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and a PhD in artificial intelligence from University of Cambridge, U.K.

Dr. Maybury is a Fellow of both the IEEE and the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. He has authored or edited 10 books and more than 60 refereed publications. A key contributor to 30 national studies, he has led 8. He has testified to the U.S. Congress, served as expert witness in the U.K., and been awarded 6 patents and numerous awards including from the Secretary of Defense and President of the United States.

OWL Integrations

Topic:

“Ducks” taking flight and the next Space Race

Biography:

Bryan Knouse is a Co-Founder and CEO of OWL Integrations.  Bryan has led OWL to international grand prize awards in the IBM Call for Code and US Army's xTechSearch competitions, and currently leads OWL's efforts across several US Air Force research and development contracts. Bryan has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Rochester. Bryan is passionate about technology, innovation, private-academic partnerships, and the ongoing shift to American semiconductor manufacturing.






Agenda

6:00pm Networking and Dinner Reception 

6:45pm IEEE AESS Welcome and Introduction: Dr. Francesca Scire-Scappuzzo, Chair IEEE AESS Boston

7:00pm Keynote Speaker: Dr. Mark Maybury, Vice President Commercialization, Engineering, and Technology at Lockheed Martin.

7:30pm Startup Speaker: Mr. Bryan Knouse, Co-founder and CEO OWL Integrations

8:00pm Networking