Prof. Frederic NABKI of Spark Microsystems, Co-founder and CTO- École de technologie supérieure

Biography:

Frederic Nabki, PhD, directs the technological innovations that SPARK Microsystems is bringing to market. Frederic has 17 years of experience in research and development of RFICs and MEMS. He obtained his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from McGill University in 2010. Dr. Nabki has contributed to setting the direction of the technological roadmap for start-up companies, coordinated the development of advanced technologies and participated in product development efforts. His technical expertise includes analog, RF, and mixed-signal integrated circuits and MEMS sensors and actuators. He has published several scientific publications, and he holds multiple patents in microsystems and integrated circuits.

Address:Montreal, Canada

Mr. Arnaud LINA of Zebra Technologies, Director of Engineering

Biography:

Arnaud is a director of research at Zebra Technologies and leads the machine vision group. He is also a Scientific Research Chair at ETS, and has previously been director of research and innovation at Matrox. His research includes Industrial Machine Vision Systems,  computer vision software development, and machine learning. He holds 5 patents in the field of object detection using image processing.

Address:Montreal, Canada

Mr. Gregory DUTRIEUX of Ericsson, Senior Data Science Manager

Biography:

Gregory est gestionnaire principal de l’accélérateur d’intelligence artificielle d’Ericsson à Montréal. Il dirige une équipe de scientifiques et d’ingénieurs de données dont la mission première est d’accélérer l’adoption de solutions d'apprentissage machine et d'intelligence artificielle (IA).  D’autre part, il supervise différents aspects relatifs aux projets d’Ericsson Canada en recherche appliquée dans le domaine de la 5G et de l’IA. 

Gregory is senior manager of Ericsson's artificial intelligence accelerator in Montreal. He leads a team of data scientists and engineers whose primary mission is to accelerate the adoption of machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions. On the other hand, he supervises various aspects relating to Ericsson Canada's projects in applied research in the field of 5G and AI.

Address:Montreal, Canada

Dr. Aradhana CHOUDHURI of Canadian Space Agency, Space Systems Engineer

Biography:

Aradhana Choudhuri is a Space Systems Engineer at the Canadian Space Agency. Previously, she was lead of the laser operations team in the Laser division of the DESY particle accelerator facility in Hamburg, Germany. She has a Bachelors and Masters in Aerospace Engineering, and a PhD in Experimental Physics, and has been working in the space sector since 2010.