Keynote: Dr. John Hamer of OLED Works

Our Keynote Speaker will give their presentation during dinner. 

This year, we are proud to have Dr. John Hamer,  Co-founder and COO of OLED Works, as the Keynote Speaker.

"From Invention to Innovation: The Evolution of OLED Technology and OLEDWorks" 

Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs) have revolutionized lighting and display technology, but their journey from research labs to commercial success has been anything but straightforward. In this presentation, Dr. John Hamer will share an insider’s perspective on the early invention and development of OLEDs at Eastman Kodak, highlighting the breakthroughs and challenges that shaped this transformative technology, the founding of OLEDWorks, and the mission to advance OLED lighting from research concepts to real-world applications.
Dr. Hamer will discuss the technical and entrepreneurial hurdles faced, the role of Rochester’s engineering community in advancing OLED commercialization, and what the future holds for OLED technology. This presentation will offer the IEEE members a behind-the-scenes look at the perseverance, ingenuity, and high-level engineering that have fueled OLED technology and OLEDWorks’ success

Biography:

Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer
Dr. John Hamer, the Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of OLEDWorks, is a distinguished figure in the field of OLED technology. His extensive experience spans process scaling, product commercialization, and OLED manufacturing. Dr. Hamer's innovative approach has led to the successful launch of numerous products, from OLED lighting to advanced AM-OLED displays. His ability to build strategic relationships across various industries and geographical boundaries has been instrumental in his success. 

Dr. Hamer's visionary leadership is evident in his knack for identifying technical solutions that are both creative and pragmatic. His contributions to the field are not only theoretical but also practical, as demonstrated by his impressive portfolio of over 55 patents.

Under his leadership, OLEDWorks has become a leader in the OLED lighting industry, known for its high-quality, energy-efficient lighting solutions. Dr. Hamer's work has been recognized by various industry awards, including being named Entrepreneur of the Year by the Rochester Section of the American Chemical Society. His dedication to advancing OLED technology continues to drive the industry forward.

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Address:Rochester, New York, United States

MTT/AP Speaker: Subbaiah Pemmaiah of Copper Mountain Technologies

A Vector Network Analyzer (VNA) is an essential tool for accurately measuring the S-parameters of RF components and devices, including filters, cables, and antennas. This presentation will explore the principles of VNAs and provide a comprehensive overview of their core measurement capabilities. We will also highlight modern advancements in VNA technology, showcasing how these innovations enable more precise and versatile testing in today's rapidly evolving RF landscape.

Biography:

Subbaiah Pemmaiah
Director of Technical Solutions, Copper Mountain Technologies

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Address:Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Signal Processing Speaker: Flip Phillips of RIT

Cinematography encompasses a wide range of parameters that can be manipulated through various means. Traditionally, these parameters were controlled by physical hardware. While software-based manipulation has progressed, it remains in its early stages, labor-intensive, and not particularly effective in most cases. On the other hand, computer graphics offer limitless control over cinematography, appearing ideal but often abused to the extent that the resulting work can be an incoherent, atonal composition that might be innovative but is generally lost among the vast possibilities. Sometimes, even worse, it serves merely as an end in itself. To address this, we explore how image manipulation across various aspects of cinematography and beyond will shape the future of live-action production and storytelling. We envision a future of cinematography that employs machine learning and artificial intelligence pragmatically, not as a substitute for the creative and expressive skills of the humans involved.

Biography:

Flip Phillips
Professor, School of Film and Animation, RIT

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Address:Rochester, New York, United States

AES/COM Speaker: Nirmala Shenoy of RIT

Communications networks today use the Internet Protocol (IP) to forward data. In IP networks, Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) is used for intra-Autonomous System (AS) routing and Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) for inter-AS routing. IP, OSPF and BGP were designed for network architectures and technologies from decades ago and require an extensive level of configuration, maintenance and troubleshooting. At RIT, ISchool, we designed a simple yet novel Expedited Internet Bypass Protocol (EIBP) that leverages network structures (physical or virtual) to establish routes using simple techniques with no routing protocols. EIBP’s quick-to-detect, slow-to-accept speeds up failure detection and network convergence. EIBP replaces IP, OSPF, BGP among other protocols, thereby reducing router computing and memory needs significantly, with a multiplicative benefit for the network as a whole. EIBP coded in C language was tested for performance in an intra-AS environment to provide proof of concept and validate the significant performance benefits as compared to OSPF. EIBP is backward compatible with IPv4, IPv6 and Ethernet. The cost and sustainability benefits of EIBP will have a major impact on the world’s green IT initiatives. Deployment of EIBP will be a forerunner to spur initiatives to simplify network operations, complexity and costs, while introducing desired security.

Biography:

Nirmala Shenoy
Professor, School of Information, RIT

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Address:Rochester, New York, United States

C/CIS Speaker: Raffaella Borasi of U of R

Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) tools such as ChatGPT and its many applications have the potential to greatly impact the future of education – as they not only open up new ways to support learning and teaching, but also have implications for how we prepare students for a future society and workplace where AI will be increasingly used. In this presentation, we will first introduce a few specific Generative AI educational applications to provide shared examples, provide some questions
for the audience to think about, and then propose a framework to identify and think about the complementary ways in which Generative AI may affect education. We will return to gain audience insight from the posed questions and then open discussion for further Q&A.

Biography:

Raffaella Borasi
Frederica Warner Professor, Director Center for Learning in the Digital Age

Address:Rochester, New York, United States