Antonio J. Conejo of The Ohio State University

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Antonio J. Conejo, a professor at The Ohio State University, received his M.S. from MIT and his Ph.D. from the Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. He has published over 270 papers in refereed journals and is the author or coauthor of 14 books published by Springer and other publishers. He has been the principal investigator of many research projects financed by public agencies and the power industry and has supervised 29 Ph.D. theses. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, an IEEE Fellow, an INFORMS Fellow, an AAAS Fellow, and a former Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Power Systems.

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Address:Columbus, Ohio, United States

Larry Sears of Case Western Reserve University

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Address:Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Kartik Srinivasan of Torc AI

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Kartik Srinivasan is a Staff Systems Engineer specializing in Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) Verification & Validation (V&V) for autonomous vehicles. With over a decade of experience in automotive and autonomous systems, he has played a pivotal role in developing HIL V&V strategies for Level 4 autonomous trucks at Torc Robotics. His expertise includes designing HIL test environments, system integration, and test automation for safety-critical vehicle systems. Previously, Kartik led HIL validation teams at Motional, contributing to the development of Drive-by-Wire and Perception subsystem testing frameworks. His work at Nexteer Automotive and LG Chemical Power further strengthened his experience in mechatronic test benches, functional safety, and battery management systems. Holding a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Technological University, Kartik has pioneered innovative HIL testing methodologies. Passionate about AV safety and scalable validation frameworks, he actively contributes to advancing the field of autonomous mobility.

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Address:Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Colin Russell of Nationwide

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Colin Russell is a Computer Engineer from Youngstown, Ohio now based in Cleveland. He is the chair of the Young Professionals Affinity Group within the IEEE Cleveland Section. Additionally, he is the Vice Chair of Events for IEEE Regions 1 and 2 Young Professionals. Colin is a Senior Software Engineer at Nationwide where he specializes in creating APIs and microservices for the financial services industry. Colin is a graduate of Ohio University, where he was an ambassador for the Russ College of Engineering and Technology's Electrical Engineering program and chair of the university's student section of IEEE. While chair of the Ohio University IEEE branch, Colin organized presentations featuring guest speakers from prestigious organizations including NASA, Boeing, the Department of Energy, and Ohio University's own professors. In addition to leading the Ohio University IEEE section, Colin worked with the student ExCom to revitalize the university's Eta Kappa Nu section. To further his education, Colin is currently pursing a Master's of Science in Computer Science from Tufts University.

Address:Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Rachel Dudukovich of NASA

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From https://ai-action.org/person/rachel-dudukovich/:

Dr. Rachel Dudukovich is the cognitive networking lead for the NASA Space Communication and Navigation (SCaN) Cognitive Communications Project. She received her Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Case Western Reserve University in 2019. Her research and development efforts are focused on applying machine learning and artificial intelligence to networking technologies for space communications. She is interested in determining and developing the essential building blocks to enable cognitive communications in space, as well as infusing modern networking technologies into the NASA communication networks. She is also the software development lead for the High-rate Delay Tolerant Networking project. Her interests include network emulation, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, delay tolerant networking, and open-source software collaborations.

Address:Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Karina Dsouza of Cleveland Clinic

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Address:Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Raviteja Meda of Sherwin Williams

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Address:Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Mike Wise of IoT Sandbox

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An experienced and highly commercial B2B leader with 30 years of accumulated business acumen in sales, business development, digital marketing, Insurtech, Socialtech, Fintech, and Web3 consulting. Principle focus is Community-building around IoT design, development and manufacturing in Ohio and the wider Midwest. #IoTinOhio

Address:Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Anurag K Srivastava of West Virginia University

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During cyber events, keeping the power on to critical facilities such as hospitals and fire department is essential. A number of resources are available with the integration of distributed energy resources (DER) to help improve the resiliency of the critical loads during adverse events in a power grid. DER’s are also being connected as Internet of Things (IoTs) Minimizing the impact of cyber-attack on the grid depends on one of these key factors: a) planning for cyber defense including services from IoT devices but preserving privacy, b) training of human operators and employee, and c) metric-driven control and operational decisions. A formal metrics is needed to quantify the cyber resiliency of the electric grid and how to use that for operational cyber-resilience considering IoT devices. This talk will cover the basics of cyber-power resiliency, tools for operational decision, and a testbed to validate cyber-resilience tools for the electric grid. Example ongoing work at the Pacific Northwest National Lab related to cyber-power resiliency will also be discussed.

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Address:Morgantown, West Virginia, United States

Tim Smith of Digital Operations Group

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Address:North Canton, Ohio, United States

Peter Sords of Kyros Engineering

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Peter Sords is the founder of Kyros Engineering, a Cleveland product-development firm building embedded firmware, electronics, and connected hardware across consumer, industrial, energy, and medical products. A B.S. Biomedical Engineer (Lehigh) and M.S. Electrical Engineer (Case Western), his work runs deep in system architecture, control systems and smart feedback, power electronics, and robotics — spanning autonomous warehouse robots, Factory 4.0 production systems, EV chargers, connected appliances, and edge-AI medical devices. That breadth is what lets him assemble the right curated team of proven specialists for each project — taking connected products from architecture through verified hardware.

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Address:Cleveland, Ohio, United States