UCLA Smart Grid Energy Research Center
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Artificial Intelligence in Autonomous Systems: Technology Innovations and Business OpportunitiesWednesday, May 15, 2019


Program

8:00AM-8:30AM Registration and Breakfast

8:30AM-8:45AM Welcome from the Director of CAEV
Rajit Gadh

Rajit Gadh
Director UCLA Smart Grid Energy Research Center

8:45AM-10:15AM Panel 1: AI - the sectors it is set to disrupt
AI is not a new topic. Researchers have been working on it for over half a century. How is it making a comeback now? What's the role of data and cloud in AI? Is this AI different? What sectors is it disrupting and how? What can we expect to see in the future?

Moderator:
Alex Nascimento

Alex Nascimento
Faculty
Marketing & Blockchain UCLA EXT
Panel Speakers:
Alex Capecelatro

Alex Capecelatro
CEO
Josh.ai
Jennifer Myers

Jennifer Myers
Senior Director of Deep Learning Frameworks
Intel AI Products Group
JJ Espinoza

JJ Espinoza
former Director of Data Science
20th Century Fox
Mike Zeller

Mike Zeller
SVP AI Strategy & Innovation
Software AG
Rick Gehringer

Rick Gehringer
CIO
Milken Institute

10:15AM-10:30AM Networking Break

10:30AM-10:45AM Talk - Vandana Mangal
Vandana (Ana) Mangal

Vandana (Ana) Mangal
AI and Autonomous Systems expert, former Executive Director Easton Technology Management Center, UCLA

10:45AM-12:15PM Panel 2: Transportation - the Past, the Present and the Future - does it include Autonomous Vehicle Systems?
Transportation and Mobility are being redefined. While in the past there were 1-2 ways to get from point A to point B, now there are numerous choices. Will these come together into one mode of transport? And if so, will these be autonomous systems? Moderator:
Zarik Boghossian

Zarik Boghossian
Co-Founder & CTO - Wovenmedia
Founder & CEO - AUGmentecture
Panel Speakers:
Ankur Mehta

Ankur Mehta
Assistant Professor
Electrical & Computer Engineering
David Fairbank

David Fairbank
Market Manager, Bikes & Scooters, Los Angeles
Lyft
Felix Naveen Singh

Felix Naveen Singh
Head of Robotics Autonomy Systems & Software QA Engineering
Brain Corp
Rebekah Eggers

Rebekah Eggers
WW Leader IoT for Energy, Environment & Utilities
IBM

12:15PM-12:30PM Closing and Conference End

Location

Rice Room, Boelter Hall
6764 Boelter Hall
580 Portola Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90095
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sponsors

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collaborators

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Caltech Entrepreneurs Forum


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Media Sponsor

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