AI for Smart Manufacturing Productivity Forum
This Roundtable Discussion is organized by the Maryland Department of Commerce in collaboration with University of Maryland, College Park to introduce AI for manufacturing and discuss the critical issues we are facing in AI for industrial productivity improvement.
Tentative Agenda
1:00 pm Opening Remarks and Introduction - Benjamin McGlaughlin, Manufacturing Program Manager, Maryland Department of Commerce
Ricardo Benn, Deputy Secretary, Maryland Department of Commerce
Samuel Graham, Ph.D., Dean of Engineering, University of Maryland
Mike Galiazzo, Ph.D., President, Regional Manufacturing Institute of Maryland (RMI)
1:15 pm-2:00 pm Introduction of AI for Manufacturing Productivity
Speaker: Jay Lee, Ph.D., Clark Distinguished Professor and Director of Industrial AI Center, University of Maryland, College Park
2:00 pm-2:45 pm Roundtable Discussion - AI for AI (Actual Implementation)
Moderator: Jay Lee, Ph.D., Clark Distinguished Professor and Director of Industrial AI Center, University of Maryland, College Park
Panelists:
Babu Suresh, Ph.D., Clark Distinguished Professor, Department of Materials, University of Maryland
Adam Porter, Ph.D., Executive Director, Fraunhofer USA Center MidAtlantic, and Professor of Computer Science at University of Maryland
Ankur Srivastava, Ph.D., Director, Semiconductor Initiative and Innovation, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maryland
Reza Ghanadan, Ph.D., Director of AI Innovations, University of Maryland
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm Break
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm UMD Faculty AI-Project & Experiences Discussion
Moderator: Jay Lee, Ph.D., Clark Distinguished Professor and Director of Industrial AI Center, University of Maryland, College Park
Faculty:
Peter Chung, Ph.D., University of Maryland
Reza Ghodssi, Ph.D., Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maryland
Ichiro Takeuchi, Ph.D., University of Maryland
3:30-4:15 pm Roundtable Discussion on AI - Small to Medium Sized Enterprises (SME) Panel
Moderator: Michael Kelleher, Executive Director, Maryland MEP
Panelists:
George Tunis, Chairman & CEO, Hardwire, LLC
Dan Nagy, DOMAIN
Ken Malone, Executive Officer & Founder, Early Charm Ventures
Andy Morales, Manager, AI & Automation Solutions, Textron Systems
Jayfus Tucker Doswell, Ph.D., President & CEO, Juxtopia, LLC
4:15 pm-4:45 pm - Industrial AI Foundry - Dan Nagy, DOMAIN
4:45 pm-5:00 pm - Question & Answer Session
5:00 pm-6:00 pm - Happy Hour & Networking
Parking - Information on parking will be provided via email a week or two prior to the event. There will be a cost for parking at the event in University of Maryland lots and garages.