Organizing Committee

Conference Honorary General Chairs:

John M. Carroll, The Pennsylvania State University - University Park, Pennsylvania, USA

Mark D. Gross, University of Colorado - Boulder, Colorado, USA

Judith S. Olson, University of California - Irvine, California, USA

Conference General Co-Chairs:

Bill McQuay, Air Force Research Laboratory, WPAFB, Ohio, USA

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Waleed W. Smari, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Ohio, USA

Program Co-Chairs:

Claudia Diamantini, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy

Xiaoqing (Frank) Liu, Missouri University of Science & Technology, Missouri, USA

Mads Nygård, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

Symposia, Workshops and Special Sessions Co-Chairs:

Jameela Al Jaroodi, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Marcos Baez, University of Trento, Italy

Tutorials Co-Chairs:

Pascal Lorenz, University of Haute Alsace, France

Fahad Saeed, ECE Dept, Western Michigan University, Michigan, USA

Doctoral Dissertation Colloquium Co-Chairs:

D. Scott McCrickard, Virginia Tech, Virginia, USA

Woodrow Winchester, Southern Polytechnic State University (SPSU), Georgia, USA

Christopher Plaue, University of Georgia, GA, USA

Panels Co-Chairs:

Cynthia K. Pickering, Intel Corporation., Arizona, USA

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Posters Co-Chairs:

Shah Rukh Humayoun, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany

Domenico Potena, Universita' Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy

Demos Co-Chairs:

Alessandra Agostini, University of Milano Bicocca, Italy

Ricky J. Sethi, Fitchburg State University, Massachusetts, USA

Awards Co-Chairs:

Prasun Dewan, University of North Carolina, North Carolina, USA

Maria Gini, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, Minnesota, USA

Robert Neches, Robert Neches Consulting Services, California, USA

Industry Liaisons and Sponsorships Co-Chairs:

Erwin Gangl, CACI Technologies, Ohio, USA

Apurva Mohan, Honeywell ACS Labs, Golden Valley, Minnesota, USA

Dejin Zhao, eBay Paypal Inc., California, USA

Exhibits Co-Chairs:

Apurva Mohan, Honeywell ACS Labs, Golden Valley, Minnesota, USA

Dejin Zhao, eBay Paypal Inc., California, USA

Government Liaisons:

Robert Ewing, Air Force Research Laboratory, WPAFB, Ohio, USA

Stuart Rubin, SPAWAR, California, USA

Publications Co-Chairs:

David W. Barnett, Lakehead University, Ontario, Canada

Junaid A. Zubairi, State University of New York - Fredonia, New York, USA

Assistant Editor:

Joseph Natarian, Air Force Research Laboratory, Ohio, USA

Registration Co-Chairs:

Barbara Frantom, Air Force Research Laboratory, WPAFB, Ohio, USA

Felicia Harlow, Air Force Research Laboratory, WPAFB, Ohio, USA

Publicity Co-Chairs:

Carlos Westphall, UFSC - Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil

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Social Media Co-Chairs:

Michelle Cheatham, Wright State University, Ohio, USA

Nader Nassar, CIO Lab, IBM Inc., New York, USA

Local Arrangements Co-Chairs:

Jeff Chastine, Southern Polytechnic State University, Georgia, USA

Felicia Harlow, Air Force Research Laboratory, WPAFB, Ohio, USA

Lei Li, Southern Polytechnic State University, Georgia, USA

Local Support and Social Events Co-Chairs:

Mike Franklin, Southern Polytechnic State University, Georgia, USA

Felicia Harlow, Air Force Research Laboratory, WPAFB, Ohio, USA

Dawn Tatum, Southern Polytechnic State University, Georgia, USA

Accounting & Finances:

Shelley L. Denney, Clayton, Ohio, USA

Conference Software System & Web Master:

Abdul Habra, Technology Exponent LLC, Michigan, USA

Committee Members at Large and International Liaisons:

Cesar Collazos, Universidad del Cauca, Popayán, Colombia

Flávio Soares Corrêa da Silva, University of São Paulo, Brazil

Jianxun Liu, Hunan University of Science and Technology, China

Nader F.J. Mohamed, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, UAE

Vesa Salminen, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland