2022 TEXAS ANALOG CENTER OF EXCELLENCE SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM
Symposium Chair: Yiorgos Markis
Poster Session Chairs: Naofal Al-Dhahir, Kanad Basu and Sam Shichijo
October 17, 2022
| MORNING SESSION 8:30 a.m. – 12:10 p.m. CDT | |
| 8:30 a.m. | Registration and Morning Refreshments |
| 9 a.m. | Symposium Opening: Yiorgos Markis – Professor, UT Dallas |
| 9:10 a.m. | Keynote Speaker: (Un)Intended Communications James Wilson – Program Manager, DARPA |
| 9:55 a.m. | Keynote Speaker: AI and the Path to an Autonomous Future Dave Copps – CEO, Worlds |
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10:40 a.m. |
Coffee Break |
| 10:50 a.m. | Panel: When Will My Car Drive Me to Work? Moderated by Ali Niknejad, Professor, University of California, Berkeley DARPA Adeel Ahmad, Radar Systems Algorithm Engineer, TI Murtaza Ali, VP of Systems Engineering, Uhnder Inc. Dave Copps, CEO, Worlds Jianming Ma, Director, Texas Department of Transportation Matt Markel, VP of Radar Systems, Ghost Autonomy Balazs Simacsek, Director, Head of Hardware Security Architecture, NXP Franklin Trujillo, Head of Technical Program Management for Product Infrastructure, Waymo |
| LUNCH 12:10 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. CDT | |
| 12:30 p.m. | Lunch Talk: Going Full Circle from Academia to Startup, Exit, and Then Back at it Again Arjang Hassibi – Co-Founder and Ceo, Siomyx Inc. |
| AFTERNOON SESSION 1:20 p.m. – 4:40 p.m. CDT | |
| 1:20 p.m. | Students Poster Previews |
| 2 p.m. | Poster Session |
| 3:20 p.m. | Invited Speakers: Mars Helicopter Communication Link and Innovative Antenna for Cubesats, Landers and Rovers Gaurangi Gupta (Presenter) – Post Doctoral Researcher, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Nacer Chahat – Senior Antenna/Microwave Engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| 4:05 p.m. | Center Overview: Ken K. O – Director of TxACE and Professor, Texas Instruments Distinguished University Chair, UT Dallas |
| 4:20 p.m. | Student Poster Awards and Closing Remarks: Sam Shichijo and Ken K. O |
ERIK JONSSON SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS