KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS
Mark M. Tehranipoor, Ph.D., Fellow of IEEE, ACM, NAI, AAIA, AIIA
Mark M. Tehranipoor
Affiliation:Intel Charles E. Young Preeminence Endowed Chair Professor in Cybersecurity.
Chair, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Florida.
Co-founder of IEEE HOST, IEEE AsianHOST, and IEEE PAINE. Director, ECI Transition Center. Co-director, CYAN and MEST centers.
Aurea L. Rivera, PMP, PMI-ACP, P.E., F.NSPE
Aurea L. Rivera
Affiliation:Intelligence Community Expert: Data Collection, Analysis & Reporting
Radar Systems & Space Domain Awareness Subject Matter Expert.
STEM Mentor
Dr. Steve Harbour, Ph.D.
Aurea L. Rivera
Affiliation:Director, AI Hardware Research, Center of Excellence
Parallax Advanced Research
Dr. Matt Areno
Dr. Matt Areno
Affiliation:Chief Technology Officer
Rickert-Areno Engineering, LLC
Co-Chair, MMEC Secure Edge.
Dr. Farimah Farahmandi
Dr. Farimah Farahmandi
Affiliation:Wally Rhines Endowed Professor of Hardware Security
Associate Director, Florida Institute for Cybersecurity, University of Florida
Focuses on hardware security verification and SoC design trust.
Dr. Selçuk Köse
Dr. Selçuk Köse
Professor
Affiliation:University of Rochester
Research focus: power delivery networks and hardware security.
Dr. Navid Asadi
Dr. Navid Asadi
Associate Professor
Affiliation:Electrical & Computer Engineering & Materials Science and Engineering
University of Florida
Director, Security and Assurance Lab; Deputy Director, Florida Institute for Cybersecurity (FSI).
Dr. William Zortman
Dr. William Zortman
Digital Assurance Manager
Affiliation:Sandia National Laboratories
University of Florida
Specializes in digital assurance and trusted systems.
Dr. Oluwatobi Olabiyi
Dr. Oluwatobi Olabiyi
Director of Engineering
Affiliation:NVIDIA – AI
Expert in artificial intelligence and engineering leadership.
Dr. Antonio Sanfilippo, Ph.D.
Dr. Antonio Sanfilippo
Chief Scientist
Affiliation:Qatar Environment & Energy Research Institute (QEERI)
Editor-in-Chief, Green Technology, Resilience, and Sustainability Journal.
Dr. Bayley King
Dr. Bayley King
Research Scientist
Affiliation:Riverside Research, Dayton, Ohio
Specializes in applied AI and trusted systems research.
Dr. Irfan Ahmed
Dr. Irfan Ahmed
Affiliation: Engineering Foundation Endowed Professor of Cybersecurity
Virginia Commonwealth University
Expert in network and hardware cybersecurity.
Dr. Darpan Verma
Dr. Darpan Verma
Affiliation: Device Engineer
Intel Corporation
Mr. Oron Mincha
Mr. Oron Mincha
General Manager U.S.
Affiliation: CYBERPRO Global
Leader in cybersecurity workforce development and training.
Dr. Usman Ali
Dr. Usman Ali
Affiliation: ASIC Engineer & Architect, Meta
Expert in ASIC design and semiconductor systems.
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Mr. Sayed (Tashfi) Nowroz
Mr. Sayed (Tashfi) Nowroz
Affiliation: ASIC Hardware Developer, AWS (Amazon)
Works on high-performance ASIC hardware development.
Dr. Paul Simon
Dr. Paul Simon
Affiliation: Senior Cybersecurity Research Engineer, Riverside Research
Former Senior Hardware Security Engineer at Amazon.
Dr. Boyang Wang
Dr. Boyang Wang
Associate Professor
Affiliation: Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of Cincinnati
Program Director, Cybersecurity Engineering; research in secure systems and privacy.
Dr. Jeyavijayan 'JV' Rajendran
Dr. Jeyavijayan 'JV' Rajendran
Associate Professor
Affiliation: Electrical & Computer Engineering
Texas A&M University
Research focus: Hardware security and trust.
Dr. Lijun Qian
Dr. Lijun Qian
Regents Professor
Affiliation: AT&T Endowed Professor & Director, CREDIT
Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU)
Research in AI, cybersecurity, and wireless systems.
Dr. Osama Fakron
Dr. Osama Fakron
Assistant Professor
Affiliation: Purdue University
Research interests in computer engineering and hardware systems.
