David Levin, MD

Chief Medical Information Officer · Cleveland Clinic

Challenging audiences to discover how analysis of “big data” can be used to transform healthcare, from practice redesign to new markets

Healthcare Information Technology Clinical Decision Support: From Alerts to Watson Emr and Related Clinical Systems-Strategy Selection and Physician Adoption Analytics: Data Strategies

R. Daniel Resler, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering · VCU College of Engineering

Associate Professor of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering for Virginia Commonwealth University.

Programming Languages Compiler Design Automatic Generation of Software

James G. Miller

Professor of the Practice, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering · VCU College of Engineering

Professor Miller has more than 35 years’ experience – primarily in the development, testing, and licensing of nuclear analysis methods.

Engineering Education Reactor Simulation Reactor Theory

Fotis Sotiropoulos, Ph.D.

VCU Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs; Professor, Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering · VCU College of Engineering

Fotis Sotiropoulos serves as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University

Jeffrey Phillips

Professor of Physics · Loyola Marymount University

Seaver College of Science and Engineering

Condensed Matter Physics Physics Education Research

Mohamed Gad-el-Hak, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering · VCU College of Engineering

Fluid mechanics expert, with a penchant for nanotechnology and microelectromechanical systems

Fluids in motion Turbulence and flow control Viscous pumps and microturbines Micro- and nanotechnology Large-scale disasters

Changqing Luo, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor · VCU College of Engineering

Dr. Luo’s research focuses on cybersecurity, big data, and complex networks.

Security and privacy (e.g., mobile networks, cyber-physical systems, distributed systems, Internet of Things) Complex networks (e.g., optimization, resource management, cross-layer design) Big data (e.g., large-scale data computing and analytics, smart health)

Krista Vaught

Director of Faculty and Academic Support, Levin College of Law · University of Florida

Director of Faculty and Academic Support

Executive Support Nonprofit Communications Legal Support

Robert Ord

President

Law Enforcment and Security

Law Enfocement Use of Force Physical Security Police Training Security Training Counter Terrorism

Preetam Ghosh, Ph.D.

Interim Chair, Department of Computer Science · VCU College of Engineering

Professor Ghosh researches systems biology, specifically stochastic modeling and discrete event simulation

Systems Biology Stochastic modeling and discrete event simulation Reverse engineering analysis and visualization of gene regulatory networks (GRNs) Static/Dynamic modeling and control of network robustness Graph theoretic analysis of protein interaction networks to identify functionally significant modules

Eyuphan Bulut, Ph.D.

Associate Professor · VCU College of Engineering

Professor Bulut's research interests include wireless networks and mobile computing, cyber-physical systems, and social networks

Mobile Computing: Wireless Networks Cyber-physical Systems Mobile Social Networks Wireless Charging Security: Cyber Security Network Security Privacy and Trust Mobile (3G/4G) Systems: Mobile Packet Core Cloud Mobile Data Offloading Big Data: Internet of Things (IoT) Crowd-sensing Mobile Data Mining and Supervised Learning

Stephanie Sipe

Professor · Georgia Southern University

Professor Sipe researches university students’ perceptions of gender discrimination and sexual harassment in the workplace

Fraud Corporate Fraud and Whistleblowers Employment Law Sexual Harassment Business and Employment Law

Kostadin Damevski, Ph.D.

Associate Professor · VCU College of Engineering

Interested in software engineering and in the use of natural language processing techniques to improve software maintenance and evolution.

Software Engineering Software Maintenance Recommendation Systems Natural Language Processing

Janet Asper

Associate Professor · University of Mary Washington

Dr. Asper specializes in organic chemistry.

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (Nmr) Chemical Education Organic Synthesis Organic Methodology Organic Spectroscopy

Robert Taylor, Ph.D.

Dean | College of Psychology and Liberal Arts · Florida Tech

Dr. Taylor's research focuses on 19th- and 20th-century America, the American South, U.S. military history, and 20th-century Europe.

History of the Space Age Florida's Governors D-Day American Military Leadership Civil War

Andrea Wittenborn

Associate Professor · Michigan State University

Dr. Wittenborn is an expert on depression, couple therapy, and intimate partnerships.

Psychotherapy Marriage Depression Family

Matthew Gilbert

Freelance Graphic Designer · Matthew Gilbert

Content Creator / Marketer

CSS Linux Wordpress Html5 Graphic Design

Hussein Ahmed

CEO and Founder · Transpose

Information management expert creating a platform that will disrupt the way businesses use data.

Computer Science Software Development Startups Business Technology

Amanda Jansen

Professor, School of Education · University of Delaware

Prof. Jansen conducts research on mathematics teaching practices that support students' motivation and engagement.

Mathematics Education Teacher Education Student Motivation Student Engagement Rough Draft Math

Andrew Ritenour

Assistant Professor · Western Carolina University

Andrew Ritenour has spent a decade in industry managing and developing innovative technologies across a broad spectrum of applications.