
2021 AI Webinar Recordings

March 4, 2021 –Recording available here.
AI for Manufacturing and Materials
Moderators: Ali Abedi University of Maine Associate Vice President for Research.
Speakers:
Vincent Paquit, Data Analytics Lead-Manufacturing Demonstration Facility Group Leader-Energy System Analytics
Andy Henderson, Praemo, CTO
Tony Schmitz, Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Kurt Goodwin, Managing Member Chief Engineer, Good Wind, LLC; Senior Advisor at Beehive3D, Inc.

June 3, 2021
AI Seed Grant Reports
Moderators: Ali Abedi University of Maine Associate Vice President for Research.
Speakers:
Sepideh Ghanavati, Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Caitlin Howell, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Salimeh Yasaei Sekeh, Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Roy Turner, Associate Professor of Computer Science

September 9, 2021 –Recording available here.
AI in Cyber Security
Moderators: Ali Abedi and Julia Upton
Speakers:
Bill Leigher, Rear Admiral (Retired), United States Navy
Scott McGaunn, Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation-Boston
Daniel Shoemaker, 2021-2023 IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Visitor
Dick Wilkins, Principle Technology Liaison for Phoenix Technologies Ltd.

November 4, 2021– AI in Healthcare
(There no recording available for this webinar)
Moderated by: Ali Abedi, Associate Vice President for Research, UMaine
Speakers:
Behrouz Shabestari, National Technology Centers Program Acting Director, Division of Health Informatics Technologies

October 7, 2021– AI In Space and Aerospace -Recording available here.
Speakers:
Moderator: Ali Abedi, Associate Vice President for Research, University of Maine
Janette C. Briones, Principle Investigator: SCaN Cognitive-Communication System Project, Glenn Research Center
Nargess Memarsadeghi, Goddard Space Flight Center, AI Center for Excellence Lead.

April 1, 2021 –Recording available here.
AI for Agriculture
Moderators: Susan MacKay, Senior R&D Program Manager, UMaine Advanced Structures and Composites Center
Speakers:
Steven Thomson, National Program Leader, NIFA
Naresh Devineni, Associate Professor, CUNY
Aadith Moorthy, ConserWater Technologies, Founder & CEO