Maine Artificial Intelligence Conference

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Democratizing AI for Maine

Artificial Intelligence, broadly defined, has unleashed the potential for impact on every aspect of our lives, mainly due to advancements in computing speed and software development.

Is your business ready for the new economy led by AI?
Are you interested in learning how AI will change the workplace?
Do you have exciting developments and ideas to share?

The Maine AI Conference brings together experts from industry, academia, and government to explore opportunities and challenges that can transform research, teaching, and business processes.

In case you missed the event held on Friday, June 14, 2024…

Agenda

9:00 a.m.

Welcome

Kody Varahramyan, Ph.D.

Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School at the University of Maine

Giovanna Guidoboni, Ph.D.

Dean and Professor for Maine College of Engineering and Computing at the University of Maine

Ali Abedi, Ph.D.

Associate Vice President for Research and Chair of UMaine AI at the University of Maine

Pips Veazey, Ph.D.

Director of the University of Maine Portland Gateway

9:15 a.m.

An Introduction to AI in Maine

Pips Veazey, Ph.D.

Director of the University of Maine Portland Gateway

Anne Heberger Marino

Associate Director of the University of Maine Portland Gateway

9:30 a.m.

Industry Panel

Moderated by

John Harrington

Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer, HighByte

John Harrington is the Chief Product Officer of HighByte, focused on product management, customer and partner success, and company strategy. His areas of responsibility include market research, customer use cases, product priorities, go-to-market, and financial planning.

Panelists

Brien Flewelling, Ph.D.

Director of Strategic Program Development at Exoanalytics

Mark T. Maybury, Ph.D.

Vice President of Commercialization at Lockheed Martin

Cliona Molony, Ph.D.

Chief Data Officer and Head of Data Science at IDEXX

Richard “Dick” Wilkins

Principal Technology Liaison for Phoenix Technologies

10:30 a.m.

Break

11:00 a.m.

Academic Panel

Moderated by

Ashanthi Maxworth, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Southern Maine

Dr. Ashanthi Maxworth is currently an assistant professor in electrical and computer engineering at the University of Southern Maine. Starting January 2024 she also serves as the chair of the IEEE Maine Section. Dr. Maxworth has thirteen years of experience in academia in three countries Sri Lanka, USA, and Canada serving in various positions. Her area of expertise is electromagnetic wave propagation in near-Earth Space. She has been the principal investigator of the USM Cube satellite initiative since August 2022.

Panelists

Chaofan Chen, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Maine

Umesh R. Hodeghatta, Ph.D.

Computer Science at The Roux Institute at Northeastern University

Behrooz Mansouri, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Southern Maine, where he serves as the director of the Artificial Intelligence and Information Retrieval (AIIR) lab at the Dubyak Center

Yifeng Zhu, Ph.D.

Professor and Chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Maine

12:30 p.m.

Networking lunch

1:30 p.m.

Policy Panel

Moderated by

Russell Harrison

Managing Director of IEEE-USA

Harrison leads the Washington, D.C. office for the world’s largest technical professional society, the IEEE. Prior to becoming Managing Director, Russ represented technology professionals to the US government as Director of Government Relations for IEEE-USA. He focused on numerous policy issues including autonomous vehicles, digital privacy, AI, federal research funding, export control, and immigration. In addition to directly engaging with policymakers, Harrison strives to build bridges between technology professionals and politicians.

Panelists