Keynote Speakers
Dr. Michael Coyle, CEO of Avatar Med Vision US, LLC, North Carolina, USA
Title of the Talk: Recent Developments in Medicine/Digital Health: what we are doing to improve the quality of life Biography: Dr. Coyle earned his Bachelor's degree at Cleveland State University in Cleveland Ohio, USA. Subsequently, he earned his M.D. degree on scholarship at Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, USA. He then continued with four years of postgraduate medical specialties study at the Wright State University Affiliated Hospitals in Dayton, Ohio, USA. He has over 30 years experience in the medical field and medical academia, primarily as a clinician and clinical scholar. He has practiced in solo, multi specialty group, and academic settings. Most recently, he retired from the Brody School of Medicine (BSOM) in Greenville, North Carolina, USA as a Clinical Professor in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics. During his work at BSOM, he was appointed by the Dean of the School of Medicine to establish a freestanding multi-specialty clinic under the auspices of the school of medicine. This has remained a very important practice for the school and the residents of the city. He is presently working part-time in the field of Addiction Medicine including peri-natal addiction.
Talk Description: Many of us are affected, either directly or indirectly, by health issues. We all should expect to have access to clean water and clean air. We also should have the opportunity to gather our own food and clothe our bodies. Unfortunately, human beings are affected by genetic imperfections, disease, trauma, and self-inflicted practices and subject to conditions brought about by industrialization, politics and our changing environment. Fortunately, technology has allowed us to treat, correct, and supplement many of our afflictions and conditions. Recently, there have been significant advances in diverse areas of science and medicine which will be reviewed.
Dr. Piyush Maheshwari, Ph.D. Manchester, Senior Member IEEE Professor - CS & IT, Head of Engineering, Amity University, Dubai 
Title of the Talk: Smart Cities Applications using Emerging Technologies
Biography: Dr. Maheshwari earned his Ph.D. in computer science from the
University of Manchester, U.K. and B.E./M.E. from IIT Roorkee, India. With
an overall experience of more than 28 years in the ICT industry and CSE
academia, Dr. Piyush Maheshwari brings with himself distinguished and
well-recognized thought leadership in the areas of enterprise & solutions
architecture, cloud- & SOA-based software systems, system integration, and
mobile-enabled applications. He has co-authored 97 papers in various technical
journals and international conferences.
In his past employment (2006-2015), with Ericsson, IBM Research,
and Pitney Bowes, Dr. Maheshwari had extensively contributed to R&D and
innovation management and to the end-to-end solution architectures for business
applications using mobile services, sensor networks and e-commerce platforms.
He had consulted on enterprise architecture assignments for Fortune 500
companies such as Daimler AG, Lufthansa, Vodafone, etc. In his early career
(1991-2006), Dr. Piyush served as faculty of Computer Science at the University
of New South Wales, Sydney and Griffith University, Brisbane. He had held
several research grants from the Australian Research Council (ARC) and
well-funded projects in peer-to-peer computing from Microsoft Australia and
other private companies. He is a Senior Member of the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and Computer Society.
Talk Description: The concept of a smart city highlights the need to
enhance quality, interconnection and performance of various urban services with
the use of information and communication technologies (ICT). Smart city
technologies promote cloud-based and Internet of things (IoT) based services in
which real-world user interfaces use smart phones, sensors and RFIDs. Cloud
computing and IoT are presently two most important ICT models that are shaping
the next generation of computing. Both concepts have major impact on how we
build and deploy smart applications/solutions for smart cities. Cloud computing
represents the delivery of hardware and software resources on demand over the
Internet-as-a-service. On the other hand, IoT concept envisions a new
generation of devices (sensors, both virtual and physical) that are connected
to the Internet and provide different services for value-added applications. In
this talk, we will address the convergent domain of cloud computing and IoT for
any smart city application deployment. Dubai as a smart city will be discussed
with some application-based scenarios.
Dr. Ethirajan Govinda Rajan, Director, Pentagram Labs Inc, California, USA, Scientific Advisor, Helios & Matheson Analytics, USA
Title of the Talk: Defense Technologies for Home Land
Security Biography: Prof. Dr. E. G. Rajan B.Sc., D.M.I.T., M.E., PhD, FIE is the Founder President of the Pentagram Research Centre (P) Ltd., Hyderabad, India. He is an Electronics Engineer and a Professor of Signal Processing having about 30 years of experience in teaching, research and administration. He has a number of publications to his credit. He is a professional member of ACM and he is an editor of the journal of AMSE, Barcelona, Spain. He received his Ph.D degree in Electrical Engineering, (Signal and Image Processing), from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, U.P., M.E. degree in Applied Electronics, from Madras University, the then famous DMIT in Electronics Engineering from the Madras Institute of Technology, Chromepet, Madras and B.Sc degree in Physics from Madras University. His contribution to the state-of-the-art of Electronic Warfare has been well recognized in the Government and industrial sectors. He was a noted teacher in the department of Electrical Engineering of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. He received Distinguished Scientist and Man of the Millennium Award from Who is Who Bibliographical Records, Cambridge, 2000. He authored many books like, Symbolic Computing – Signal and Image Processing, Electronic Order of Battle Records of Military Radars, Computers and Information Technology and Foundations of Information Technology. He is the father of a novel paradigm Symbolic Computing In the Framework of Markov’s Constructive Mathematical Logic. Two of his fifty Ph.D scholars are involved in the design of digital circuits using organic molecules and some of them are working in the novel area of Genomic Signal Processing. He has brought out more than 25 original concepts. One such concept is Codon Space, which advocates the theory of Life Forms as Subspaces of the Information Space called Codon Space. Another concept is a Mathematical Transform, which goes by his name as Rajan Transform. This transform is ideally used for Pattern Recognition and Analysis purposes. He leads the company in his own professorial style and the company is technically strong and steady. Talk Description: The purpose of this keynote lecture is not to teach human values to
people (waste of time !). We are here to identify technology for combating
security threats. Major threats to the
country are classified under two categories: (i) Domestic Threats: Petty
thieves, Branded thieves, Criminals, Economic offenders, Antisocial elements,
Religious fanatics, Separatists, Corrupted individuals, Traitors and (ii) External Threats: Neighboring
countries, Terrorists, Illegal migrants. Indians regained self esteem after independence. Indians outshine everyone
in the global level. Indian economy has been more or less steady for a long
time. More than three million Indian Americans manage the economy of the USA. Then where is the question of security threat
? Some of the domestic threats like Treason, Sedition and Sabotage cause this
concern. Country is getting betrayed by some individuals and groups. Reasons
may be many, may be disappointment, political vendetta, religious
misconceptions, dogmatic fanaticism, rivalry, and so on. Outcome of treason, sedition and sabotage are
(i) Youngsters are seduced to join terror outfits like ISIS and Al Qaida,
(ii) Military secrets are being sold for money, materials and worldly pleasures,
(iii) Counterfeiting and distribution of fake notes to destabilize nation’s
economy, (iv) Provocation for strikes and noncooperation to decrease
productivity. The major international
threats are mainly from neighboring countries. A country poses threat to
its neighboring country by promoting cross border terrorism, infiltration,
smuggling of arms and drugs, causing economic instability, spying and
occupation, instigation of religious intolerance and separatism, Waging war,
Bio war. Reasons may be many, may be local political disturbances, religion
based governance, low level economy, political misconceptions, dogmatic
fanaticism, rivalry over others’ growth, and so on. Outcome of international threats are (i) Unauthorized supply of
lethal weapons and war gadgets to trouble creators and (ii) Border crossing and
attacks on military establishments and religious places. This keynote lecture
is all about certain defense technologies that might be useful in combating
both domestic and international threats.
Dr P. Sekhar, Chief Promoter, Chairman & MD, Micro Technologies (India) Ltd India
Title of the Talk: Unleashing Next Generation Computing Technologies for National Growth through Secured Governance Biography: Dr. P. Sekhar is a respected development thinker
and an author of well-documented series of 60 plus books on Secured
Techno-Economic National Growth in
various sectors such as Highways, Railways, Industry, Tourism, Sports,
Agriculture, Education, Power, Healthcare and so on. The path breaking concept
of 'Secured Governance” developed by him offers a series of recommendations on
various aspects of multi-sectorial growth in India to meet the challenges of
the 21st century. None other than Sh. Narendra Modi has applauded him for this
unique idea that has attracted interest across borders too, catching the
attention of nations like USA, UAE, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, etc. He has spent
over four decades in R&D based technologies and related human and national
development initiatives. Credited with having laid the foundation of first
Software Technology Park in India. He
holds a Master's Degree in Science with a doctorate in Solid State Electronics
and Nuclear Physics. He has been associated with various Indian Universities
and Educational Institutions.He is also assisting various industries to
efficiently use latest innovative technologies along with various funding
support so as to immensely contribute to the new Smart Cities initiative
undertaken by the government. Talk Description: Secured Governance offers a strategy for
the government to get all the basic infrastructure development with a
negligible investment by the Government. It is a concept of developing Techno
Economic Corridors connecting HUBs which will act as growth centre for
individual sectors. The very concept of “Secured’’ here implies a secured
convergence or knitting with various sectors defining a growth for an economy.
Secured Governance presents a developmental model for the TECHNOLOGY HUB
whereby they it can take advantage of the extra Floor Space Index (FSI)
provided to it in addition to the value and valuation of the infrastructure to
yield higher returns. This valuation of infrastructure, which grows many folds,
will support infrastructure development, ensuring balanced growth. Research and
Development centres could form one of the major new initiatives designed to
facilitate investment, foster innovation, protect intellectual property, and
create a conducive environment for best-in-class manufacturing infrastructure -
a venture on these lines could be started in the proposed Technology HUB.
Dr. Ram Murthy Garimella, Associate Professor, International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad (India) Title of the Talk: FOG Computing and Future Internet
Biography: Dr. Rama Murthy Garimella obtained Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Purdue University, USA, M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Louisiana State University, USA and B.Tech in Electronics & Communications Engineering from S. V. University, Tirupati, India. He has more than 25 years of academic and research experience in the rea of wireless sensor networks. He has been Visiting faculty at Tampere University of Technology, Finland, Wrocklaw University of Technology, Poland and University of Illinois, Urbana, Purdue University, USA. He has been honored with Rashtriya Gaurav Award in 2009 from IIFS, New Delhi and Bharat Excellence Award from Friendship Forum of India, New Delhi in 2016. He has published more than 228 research papers in reputed international journals and conferences. He is the associate editor of International Journal of Wireless Networks and Broadcasting Technologies (IJWNBT) published by IGI. He has completed several funded projects and filed patents. He has delivered invited talks at Bell Laboratories, USA, Indian Space Research Organization, Sriharikota, India, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland, and South Korea etc. He is the Member of IEEE Computer Society, Senior Member of ACM and Fellow Member of IETE. Talk Description: Computing
Paradigms such as
Cluster Computing, Grid
Computing naturally ledto
design and implementation of CLOUD
computing.In the case
of cloud computing,
the computing services are provided
using the data
centers and the
results are communicate dusing the
Internet backbone. It
is increasingly realized
that there are
many applications where the
delay involved in
getting results using
cloud computing approach
does not meet the Quality of
Service (QoS ) constraints. Thus,
researchers proposed the
FOG COMPUTING paradigm(also called EDGE Computing)
where the Computation/Communication/Control is
carried out using the
edge resources ( Computational,
networking resources. In this
talk, I will cover details of
FOG computing paradigm
and how it
is evitable for realization
of Internet of
Things ( IoT ).Some important challenges
in the design
and implementation of
IoT will be
discussed. Also,we propose the
PARADIGM of MIST
COMPUTING.
Mr. Tanmoy Chakrabarty, Vice President & Global Head - Government Industry Solutions Unit ( ISU ), Tata Consultancy Services Limited, New DelhiTitle of the Talk: Governance
Transformation Biography: Tanmoy Chakrabarty is Vice President & Global Head - Government
Industry Solutions Unit ( ISU ) at Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS),
based in New Delhi, India. He has over 33 years of experience related with
Business Development, Sales and Delivery of Integrated IT Solutions and Services
to the Government sector and has led many enterprise wide , mission mode and
holistic transformational projects in the area of eGovernance in India and
other parts of the World. Tanmoy currently manages 165 Clients in the
Government Sector for TCS and has a team of over 7500 Associates in TCS in 12
Countries. Recent projects include MCA 21 , Income Tax , Central Excise &
Customs, Passport and eMigrate and several transformational projects in State
Governments and tax automations programs in East Africa.Prior to TCS, Tanmoy was
Head - India Sales and Operations at EDS : Electronic Data Systems, India where
he served between 1999 and 2004. He was responsible for Sales & Business
Development & Delivery in the Indian Market. The sectors that he was
focusing on included Corporate, Government, Defense, Railways, Telecom, Energy,
Travel & Transportation, Manufacturing and Health Care. EDS was a US $ 22
billion Global IT Services Company with over 140,000 employees in 60 Countries. Widely traveled in India
and all over the World he has worked at Kolkata, Bengaluru and New Delhi. His
started his career in 1982 – 1996 with Bradma of India Ltd in Calcutta ( Tata
Company ) as a Sales Executive and progressed to handling the Eastern Region
through to managing All India Sales & Marketing functions, leading various
teams of highly motivated team members to successes in the stints.
Tanmoy joined Siemens
Nixdorf, India in 1996 - 1999 as Vice President - Sales & Marketing at New
Delhi and was responsible for All India Sales & Marketing of the various
Information Technology Products and Solution and Services. He is a member of the IT
Sub-Committee at Assocham, CII, FICCI and PHDCCI. He is on the Defense IT Sub
Committee for FICCI. Additionally he is a Member of the IT Task Force of the
Chief of Air Staff, Indian Air Force and a Member of the IT Think Tank for the
Chief of Army Staff, Indian Army. He is a member of the Executive Committee of
Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council for 2015-17. He is a
Member of the FICCI Inclusive Governance Council Committee and the NASSCOM
Domestic IT Council. He is also on the Board of Management of the Indira Gandhi
Delhi Technical University for Women. He is a member of the Digital India
Committee at CII and member of CII National Committee on Telecom and Broadband
for the year 2015-16.He did his schooling from
La Martiniere for Boys, Calcutta and holds a Bachelor's Degree in Commerce from
St. Xavier's College, Calcutta and is an MBA from IMM, Calcutta. He has
completed an Executive Development Program from The Babson College, Boston,
Massachusetts, USA. Talk Description: Government today are
highly inadequate to make the expectation of services of Citizens. A holistic
transformational approach duly enabled by Information Technology is the only
way to address this challenge.The talk will highlight the features and trends of
how IT can transform Governance and provide example of how this has been done
with several Governments.
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