KEYNOTE TALK SERIES
Juan Li
(Professor, North Dakota State University)
Bio: Dr Juan (Jen) Li is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at North Dakota State University (NDSU). She joined NDSU in August 2008 after graduating with her PhD in Computer Science from University of British Columbia, Canada. Dr. Li’s research has focused upon the areas of Healthcare Informatics, Distributed Systems including Internet of Things (IoT), Peer-to-Peer (P2P) computing, Cloud computing, and Semantic Web technologies.
Title for Talk : Empowering Healthcare with Digital Twins: From Design to Real-World Impact
Abstract: This keynote presentation will showcase groundbreaking research in leveraging digital twin technology to transform healthcare. It will delve into the design and implementation of digital twins for complex conditions, notably diabetes and Alzheimer’s. The presentation will elucidate the fundamental principles of digital twins, their construction, and their wide-ranging applications. Dr. Li will highlight how digital twins enable personalized treatment, predict disease progression, and optimize interventions, ultimately improving patient outcomes.
Ken Birman
(Professor, Cornell University, USA)
Bio : Ken Birman joined Cornell after receiving his PhD degree from U.C. Berkeley in Computer Science. He currently holds the N. Rama Rao Chair in Computer Science. A researcher in distributed systems, Professor Birman focuses on high assurance applications. His past work was used in settings that include the New York Stock Exchange, French Air Traffic Control System and US Navy AEGIS. More recent systems transitioned to companies like IBM, Microsoft, Cisco and Amazon. Professor Birman has been the Editor in Chief of the ACM Transactions on Computer Systems and has chaired or participated in program committees for numerous conferences. He has also run a number of studies on behalf of the Air Force, NSF, DARPA and DOE, aimed at understanding how best to exploit cloud computing in sensitive settings.
Title for Talk- Vortex: Vector Database Architecture for Accelerating RAG-LLM Queries
Sanjeev Kumar Marimekala
(IBM Certified Senior Enterprise Technology Architect)
Bio: Sanjeev Kumar Marimekala is an Experienced (25+ Years) IBM Certified Senior Enterprise Technology Architect (Thought Leader) and STSM with a demonstrated history of working in the Information Technology and Services Industry focused on designing and implementing solutions which deliver business value to over 400,000 employees in 100+ countries. As a core member of IBM Transformation Team, Sanjeev has led the transformation of Global Infrastructure team into a Worldwide Agile Infrastructure organization responsible for creating and delivering a productive environment for IBM’ers. Sanjeev has also led various Global Server Infrastructure optimization projects that has streamlined, simplified, and reduced the cost of IT operations across IBM Global Data Centers. Currently he works in IBM CIO/F&O Organization and leads the Common Configuration and Automation Standards Project.
Title for Talk: Prompt Engineering
Prompt engineering is the practice of designing inputs for AI tools that will produce optimal outputs. In this session, you will know about what prompt engineering is and why is it important and why do we use prompt engineering. Sanjeev will discuss about some of the benefits of prompt engineering. Further, Sanjeev will focus on elements of prompt engineering, prompt engineering techniques, limitations of prompt engineering and what skills are needed for prompt engineering. He will also discuss on application and use cases of prompt engineering with a brief demo.
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