Keynote Speaker
The Future is Now: Embracing the AI Wave
Jim Grant
Vice President, Platform Architecture & Engineering, Direct Supply, Inc.
Special Event
A Crash Course in TinyML
Rich Lukas Jr, Ph.D.
Director of Engineering, RC Mowers
10:00 - 11:00 AM • Diercks Hall 310
Session 1: AI and Business
Reverse-Engineering the Algorithm: How Ads Know You (and What That Reveals About AI)
Steve Kroll
President, Granular
Lessons Learned from Incorporating AI into Business Processes at Impact Networking
Rob Wellen
Vice President, AI Strategy & Customer Success, Impact Networking
MSOE AI-Club: Student Research and Industry Engagement
Brett Storoe
President, MAIC, Milwaukee School of Engineering
Session 1: Infrastructure
AI Under Attack: Practical Security Risks and Mitigation Strategies
Naveen VK
Technical Director, nvisia
Modern Data Processing with Databricks and DBT
Ben Schmirler
Director of Data & AI, Xorbix Technologies, Inc.
Lessons Learned in AI Infrastructure Deployments
Timothy St. Clair
CEO, Raikiri
Session 2: Data Science
Let's Take This Offline - Solving Sequential Behavior-influence Problems Without Live Experiments
Murph DeVane
Financial Analyst Manager, Sift Healthcare
Building Data Apps the Modern Way
Robert Claus
Engineering Manager, Plotly
Session 2: MLOps
Optimizing ML Production with Databricks
Tyler Faulkner
Data Engineering Consultant, Xorbix Technologies, Inc.
Using Agentic LLMs in Real-World Software
Jack Flitcroft
CoFounder & Head of AI, Juno
Session 3: AI and Human Work
Good Vibes Only: Coding in the Age of LLMs
Derek Riley, Ph.D.
Professor & Program Director, Milwaukee School of Engineering
The AI Generation at Work: The Same but Different
Katie Panciera, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Milwaukee School of Engineering
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