AGENDA

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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

     Session 1: Bruce M. Howe

        Professor, Department of Ocean and Resources Engineering, University of Hawaii

     Session 2: Fadel Adib

        Associate Professor, MIT
        Doherty Chair in Ocean Utilization
        Founding Director, Signal Kinetics Research Group
        MIT Media Lab & Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

     Session 3: Milica Stojanovic

        Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Northeastern University
        Affiliated Faculty, Department of Bioengineering, Northeastern University
        Permanent Guest Investigator, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)
        Visiting Scientist (affiliated with AUV Laboratory), Massachusetts Institute of Technology

                     Session 4: Mandar Chitre

      Head, Acoustic Research Laboratory, Tropical Marine Science Institute
      Associate Professor, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering,
      National University of Singapore
      Founder & Non-executive Director, Subnero Pte. Ltd.
      Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

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SHORT TALK SPEAKERS

     Session 1: Hanu Singh

        Professor, Northeastern University Adjunct,
        Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

     Session 1: Chris Parrish

         Associate Professor, Civil & Construction Engineering, Oregon State University

     Session 1: João Alves

         NATO STO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE)

     Session 1: Shane Guan

          Oceanographer, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

     Session 2: Santanu Das

          Office of Naval Research (ONR)

     Session 2: Zhiqun (Daniel) Deng

          Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

      Session 3: Bob Headrick

           Program Manager, The Office of Naval Research

      Session 3: Aijun Song

            Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
            The University of Alabama

     Session 3: Lloyd Emokpae

         U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

     Session 4: Lee Freitag

         Principal Engineer, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

     Session 4: Nina Mahmoudian

         Associate Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University

     Session 4: Fumin Zhang

         Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

     Session 4: Catherine Edwards

         Associate Professor, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography,University of Georgia

     Session 4: Yi Chao

        Founder and CEO, Seatrec

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LIGHTNING TALK SPEAKERS

     Session 1: William Wilcock

         Professor of Oceanography, University of Washington

     Session 1: Dana Manalang

         Engineer, University of Washington

     Session 1: Lora Van Uffelen

         Assistant Professor, Ocean Engineering, The University of Rhode Island

     Session 1: Sarah Webster

         Research Scientist, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington

     Session 1: Jules Jaffe

         Research Oceanographer, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
         University of California, San Diego

     Session 1: Genevieve Davis

         Research Acoustician, NOAA

     Session 1: Mark Baumgartner

         Senior Scientist, The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

     Session 2: Andrew Barnard

         Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering， Michigan Technological University

     Session 2: Xuejue 'Sophie' Wang

         Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Connecticut

     Session 2: Lei Zuo

         Professor, Director of Center for Energy Harvesting, Virginia Tech

     Session 2: Ethan Wang

         Professor and Area Director, Physical and Wave Electronics, University of California

     Session 2: Nader Behdad

         Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison

     Session 2: Zhi Sun

         Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, University at Buffalo

     Session 2: Miao Pan

         Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Houston

     Session 2: Majid Manteghi

         Professor of Electrical Engineering, Virginia Tech

     Session 2: John Jorgensen

         Chief Scientist, ABS CyberSafety at ABS

     Session 3: Andy Singer

         Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

     Session 3: Zhaohui Wang

         Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
         Michigan Technological University

     Session 3: Prasad Anjangi

         Research Scientist, Subnero

     Session 3: Mohamed Younis

         Professor, University of Maryland Baltimore County

     Session 3: Xiaoyan Hong

         Associate Professor, Computer Science, University of Alabama

     Session 3: Rosa Zheng

        Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Lehigh University

     Session 4: Geoff Hollinger

         Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Robotics, Oregon State University

     Session 4: DR. FRANCISCO JAVIER DIEZ

        Founder and CEO, The Naviator

     Session 4: Ioannis Rekleitis

         Associate Professor, Autonomous Field Robotics Lab (AFRL)
        Computer Science & Engineering Department, University of South Carolina

     Session 4: Joao Sousa

        Underwater Systems and Technologies Laboratory, University of Porto