The LIDS Smart Urban Infrastructures Workshop is a two-day event showcasing current work and emerging research opportunities at the intersection of smart services and urban infrastructure systems.
It will feature thought leaders from academia, industry, and government in a series of keynote talks and panel discussions. Topics include:
- Smart Grid and Energy Services
- Smart Cities and Communities
- Security and Privacy in Smart Services
- Transportation Services and Platforms
- Autonomous Transportation
- Communications and the Internet of Things in Smart Cities
The workshop’s emphasis will be on the technical complexities and diversity of ideas in this space. Its aim is to provide a broad overview of key issues while exploring new, multidisciplinary approaches to emerging challenges and opportunities.
Edoardo Airoldi
Associate Professor of Statistics, Harvard University
Saurabh Amin
Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT
João Barros
Founder and CEO, Veniam
Eilyan Bitar
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University
David Block-Schachter
Chief Technology Officer, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Nicholas Chamandy
Head of Data Science, Lyft
Munther Dahleh
Director of the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, MIT
Mérouane Debbah
Director, Mathematical and Algorithmic Sciences Lab, Huawei
Frank H.P. Fitzek
Professor and Chair of the Deutsche Telekom of Communication Networks Group, Technische Universität Dresden
Amy Glasmeier
Professor of Economic Geography and Regional Planning, MIT
Sonja Glavaski
Program Director, Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
Mark Gorenberg
Managing Director, Zetta Venture Partners
Dongning Guo
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Northwestern University
Dwayne Henclewood
Lead Associate, Booz Allen Hamilton
Jonathan How
Professor in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT
Marija Ilic
Visiting Professor, Institute for Data, Systems and Society, MIT
Ali Jadbabaie
Associate Director of the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, MIT
Patrick Jaillet
Dugald C. Jackson Professor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT
Sertac Karaman
Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT
Sila Kiliccote
Staff Scientist, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Edward Knightly
Department Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University
Junyi Li
Vice President of Engineering,Qualcomm
Peter Marx
Vice President, Advanced Projects, General Electric
Asu Ozdaglar
Associate Department Head, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT
Pablo Parrilo
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT
Yury Polyanskiy
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT
Radha Poovendran
Professor and Chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington
Iyad Rahwan
Associate Professor of Media Arts & Sciences, MIT
Ram Rajagopal
Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University
Glenn Ricart
Founder and Chief Technology Officer,US Ignite
Mardavij Roozbehani
Principal Research Scientist, Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems, MIT
Aaron Roth
Associate Professor of Computer and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania
Thomas Ryden
Executive Director, MassRobotics
Lalitha Sankar
Assistant Professor in the School of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering, Arizona State University
David Shmoys
Professor of Business Management and Leadership Studies, Cornell University
Russ Tedrake
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Aeronautics and Astronautics, and Mechanical Engineering, MIT
Andrew Therriault
Chief Data Officer, City of Boston
Garrett van Ryzin
Paul M. Montrone Professor of Private Enterprise, Chairman of Decision, Risk, and Operations, Columbia University
Daniel Weitzner
Principal Research Scientist, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab, MIT
Jinhua Zhao
Edward H. and Joyce Linde Assistant Professor of Urban Planning, MIT