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ADVANCING INFORMATICS IN GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY Friday, December 1, 2017 The Georgia Center, Athens GA
Sponsored by the Georgia Informatics Institutes for Research and Education with support of the College of Engineering.
AGENDA
7:30-8:30 Registration and Light Breakfast Pecan Tree Gallery
8:30-8:40 Welcome Master’s Hall DavidLee,Ph.D.,VicePresident,OfficeofResearch,UniversityofGeorgia Dr.DonaldLeo,Ph.D.,Dean,CollegeofEngineering,UGA
8:40 - 9:30 The Rising Tide of Informatics at UGA Master’s Hall KyleJohnsen,Ph.D.,AssociateProfessor,CollegeofEngineering;
Director,GeorgiaInformaticsInstitutes,UGA
9:30 - 10:45 Panel Sessions
Choose one of two options.
Room R Towards Informatics as a General Education and Professional Competency Moderator
MichaelMcLendon,AssociateDirector,SoftwareSolutionsDivision,SoftwareEngineeringInstitute,CarnegieMellonUniversity
Panelists
•BenjaminManning,Instructor,CollegeofEngineering,UGA
•DorothyCarter,Ph.D.,AssistantProfessor,DepartmentofPsychology,UGA
•JustinEggart,GeneralManager,FleetServicesTechnology,GEPowerGenerationServices
•CherylPressley,DataAnalyticsandReportingLeader,SouthernCompany
•JamieJordan,HighDemandCareerInitiativeProgramManager,GeorgiaDepartment ofEconomicDevelopment
Room F/G Innovative Uses and Research Needs in Informatics Moderator
DawnRobinson,Ph.D.,Professor,DepartmentSociology,UGA
Panelists
•DaleGreen,Ph.D.,AssociateProfessor,DepartmentofHealthPolicyandManagement,UGA
•DeepakMishra,Ph.D.,AssociateProfessor,DepartmentofGeography,UGA
•EricHansen,GlobalHead,PetHealth,Boeringher-Ingelheim
•ChrisRhodes,Director,GlobalFuseBusinessDevelopment,AGCOCorporation
•NeysaNevins,Ph.D.,SeniorScientificInvestigator,GlaxoSmithKline
10:45 - 11:15 Networking Break2nd floor lobby
11:15 - 12:30 Panel Sessions
Choose one of two options.
Room R Skill and Readiness of the Technical Informatics Workforce Moderator
LakshmishRamaswamy,Ph.D.,Professor,DepartmentofComputerScience; AssociateDirector,GeorgiaInformaticsInstitutes,UGA
Panelists
•NicolasBerente,Ph.D.,AssociateProfessor,DepartmentofManagementInformationSystems,UGA
•ShannonQuinn,Ph.D.,AssistantProfessor,DepartmentsofComputerScienceandCellularBiology,UGA
•AndyClark,Ph.D.,SpecialistLeader,HigherEducation/PublicSector/StrategyandOperations,DeloitteConsultingLLP
•Jan-PhillipMohr,FounderandCEO,HashplayInc.
•BobbyLaurine,Ph.D.,ViceChancellorandChiefInformationOfficer,BoardofRegentsoftheUniversitySystemofGeorgia
Room F/G Secure, Accessible Data and Systems Moderator
LarryHornak,Ph.D.,AssociateDean,ResearchandGraduateStudies,CollegeofEngineering,UGA
Panelists
•KangLi,Ph.D.,Professor,DepartmentofComputerScience;Director,GeorgiaInstitute forCybersecurityandPrivacy,UGA
•WenZhanSong,Ph.D.,Professor,CollegeofEngineering; Director,CenterforCyber-PhysicalSystemsUGA
•RajivSivaraman,VicePresident,GlobalEcosystemsManagement,SiemensPLM
•TimChester,Ph.D.,VicePresident,EnterpriseInformationTechnologyServices,UGA
•AlphonsoThomas,TechnicalDirector,WarnerRobinsAirLogisticsComplex
12:30 - 1:50 Lunch & Keynote Presentation Room K/L RonaldPontius;DeputytotheCommandingGeneral,U.S.ArmyCyberCommand,Fort
Gordon,Georgia IntroductionbyPamelaWhitten,Ph.D.,Sr.VicePresident,AcademicAffairsandProvost
1:50 - 2:00 Closing Remarks Room K/L KyleJohnsen,Ph.D.
OBJECTIVES •IncreaseawarenessofUGA’sinformaticscapabilitiesandprograms—bothcurricularandresearch—amongkeyregionalindustriesandgovernmentsectors
•Learnaboutexistingandemergingindustryandgovernmentneedsanddiscusshowcurricularandresearchprogramscanbestrespondtothoseneeds
•Buildrelationshipsamongfaculty,industryandgovernmentleaderattendees
ABOUT THE KEYNOTE SPEAKERRonaldW.PontiusservesastheDeputytotheCommandingGeneral,U.S.ArmyCyberCommand.Inthiscapacity,hemanagesandprovidesstrategicdirectiontoallaspectsofArmyCyberCommandand2ndArmyoperationstoincludeplanning,coordinating,integrating,synchronizingandsupervisingorganizationeffortsfortheconductoffullspectrumCyberspaceoperationstoincludeDoDInformationNetwork(DODIN)operations,DefensiveCyberspaceOperations(DCO)andOffensiveCyberspaceOperations(OCO).PontiusservesasaSeniorAdvisor,providingauthoritativeexpertadviceonallaspectofCyberspaceoperations,forcestructureandorganizationalconcepts,andoverseesstrategicsupportplanningandresourcingstrategytoenabletheArmytoachievetherightmixofcybercapabilitiesforthefuture.
Priortohiscurrentassignment,PontiusservedastheDirectorforCommandandControl(C2)andIntelligence,Surveillance,andReconnaissance(ISR)withintheOfficeoftheUndersecretaryofDefenseforAcquisition,
TechnologyandLogistics(USD(AT&L)),providingfunctionalandacquisitionoversightforallC2andISRprogramsacrosstheDepartmentofDefense(DoD).Priortothis,PontiusservedastheDirectorofExecutiveProgramsattheDefenseAcquisitionUniversitySchoolofProgramManagers.InthiscapacityhementoredseniorProgramManagersandProgramExecutiveOfficersintheartofsuccessfullyleadingandmanagingmajordefenseacquisitionprogramsandmajorautomatedinformationsystems.Priortotheseassignments,PontiushadadistinguishedmilitarycareerintheU.S.ArmySignalCorpswithover26yearsofoperationalandmajoracquisitionassignments.
PontiusholdsaBachelorsofSciencedegreeinElectricalEngineeringandBusinessAdministrationfromCarnegie-MellonUniversity,aMastersofSciencedegreeinBusinessAdministrationfromBostonUniversity,andaMastersdegreeinNationalResourceStrategyfromtheIndustrialCollegeoftheArmedForces,NationalDefenseUniversity.
ABOUT GIITheGeorgiaInformaticsInstitutes(GII)wasestablishedin2016asaunitoftheCollegeofEngineeringattheUniversityofGeorgia.ThemissionoftheGIIistopromotethegrowthofresearchandacademicprogramsattheUniversityofGeorgiathatmeetthedemandsformoreuseful,usable,andsecureinformaticssystemsandpersonnel.TheGIIisbothaninstituteitself,consistingofover40individualfacultymembersandagrowingallianceofpartnerinstitutes,centers,anddepartmentsthatcapturethehundredsoffacultyatUGAwhoareadvancingtheirfieldsthroughthedevelopmentanduseofdata-centrictoolsandtechniques.ThesepartnersincludeourinterdisciplinaryInstitutesofBioinformatics,HealthInformatics,DigitalHumanities,andCybersecurityandPrivacy,departmentsofComputerScience,ManagementInformationSystems,Geography,Mathematics,andStatistics.
MoreinformationabouttheGIIanditsprogramscanbefoundathttp://gii.uga.edu.