Speakers

Wataru Watanabe, Professor, Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering Vice Dean, College of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
Wataru Watanabe is a Professor at Ritsumeikan University. He received his BS and MS degrees, respectively, from Osaka University in 1994 and 1996, and his Doctor of Engineering from Osaka University in 1996. During 1999–2006, he was an Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University. During 2006–2013, he was a Researcher at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST). He joined Ritsumeikan University in 2013 as a Professor. From 2020, he is a Vice Dean at College of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University. His current research interests include Ultrafast Laser Micromachining, Digital Holography, Scattering Imaging, and Deep Learning in Photonics. He is a member of SPIE and OSA. Title of the talk: Deep Learning based Imaging through Scattering Media

Wataru Watanabe, Professor, Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering Vice Dean, College of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, Japan

Wataru Watanabe is a Professor at Ritsumeikan University. He received his BS and MS degrees, respectively, from Osaka University in 1994 and 1996, and his Doctor of Engineering from Osaka University in 1996. During 1999–2006, he was an Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University. During 2006–2013, he was a Researcher at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST). He joined Ritsumeikan University in 2013 as a Professor. From 2020, he is a Vice Dean at College of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University. His current research interests include Ultrafast Laser Micromachining, Digital Holography, Scattering Imaging, and Deep Learning in Photonics. He is a member of SPIE and OSA.

Title of the talk: Deep Learning based Imaging through Scattering Media

Hannibal Paul, Senior Researcher, Research Organization of Science and Technology, Robotics Research Center, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
Hannibal Paul is a Senior Researcher at the Research Organization of Science and Technology, Robotics Research Center, Ritsumeikan University, Japan. He received Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication Engineering and Master of Technology in VLSI Design and Embedded Systems from NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte, and Ph.D. in Advanced Mechanical Engineering and Robotics, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, Japan. He works in the area of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Aerial manipulation, Machine vision, Manipulator design and Vision based tactile sensors. Title of the talk: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Hannibal Paul, Senior Researcher, Research Organization of Science and Technology, Robotics Research Center, Ritsumeikan University, Japan

Hannibal Paul is a Senior Researcher at the Research Organization of Science and Technology, Robotics Research Center, Ritsumeikan University, Japan. He received Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication Engineering and Master of Technology in VLSI Design and Embedded Systems from NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte, and Ph.D. in Advanced Mechanical Engineering and Robotics, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, Japan. He works in the area of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Aerial manipulation, Machine vision, Manipulator design and Vision based tactile sensors.

Title of the talk: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Vinayak Hegde, CTO-in-Residence at Microsoft for Startups and Founding Member, India Internet Engineering Society
Vinayak Hegde currently works as CTO-in-Residence at Microsoft for Startups. With over 20 years of experience, Vinayak has built multiple products across different domains such as IoT, large scale networks and large scale data systems in a variety of individual contributor and senior technical leadership roles. Previously he has worked with Akamai, Inmobi, and Zoomcar. Title of the talk: The Fallacies of Building Distributed Systems

Vinayak Hegde, CTO-in-Residence at Microsoft for Startups and Founding Member, India Internet Engineering Society

Vinayak Hegde currently works as CTO-in-Residence at Microsoft for Startups. With over 20 years of experience, Vinayak has built multiple products across different domains such as IoT, large scale networks and large scale data systems in a variety of individual contributor and senior technical leadership roles. Previously he has worked with Akamai, Inmobi, and Zoomcar.

Title of the talk: The Fallacies of Building Distributed Systems

Wiesław Pawłowski, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics, and Informatics, University of Gdańsk, Poland
Wiesław Pawłowski is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics, and Informatics, University of Gdańsk, Poland. He has received his M.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Gdańsk, and a PhD from the Institute of Computer Science, Polish Academy of Sciences. His scientific interests include applications of logic in Computer Science, Formal Modeling and Specification of (asynchronous and distributed) Software Systems, and more recently – Semantics-based approaches to interoperability, especially in the area of the Internet of Things. He is also an Arabian horse enthusiast and a keen photographer. Title of the talk: Interoperability in IoT Ecosystems

Wiesław Pawłowski, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics, and Informatics, University of Gdańsk, Poland

Wiesław Pawłowski is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics, and Informatics, University of Gdańsk, Poland. He has received his M.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Gdańsk, and a PhD from the Institute of Computer Science, Polish Academy of Sciences. His scientific interests include applications of logic in Computer Science, Formal Modeling and Specification of (asynchronous and distributed) Software Systems, and more recently – Semantics-based approaches to interoperability, especially in the area of the Internet of Things. He is also an Arabian horse enthusiast and a keen photographer.

Title of the talk: Interoperability in IoT Ecosystems