2019 German-American Frontiers of Engineering Symposium

At-a-Glance

The 2019 German-America Frontiers of Engineering symposium was held March 21 - 23 in Hamburg, Germany. Sixty of the most promising engineers under the age of 45 from Germany and the United States met for an intensive 2-1/2 day symposium on developments at the cutting edge of engineering technology in four areas: Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning, Biomedical Optics, Electro-Mobility and Its Impact, and Technologies for Space Exploration. The event is intended to facilitate international and cross-disciplinary research collaboration, promote the transfer of new techniques and approaches across disparate engineering fields, and encourage the creation of a transpacific network of world-class engineers. GAFOE is carried out in cooperation with the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and supported by The Grainger Foundation.

LIST OF SESSIONS

Symposium co-chairs:  Dennis Discher, University of Pennsylvania, and Jörg Schulze, University of Stuttgart

Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning
Session co-chairs: Sujith Ravi , Google Research, and Stefan Uhlich, Sony Stuttgart Technology Center

Introduction

Software 2.0: Machine Learning is Changing Software
Chris Re, Stanford University

Teaching Machines to Communicate with People using Deep Learning
Zornitsa Kozareva, Google

Deep Learning for Visual and Virtual Worlds
Eleonora Vig, German Aerospace Center

Artificial Intelligence in Cognitive Neural Engineering
Moritz Grosse-Wentrup, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Electro-Mobility and Its Impact
Session co-chairs: Amir Ebrahimi, Leibniz University Hannover, and Rachael Nealer, US Department of Energy

Battery Systems in Electric Vehicles: From Present State to Future Systems
Onur Misier, Volkswagen AG

Inductive Charging of Electric Vehicles - Challenges and Opportunities
Tobias Morciniec, Daimler AG

Shared Autonomous Electric Mobility: Opportunities & Challenges
Donna Chen, University of Virginia

EV-Grid Interactions of the Future
Colin Sheppard, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Biomedical Optics: Advanced Imaging Methodology Development and Applications
Session co-chairs: Elizabeth Hillman, Columbia University, and Xin Yu, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics

Biomedical Optics for Imaging the Human Brain
Jana Kainerstorfer, Carnegie Mellon University

Hacking Fluorescent Proteins to Image Brain Electrical Activity
​Francois St. Pierre, Baylor College of Medicine

Deep Imaging with Time-reversed Light
Benjamin Judkewitz, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Super-resolution STED Microscopy and Its Application in Neuroscience
Katrin Willig, Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine

Technologies for Space Exploration
Session co-chairs: Roger Foerstner, Bundeswehr University Munich and Space Applications, and Shana Diez, Space Exploration Technologies

Reaching for Planets and Comets – ESA’s Challenges of Operating Deep Space Missions
Jutta Huebner, European Space Agency

Robotic Mobility in Extreme Environments
Aaron Parness, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Observing the Earth Beat from Space with High-Performance Optical Instruments
Kathrina Weiss, OHB System AG

Making Humans Multi-planetary, Rapidly and Sustainably
Margarita Marinova, SpaceX

Post Meeting
Details
March
21
2019
to
March
23
2019
July 20, 2021 AT 06:56 AM
Hamburg, Germany
Schedule
Wednesday, Mar 20, 2019
  • 06:00 PM To 06:00 PM
    Session Coordination Meeting (for organizers and speakers only)
    Bremen Vahr
  • 07:00 PM To 07:00 PM
    Welcome Dinner
    Horn 1+2
Thursday, Mar 21, 2019
  • 06:00 AM To 06:00 AM
    Breakfast
    Restaurant
  • 08:30 AM To 08:30 AM
    Opening Remarks
    Horn 1+2
  • 09:00 AM To 09:00 AM
    Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning
  • 10:30 AM To 10:30 AM
    Group Photo
  • 10:45 AM To 10:45 AM
    Break
    Horn 3+4+5
  • 11:00 AM To 11:00 AM
    Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning (cont.)
  • 12:30 PM To 12:30 PM
    Lunch
    Restaurant
  • 01:30 PM To 01:30 PM
    Electro-mobility and Its Impact
  • 03:00 PM To 03:00 PM
    Break
    Horn 3+4+5
  • 03:30 PM To 03:30 PM
    Flash Poster Presentations
  • 04:30 PM To 04:30 PM
    Poster Session I (odd numbers)
    Horn 3+4+5
  • 05:15 PM To 05:15 PM
    Poster Session II (even numbers)
    Horn 3+4+5
  • 06:00 PM To 06:00 PM
    Break
  • 06:30 PM To 06:30 PM
    Dinner
    Restaurant
Friday, Mar 22, 2019
  • 06:00 AM To 06:00 AM
    Breakfast
  • 08:30 AM To 08:30 AM
    Electro-mobility and Its Impact (cont.)
  • 10:00 AM To 10:00 AM
    Break
  • 10:30 AM To 10:30 AM
    Presentation on AvH programs
  • 11:00 AM To 11:00 AM
    Biomedical Optics: Advanced Imaging Methodology Development and Applications
  • 12:30 PM To 12:30 PM
    Lunch
  • 01:30 PM To 01:30 PM
    Biomedical Optics: Advanced Imaging Methodology Development and Applications (cont.)
  • 03:00 PM To 03:00 PM
    Break
  • 03:15 PM To 03:15 PM
    Cultural Tour
  • 07:00 PM To 07:00 PM
    Dinner
    Restaurant Vesper
Saturday, Mar 23, 2019
  • 07:00 AM To 07:00 AM
    Breakfast
  • 08:30 AM To 08:30 AM
    Technologies for Space Exploration
  • 10:00 AM To 10:00 AM
    Break
  • 10:30 AM To 10:30 AM
    Technologies for Space Exploration (cont.)
  • 12:00 PM To 12:00 PM
    Concluding Remarks
  • 12:15 PM To 12:15 PM
    Lunch
2019 GAFOE Photos
  • 2019 GAFOE Photos