2019 German-American Frontiers of Engineering Symposium

Program

March 20, 2019
06:00 PM
Bremen Vahr
Session Coordination Meeting (for organizers and speakers only)
07:00 PM
Horn 1+2
Welcome Dinner
Hans-Christian Pape , President, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

C. D. Mote, Jr. , President, National Academy of Engineering
March 21, 2019
06:00 AM
Restaurant
Breakfast
08:30 AM
Horn 1+2
Opening Remarks
Hans-Christian Pape , President, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
C. D. Mote, Jr. , National Academy of Engineering 
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Co-chair: Dr. Joerg Schulze, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Head of the Institute of Semiconductor Engineering, University of Stuttgart
Co-chair: Dr. Dennis E. Discher, Robert D. Bent Professor Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
09:00 AM
Abstract
Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning
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Session co-chair: Dr. Sujith Ravi, Director, Amazon
Session co-chair: Dr. Stefan Uhlich, Sony Europe Limited
Software 2.0: Machine Learning is Changing Software
Dr. Chris Re, Stanford University
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Teaching Machines to Communicate with People Using Deep Learning
Dr. Zornitsa Kozareva, Senior Leader and Manager, Google
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10:30 AM
Group Photo
10:45 AM
Horn 3+4+5
Break
11:00 AM
Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning (cont.)
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Deep Learning for Visual and Virtual Worlds
Dr. Eleonora Vig, German Aerospace Center
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Artificial Intelligence in Cognitive Neural Engineering
Dr. Moritz Grosse-Wentrup, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
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12:30 PM
Restaurant
Lunch
01:30 PM
Abstract
Electro-mobility and Its Impact
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Session co-chair: Dr. Amir Ebrahimi, Leibniz Universität Hannover
Session co-chair: Dr. Rachael Nealer, Technical Project Manager, US Department of Energy
Battery Systems in Electric Vehicles: From Present State to Future Systems
Dr. Onur Misir, Volkswagen AG
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Inductive Charging of Electric Vehicles - Challenges and Opportunities
Dr. Tobias Morciniec, Daimler AG
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03:00 PM
Horn 3+4+5
Break
03:30 PM
Flash Poster Presentations
04:30 PM
Horn 3+4+5
Poster Session I (odd numbers)
05:15 PM
Horn 3+4+5
Poster Session II (even numbers)
06:00 PM
Break
06:30 PM
Restaurant
Dinner
March 22, 2019
06:00 AM
Breakfast
08:30 AM
Electro-mobility and Its Impact (cont.)
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Shared Autonomous Electric Mobility: Opportunities & Challenges
Dr. T. Donna Chen, Assistant Professor, University of Virginia
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EV-Grid Interactions of the Future
Dr. Colin John Ritter Sheppard, Senior Transportation Engineering Associate, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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10:00 AM
Break
10:30 AM
Presentation on AvH programs
11:00 AM
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Biomedical Optics: Advanced Imaging Methodology Development and Applications
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Session co-chair: Dr. Elizabeth M. C. Hillman, Herbert and Florence Irving Professor, Columbia University
Session co-chair: Dr. Xin Yu, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
Biomedical Optics for Imaging the Human Brain
Dr. Jana Kainerstorfer, Assistant Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
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Hacking Fluorescent Proteins to Image Brain Electrical Activity
Dr. Francois St-Pierre, Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine
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12:30 PM
Lunch
01:30 PM
Biomedical Optics: Advanced Imaging Methodology Development and Applications (cont.)
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Deep imaging with time-reversed light
Dr. Benjamin Judkewitz, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
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Super-resolution STED microscopy and its application in neuroscience
Dr. Katrin Willig, Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine
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03:00 PM
Break
03:15 PM
Cultural Tour
07:00 PM
Restaurant Vesper
Dinner
March 23, 2019
07:00 AM
Breakfast
08:30 AM
Abstract
Technologies for Space Exploration
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Session co-chair: Dr. Roger Foerstner, Bundeswehr University Munich
Session co-chair: Ms. Shana Leigh Diez, Director of Change, Space Exploration Technologies
Reaching for Planets and Comets – ESA’s Challenges of Operating Deep Space Missions
Dr. Jutta Huebner, European Space Agency
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Robotic Mobility in Extreme Environments
Dr. Aaron Parness, Principle Researcher, Amazon
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10:00 AM
Break
10:30 AM
Technologies for Space Exploration (cont.)
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Observing the Earth Beat from Space with High Performance Optical Instruments
Dr. Kathrina Weiss, OHB System AG
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Making Humans Multiplanetary, Rapidly and Sustainably
Dr. Margarita M Marinova, Senior Mars and Vehicle Systems Development Engineer, SpaceX
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12:00 PM
Concluding Remarks
12:15 PM
Lunch