IEEE HONET - Speakers

FAU, Boca Raton, Florida, USA | December 04-06, 2023

workshop/symposium speakers

Symposium: Emerging Technologies and Entrepreneurial Themes in Higher Education Keynote Title: The Emerging Role of Smart Technology Incubation Programs for Developing Sustainable Innovation Ecosystems/Communities
Sarfraz Mian, Ph.D. SUNY Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship & Management State University of New York (SUNY) at Oswego NY, USA
Abstract: The development of modern innovation ecosystems (communities) requires new forms of interactions between university, government, firms, and society. Recent research shows that these agents assume different roles in each development phase for different dimensions of sustainable ecosystems (economic, geographic, and social) (Mian et al, 2022) . These new interactions have given rise to a plethora of smart modes of entrepreneurship and innovation support incubation programs (e.g., accelerators, innovation hubs, maker spaces, living labs, etc.) and new “generations” of traditional ones (e.g., business incubators and science and technology parks) .	Dr. Sarfraz Mian
Some technology incubators have evolved into accelerators (Vandeweghe et al, 2019) , while initiatives, of what traditionally would have been implemented as science parks, have broadened their mission beyond their “walls” to become “areas of innovation” (Pique et al, 2020) . This phenomenon has attracted the attention of academic researchers, who have increasingly published in scholarly journals in the last decade. However, the consolidation and evolution of these innovation communities offer the opportunity to further develop our conceptual understanding and underlying theory, as well as consolidate research methodologies (Mian et al, 2016) . The COVID-19 crisis offered new opportunities and its consequences across several dimensions, e.g., health, economic, and social, has posed huge challenges to the planning and operation of these entrepreneurship and innovation support mechanisms all around the globe. The contextual adaptations experienced in various communities and the use of modern digital technologies have enabled these smart incubation programs to have been rapidly adopted to face the crisis and prepare for the new normal, in post-COVID-19 environments. Therefore, this address aims to explore the emergence of new forms of these popular tools, with challenges in the design, implementation, and operation of such initiatives, as well as to discuss their contributions in the development of sustainable innovation ecosystems/communities. This presentation, after articulating various traditional and newly emerging smart technology incubation models will identify the transition underway from building National Innovation Systems (NIS) to space-based innovation communities/entrepreneurial ecosystems. It will highlight the key role played by the modern incubation mechanisms in building such sustainable innovation communities/entrepreneurial ecosystems in various parts of the world. The presentation will conclude with the policy implications at regional and national levels.
Speaker Biography: Dr. Sarfraz A. Mian is SUNY Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship and Management, State University of New York (SUNY) at Oswego. He earned his Master’s in Industrial Engineering & Management Sciences from Northwestern University and an MBA and PhD in Business Administration from the George Washington University. He was a visiting faculty at University of Maryland (US), Osnabruck University (Germany), LUMS, IBA (Pakistan). Mian is the first scholar who highlighted the prominent role of modern universities in supporting knowledge/technology-based entrepreneurship by promoting startup ecosystems with the help of business incubation mechanisms. Building on his early doctoral work on university business incubators, he continued to study entrepreneurial universities and business incubation programs in North America (US, Canada, Mexico), Western Europe, South America, and Asia over the last 30 years. He was ranked both by the Journal of Technology Transfer (2018) and the Journal of Business Research (2016) as the most productive scholar with highest impact (measured in citations) on technology business incubation and acceleration research in the world. Besides studying business incubation and the emerging role of entrepreneurial universities, he has worked in the areas of entrepreneurship education for engineers and scientists, student startups and entrepreneurship networks. As head and a PI of Pakistan’s Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Program starting 2010, he led the first 3 national annual studies. The author of 4 recent scholarly books, Professor Mian has published in various prominent journals such as: Journal of Business Venturing, Research Policy, Small Business Economics, Journal of Technology Transfer, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Technovation, R&D Management, Int’l Journal of Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Project Management Journal, among others. Dr. Mian has guest edited special issues for Technovation, Small Business Economics, Journal of Technology Transfer, Int’l Journal of Small Business, and Technological Forecasting & Social Change over the past 7 years. He served the Technology and Innovation Division of Academy of Management and the Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS) in various elected capacities (division chair, executive member, newsletter editor) and was an Associate Editor of Journal of Small Business Management. Recipient of several awards for his scholarly work (including the 64-campus SUNY Chancellor’s Award in 2012 and Distinguished Faculty Award in 2022), Mian has led the development of his university’s entrepreneurship programs (for graduate, undergraduate, STEM students) and advised internationally in his areas of expertise.

Symposium: Emerging Technologies and Entrepreneurial Themes in Higher Education Keynote Title: Unexplored Dimensions of Open Innovation a New Paradigm for Global Collaborations
Dr. M. Khizer Bhutta Global Open Innovation, Whirlpool Corporation
Abstract: Open innovation (OI) is now a widely used concept in academia, industry, and policy-making. It represents the next wave in value creation and production evolution, with organizations increasingly collaborating beyond their organizational walls. As various organizations are struggling to adapt to the fallout of the global hyperinflation and several other crises, many have been turned to open innovation — a collaborative approach. The latest data states that about 90% of organizations have either adopted or are planning to implement key open innovation practices in the near future. As a result, OI ecosystems are growing rapidly and becoming ever more multifaceted and diverse. As various organizations try to stay ahead of the curve, the imperative for increasingly rapid innovations seems to grow, complex and robust. This all adds up to a compelling need for organizations to look into the unexplored dimensions of the OI when it comes to the innovations. This increasing innovative complexities are linked with the very concept of unconditional opening of organizational boundaries to interact with stakeholders along the innovation funnel. While open innovation contributes significantly to innovation in industrialized domains, it is less clear how these create value in emerging economies and new application contexts.	Dr. Khizer Bhutta
Presented are some best practices with emphases on systemic orchestration or staging of the ecosystem, organizations, and challenges linked to projects delivery for organizational product leadership. A strategic approach has been exploited for the systemic development of enabling structures, value creation, and innovation spaces when transferring practices into new paradigm of open global collaboration. Main emphasis is to review some unexplored scope and dimensions of OI when planning and engaging in transferring open innovation practices for global collaborations. The study has contributed to the knowledge-base and practice of creating value, especially for university–industry collaboration in prevailing economic crises. However, it has been readily found that the users and customers are not always easily buy into solutions that can be commercialized. As a result, those OI development and projects that might be impeding commercialization remain under-explored due to such aspects of the OI. An action-oriented staging approach to collaborative open innovation efforts and selective enactment of business models depend on whether the focus is the value-capture or value-creation. Study exhibit that through various expert productive negotiations, network alignment and the value creation new opportunities can be anticipated. Consequently, this could help in implementation of the conceptualized values creation through collaborative open innovation processes.
Speaker Biography: Dr. M. Khizar Bhutta, a Global Open Innovation leader has 15 years of experience working within the areas of Corporate Innovation Engineering & Management, New Product Design & Development, Heavy Manufacturing, and Industrial Project Management. He has been leading numerous global innovation initiatives, in joint collaboration with multinational business and technology executives to deliver emerging technologies, their business impacts on the organizational product leadership, and recommendations on new innovation strategies and solutions. He is an accomplished professional having expertise’s in tactile & disruptive innovation, open innovation, consumer innovation, and cost & quality with extensive knowledge of intellectual property management. Excellent communicator and motivational speaker who enjoys working with people at all levels with diverse skills and backgrounds. Through his past experience, Dr. Khizar has demonstrated the ability to partner with c-level Corporate leadership and effectively bridge the gap between business objectives and technology capabilities by deploying innovative solutions. His technical areas of expertise are micro/nano electronic and photonic structures and devices, functional and sensorial materials, silicon photonics, functional nanocoating, WBG semiconductors. That also encompasses AI embedded smart sensing, detection, and solid-state display technology, cold plasma therapeutic, bio-inspired hybrid materials, and recycling circular blue economy for high tech manufacturing product applications. Prior to joining Whirlpool Corporation in 2013, Dr. Khizar has been working in various academic and industrial organizations. A few examples are his leadership role to established a high purity germanium detectors research facility at the University of South Dakota in joint collaboration with the Stanford Underground Research and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. He served as a Senior Research Faculty at the Center for Optoelectronics and Optical Communication, UNC Charlotte, NC. Dr. Khizar started his carrier from Silicon Valley, CA, in 2006 as a lead scientist where he developed high power solid state light engines and deep-UV photonic devices for their commercial designs, large manufacturing production, and advanced packaged modules for various bio-medical, aviation, automotive, defense, and consumer electronic product applications. Dr. Khizar received his PhD and Postdoctoral in Optical Science and Engineering from the University of North Carolina, USA where his research focused was on III-V nitrides WBG Semiconductor Photonic Structures and Devices. He has 40 plus international patents, 150 plus publications and served as an as invited key-note speaker in numerous international conferences, symposiums and workshops.

Symposium: Emerging Technologies and Entrepreneurial Themes in Higher Education Keynote Title: Emerging Technologies and Challenges for Effective Teaching and Learning
Dr. Ahmed S. Khan Fulbright Specialist Scholar (2017-2022), World Learning Inc, U.S. Dept. of State’s Bureau of Educational & Cultural Affairs (ECA), Oak Brook, IL 60523, USA
Abstract: Emerging Technologies of the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) are quietly and dramatically changing society; the way we interact with others, live, work, and educate our students. Such changes are enabled by emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI), Big data, Internet of Things (IoT), Augmented Reality, Blockchain, Robotics, Drones, Nanotechnologies, Genomics and Gene Editing, Quantum Computing, and Smart Manufacturing. The fusion of these technologies is impacting all sectors across the globe at unprecedented speed.	Dr. Ahmed S. Khan
In the era of the 4th Industrial Revolution, a knowledge- and innovation-based economy plays a pivotal role in the development of nations around the globe. For nations to acquire or to maintain a technological edge, the technical competency of graduates has become of paramount importance. This transition towards the new economic realities has also created a paradigm shift in the modes of teaching and learning. The education system has been transformed into a “lifelong learning” model. In the knowledge-based economy, the traditional role of a professor has also changed – from a primary mode of providing information to promoting an interactive dialogue with students. The most important factors in effective teaching, and enabling of learning, are the professor’s technical/professional currency, application of effective pedagogy, and maintenance of a stress-free and friendly teaching environment. Faculty, students, and institutions must adapt to new demands and requirements — those who adapt will survive, and perhaps even thrive. This presentation will survey emerging technologies and discuss challenges for effective teaching and learning in the fast changing world.
Speaker Biography: Dr. Ahmed S. Khan served as a Fulbright Specialist Scholar (2017-2022). .Dr. Khan has more than thirty-five years of progressively responsible experience in instruction (online and onsite), applied research, curriculum development, program and institutional accreditation, management, and supervision of academic programs at DeVry University. Dr. Khan held many academic positions that include Senior Processor, Chair, and Dean of the College of Engineering & Information, DeVry University, Addison, Illinois, USA. Dr. Khan also served as the National Curriculum Manager at the national headquarters of DeVry University, where he supervised and managed curriculum development and implementation of BSEEt & MSEE programs at 25 DeVry campuses located in the United States and Canada. Dr. Khan received an MSEE from Michigan Technological University, an MBA from Keller Graduate School of Management, and his Ph.D. from Colorado State University. His research interests are in the areas of Nanotechnology, New Teaching & Learning Techniques, and Social and Ethical Implications of Technology.He is the author of many educational papers and presentations. He has authored/co-authored many technical books, including the Science, Technology & Society (STS) series of books that include Technology and Society: Issues for the 21st Century & Beyond, and Nanotechnology: Ethical and Social Implications, to stimulate, inspire, and provoke awareness of technology’s impact on society. Dr. Khan is a senior life member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE), and a life member of American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE). Dr. Khan also served as program evaluator for the accreditation agency ABET.

Symposium: Emerging Technologies and Entrepreneurial Themes in Higher Education Keynote Title: A Smart AI- and ML-based Learning Platform for Online Education, Developing Contents and Improving Rubrics—an Entrepreneurial Perspective
Dr. Muhammad Manshad Satti CEO EduServ-Australia CEO IT Butler, Smart Solutions & EduServ; 1203 Al-Shatha Tower Dubai Internet City – Dubai UAE
Abstract: In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic situation and due to the lockdowns imposed, the conduction of online classes at Schools, college and university levels became mandatory by the educational Authorities to Safeguard the career of the young generation. Covid-19 brought out a drastic change in the educational system in the entire world. Although most of the world was not prepared for such a paradigm change in Teaching and Learning. The modifications in Teaching and Learning, while adopting and implementing Rubrics based Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) Technologies for Online Education become a stipulation for handling such scale threats in the future. An increasing attention to Machine Learning (ML) at Schools levels and in Higher studies, especially in engineering, business and Medical Sciences exploring different aspects has necessitated the need to re-synthesize the legacy Teaching and existing Educational practices. This presentation systematically reviews how research on ML teaching and learning has been managed, including the current area of focus, and the gaps that need to be addressed in the literature in future studies. The Popular interest in artificial intelligence (AI) has increased incredibly in recent times. Especially, ML, an essential subset of AI that has become the new engine that revolutionizes practices of knowledge discovery and even to global entrepreneurship.	Dr. Muhammad Manshad Satti
Adopting such a technological system will greatly improve outcome-based learning, commonly termed as Rubrics in Education. A rubric is considered a type of scoring guide that assesses and articulates specific components and expectations for an assignments, tests and quizzes. Such outcome-based results can be used for a variety of areas: research papers, group projects, portfolios, and presentations. The outcome can be measured in Analytic Rubrics, Developmental Rubrics, Holistic Rubrics, and Checklists for Assessing a variety of Courses and Student grades. It’s applicable to all disciplines including entrepreneurial landscape.
Speaker Biography: Dr. Muhammad Manshad Satti received a B.E (Elec.) and M Eng. (Telecom) from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney, and a Ph.D. (Comp Engr) from Deakin University Melbourne Australia. He has over twenty-five years of entrepreneurial and industrial experience in Electronics, IT, and Telecoms. Dr. Satti was appointed as Convener for Internet Voting Task Force (IVTF) in April 2018 by the order of the Supreme Court of Pakistan for scrutinizing the efficacy and cyber resilience testing of the I-Voting application developed by NADRA. He was chief information security officer (CISO) of Australia’s largest corporate telecom where he developed telecom security policies, risk assessment, security strategies, Innovation and leadership, and complex design for dedicated hosting, co-location, e-commerce, and online businesses. During this tenure, he has contributed to several forums and worked on Information Security Management System (ISMS). He has been engaged in research and development at a leading R & D Security research Laboratory, studying Deep Packet Inspection (DPI), Lawful Interception (LI), monitoring and Analysis, (LIMA) Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), and Data mining techniques for 3-tier security architecture. Dr. Satti authored more than thirty-five publications on ICT Security, Risk Analysis, and GRC and conducted over forty international lectures and seminars. He is a member of IEEE (USA), the Institute of Engineers Australia (MIE Aust.), and earned Chartered Engineer (CEng.) recognition. Dr. Satti is enlisted at National Professional Register (NPR) Australia in IT, Telecom, and Electrical Engineering chapters. His research interests are on Data mining, DPI, LIMA, Mobile Location Tracking, LBS Data Analytics, Telecoms signaling security, and advance Detection systems used for mitigating future DOS / DDOS attacks at Internet and Corporate networks, where ISPs and Mobile Network Operators (MNO) are most victims of such attacks.

Symposium: Emerging Technologies and Entrepreneurial Themes in Higher Education Keynote Title: Design and Development of DLTEAM (Deep Learning based Traffic Enumeration and Analysis Module) Smart Road Monitoring System
Dr. Junaid Zubairi Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Computer and Information Sciences State University of New York at Fredonia, Fredonia NY 14063 Mohammed Faseeh Uddin Engineering Science (Robotics), Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Amherst NY 14260
Abstract: The DLTEAM Smart Road Monitoring is an initiative spearheaded by us focusing on real-time traffic monitoring. The project aims to enhance traffic safety through the analysis of live traffic flow, utilizing computer vision and video cameras. The Federal Department of Transportation has defined such automated systems as key facilities for future traffic management centers. Various features to be implemented include detecting precipitation (rain or snow), accident detection with automatic alerts to emergency services, monitoring the speed of moving traffic, calculating average speeds, and displaying real-time statistics in a dynamic graph that updates every minute. Additionally, the system will store all relevant data in a database for convenient accessibility when needed. This presentation will discuss the initial results, as obtained by using open source computer vision and AI tools.	Dr. Junaid Zubairi

Speaker Biography: Dr. Junaid Ahmed Zubairi received his BE (Electrical Engineering) from NED University of Engineering, Pakistan and MS and Ph.D. (Computer Engineering) from Syracuse University, USA. Currently he is a Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and chair of a cluster of four STEM departments in State University of New York at Fredonia. He has received numerous awards including Distinguished Professorship in 2022, Kasling Memorial Lecture award in 2019, SUNY Chancellor's award for excellence in research and creative activities in 2018 and AURAK Presidential award for exceptional academic service in 2015. His research interests include network traffic engineering, network applications and smart city and IoT applications. He has edited two books on network applications and security and has numerous peer reviewed publications including book chapters, journal articles and papers in conference proceedings. He is a senior member of IEEE. He can be reached at zubairi (at) fredonia.edu.