Dr. Bharat S. Chaudhari is working as a Professor (HAG) in Electrical/Electronics and Communication Engineering at MIT World Peace University, Pune, India. He graduated in Industrial Electronics Engineering from Amravati University in 1989 and received M. E. Telecom. E. and PhD (Engineering) from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India in 1993 and 2000, respectively. He has previously held positions like Principal, Dean, and Professor at various Institutes in Pune. He is a recipient of the 2020 IETE N V Gadadhar Memorial Award, the MAEER Pune’s Ideal Teacher Award 2015, and the Young Scientist Research Grant from the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, in 2003. He was appointed as a Visiting Scientist (Simons Associate/Regular Associate) to Wireless Network Research Group, ICTP, Trieste, Italy from January 2007 to December 2020. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, Fellow of IETE, Fellow of IE (I), and a Founder Chairman of the IEEE Pune Section (2010 – 2011). He also chaired the IEEE Communications Society, Pune Chapter. He serves as a Program Evaluator of the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of ABET, United States, for accreditation of computer, communications, and similar engineering programs. His current research interest includes LPWANs, AIoT, TinyML, and Si-Photonics.
Dr. Sheetal Ghorpade is working as Director (Data Sciences) at Rubiscape Pvt. Limited, Pune, Maharashtra, India, where she is actively involved in the research and development of data science products. She received her PhD in Applied Mathematics and MSc in Mathematics from the University of Pune, India. She is a Regular Associate (Visiting Scientist) at the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy. Her career represents a great mix of data analytics and high-quality internationally collaborative research on algorithms and optimization for Industry problems. Her research interests are Optimization Techniques, Artificial Intelligence, Tiny ML, etc. She is instrumental in bridging the institute-industry gap and is passionate about democratizing data science. She is on the advisory board of various engineering and management institutes.
Dr. Marco Zennaro is a Research Scientist at the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy, where he coordinates the Science, Technology, and Innovation Unit. He received his PhD from KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, and his MSc in Electronic Engineering from the University of Trieste. He is a visiting Professor at KIC-Kobe Institute of Computing, Japan, and a Senior Member of IEEE and ACM. His research interest is in ICT4D, the use of ICT for Development, and in particular, he investigates the use of IoT in Developing Countries. He is TinyML4D Chair and Academic Network Co-Chair in the framework of the TinyML4D initiative. He has given lectures on wireless technologies in more than 30 different countries. More info here: https://www.ictp.it/member/marco-zennaro#biography
Dr. Rytis Paškauskas is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy, where he works on embedded machine-learning applications. He received his PhD in Physics from Georgia Institute of Technology and has worked at ELETTRA Sincrotrone Trieste, CNR Pisa, CNRS Lyon, and the National Institute for Theoretical Physics (NiTheP) in Stellenbosch, South Africa.
