Organizing Committee


Thomas Potok

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Dr. Thomas E. Potok leads the Computational Data Analytics Research Group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and serves as principal investigator on several projects. Dr. Potok is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Tennessee and a member of the ACM and IEEE Computer Society.

potokte "at" ornl.gov

Thomas E. Potok

Catherine Schuman

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Dr. Catherine D. Schuman is a Liane Russell Distinguished Post-Doctoral Fellow at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Her research focus is neuromorphic computing. Dr. Schuman is an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Tennessee and a member of the ACM and IEEE.

schumancd "at" ornl.gov

Catherine D. Schuman

Robert Patton

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Dr. Robert M. Patton is a computational analytics scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. His research is focused on nature-­‐inspired computational techniques for large‐scale data analytics. He is a member of IEEE’s CI Society and ACM’s SIGEVO.

pattonrm "at" ornl.gov

Robert M. Patton

Todd Hylton

Brain Corporation

As Senior Vice President of Brain Corporation, Dr. Todd Hylton leads the development of business and technical strategies within the company. Prior to joining Brain Corporation in 2012, Hylton was a Project Manager at DARPA, where he focused on fostering a revolution of understanding intelligence & development of electronics technologies to build intelligent machines. Before DARPA, Hylton served as Director, Center for Advanced Materials & Nanotechnology at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). There, he built and managed a diverse group of scientists & engineers pursuing development & applications of materials and nanotechnology for government clients.

hylton "at" braincorporation.com

Todd Hylton

Helen Li

University of Pittsburgh

Dr. Hai (Helen) Li is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. Her research interests are memory design and architecture, neuromorphic architecture for brain-inspired computing systems, and architecture/circuit/device co-optimization for low-power and high performance.

hai66 "at" pitt.edu

Hai (Helen) Li

Robinson Pino

DOE Office of Science Advanced Scientific Computing Research

Dr. Robinson E. Pino is a Computer Scientist and Program Manager for the Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) program office in the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science. In his portfolio, Dr. Pino focuses on revolutionary basic research and development efforts for high performance computing and applications that will enable our continued leadership through exascale and beyond computing and energy efficient technologies.

Robinson.Pino "at" science.doe.gov

Robinson E. Pino