Yashaswi Karnati is a computer scientist with expertise in
machine learning, computer vision and intelligent transportation systems. Having
completed a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Florida, he has embarked
on a career that sits at the intersection of academic excellence and industry
innovation. He is currently working with NVIDIA Corporation, focusing on the
development of digital twin technologies.
Dhruv Mahajan completed his Ph.D. from the Department
of Computer & Information Science & Engineering, University of Florida in May
2021. He is currently working on advancing Privacy Preserving Machine Learning
techniques at Procter & Gamble.
Tania Banerjee serves as a Research Assistant Scientist within
the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering at the University
of Florida. Her research interests are in the area
Rahul Sengupta is a Ph.D. student at the Computer and Information
Science Department at the University of Florida, Gainesville, USA. His research
interests include applying Machine Learning models to sequential and time-series
data, especially in the field of transportation engineering.
Clay Packard is a principal software and systems engineer at
HNTB with a focus in transportation technology. Clay provides technical leadership
in systems planning, program and project development, and providing subject matter
expertise to transportation agencies.
Ryan Casburn, a traffic engineer with over five years of experience,
boasts a lifelong passion for optimizing transportation systems. Fascinated
by the dynamic interactions within these systems, he specializes in crafting practical
solutions based on real-world behaviors rather than purely theoretical models. His
diverse project portfolio spans microsimulation, signal retiming, and transportation
planning, software development of user-friendly transportation analysis tools. Ryan’s
expertise and dedication make him a valuable asset in the realm of traffic engineering
and integrated corridor management.
Anand Rangarajan is Professor, Dept. of CISE, University of
Florida. His research interests are machine learning, computer vision, medical and
hyperspectral imaging and the science of consciousness.
Jeremy Dilmore is the Transportation Systems Management
and Operation Engineer for the Florida Department of Transportation District 5.
He has 19 years of experience with the Department, with 13 of those years in
Intelligent Transportation Systems and/or Transportation Systems Management and
Operations. In this position he is responsible for leadingFDOTDistrict 5’s technology
efforts including working in the fields of signal timing optimization, managed lanes,
simulation modeling, and connected and autonomous vehicles.
Sanjay Ranka is a Distinguished Professor in
the Department of Computer Information Science and Engineering at University
of Florida. His current research interests are high performance computing and big
data science with a focus on applications in CFD, healthcare and transportation. He
has co-authored four books, 290+ journal and refereed conference articles. He is a
Fellow of the IEEE and AAAS. He is an Associate Editor-in-Chief of the Journal
of Parallel and Distributed Computing and an Associate Editor for ACM Computing
Surveys, Applied Sciences, Applied Intelligence, IEEE/ACM Transactions on
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics