Abbas Shah Syed is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronic Engineering at Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET), Pakistan. He obtained his PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Louisville, USA and a Master of Science in Electronic and Electrical Engineering from the University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom. His research interests lie at the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and the internet of things (IoT), with a particular focus on their applications in smart city development. In relation to this, Dr. Abbas Syed has been involved in the development of a diverse range of applications relating to the smart transportation, smart health, and smart energy sectors. His work, in collaboration with other researchers, has explored the use of AI for object detection, prediction, and analysis purposes. Dr. Abbas is professionally active as a Professional Member of IEEE. He is currently serving as the Vice-Chair of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES) Karachi Section. Furthermore, he is the advisor of the IES chapter at MUET, guiding the next generation of engineers and researchers.
Aron Patrick received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in international commerce, statistics, and political science from the University of Kentucky. He is currently Head of R&D for the PPL Corporation. Before joining the PPL Corporation, he held leadership roles at the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet, including the Assistant Director and Program Manager for renewable energy. In those roles, he worked with policymakers, industry, national research laboratories, and universities on projects involving energy policy and future generation
technologies. Before that, he was an Intelligence Analyst for the federal government, using statistical analysis and modeling to address national security problems. His research interests include solar, wind and load forecasting.
Adrian Lauf is an associate professor in the Computer Science and Engineering department at the University of Louisville’s J. B. Speed School of Engineering. He is a core faculty member at the Louisville Automation and Robotics Research Institute (LARRI) as a part of the Autonomous
Intelligent Mobile Systems (AIMS) lab. He obtained his PhD in electrical engineering from Vanderbilt University in 2010. His research expertise is in cooperative autonomous aerial robotics, which has the goal of enabling swarms of autonomous UAVs to accomplish objectives cooperatively and collaboratively. These robot swarms use multi-domain mesh networking,
decentralized decision-making, and node clustering to improve communication efficiency. He also has research interests in cyber and network security, with research efforts in embedded and IoT security, as well as several projects in cybersecurity workforce development.
