ADVANCING INFORMATICS IN GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY Friday, December 1, 2017 The Georgia Center, Athens GA

Sponsored by the Georgia Informatics Institutes for Research and Education with support of the College of Engineering.

AGENDA

7:30-8:30 Registration and Light Breakfast Pecan Tree Gallery

8:30-8:40 Welcome Master’s Hall DavidLee,Ph.D.,VicePresident,OfficeofResearch,UniversityofGeorgia Dr.DonaldLeo,Ph.D.,Dean,CollegeofEngineering,UGA

8:40 - 9:30 The Rising Tide of Informatics at UGA Master’s Hall KyleJohnsen,Ph.D.,AssociateProfessor,CollegeofEngineering;

Director,GeorgiaInformaticsInstitutes,UGA

9:30 - 10:45 Panel Sessions

Choose one of two options.

Room R Towards Informatics as a General Education and Professional Competency Moderator

MichaelMcLendon,AssociateDirector,SoftwareSolutionsDivision,SoftwareEngineeringInstitute,CarnegieMellonUniversity

Panelists

•BenjaminManning,Instructor,CollegeofEngineering,UGA

•DorothyCarter,Ph.D.,AssistantProfessor,DepartmentofPsychology,UGA

•JustinEggart,GeneralManager,FleetServicesTechnology,GEPowerGenerationServices

•CherylPressley,DataAnalyticsandReportingLeader,SouthernCompany

•JamieJordan,HighDemandCareerInitiativeProgramManager,GeorgiaDepartment ofEconomicDevelopment

Room F/G Innovative Uses and Research Needs in Informatics Moderator

DawnRobinson,Ph.D.,Professor,DepartmentSociology,UGA

Panelists

•DaleGreen,Ph.D.,AssociateProfessor,DepartmentofHealthPolicyandManagement,UGA

•DeepakMishra,Ph.D.,AssociateProfessor,DepartmentofGeography,UGA

•EricHansen,GlobalHead,PetHealth,Boeringher-Ingelheim

•ChrisRhodes,Director,GlobalFuseBusinessDevelopment,AGCOCorporation

•NeysaNevins,Ph.D.,SeniorScientificInvestigator,GlaxoSmithKline

10:45 - 11:15 Networking Break2nd floor lobby

11:15 - 12:30 Panel Sessions

Choose one of two options.

Room R Skill and Readiness of the Technical Informatics Workforce Moderator

LakshmishRamaswamy,Ph.D.,Professor,DepartmentofComputerScience; AssociateDirector,GeorgiaInformaticsInstitutes,UGA

Panelists

•NicolasBerente,Ph.D.,AssociateProfessor,DepartmentofManagementInformationSystems,UGA

•ShannonQuinn,Ph.D.,AssistantProfessor,DepartmentsofComputerScienceandCellularBiology,UGA

•AndyClark,Ph.D.,SpecialistLeader,HigherEducation/PublicSector/StrategyandOperations,DeloitteConsultingLLP

•Jan-PhillipMohr,FounderandCEO,HashplayInc.

•BobbyLaurine,Ph.D.,ViceChancellorandChiefInformationOfficer,BoardofRegentsoftheUniversitySystemofGeorgia

Room F/G Secure, Accessible Data and Systems Moderator

LarryHornak,Ph.D.,AssociateDean,ResearchandGraduateStudies,CollegeofEngineering,UGA

Panelists

•KangLi,Ph.D.,Professor,DepartmentofComputerScience;Director,GeorgiaInstitute forCybersecurityandPrivacy,UGA

•WenZhanSong,Ph.D.,Professor,CollegeofEngineering; Director,CenterforCyber-PhysicalSystemsUGA

•RajivSivaraman,VicePresident,GlobalEcosystemsManagement,SiemensPLM

•TimChester,Ph.D.,VicePresident,EnterpriseInformationTechnologyServices,UGA

•AlphonsoThomas,TechnicalDirector,WarnerRobinsAirLogisticsComplex

12:30 - 1:50 Lunch & Keynote Presentation Room K/L RonaldPontius;DeputytotheCommandingGeneral,U.S.ArmyCyberCommand,Fort

Gordon,Georgia IntroductionbyPamelaWhitten,Ph.D.,Sr.VicePresident,AcademicAffairsandProvost

1:50 - 2:00 Closing Remarks Room K/L KyleJohnsen,Ph.D.

OBJECTIVES •IncreaseawarenessofUGA’sinformaticscapabilitiesandprograms—bothcurricularandresearch—amongkeyregionalindustriesandgovernmentsectors

•Learnaboutexistingandemergingindustryandgovernmentneedsanddiscusshowcurricularandresearchprogramscanbestrespondtothoseneeds

•Buildrelationshipsamongfaculty,industryandgovernmentleaderattendees

ABOUT THE KEYNOTE SPEAKERRonaldW.PontiusservesastheDeputytotheCommandingGeneral,U.S.ArmyCyberCommand.Inthiscapacity,hemanagesandprovidesstrategicdirectiontoallaspectsofArmyCyberCommandand2ndArmyoperationstoincludeplanning,coordinating,integrating,synchronizingandsupervisingorganizationeffortsfortheconductoffullspectrumCyberspaceoperationstoincludeDoDInformationNetwork(DODIN)operations,DefensiveCyberspaceOperations(DCO)andOffensiveCyberspaceOperations(OCO).PontiusservesasaSeniorAdvisor,providingauthoritativeexpertadviceonallaspectofCyberspaceoperations,forcestructureandorganizationalconcepts,andoverseesstrategicsupportplanningandresourcingstrategytoenabletheArmytoachievetherightmixofcybercapabilitiesforthefuture.

Priortohiscurrentassignment,PontiusservedastheDirectorforCommandandControl(C2)andIntelligence,Surveillance,andReconnaissance(ISR)withintheOfficeoftheUndersecretaryofDefenseforAcquisition,

TechnologyandLogistics(USD(AT&L)),providingfunctionalandacquisitionoversightforallC2andISRprogramsacrosstheDepartmentofDefense(DoD).Priortothis,PontiusservedastheDirectorofExecutiveProgramsattheDefenseAcquisitionUniversitySchoolofProgramManagers.InthiscapacityhementoredseniorProgramManagersandProgramExecutiveOfficersintheartofsuccessfullyleadingandmanagingmajordefenseacquisitionprogramsandmajorautomatedinformationsystems.Priortotheseassignments,PontiushadadistinguishedmilitarycareerintheU.S.ArmySignalCorpswithover26yearsofoperationalandmajoracquisitionassignments.

PontiusholdsaBachelorsofSciencedegreeinElectricalEngineeringandBusinessAdministrationfromCarnegie-MellonUniversity,aMastersofSciencedegreeinBusinessAdministrationfromBostonUniversity,andaMastersdegreeinNationalResourceStrategyfromtheIndustrialCollegeoftheArmedForces,NationalDefenseUniversity.

ABOUT GIITheGeorgiaInformaticsInstitutes(GII)wasestablishedin2016asaunitoftheCollegeofEngineeringattheUniversityofGeorgia.ThemissionoftheGIIistopromotethegrowthofresearchandacademicprogramsattheUniversityofGeorgiathatmeetthedemandsformoreuseful,usable,andsecureinformaticssystemsandpersonnel.TheGIIisbothaninstituteitself,consistingofover40individualfacultymembersandagrowingallianceofpartnerinstitutes,centers,anddepartmentsthatcapturethehundredsoffacultyatUGAwhoareadvancingtheirfieldsthroughthedevelopmentanduseofdata-centrictoolsandtechniques.ThesepartnersincludeourinterdisciplinaryInstitutesofBioinformatics,HealthInformatics,DigitalHumanities,andCybersecurityandPrivacy,departmentsofComputerScience,ManagementInformationSystems,Geography,Mathematics,andStatistics.

MoreinformationabouttheGIIanditsprogramscanbefoundathttp://gii.uga.edu.