{"661694":{"#nid":"661694","#data":{"type":"event","title":"ECE Student Seminar - The Path Beyond the  Wall: My Journey from  Engineer to National Security AI Technology Entrepreneur","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDate:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Monday, October 3, 2022\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETime:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E12:30\u0026nbsp;p.m. -\u0026nbsp;1:20 p.m.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELocation:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EVan Leer, WC240\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeaker:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;James A. DeBardelaben\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeaker\u0026rsquo;s Title:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;President and CEO\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeaker\u0026rsquo;s Affiliation\u003C\/strong\u003E: IvySys\u0026nbsp;Technologies, LLC\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESeminar Title:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;During this seminar, I will discuss my experience starting with growing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nup on the South Side of Chicago to becoming a national security technology entrepreneur,\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nfocused on the dynamic field of artificial intelligence (AI). With over 25 years of\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nexperience in the national security technology community, I have faced many \u0026ldquo;walls\u0026rdquo;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nalong the way that could have impeded my career path. During this presentation, I will\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\ndescribe how the technical skills, mentoring relationships, and mindset that I gained at\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Tech helped me effectively break through these \u0026ldquo;walls\u0026rdquo; to create a non-traditional\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\npath to success.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis talk will highlight the founding of IvySys over a decade ago and transforming it into\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\na deep AI technology company that targets the rapidly changing cyber threats facing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nnational security and commercial customers. Our discussion will focus on AI challenges\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nfacing the national security community and AI trends. In addition, we will explore key\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nareas where a significant demand for ECE skills exists, both within the national security\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nsector and IvySys specifically.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBiographical Sketch of the Speaker:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EDr. James DeBardelaben is the president and CEO of IvySys Technologies with over 20\u0026nbsp;years of experience providing advanced technology solutions and services to the defense\u0026nbsp;and intelligence communities. He founded the deep tech company, which provides\u0026nbsp;innovative AI-driven synthetic data generation solutions and related data preparation\u0026nbsp;services that enable organizations to rapidly discover threats hidden in big data to keep our\u0026nbsp;nation safe. Dr. DeBardelaben leads a team of expert data scientists and software engineers\u0026nbsp;have advanced skills in synthetic big data generation, AI\/ML, and cloud-native application\u0026nbsp;development. Under his strategic direction and oversight, IvySys has become a leader in\u0026nbsp;providing AI-driven synthetic data generation and advanced analytics capabilities for cyber\u0026nbsp;threat awareness challenges.\u0026nbsp;Prior to founding IvySys, James was the program manager for Special Operations\u0026nbsp;Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) programs at the Johns Hopkins\u0026nbsp;University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL). While at APL, James served as a subject\u0026nbsp;matter expert to the DARPA Advanced Technology Office and Naval Special Warfare Sea\u0026nbsp;Eagle program. As the APL project manager for the NAVSEA Silent Hammer Limited\u0026nbsp;Objective Experiment, he led the Special Operations Land Products Team that developed\u0026nbsp;unattended ground sensors; an unattended land mesh network for high data rate, long-range\u0026nbsp;persistent communications; and custom software applications to enhance special\u0026nbsp;operations forces\u0026rsquo; situational awareness.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EJames served on the Advisory Board of the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nComputer Engineering and is a recipient of the Georgia Tech Council of Outstanding\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nYoung Engineering Alumni Award. He earned a Ph.D. in electrical and computer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nengineering from Georgia Tech, an M.S.E in computer engineering from Princeton\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nUniversity, and a Sc.B. in electrical engineering with honors from Brown University. He\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nhas authored over twenty technical journal and conference papers in synthetic data\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\ngeneration, signal processing, embedded system design, and rapid system prototyping.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJames A. DeBardelaben, President and CEO, will deliver the October 3 ECE Student Seminar,\u0026nbsp;\u0026quot;The Path Beyond the \u0026nbsp;Wall: My Journey from \u0026nbsp;Engineer to National Security AI Technology Entrepreneur.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPresident and CEO\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Featuring James A. 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