WITX
April 18, 2024
Helping to Grow the IT Community in Southeast North Carolina
About WITX
WITX (Wilmington Information Technology eXchange) is now in its eighteenth year.
It brings together students, faculty, staff and local information technology professionals to share their experiences
and demonstrate their leading technology endeavors. In addition, leading IT professionals will share their ideas through
keynotes and learning eXchanges.
Registration
Registration is required by all attendees. There is no cost for students to attend.
Registration
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Saraju P. Mohanty
Professor at the University of North Texas
Everything You Wanted to Know About Smart Agriculture
Traditional agriculture needs to adopt technologies to be efficient, sustainable, eco-friendly, leading to smart agriculture.
This talk will present the trends and challenges in the smart agriculture which is essentially agriculture Cyber-Physical System
(A-CPS) built using Internet-of-Agro-Things (IoAT). The talk will focus on technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI)
which supports automation, along with the blockchain and Security-by-Design (SbD) which provides agriculture data integrity
and security. The talk will address many questions about smart agriculture including:
(1) What are some Trends of Agriculture?
(2) What is IoAT and A-CPS?
(3) What are the challenges of design and operation of smart agriculture?
(4) What are AI solutions for smart agriculture?
(5) What are cybersecurity solutions for smart agriculture?
(6) What are some smart agriculture examples? More...
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Schedule
Learning eXchanges
Workshops / panels / presentations to increase your IT skills.
Topics include:
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Decision Aiding, Autonomy, and Networked Collaborative Systems
Thomas "Spike" Horrigan
Systems Engineer
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How AI will Impact How We Perform Jobs from Project to Product Management
Adam McCombs
Vice President of Information Technology
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Medical Technology: Opportunities to Improve Cyber Resilience in Healthcare
Andrew Speirs
Founder and CEO, CyberWise Strategic Consulting, LLC
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Practical Applications of Large Language Models in Modern Software Engineering
Thomas Lovette
Senior Engineering Manager, Vantaca
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Resourcing Analytics - Using Data to Manage a Multi-national Consulting Group
Susan Lawhead
Test Engineer, SAS Professional Consulting
Angela Hall
Sr. Director of Consulting Services, SAS Professional Consulting
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Underleveled: Landing Your First Job as a Game Artist
Wes Owens
Art Director of Studio Wilmington, Grover Gaming
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Exhibitors
Topics include:
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Coastal Eco Explorer
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Interactive Video Grid
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Pearl Surf
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Precision Livestock Management: Revolutionizing Healthcare for Farm Animals through IoMT
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Robotic Arm with Grasper
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Sana-Solo: An Intelligent Approach to Soil Fertility
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Shared Control Strategies for Semi-Autonomous Robotic Surgery
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Unmasking AI Personalities in a Social Experiment
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Visualizing human data using the Emotibit sensor and Touch Designer
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Sponsors
Special thanks to the UNCW Cameron School of Business, the Congdon School and the Computer Science Department for their support. WITX is underwritten by....
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