Jason Eichenholz, Co-Founder and CTO, Luminar Technologies, USA
Building the Future of Transportation
Self-driving cars will one day enable drivers to engage in all the distracted activities they currently do behind the wheel, but safely. The bump in the road, however, is lidar; laser-based radar technology that hits the sweet spot of high power and low cost is essential for a successful first-generation, self-driving car.
Hear plenary speaker Jason Eichenholz, co-founder and CTO of Luminar Technologies, discuss how his team is working on a sensor that can detect objects 200 meters away with 10 times the resolution of the average lidar with a single scanning laser.
It's just one of the many sessions at FiO + LS that illustrate how science intersects with applications. Attend and get a better understanding of how your research is the engine that drives the technology.
Laura Cadonati, Professor, Georgia Tech, USA
The "New Dawn" of Exploration
What happens after the first-ever gravitational wave is detected - the result of two black holes colliding nearly 1.5 billion years ago?
When LIGO announced this discovery in 2015, it initiated a new dawn of exploration - one that scientists believe will next lead to a better understanding of the universe and create the directions for the development of future generations of instruments.
Plenary Speaker Laura Cadonati previously served as chair of the LIGO Data Analysis Council, in which she coordinated and guided the activities of hundreds of scientists around the world in their analysis of data coming out of the LIGO detectors in Louisiana and Washington. Now, the Georgia Tech professor serves as the first-ever deputy spokesperson of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration.
Hear first-hand this fascinating story of discovery and the even more exciting possibilities of what is to come.
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