BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Toronto X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Toronto BEGIN:VEVENT UID:22@ploughshares.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240403T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240403T183000 DTSTAMP:20250507T052534Z URL:https://ploughshares.ca/events/spacetech-2024-ai-machine-learning-and- autonomy-in-space/ SUMMARY:SpaceTech 2024: AI\, Machine Learning\, and Autonomy in Space DESCRIPTION:Senior Researcher Jessica West will participate in a panel disc ussion – AI for Peace and Security in Space – during SpaceTech 2024\, being held in Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, on April 3.\nThis event is sold out for in-person attendance. Register to receive the webcast link by sel ecting a "Virtual Only" ticket at checkout. (The event is free.)\nThe 2024 MIT AeroAstro SpaceTech conference is a technically-oriented\, future-loo king event designed to build awareness around the present and future of sp ace technology. This year's theme is "AI\, Machine Learning\, and Autonomy in Space: From Ground Control to the Stars."\nThis year’s conference fe atures keynote speakers from NASA JPL and MIT CSAIL\, and panelists from P lanet\, Draper\, and U.S. Space Force. The event includes talks from leadi ng experts in the field\, as well as panel discussions and networking oppo rtunities.\nA livestream link for the full event will be provided to all r egistrants – get your ticket today!\n\nAgenda:\nPART 1: 9:00am - 12:00pm \n9:00am | WelcomeSteven Barrett\, Department Head\, MIT Department of Aer onautics and Astronautics\; H.N. Slater Professor of Aeronautics and Astro nautics9:05am | Lightning TalksModerator: Mark Munson\, Program Manager\, Small Satellite Collaborative\, MITImproving Computational Efficiency for Powered Descent Guidance via Transformer-basedTight Constraint PredictionJ ulia Briden\, PhD Student\, Astrodynamics\, Space Robotics\, and Controls Lab (ARCLab)\nWill the Algorithms Behind Changing Airline Ticket Prices Cl ose the Business Case for Satellite Communication Networks?Skylar Eiskowit z\, PhD student\, Engineering Systems LaboratoryPredicting Orbit Perturbat ions Using Machine LearningBilly Kline\, Masters student\, Engineering Sys tems Laboratory\; Space Operations Officer\, U.S. Space ForceOptimizing th e Design of Reusable Space SystemsRyan de Freitas Bart\, PhD student\, Eng ineering Systems LaboratoryMultidisciplinary Design Optimization of Edge C omputing in Space for Advanced Satellite MissionsRashmi Ravishankar\, Mast ers student\, Engineering Systems Laboratory9:55 | Coffee break10:00 | Key note Address with Q&\;ATrusted Autonomy on Mars: A Case Study of the Ma rs 2020 Onboard PlannerDr. Steve Chien\, NASA JPL Technical Group Supervis or\, AI Group11:00 | Panel Discussion – From Pixels to Planets: The AI I maging FrontierModerator: Adriana Mitchell\, MIT Astrodynamics Space Robot ics and Controls Lab (ARCLab)Mikhail Klassen\, Senior ML Engineer\, Planet Victor Rodriguez-Fernandez\, Associate Professor in Computer Science\, Tec hnical University of MadridRoberto Furfaro\, Professor of Systems and Indu strial Engineering\, Director\, Space Situational Awareness\, University o f ArizonaRebecca Russell\, Perception and Embedded ML Group\, Draper\n\nPA RT 2: 12:00 - 2:00pm\n12:00pm | Lunch1:00 | Keynote Address with Q&\;AG reg Wyler\, Founder\, CEO and Chief Architect at E-Space\n\nPART 3: 2:00 - 3:30pm\nAerospace $10K Entrepreneurship CompetitionPitchfest for new aero space startups sponsored by the MIT AeroAstro Certificate in Aerospace Inn ovation\nModerated by faculty co–leads Professor Olivier de Weck\, Apoll o Program Professor of Astronautics and Engineering Systems\, MIT\; Profes sor Zoltán Spakovszky\, T. Wilson (1953) Professor in Aeronautics\n\nPART 4: 3:30 - 6:30pm\n3:40 | Panel Discussion – AI for Peace and Security i n SpaceModerator: Thomas González Roberts / Dr. Richard LinaresDr. Brian Weedon\, Secure World FoundationKaitlyn Johnson\, U.S. Space ForceJessica West\, Project Ploughshares4:40 | Keynote Address with Q&\;ABrian Willi ams\, Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics\, MIT5:40 | Lightning Talk s Prize AnnouncementsModerator: Mark Munson\, Program Manager\, Small Sate llite Collaborative\, MIT5:45 | Entrepreneurship Pitchfest Prize Announcem entsModerator: Beata Shuster\, staff lead\, Certificate in Aerospace Innov ation Program5:50 | Reception ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ploughshares.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/ 11/63e066081ef50c24c33f440a_DeepSpaceEarth.jpeg CATEGORIES:Engagement LOCATION:Hacker Reactor (E38-795)\, 292 Main Street Cambridge\, MA 02139 \, Cambridge \, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=292 Main Street Cambridge\, MA 02139 \, Cambridge \, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Hacker Reactor (E38-795):geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR