Brian Subirana

Director, MIT Auto-ID lab; Director, MIT and Accenture Convergence Initiative for Industry and Technology

Brian Subirana has taught at MIT Sloan and the MIT School of Engineering and he is also on the faculty of Harvard University. His research centers on IoT and AI, and focuses on manufacturing, e-learning, the creative industries, and digital health. He is developing a voice name system that can help humans talk to any object in an IoT environment. He has over 200 publications, including three books, and is currently researching open standards for AI and IoT. Subirana earned his doctorate in computer vision at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (now CSAIL) and his MBA at MIT Sloan.

Duane S. Boning

Clarence J. Lebel Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Duane Boning is affiliated with the MIT Microsystems Technology Laboratories and serves as Associate Director for Computation and CAD (computer-aided design). He is also the Engineering Faculty Co-Director of the MIT Leaders for Global Operations program. His research focus is machine learning and statistical methods for modeling, and control of variation in manufacturing. His work is centered on statistical characterization and design for manufacturing of devices and circuits in advanced technologies, and the modeling of chemical mechanical polishing, spin-on coatings, plasma etch, and nano-imprint/embossing processes. His work has appeared in over 280 journals and conference publications. Boning earned his bachelor’s and master’s in science, and doctorate in electrical engineering and computer science at MIT.