Current Distinguished Lecturers | IEEE Systems Council

Ali Abbas ^{Country USA} Affiliation University of Southern California IEEE Region Region 6 (Western U.S.) 2024 - 2026 Distinguished Lecturer	Ethical Decision Quality: Building an Ethical Decision Culture in Systems Engineering Organizations
Edward Addy IEEE Region Region 3 (Southeastern U.S.) 2019 - 2024 Distinguished Lecturer	Verification and Validation within a System of Systems
Amir G. Aghdam Personal Gender Pronouns (he/him) ^{Country CAN} Affiliation Concordia University IEEE Region Region 7 (Canada) 2021 - 2024 Distinguished Lecturer	Characterization of Connectivity in Asymmetric Networks with Application to Data Aggregation in Underwater Sensor Networks
Jose Maria Azorin Poveda IEEE Region Region 8 (Africa, Europe, Middle East) 2017 - 2024 Distinguished Lecturer	Brain-Machine Interface (BMI) Systems to Control Robots Brain-Machine Interface Systems for Interacting with Robotic Exoskeletons
Sambit Bakshi ^{Country IND} Affiliation National Institute Of Technology, Rourkela IEEE Region Region 10 (Asia and Pacific) 2023 - 2025 Distinguished Lecturer	The Rise and Rise of Biometric Systems
John Blyler ^{Country USA} Affiliation JB Systems Tech IEEE Region Region 6 (Western U.S.) 2021 - 2024 Distinguished Lecturer	IoT and Digitization Will Require New System Engineering Skills
David Brown ^{Country USA} Affiliation Southwest Research Institute IEEE Region Region 5 (Southwestern U.S.) 2024 - 2026 Distinguished Lecturer	Advanced EW Systems with Machine Learning
Paolo Carbone ^{Country ITA} Affiliation University of Perugia IEEE Region Region 8 (Africa, Europe, Middle East) 2017 - 2024 Distinguished Lecturer
Ni-Bin Chang IEEE Region Region 3 (Southeastern U.S.) 2018 - 2024 Distinguished Lecturer	Multi-sensor Satellite Image Fusion, Data Merging, and Machine Learning For Monitoring Changing Earth Environment Integrating Tensor Flows with Spectral Dimensions for Improving Earth Observations via Satellite Remote Sensing
Andy Chen ^{Country CAN} Affiliation Catronic Enterprise IEEE Region Region 7 (Canada) 2017 - 2024 Distinguished Lecturer	The Secret Code to Your Successful Career Path in ICT AI & The Future Workforce Rapid Evolution of Disruptive Digital Transformation to Society 5.0
Armando Walter Colombo ^{Country DEU} Affiliation University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer. Institute for Industrial Informatics, Automation Systems and Robotics (I2AR). IEEE Region Region 8 (Africa, Europe, Middle East) 2020 - 2024 Distinguished Lecturer	Engineering ISoCPS. Digitalizing and Networking an Industrial Eco‐System using the DIN SPEC 91345 / IEC PAS 63088 RAMI4.0 Implementing Industrial Systems-of-Cyber-Physical Systems Learning, Living and Working with Industrial Systems-of-Cyber-Physical System
Rami Ghannam IEEE Region Region 8 (Africa, Europe, Middle East) 2022 - 2024 Distinguished Lecturer	Design Engineering: An Introduction
Holly Handley ^{Country USA} Affiliation Old Dominion University IEEE Region Region 2 (Eastern U.S.) 2019 - 2024 Distinguished Lecturer	The Human Viewpoint: Including the Human Component in System Architectures Human System Engineering From Human Views to Human Readiness Levels
Paul C. Hershey ^{Country USA} Affiliation Raytheon IIS IEEE Region Region 2 (Eastern U.S.) 2017 - 2024 Distinguished Lecturer	Data Analytics Overview and Use Cases Tutorial The Application of Data Analytics to Assist Human Decision-Making
Shiyan Hu ^{Country GBR} Affiliation University of Southampton IEEE Region Region 8 (Africa, Europe, Middle East) 2017 - 2024 Distinguished Lecturer	Smart Energy Cyber-Physical System Security: Threat Analysis and Defense Technologies
Yogananda Jeppu ^{Country IND} Affiliation Boeing IEEE Region Region 10 (Asia and Pacific) 2024 - 2026 Distinguished Lecturer	Demystifying Model Based Testing
Burak Kantarci ^{Country CAN} Affiliation University of Ottawa IEEE Region Region 7 (Canada) 2022 - 2024 Distinguished Lecturer	Artificial Intelligence-Powered Security and Resilience for Cyber-Physical Systems
Okyay Kaynak ^{Country TUR} Affiliation Bogazici University IEEE Region Region 8 (Africa, Europe, Middle East) 2020 - 2024 Distinguished Lecturer	Recent Advances in Systems Engineering and Singularity Re-Visited
Joongheon Kim ^{Country ROK} Affiliation Korea University IEEE Region Region 10 (Asia and Pacific) 2022 - 2024 Distinguished Lecturer	Deep Learning Computation for Economic Theory and Its Applications
Eren Kurshan ^{Country USA} Affiliation Princeton University IEEE Region Region 1 (Northeastern U.S.) 2024 - 2026 Distinguished Lecturer	Is System Design The Missing Piece for AGI?: System-level Design Considerations for Next Generation AI
Robert Lyons ^{Country USA} Affiliation Retired, USAF IEEE Region Region 3 (Southeastern U.S.) 2017 - 2024 Distinguished Lecturer	Hard-Learned Lessons: Systems Engineering Issues and Their Program Impacts
Rao Mannepalli Personal Gender Pronouns (he/him) ^{Country USA} Affiliation Leidos IEEE Region Region 5 (Southwestern U.S.) 2024 - 2026 Distinguished Lecturer	Digital Engineering is Too Important to Be Left Alone to MBSE Practitioners
Tom McDermott ^{Country USA} Affiliation Stevens Institute of Technology IEEE Region Region 3 (Southeastern U.S.) 2024 - 2026 Distinguished Lecturer	Digital Engineering 101
Saeid Nahavandi ^{Country AUS} Affiliation Swinburne University of Technology IEEE Region Region 10 (Asia and Pacific) 2024 - 2026 Distinguished Lecturer	Transitioning from Industry 4.0 to Industry 5.0: A Human-Centric Approach
Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban ^{Country NOR} Affiliation University of South-Eastern Norway IEEE Region Region 8 (Africa, Europe, Middle East) 2023 - 2025 Distinguished Lecturer	Power Electronics in Renewable Energy System & Electric Vehicles
Vincenzo Piuri ^{Country ITA} Affiliation University of Milan IEEE Region Region 8 (Africa, Europe, Middle East) 2017 - 2024 Distinguished Lecturer	Biometric Technologies and Systems for Automated Border Control Gates Advanced Biometric Technologies Artificial Intelligence for Advanced Biometric Technologies Artificial Intelligence for Cloud Computing Management Artificial Intelligence for Industry and Environment Computational Intelligence Models for Solar Energy Applications Ambient intelligence: Adaptivity by Using Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Biometrics in Worldwide Cloud-Based Environments
Ramakrishnan Raman ^{Country IND} Affiliation Eaton IEEE Region Region 10 (Asia and Pacific) 2021 - 2024 Distinguished Lecturer	Understanding Emergent Behavior in Complex Systems & System-of-Systems: How to Leverage Machine Learning Models Machine Learning Models for Aiding System Architecture Design Decisions
Robert C. Rassa ^{Country USA} Affiliation Raytheon (Retired) Memberships AESS IEEE Region Region 2 (Eastern U.S.) 2017 - 2024 Distinguished Lecturer	Fundamentals of Systems Engineering
Donna H. Rhodes ^{Country USA} Affiliation MIT IEEE Region Region 1 (Northeastern U.S.) 2019 - 2024 Distinguished Lecturer	Why is Human-Model Interaction Important to the Future of Systems Engineering?
Pierangela Samarati ^{Country ITA} Affiliation Università degli Studi di Milano IEEE Region Region 8 (Africa, Europe, Middle East) 2017 - 2024 Distinguished Lecturer	Data Security and Privacy in Emerging Scenarios
Ved Ram Singh ^{Country IND} Affiliation National Physical Laboratory IEEE Region Region 10 (Asia and Pacific) 2020 - 2024 Distinguished Lecturer	Nano-ultrasonic Sensors and IoT Based Systems for Biomedical Applications Advanced U-health Care Systems for Better Remote Health Care
Somayeh Sojoudi ^{Country USA} Affiliation University of California, Berkeley IEEE Region Region 6 (Western U.S.) 2022 - 2024 Distinguished Lecturer	Efficient Computational Methods for Large-Scale Safety-critical Systems
Houbing Song ^{Country USA} Affiliation University of Maryland, Baltimore County IEEE Region Region 2 (Eastern U.S.) 2023 - 2025 Distinguished Lecturer	Networked Systems and Security Research in the Age of AI/Machine Learning
Mark Wehde ^{Country USA} Affiliation Mayo Clinic IEEE Region Region 4 (Central U.S.) 2021 - 2024 Distinguished Lecturer	When Quality Matters – Systems Approach to Safety Risk Management of Medical Devices
Stephanie White ^{Country USA} Affiliation Long Island University – Post Campus IEEE Region Region 1 (Northeastern U.S.) 2017 - 2024 Distinguished Lecturer	Systems Theory, Systems Thinking The Role of Knowledge Management in Requirements Management
N. Peter Whitehead IEEE Region Region 2 (Eastern U.S.) 2019 - 2024 Distinguished Lecturer	Systems Analysis in the New Millennium
Haifeng Zhu ^{Country USA} Affiliation Boeing 2024 - 2026 Distinguished Lecturer	Architecture Optimization for Sustainability
Georges Zissis ^{Country FRA} Affiliation University of Toulouse IEEE Region Region 8 (Africa, Europe, Middle East) 2021 - 2024 Distinguished Lecturer	Smart Lighting Systems: the next revolution in domain of illumination and services Toward Sustainable Smart Lighting. The "SSL-square" Concept