Chapter Officers
Chair
Dr. Edward KatzDr. Edward Katz initiated the formation of the Silicon Valley chapter of IEEE Robotics and Automation Society. He is a Associate Professor at Carnegie Mellon West in the Software Engineering program. Previously, he was with Hewlett Packard Laboratories (Palo Alto) where he was a involved in a wide variety of research including industrial robotic software systems, CAM-based factory automation, and agent-based personal assistants. Prior to joining HPLabs, he was on the Computer Science faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Recently, he was invited to be a Visiting Scholar in the Stanford University Computer Science Department's Robotics Laboratory collaborating with Prof. Nils Nilsson. He earned his B.S. in Mathematics from Purdue University, an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Missouri-Columbia, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science with a specialization in artificial intelligence and software systems, from the University of Louisiana-Lafayette. Dr. Katz has published technical papers in international conferences, holds a patent and is the author of several pending patent applications. He is a member of the AAAI, ACM, IEEE. |
Vice-Chair
Dave WylandDavid Wyland is one of the 5 members who drove the activities in the formation of the Silicon Valley chapter of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society. He has over 42 years experience in high tech development and management, in start up company environments as well as large corporations. His experience range includes new product definition, product development and introduction, technical management and strategic marketing. Previous roles include VP of Strategic planning at AMD, VP of Engineering at Quality Semiconductor and VP of Engineering positions at other firms. Wyland is skilled in all aspects of silicon and system engineering including product definition, architecture, analog, digital, and mixed signal design. Wyland was a participant in the microprocessor revolution, introducing the first bit-slice element in 1973 at MMI. Wyland received a BSEE from UCLA. Wyland has published 31 papers and has 25 patents to date. Paper topics include computer architecture, optical disk technology, system design and robot architecture. |
Treasurer / Secretary
Angie ShiaAngie Shia is one of the 5 members who drove the activities in the formation of the Silicon Valley chapter of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society. Shia has over 15 years of experience in high tech development, consulting, management and even her own sting at a shareware company. The companies she worked for included consulting firm on Wall street, bio-Chemical software company, and major Telecommunication companies. She has a MS in Computer Science, focusing on AI technologies, from CSU Chico and a Bachelor's in Computer Science from City University of New York. She has written thesis in Urban Search and Rescue robotics and published papers in major confererences such as IEEE. |
Program Chair
Waiming MokWaiming Mok is one of the 5 members who drove the activities in the formation of the Silicon Valley chapter of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society. He is product line manager at Sun Microsystems, where he is responsible for the Sun Fire X4600 server and other products. In the 10 plus years at Sun, Mok has defined and launched products related to NFS servers, Netra storage, Cobalt Qube appliance, new product lines of x64 servers. Prior to Sun, Mok was product marketing manager for Unisys, NetFrame and startup companies. He was also a software development engineer for Advanced Computer Communications working on network router products. Mok has an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University as well as an M.A. in math master and B.S. in physics from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He has an interest in Robotics, Computer Vision, and Autonomous Vehicles. He is a member of ACM and IEEE. |
