SESSION 2: Big Data and the Evolving Enterprise

Benefits of Universal Data Access

John Marshall
CTO Joint Staff, J2 Intel
DoD Next Generation Cloud and Big Data

May 21, 2013 at 13:00

ABSTRACT

BIO

Enabling Big Data Scalability

Will LaForest
10gen

May 21, 2013 at 13:00

ABSTRACT

BIO

WILL LA FOREST heads up the Federal practice for 10gen, the MongoDB company. Will focuses on evangelizing the benefits of MongoDB, NoSQL, and (OSS) open source software in solving Big Data challenges in the Federal government. He believes that software in the Big Data space must scale not only from a technical perspective but also from a cost perspective. He has spent 7 years in the NoSQL space focused on the Federal government, most recently as Principal Technologist at MarkLogic. His technical career spans diverse areas from data warehousing, to machine learning, to building statistical visualization software for SPSS but began with code slinging at DARPA. He holds degrees in Mathematics and Physics from the University of Virginia.

10gen is the company behind MongoDB, the leading NoSQL database. MongoDB is the open-source, document database that is reshaping the market and the government big data landscape due to the popularity of its agile and scalable approach among developers and IT professionals. 10gen leads MongoDB development, supports the large and growing MongoDB community, provides commercial subscriptions including support, and offers consulting and training. 10gen's company investors include In-Q-Tel; known for adapting and delivering innovative technologies to the Intelligence Community.

Enabling Wireless Access to Enterprise Data

Dr. Alex Wyglinski
Asst Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering,
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
    

May 21, 2013 at 13:00

ABSTRACT

Society depends on telecommunications in order to enable a diverse range of activities. To achieve ubiquitous and robust last-mile access, many applications require some form of wireless transmission to connect the end-users with the rest of the network. However, several serious issues are beginning to emerge given society's growing dependence on wireless access. For instance, although the demand for wireless access based on the number of users and applications is rising rapidly, the amount of freely-available electromagnetic spectrum is rather limited and may not satisfy this need. Furthermore, new complex wireless networking architectures coupled with ever increasing demand for enterprise data are becoming difficult to realize using conventional radio technologies and wireless access paradigms. Consequently, cognitive radio and dynamic spectrum access have been proposed as a viable solution to this issue. In this panel session, the latest solutions and challenges for enabling reliable, secure wireless access to enterprise data will be addressed, including several insights into emerging techniques such as cognitive radio and dynamic spectrum access.

BIO

DR. ALEXANDER M. WYGLINSKI is internationally recognized as an expert in the field of wireless communications, specializing in cognitive and software-defined radio, dynamic spectrum access, cyber-physical systems and security, and wireless system optimization and adaptation. He is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Worcester, MA, Director of the Wireless Innovation Laboratory (WI Lab), and the Lead Investigator of the Cyber Physical and Secure Systems (CPASS) initiative at WPI.

Throughout his academic career, Dr. Wyglinski has published over 30 journal papers, over 75 conference papers, 9 book chapters, and two textbooks. Dr. Wyglinski's research activities have been or are currently being sponsored by organizations such as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), fRlthe Office of Naval Research (ONR), the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Space Vehicles Directorate, The MathWorks, Toyota InfoTechnology Center U.S.A., and the National Science Foundation. Dr. Wyglinski is a Senior Member of the IEEE, as well as a member of Sigma Xi and Eta Kappa Nu.

Moderator

Mark Cohn
CTO Unisys Federal Sys

BIO

MARK COHN is the chief technology officer for Unisys Federal Systems. He directs portfolio strategy and solution development to bring innovation to the marketplace and expand the mission impact of IT. He leads mobility, cloud, and analytics-driven enterprise transformation and acts as technology emissary for Unisys with industry partners and enterprise customersDSCF3573-4x6c.

Prior to his current assignment, Mark served as partner and vice president, Enterprise Security for Unisys with responsibility for security solutions and services across the company. Before that, he was vice president and chief architect for Unisys Global Public Sector leading strategic programs in homeland security, defense, and critical infrastructure protection. He organized an international team of experts to integrate transportation and border security with IT systems management, law enforcement, identity assurance, physical security and surveillance systems, and cyber defense. He managed SBInet mission system engineering and product development for the first phase Common Operational Picture system, was system architect and executive of interest for Unisys with the DoD Counterintelligence Field Activity, program manager for the Transportation Security Administration Registered Traveler pilot program and principal architect for the Department of Homeland Security US-VISIT Exit system. Prior to that, he managed the transition to Unisys of IT Production Support at the Executive Office of the President and architected the technical solution for the TSA Information Technology Managed Services contract, as well as several interagency law enforcement information sharing systems.

Mark is an expert in the design and implementation of trustworthy, highly available distributed systems. He began his career at Unisys in 1985 as a senior systems programmer on fault-tolerant systems used for aviation infrastructure and workforce management. He was the principal designer, chief engineer, and program manager for nationwide remote monitor and control capabilities essential to air traffic control that have proven to be among the most reliable systems ever put into operation.