Sponsors and Exhibitors

Special Thanks

Conference Sponsors

The organizers gratefully acknowledge the generous support provided by the following sponsors.

Gold Sponsors

  • MathWorks

    The MATLAB and Simulink product families are fundamental applied math and computational tools at the world's educational institutions. Adopted by more than 6,500 universities and colleges, MathWorks products accelerate the pace of learning, teaching, and research in engineering and science. MathWorks products also help prepare students for careers in industry worldwide, where the tools are widely used for data analysis, mathematical modeling, and algorithm development in collaborative research and new product development.  Application areas include data analytics, mechatronics, communication systems, image processing, computational finance, and computational biology.

  • Lockheed Martin

    Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin, is a global security and aerospace company that employs approximately 116,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products, and services. We solve complex challenges, advance scientific discovery, and deliver innovative solutions to help our customers keep people safe. With a focus on the U.S. National Defense Strategy, we arere developing, innovating, and integrating hypersonic capabilities that travel Mach 5 or more, directed energy that travels at the speed of light, and autonomous systems used for a variety of lifesaving military and commercial applications. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics develops high-performance combat, air mobility and reconnaissance and surveillance aircraft. We also provide world-class training, focused logistics support, and advanced targeting and navigation technologies to enable the right people with the right skills to be in the right place at the right time with the right information to accomplish their missions. Lockheed Martin Space builds satellites and spacecraft that do amazing things in space for government and commercial customers. Lockheed Martin-built satellites give earlier warning of severe weather, connect troops on the battlefield, and deliver GPS directions to a billion people worldwide. As we look to the future, we are driving innovations to help our customers do even more in orbit. That is why we are designing smarter satellites that operate like smartphones in the sky, with apps that can be updated in orbit so they can adapt as mission needs on the ground change. Within Lockheed Martin, the Advanced Technology Laboratories is a research and development center for scientific advancement in the areas of autonomy, robotics, artificial intelligence, command & control, human-machine symbiosis, spectrum operations, hypersonics and cyber. Careers page: https://lockheedmartin.com/careers. 

  • Quanser

    About Quanser – www.quanser.com

    Quanser is the world leader in innovative technology for engineering education and research. With a heritage in creating leading-edge platforms for controls, mechatronics, and robotics, Quanser has built a legacy over the past 35 years of transformational solutions that bring emerging technologies including autonomous robotics, IoT, self-driving, and virtual reality to students worldwide. Quanser is unique as the only commercial organization that offers a comprehensive, academically sound platform for delivering programs that push the boundaries of traditional engineering education and research. Through a wide network of academic partners and faculty equivalent researchers and course designers, Quanser works with institutions to solve the challenges of modern engineering as true colleagues as opposed to conventional vendors.

Palladium Sponsors

  • Mitsubishi Electric

    Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (MERL), located in Cambridge, MA, is the North American R&D organization for Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, a $40B global manufacturer of electrical products including elevator and escalators, HVAC systems, electrical power systems, satellites, factory automation equipment, automotive electronics and visual information systems. Controls researchers at MERL collaborate with corporate R&D laboratories, business units in Japan and academic partners around the world to develop new control algorithms and control technologies that extend the capabilities and the performance envelope of these systems.

    For students who are interested in pursuing an exciting summer of research, please check out our internship program and learn more on our Website, Facebook, LinkedIn or @MERL_news.

    MERL interns work closely with top researchers, and gain valuable industry experience – at an impressive 1:1 intern to researcher ratio. Internships are expected to lead to publications in major conferences and journals. We also recently started a PostDoc program. For PhD graduates interested in applying please see our website www.merl.com

    We offer competitive compensation and relocation assistance. Boston is a fantastic student-oriented city, home to some of the best universities in the world.

    The summer season is especially lively as MERL and Boston are teeming with researchers and visitors from all over the world.

Silver Sponsors

  • dSPACE

    dSPACE is a leading provider of simulation and validation solutions worldwide for developing networked, autonomous, and electrically powered vehicles. The company's range of end-to-end solutions are used particularly by automotive manufacturers and their suppliers to test the software and hardware components in their new vehicles long before a new model is allowed on the road. Not only is dSPACE a sought-after partner in vehicle development, but engineers also rely on our know-how at dSPACE when it comes to aerospace and industrial automation. Our portfolio ranges from end-to-end solutions for simulation and validation to engineering and consulting services as well as training and support. With approximately 2,200 employees worldwide, dSPACE is headquartered in Paderborn, Germany, has three project centers in Germany, and serves customers through regional dSPACE companies in the USA, the UK, France, Japan, China, Croatia, and South Korea.

  • MDPI

    A pioneer in scholarly, open access publishing, MDPI has supported academic communities since 1996. Based in Basel, Switzerland, MDPI has the mission to foster open scientific exchange in all forms, across all disciplines. Our 437 diverse and open access journals, including 428 peer- reviewed journals and 9 conference journals, are supported by more than 295,000 academic experts who share our mission, values, and commitment to providing high-quality service for our authors. We serve scholars from around the world to ensure the latest research is freely available and all content is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY).

  • Halliburton

    Halliburton is one of the world’s leading providers of products and services to the energy industry. Founded in 1919, we create innovative technologies, products, and services that help our customers maximize their value throughout the life cycle of an asset and advance a sustainable energy future. We combine technology, services and execution expertise to assist our customers with hydrocarbons location, geological data management, drilling and formation evaluation, well construction and completion, and production optimization throughout the life of their asset.

  • SIAM

    SIAM publishes textbooks and monographs in print and electronic format. Visit our booth to browse our titles, all available at discounted conference pricing. SIAM partners with authors to publish books of outstanding quality and accessible pricing. If you’re interested in writing a book, please contact the SIAM Executive Editor greenspan@siam.org.

Bronze Sponsors

  • Unitree Robotics

    Unitree Robotics, established in 2016, promoted robots to the global market in 2017. Unitree was one of the earliest manufacturers of quadruped robots in the world, and an outstanding pioneer in the marketization of global high-performance quadruped robots who is fully committed to promoting mobile robots to truly enter people's lives.

    With self-developed core components, motion control algorithms, robot perception system, and other self-developed technologies, Unitree Robotics has cooperated with a number of top universities and industry-leading technology enterprises. It not only provides customers with technical support such as software development and mechanical programming, but also helps customers configure a lot of external equipment. Quadruped robots have been used in many application scenarios such as security inspection, ground exploration, and detection. At present, hundreds of brands are equipped with Unitree quadruped robot, and many application areas such as petrochemical, security, electric power and education use the mature product solutions and technical support of Unitree Robotics.

  • GM

    We envision a future of zero crashes, zero emissions and zero congestion, and we have committed ourselves to leading the way toward this future. General Motors has been pushing the limits of transportation and technology for over 100 years. Today, we are in the midst of a transportation revolution. And we have the ambition, the talent and the technology to realize the safer, better and more sustainable world we want. As an open, inclusive company, we’re also creating an environment where everyone feels welcomed and valued for who they are. One team, where all ideas are considered and heard, where everyone can contribute to their fullest potential, with a culture based in respect, integrity, accountability and equality. Our team brings wide-ranging perspectives and experiences to solving the complex transportation challenges of today and tomorrow. At General Motors, innovation is our north star. As the first automotive company to mass-produce an affordable electric car, and the first to develop an electric starter and air bags, GM has always pushed the limits of engineering. We are General Motors. We transformed how the world moved through the last century. And we’re determined to do it again as we redefine mobility to serve our customers and shareholders and solve societal challenges.

  • Franklin Open

    Franklin Open is a peer-reviewed, gold open-access journal that focuses on the fields of engineering and applied mathematics. Franklin Open is a partner journal to the longstanding Journal of The Franklin Institute, which has been publishing scientific research and discoveries for nearly 200 years. The journal was created to not only continue that legacy, but to provide a sustainable platform for new research to be widely disseminated from all voices in the scientific and academic communities. Franklin Open aims to publish high-quality manuscripts under such topics as, Complex Networks & Dynamic Systems, Control Engineering, Robotics & General Dynamic Systems, Energy & Power Systems, Information & Communications, Data Science & Artificial Intelligence, Neural Networks & Learning Systems, Speech, Image, & Signal Processing, and Epidemiology & Evolutionary Systems. We welcome new submissions as well as special issue proposals through our website. If you have any questions, please contact franklinopen@fi.edu.