Dept of Engineering & Technology Management

06/10/2024

Professor Antonio Carcaterra will deliver a keynote speech on “Responsibility in the Decision of Artificial and Human Agents” at PICMET’24 (Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology) Conference in Portland, Oregon on August 4-8, 2024. He is the Head of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Sapienza University of Rome, holder of several patents, a senior fellow of the Sapienza School of Advanced Studies, president of the Sapienza Innovation Consortium, and scientific manager of National Center for Sustainable Mobility – part of the European program entitled “Next Generation. He was an adjunct professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, a research scientist at the Marine Engineering Institute of the Italian National Council of Research, past director of the doctorate program in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, director of the Doctoral School in Sciences and Technologies for Industrial Innovation, president of the degree program in Mechanical Engineering, and a member of the Transport Systems Safety Commission for the Italian Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure.

06/01/2024

Dr. Mel Horwitch will deliver a keynote speech on "The Emerging AI-Strategy Connection: Ongoing Challenges and Unanticipated Opportunities" at PICMET’24 (Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology) Conference in Portland, Oregon on August 4-8, 2024. He is a Visiting Scholar/Research Affiliate at the MIT Sloan School. Previously, he served as a University Professor, Business School Dean, and Innovation and Entrepreneurship Project Director at Central European University in Budapest. Before that, he was Professor of Technology Management, Department Chair, and Institute for Technology and Enterprise Director at NYU-Poly (now NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering). He was also on the Harvard Business School [HBS] faculty and was a Visiting Scholar at UCSD’s Rady School, Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo, and London Business School. Dr. Horwitch became a PICMET Fellow in 2021 for his impact on technology management research, education, and leadership. He has an AB degree from Princeton University and an MBA and Doctorate from HBS. He has served as a US Peace Corps Volunteer in Thailand.

03/30/2024

03/05/2024

Dr. Bulent Atalay will deliver a keynote speech on “Artificial Intelligence - The High Renaissance of the Digital Age” at PICMET’24 (Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology) Conference in Portland, Oregon on August 4-8, 2024. He is a scientist, artist, and author described by NPR, PBS, the Washington Post, and National Geographic as a “Modern Renaissance Man.” His academic background is in theoretical physics at Georgetown, the University of California-Berkeley, Princeton, Oxford, and the Institute for Advanced Study Princeton. Dr. Atalay is the author of three books on the intersection of art, science, and mathematics. In his books Math and the Mona Lisa (Smithsonian Books, 2004) and Leonardo’s Universe (National Geographic Books, 2009), the focal point was Leonardo da Vinci. His latest and book, Beyond Genius (Pegasus Books), is a compendium of genius in general, with a special focus on the handful of transformative geniuses, Leonardo, Shakespeare, Newton, Beethoven, and Einstein.

02/16/2024

ANNOUNCEMENT: PICMET's Brad W. Hosler Outstanding Student Paper Award

To encourage young researchers in the area of Technology Management, PICMET (Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology) announces the Brad W. Hosler Outstanding Student Paper Award at PICMET'24 Conference. The winner will be invited to present the paper at the conference on August 4-8, 2024 in Portland, Oregon-USA.

Papers must be based on the student’s research toward a graduate degree and must be nominated by the advising professor. Eligibility is restricted to currently enrolled students and those who have completed the master’s or doctorate no earlier than July 31, 2021.

The deadline for nominations is March 15, 2024.

The award consists of:
• $1,000 to cover travel expenses and free conference registration for the awardee
• Free conference registration for the advising/nominating professor
• A certificate of recognition for both the awardee and the advising/nominating professor

The deadline for nominations is March 15, 2024

More information about the award and the on-line nomination form are available at https://www.picmet.org/new/Conferences/2024/Student_awardx.aspx

02/11/2024

Dr. Marie-Elisabeth Pate-Cornell will deliver a keynote speech on “AI Support of Engineering Risk Management: A Potential Risk Attitude Problem” at PICMET’24 (Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology) Conference in Portland, Oregon on August 4-8, 2024. She is the Burt and Deedee McMurtry Professor at Stanford University, and a Senior Fellow of the Stanford Freeman-Spogli Institute for International Studies. Dr. Pate-Cornell is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the French Académie des Technologies, the NASA Advisory Council, and a Distinguished Visiting Scientist of the Jet Propulsion Lab. She served on the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board from 2001 to 2008. She was awarded the 2002 Distinguished Achievement Award of the Society for Risk Analysis (of which she is a Fellow), the INFORMS Ramsey Medal of Decision Analysis (2010), an Honorary PhD from the University of Strathclyde (2016), and the IEEE Ramo medal for Systems Engineering and Science in 2021

11/24/2023

PICMET’24 (Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology) that will be held in Portland, Oregon-USA on August 4-8, 2024 will mark PICMET’s 35th Anniversary. The theme is “Technology Management in the AI Era“ but the papers are not limited to it. Every aspect of technology management will be included in the Conference. Up-to 200-word abstracts are due by December 8, 2023. The full manuscripts for the accepted abstracts will be due by January 31, 2024. Submissions can be made at www.picmet.org.
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09/03/2023

PICMET’24 (Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology) Conference will be held at Hilton Portland Downtown Hotel (921 SW Sixth Avenue) in Portland, Oregon - USA) on August 4-8, 2024. The theme is "Technology Management in the Artificial Intelligence Era". Research Papers and Industry Applications on every aspect of technology management will be included.



The deadline for up-to-200-word abstracts is December 8, 2023. Submissions can be made on-line at www.picmet.org.



Artificial Intelligence is upon us. Its applications to education, healthcare, manufacturing, agriculture, transportation and other industries are rapidly changing the world we live in. AI is performing tasks and assisting humans to excel in their jobs. Consequently, economy, industry and the society as a whole are becoming radically different from what they are.



While this transformative technological change can create an unprecedented economic growth, cure the "incurable" diseases and stabilize the environmental ecosystem, it can also cause alarming disruptions if not managed properly. As always, if we cannot manage technology, we will be slaves to it.



Proper technology management includes the management of not only the technical system, but also the economic, environmental, social, political, ethical and regulatory aspects of technology. That is the focus of PICMET'24 Conference.



PICMET is looking forward to bringing together the Technology Management community and the AI community in August 2024

05/16/2023

Interested in adding a Graduate Certificate to your degree? Four additional classes will get you the Graduate Certificiate in Strategic Maangement of Technology with the ETM Department. https://buff.ly/41FRwlr Sign up and we'll see you in class!