Adel Elmaghraby is the Director of Industrial Research and Innovation and Winnia Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the Speed School of Engineering - University of Louisville. He has also held appointments at the Software Engineering Institute - Carnegie-Mellon University, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He advised over 60 master’s graduates and 30 doctoral graduates. His research contributions and consulting spans the areas of Artificial Intelligence, HPC, Cybersecurity, Visualization, and Simulation. His research applications include Smart Cities, Data Analytics, Medical Imaging, and Healthcare. In 2020 he was a PI, Co-PI, and Investigator on grants totaling over $7.5 M. Dr. Elmaghraby is working on industry partnerships including one with Kindred Healthcare to create Hive which is a healthcare innovation center. He is a well-published author, a public speaker, member of editorial boards, and technical reviewer. Dr. Elmaghraby is a Life Senior Member of IEEE and a recipient of a Golden Core Charter Membership by the IEEE Computer Society at the 50TH-anniversary celebration.