Dr. Susann Schweitzer studierte Biologie an der Universität Bonn und promovierte im Fach Immunologie. Nach der Promotion sammelte sie mehrere Jahre Erfahrung in der klinischen Forschung bei klinischen Studien.
Derzeit ist sie als wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin an der Medical School Berlin tätig. Für Dr. Susann Schweitzer ist Lehre mehr als reine Wissensvermittlung; sie versucht, eine Umgebung zu schaffen, in der Lernen lebendig wird und in der Lehrende und Lernende aktiv beteiligt sind. Die Studierenden sind dabei Inspiration und Motivation, weiterhin neue Seminarkonzepte zu entwickeln, die das Lernen noch effektiver und spannender machen.
Dafür hat sie in den letzten beiden Jahren ihr didaktisches Wissen im Rahmen des Studiums „Medical and Health Education“ an der MSH Hamburg erweitert.

Dr. Susann Schweitzer studierte Biologie an der Universität Bonn und promovierte im Fach Immunologie. Nach der Promotion sammelte sie mehrere Jahre Erfahrung in der klinischen Forschung bei klinischen Studien. Derzeit ist sie als wissenschaftliche M... Show more

Dr. Rebekka Siedler

Promotion Molekularbiologie & Genetik JKIP (KIT); Postdoc im Projekt „ComeMINT” (2023–2025) - digitale Lehrkräftebildung, sowie im Projekt „PReBi” (seit 10/2025) - reflexive Unterrichtspraxis in Lehr-Lern-Laboren (PH Ludwigsburg)

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rebekka.siedler@ph-ludwigsburg.de

Dr. Rebekka Siedler Promotion Molekularbiologie & Genetik JKIP (KIT); Postdoc im Projekt „ComeMINT” (2023–2025) - digitale Lehrkräftebildung, sowie im Projekt „PReBi” (seit 10/2025) - reflexive Unterrichtspraxis in Lehr-Lern-Laboren (PH Ludwigsbu... Show more

Saad Sheikh is a Principal Cloud, AI & Enterprise Architect with over 21 years of experience leading cross functional teams in many global organizations Optus , Essential Energy , KDCAI , Dell , STC , SwedTel , Zain group where he delivered large-scale digital transformation programs across telecommunications, energy, and public sector organizations globally. He specializes in enterprise architecture for AI-driven systems, cloud-native platforms, and multi-cloud data environments, with deep expertise in governance, automation, and AI operating models.

Saad Sheikh is a Principal Cloud, AI & Enterprise Architect with over 21 years of experience leading cross functional teams in many global organizations Optus , Essential Energy , KDCAI , Dell , STC , SwedTel , Zain group where he delivered large-sca... Show more

Undergraduate researcher in 3D vision and open-source developer with experience in systems software and developer tools.

Undergraduate researcher in 3D vision and open-source developer with experience in systems software and developer tools. Show more

Espen Skjervold is a Senior Developer and former Scientist at the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI), where he has spent the last 15 years at the intersection of high-stakes research and software engineering. Holding an MSc in Distributed Systems from Brunel University London, he has a long track record of publishing papers and presenting at academic conferences. Today, his work focuses on bridging the gap between probabilistic AI and deterministic requirements. By leveraging his background in distributed systems and mission-critical architectures, he advocates for neurosymbolic ReAct patterns as the next step beyond traditional RAG.

Espen Skjervold is a Senior Developer and former Scientist at the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI), where he has spent the last 15 years at the intersection of high-stakes research and software engineering. Holding an MSc in Distributed... Show more

Sahara is a computational linguist and AI security researcher dedicated to building culturally coherent, resilient, and trustworthy technology. Currently a Project Lead for AI Data Operations, she focuses on the frontier of "Linguistic Security", synthesizing computational linguistics, adversarial safety, and open-source collaboration. As a technical builder within the NAMAA Arabic NLP community and a UCLA trained linguist, Sahara translates cultural and script specific nuances into defensive frameworks for more secure AI systems. As a first generation Palestinian-Mexican American, she is committed to architecting digital spaces that are safe, accessible, and technically representative of the global communities they serve.

Note: As a first-time BSides speaker, I am excited about working with a mentor to refine this technical briefing for the San Diego security community.

Sahara is a computational linguist and AI security researcher dedicated to building culturally coherent, resilient, and trustworthy technology. Currently a Project Lead for AI Data Operations, she focuses on the frontier of "Linguistic Security", syn... Show more

Dr. Dominik Fischer:
More than ten years of experience in science management and strategic university development

Professional Experience:
Founder of Fischer Strategy | Science and Strategy consultancy, since 2024

Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), Umeå University, 2020–2024 – Science Manager for an international research environment at the interface of molecular biology, infection medicine, and science policy.

Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany, 2013–2020 – Office of the President, responsible for strategic initiatives, institutional development, recruitments, and cross-faculty projects.

Academic Qualifications:
Doctorate in Natural Sciences
Diploma in Geography

Dr. Dominik Fischer: More than ten years of experience in science management and strategic university development Professional Experience: Founder of Fischer Strategy | Science and Strategy consultancy, since 2024 Laboratory for Molecular Inf... Show more

Crefeda Rodrigues is a Staff Software Engineer at Arm, focusing on performance and scalability driven machine learning software optimization for Arm server CPUs. She previously worked on large-scale climate and weather model optimization as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Manchester and holds a PhD in energy-efficient machine learning.

Crefeda Rodrigues is a Staff Software Engineer at Arm, focusing on performance and scalability driven machine learning software optimization for Arm server CPUs. She previously worked on large-scale climate and weather model optimization as a postdoc... Show more

Ariadna Quattoni is a computer scientist researcher specializing in Machine Learning (ML) and Natural Language Processing (NLP). She is a professor at the Computer Science Department of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) in Barcelona and the co-founder of the US based company dMetrics. She has published more than forty publications on most of the leading ML and NLP conferences. Her most recent research focuses on the development of new ML algorithms for NLP, with specific interests in semantic parsing, compositional generalization, and interactive learning methods. She has been awarded and led several research grants from both European and American funding agencies. Currently, she is the principal investigator of the European Research Council (ERC)-funded project INTERACT (Interactive Machine Learning for Compositional Models of Natural Language), which aims to create AI systems that require minimal human intervention and fewer data to learn specific tasks.

Ariadna Quattoni is a computer scientist researcher specializing in Machine Learning (ML) and Natural Language Processing (NLP). She is a professor at the Computer Science Department of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) in Barcelona and ... Show more

Dr. Maren Kuhne ist wiss. Mitarbeiterin im Studiengang Humanmedizin an der MSB. Ihre Passion liegt in der Konzeption innovativer Lehrkonzepte. Sie schafft es, durch ihre eigene Begeisterung für biochemische Themen und den Einsatz modernster didaktischer Methoden die Studierenden mitzureißen. Aktuell vertieft sie ihr Wissen im Bereich Bildungswissenschaften durch das Studium „Medical & Health Education“ an der MSH.
Neben der Lehre in der Humanmedizin und Biotechnologie liegt ihr wissenschaftlicher Schwerpunkt in der immunologisch-zellbiologischen Grundlagenforschung. Sie kann jahrelange Forschungstätigkeit im Bereich der Herstellung monoklonaler Antikörper sowie eine Promotion an der FU Berlin/Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin auf dem Gebiet der T-Zell-Immunologie nachweisen.

Dr. Maren Kuhne ist wiss. Mitarbeiterin im Studiengang Humanmedizin an der MSB. Ihre Passion liegt in der Konzeption innovativer Lehrkonzepte. Sie schafft es, durch ihre eigene Begeisterung für biochemische Themen und den Einsatz modernster didaktisc... Show more

Melanie Sabado-Liwag, PhD, MPH is an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health at California State University-Los Angeles. She received her PhD at the School of Community & Global Health at Claremont Graduate University and a postdoctoral fellowship at the NIMHD at NIH. With over 20 years of experience working with Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, her health equity-focused research aims to understand multi-level determinants related to adverse health and social outcomes across the life course through community-partnered approaches.

Melanie Sabado-Liwag, PhD, MPH is an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health at California State University-Los Angeles. She received her PhD at the School of Community & Global Health at Claremont Graduate University and a postdoctora... Show more

Tasfia Rahman is PhD candidate studying anthropology at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. Tasfia’s research explores how historical trauma from war and xenophobia can shape the contemporary mental health experiences and perceptions for multiple generations of Bangladeshi immigrant women in New York City. She is also interested in how gender and racial inequalities shape notions around trauma, mental health, identity, and personhood. Currently, she is pursuing her dissertation fieldwork, which consists of an ethnography of the different Bangladeshi communities in NYC, including participant observation in women-led spaces and oral history interviews with intergenerational dyads of women from different families. Her research interests include transnational feminism, critical ethnic and race studies, South Asian mental health, and psychological anthropology.

Tasfia Rahman is PhD candidate studying anthropology at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. Tasfia’s research explores how historical trauma from war and xenophobia can shape the contemporary mental health experiences and perc... Show more

Markus er en maskin-ingeniør, med bakgrunn fra både teknisk og samfunnsvitenskapelige studier. Med erfaringer som spenner fra et forskningsprosjekt i botswana til felt-ingeniør i nordsjøen er bakgrunnen bred og interessefeltene mange. Nå er han business analyst med fokus på hvordan inkludere sluttbrukere i utvikling, og innovasjon

Markus er en maskin-ingeniør, med bakgrunn fra både teknisk og samfunnsvitenskapelige studier. Med erfaringer som spenner fra et forskningsprosjekt i botswana til felt-ingeniør i nordsjøen er bakgrunnen bred og interessefeltene mange. Nå er han busin... Show more

Krystine Kellogg is a relationship educator, podcast host, and community builder specializing in Female-Led Relationships (FLR) grounded in communication, consent, and emotional health. She is the host of Krystine’s FLR Podcast, where she has spent years helping women, men, and couples understand what female leadership in relationships actually looks like—beyond stereotypes, sensationalism, and misinformation.

Krystine’s work focuses on dismantling common myths surrounding FLR, including the belief that these dynamics are inherently sexual, extreme, or rooted in male weakness. Instead, she teaches FLR as a conscious relationship structure—one built on honesty, clarity of roles, mutual respect, and intentional decision-making. Her audience includes couples in their 20s through their 70s who are navigating real-world marriages, careers, parenting, and long-term partnership.

She is the creator of FLRSkool, a course-based educational community on the Skool platform, where couples engage in structured learning and guided discussions around healthy power dynamics, ethical leadership, and sustainable intimacy. Through her podcast, courses, and community, Krystine regularly receives messages from couples crediting her work with improving communication, reducing resentment, and in many cases, saving their marriages.

Krystine’s approach is sex-positive, adult-aware, and educational—never gratuitous or pornographic. She is currently developing a book on Female-Led Relationships and expanding into public speaking through workshops, breakout sessions, panels, and online conferences focused on healthy relationships, ethical power exchange, and real-world partnership.

Krystine Kellogg is a relationship educator, podcast host, and community builder specializing in Female-Led Relationships (FLR) grounded in communication, consent, and emotional health. She is the host of Krystine’s FLR Podcast, where she has spent y... Show more

Rahul Vats, a seasoned Apache Airflow contributor with 13+ years of experience, specializes in testing and ensuring the reliability of Airflow 3 and upcoming Airflow releases. His expertise in quality assurance, automation, and system testing plays a key role in enhancing the platform’s stability and functionality. Passionate about driving improvements, Rahul actively contributes to the development and testing of new features, making Airflow more robust and efficient for users worldwide.

Rahul Vats, a seasoned Apache Airflow contributor with 13+ years of experience, specializes in testing and ensuring the reliability of Airflow 3 and upcoming Airflow releases. His expertise in quality assurance, automation, and system testing plays a... Show more

Katie Isselmann DiSantis, PhD, MPH, is an Associate Professor of Public Health in Thomas Jefferson University’s College of Population Health. She is the lead instructor for MPH level courses in Research Methods and Capstone, and also teaches a course on health behavior theories. Dr. DiSantis has managed numerous community-based research projects that have identified key influences of childhood obesity status and family food purchases and is a recognized expert in equitable access to healthy food. She has employed quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods in her research. She has published over 25 articles in peer-reviewed public health, medical, and nutrition journals. She is an Associate Director of the Institute for Smart and Healthy Cities, representing the College of Population Health in this interdisciplinary research group. In this role, Dr. DiSantis pursues projects that aim at building equitable food systems in urban settings. Dr. DiSantis was awarded the 2019 Lindback Award for Excellence in Teaching, the 2023 Provost Award for Interdisciplinary Research, and the 2023 Outstanding Teaching award. She has mentored over 100 thesis projects for Masters of Public Health students.

Katie Isselmann DiSantis, PhD, MPH, is an Associate Professor of Public Health in Thomas Jefferson University’s College of Population Health. She is the lead instructor for MPH level courses in Research Methods and Capstone, and also teaches a course... Show more

Michael is a CNCF ambassador - H2 2024, an active maintainer of k/website, istio, Spiderpool, HwameiStor, Merbridge, Clusterpedia, and Kubean, and a global reviewer of Karmada.

He plays a role in ensuring the quality and accuracy of website within the CNCF ecosystem. His proficiency in knowledge sharing allows him to guide new contributors on style guides, GitOps workflows, community code of conduct, and other essential information necessary for successful collaboration.

Michael is a CNCF ambassador - H2 2024, an active maintainer of k/website, istio, Spiderpool, HwameiStor, Merbridge, Clusterpedia, and Kubean, and a global reviewer of Karmada. He plays a role in ensuring the quality and accuracy of website within... Show more

Riddhi Patel is a Senior Android Systems Engineer based in Rutherford, New Jersey, specializing in 5G-optimized, security-critical Android platforms for healthcare. Her work focuses on building edge AI hubs for clinical handoffs, integrating Bluetooth remote patient monitoring devices, and designing regulated OTA update frameworks for Android medical fleets that align with FDA, HIPAA, and NIST cybersecurity guidance.
Riddhi has led the architecture and implementation of custom Android ROMs, offline-first RPM workflows, secure Bluetooth integration, and policy-driven OTA pipelines that combine attestation, SBOM-based risk scoring, and clinical-aware rollout strategies. Her current research explores zero-copy networking, ML-driven traffic management, and edge computing to deliver ultra-low-latency experiences on Android. She is particularly interested in how safe, explainable on-device AI and cyber-resilient mobile systems can improve patient safety and critical infrastructure in US healthcare.

Riddhi Patel is a Senior Android Systems Engineer based in Rutherford, New Jersey, specializing in 5G-optimized, security-critical Android platforms for healthcare. Her work focuses on building edge AI hubs for clinical handoffs, integrating Bluetoot... Show more

Todd Gamblin is a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. He created Spack (spack.io), a widely used, open-source package manager for high performance computing, partially sustained by the PESO project. He is a co-founder of the High Performance Software Foundation (hpsf.io). At LLNL, he works on software and future computing strategy in the Advanced Technology Office in LLNL's Livermore Computing division, and he he leads a number of research and development projects focused on software integration.

Todd Gamblin is a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. He created Spack (spack.io), a widely used, open-source package manager for high performance computing, partially sustained by the PESO project. He i... Show more

Nathan Case is a successful executive and builder, pushing for change in security and the culture surrounding it. Leading strategic initiatives and the creation of new technologies in the healthcare, information technology and cloud industries, focusing on security. A passion for Incident Response, and operational security in all forms. Pushing the bounds of threat detection and response. Finding new thoughts and bringing them to the fields of security and technology.

Nathan Case is a successful executive and builder, pushing for change in security and the culture surrounding it. Leading strategic initiatives and the creation of new technologies in the healthcare, information technology and cloud industries, focus... Show more

Angela is driven by a deep passion for artificial intelligence, inclusion, and accessibility. At Microsoft, she supports enterprise companies in adopting cloud and AI solutions, blending technological innovation with human connection. With extensive experience in guiding organizations to leverage the cloud in a strategic and transformative way, she demonstrates how technology can be a powerful engine of empowerment—creating positive and lasting change

Angela is driven by a deep passion for artificial intelligence, inclusion, and accessibility. At Microsoft, she supports enterprise companies in adopting cloud and AI solutions, blending technological innovation with human connection. With extensive ... Show more

I am a Data Scientist. I have a few simple and crucial skills, asking a good question, being able to research to find the answer and being able to explain it once I've found it. I learn through play and I build my own playgrounds. I had a role working with the team discovering the heaviest known elements: 117 and 118 (Ts and Og). I make tools that make my team successful and I can find a needle in a haystack (if you need a needle).

I'm keenly interested in mentorship, the use of technology in the learning process, data science, machine learning, ethical AI, puzzles, visualization, math, physics and FLOSS. I really enjoy effective illustrations and experiments that can unlock solving very complicated problems. I love a good one sentence story.

I am a Data Scientist. I have a few simple and crucial skills, asking a good question, being able to research to find the answer and being able to explain it once I've found it. I learn through play and I build my own playgrounds. I had a role workin... Show more

Clio Rom is a second-year doctoral student in art history at Penn State, with a Masters Italian Renaissance Art History from Syracuse University, with a GIS certificate and BA in Art History from the University of Arkansas. Her primary research interests lie in depicting and engaging with the natural world in sixteenth and seventeenth-century Italy in objects and spaces such as paintings, botanical texts, gardens, and textiles.
Clio is starting her dissertation research which examines how nature, power, and cultural identity intersected in early modern Italy through a study of the Barberini family and their use of nature as a form of expression and control. Her work will focus on the Barberini garden on the Quirinal Hill during their occupancy throughout the seventeenth century. She hopes to reconstruct the garden's design, evolution, and functions as both a physical space and a cultural artifact that participated in a larger pan-European system of meaning-making through naturalia.

Clio Rom is a second-year doctoral student in art history at Penn State, with a Masters Italian Renaissance Art History from Syracuse University, with a GIS certificate and BA in Art History from the University of Arkansas. Her primary research inter... Show more

Dr. Ban Majeed is an epidemiologist and certified Tobacco Treatment Specialist, currently directing a pilot feasibility trial for successful tobacco treatment. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biostatistics, Data Science, and Epidemiology at Augusta University School of Public Health. She values students' involvement in research and loves to invest in the upcoming generation of health care providers.

Her research focuses on tobacco use, cessation, and resilience-based strategies for addiction recovery. Dr. Majeed was trained in the tobacco regulator science and her work was funded by NIH/NCI and FDA to investigate effect of tobacco use patterns on toxicant exposure and successful cessation: a longitudinal study among US adult cigarette smokers. She published in AJPM, Preventive Medicine, and AJPM Focus. She teaches prevention through classroom and online courses as well as through applied research. Her work bridges clinical practice, education, and public health to advance innovative, faith-based approaches to cessation and health promotion.

Dr. Ban Majeed is an epidemiologist and certified Tobacco Treatment Specialist, currently directing a pilot feasibility trial for successful tobacco treatment. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biostatistics, Data Science, and Epidem... Show more

Mereta Degutyte is a Software Engineer At Microsoft in Dublin Ireland, specializing in cloud-native systems, observability, and automation. Her work spans languages like Go, C#, and Python, and includes contributions to eBPF and distributed telemetry tools. Passionate about bridging open-source innovation with enterprise-grade solutions.

Mereta Degutyte is a Software Engineer At Microsoft in Dublin Ireland, specializing in cloud-native systems, observability, and automation. Her work spans languages like Go, C#, and Python, and includes contributions to eBPF and distributed telemetry... Show more

A driven and strategic security leader with proven experience in delivering assurance for business systems and operations. Insightful and innovative in reducing enterprise risk, operational risk, and cyber risk using proven people, process, and technical methods. Expertise in implementing security and privacy policy, plans, processes, tools, procedures, and governance for both on-premise and the cloud. Expert in solid statutory and regulatory policy and governance programs to meet or exceed mandates such as CISA, FISMA, FFIEC, HIPAA, CMS, DFARS, DHS TSA, GDPR, and CCPA. Currently retooling and pursuing an MBA in Cyber Security Management.

A driven and strategic security leader with proven experience in delivering assurance for business systems and operations. Insightful and innovative in reducing enterprise risk, operational risk, and cyber risk using proven people, process, and techn... Show more

Former Owner of The SARK Tech.
Professional Programmer.
Researcher. Author. Cricketer. Traveller.

Former Owner of The SARK Tech. Professional Programmer. Researcher. Author. Cricketer. Traveller. Show more

Dr. Vivek Kumar is currently a Research Scientist at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Prior to this, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the chair of Open-Source Intelligence at the University of the Bundeswehr, Germany, where he coordinated STELAR, an EU Horizon 2020 program targeting the agri-food sector. Dr. Kumar received a Marie Sklodowska-Curie fellowship in 2019 for the EU's Horizon 2020 program, PhilHumans, where he worked with Philips Research, Netherlands, & the University of Cagliari, Italy, to receive a doctorate in 2023. His current research focuses on NLP, LLMs, Mental Health, AI Bias, Knowledge Graphs & Domain Adaptation.

Dr. Vivek Kumar is currently a Research Scientist at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Prior to this, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the chair of Open-Source Intelligence at the University of the Bundeswehr, Germany, where he coordinated STELAR, ... Show more

Christiane Hoppe-Jones is a Senior Scientist at American Water with more than 17 years experience in the analysis and treatment of chemicals of emerging concern (CECs). Since joining American Water in 2019, Christiane has worked on many research projects about PFAS in source and drinking waters.

Christiane Hoppe-Jones is a Senior Scientist at American Water with more than 17 years experience in the analysis and treatment of chemicals of emerging concern (CECs). Since joining American Water in 2019, Christiane has worked on many research proj... Show more

Temitope Owolabi was a Nigerian Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member that served at Nigerian Meteorological Agency, FCT-Abuja. As part of the Data Management Team that carries out data analysis, cleaning and validation for climate and weather data coming in from all stations in the country. He has also worked as a data scientist for an upstart company wherein he derived KPIs for business owners and the likes.
Temitope’s tech interests are Al / Machine Learning, Software Engineering, Data Science and python programming.
Temitope has been a tech enthusiast from a tender age, he has always been curious about how and what data can do
He is also Team Member of a developers community where he participated in building web and mobile applications.
His love for technology and science led him to study Computer Science at the Federal University Lokoja.
He intends give technology his all by providing solutions to help better the society through data and technology.

Temitope Owolabi was a Nigerian Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member that served at Nigerian Meteorological Agency, FCT-Abuja. As part of the Data Management Team that carries out data analysis, cleaning and validation for climate and weather data comin... Show more