Rita Uddin is the Chief Information Officer and Vice President of IT at New York City College of Technology. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Pace University and a Juris Doctorate from New York Law. Rising through different technology roles at NYCCT as well as being a part of the College's adjunct faculty for some years, her diverse experience brings a unique perspective to technology implementation and information security in Higher Education.

As CIO, she provides leadership and guidance in strengthening IT services and assets to support the technology landscape of the College. She leads operational goals to improve productivity and ensure utilization of emerging technology for institutional growth. Her expertise includes building IT compliance strategy and implementing information security controls. Leveraging over 15 years of experience in Higher Education and her combined background in technology and law, she has effected transformative change through the implementation of IT governance and the creation of a flexible and secure IT infrastructure. Rita represents the College's interests in driving University technology goals by serving in multiple City University of New York steering committees as well as a variety of regional and national higher education organizations including Educause, Women in Technology and Education CIOs.

Jose is a seasoned professional with over 16 years of experience in online learning and instructional design. He is currently the Director of Instructional Technology and the Enhancement Center at City Tech CUNY.

As Manager of Online Learning at the Fashion Institute of Technology our Online Learning program ranked 1st in New York and 22nd in the nation according to Newsweek America's Top Online Colleges for 2023.

Jose is a highly organized individual who excels at project management. He creates and manages development timelines for online courses. He also works closely with subject matter experts to identify the training needs of the target audience and to ensure that instructional end goals are met.

Jose is passionate about creating engaging and compelling online, blended/hybrid, remote, and face-to-face learning experiences. He supports the creation of audio, video, simulations, role plays, and gamification, to enhance the experience of the learner.

With expertise in videography, animation, web development, and social media, Jose utilizes his technical skills to craft compelling and lively multimedia content. Jose is highly skilled at leveraging digital storytelling to educate and transform the learner.

If you are interested in learning more about Jose and the projects he has worked on, please don't hesitate to reach out.

I am a devoted researcher, specializing in the development of advanced AI algorithms, particularly in the fields of ensemble learning and explainable AI. My focus lies in the analysis of intricate multimodal clinical data, encompassing radiology, pathology, and other crucial datasets. As an Assistant Professor at New York City College of Technology (City Tech), I took the initiative to establish the BioMind AI Lab, providing a collaborative platform for senior undergraduate and graduate students to actively participate in biomedical AI projects. This endeavor offers students invaluable hands-on experience, enabling them to contribute to joint research efforts that expand the boundaries of medical data analysis. Additionally, I have the privilege of serving as the Deputy Editor for the Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (JMRI), where I leverage my expertise to assist in evaluating and selecting impactful AI manuscripts for publication.

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Dr. David B. Smith is a Professor specializing in sound and music technology. He was instrumental in the department's award of an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant of $780,000 for the acquisition of new equipment. He has taught at the college since 1997.

As a composer, sound designer, inventor, and musician, Dr. Smith has been active in the professional world since the early eighties. He has performed as a violinist in ensembles ranging from symphony orchestras to rock bands, both live and in the studio. His compositions, written in an equally eclectic variety of genres, have been heard across the country.

As a sound designer, Dr Smith has designed for over one-hundred and fifty productions in venues of all sizes. He was resident Composer/Sound Designer at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park for eight years.

Dr. Smith is recognized as one of the world leaders in the development of live performance computer instrument systems. Partnering with Dr. Frederick Bianchi (currently at Worcester Polytechnic Institute), Dr. Smith created the first virtual orchestra system in Cincinnati, Ohio, in the late eighties. This was quickly followed by several professional productions, including a critically acclaimed Wizard of Oz at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, and the world's first virtual orchestra presentation in professional opera: Hansel und Gretel, at Kentucky Opera, in 1990. Further research in this area lead to a collaborative experiment in live gestural control of virtual orchestra systems with Lucent Technologies. The results of this were showcased at Telecom'99 in Geneva Switzerland, with a 320-speaker immersive environment used in conjunction with a performance of Natalie Cole, Sir John Barry, and the l'Orchestre du Suisse Romande.

Recognizing a need in contemporary performance venues, Dr's Smith and Bianchi teamed with Mr. Jeffrey Lazarus to found Realtime Music Solutions (RMS). This company is devoted to the development of new musical instruments that increase the efficiency of musical pit orchestra performance without sacrifice of musicality and expression. As Director of Research and Development at RMS, he has been instrumental in the creation of the Sinfonia orchestral enhancement instrument. He has overseen its implementation in over thirty-five productions, including fourteen national tours, London's West End, and Cirque du Soleile. He holds both US and British patents in music performance systems.

Working in collaboration with Opera Company of Brooklyn, Dr. Smith created two highly controversial productions of Mozart operas. The first, die ZauberflÖt, used Sinfonia in conjunction with an immersive array of loudspeakers to simulate an orchestra. This production also demonstrated proof of concept with metric control of external visual elements. This has led to current research in tighter metric integration along with co-researcher Professor John Huntington.