In this seminar, Chris Couch (BS ’92, MS ’93, PhD ‘98) will discuss some of the technical and practical challenges that the Liveline team has faced as they scale the technology globally.
Thursday, April 1, 2021
12:00 PM EDT
Zoom Webinar Link: https://mit.zoom.us/j/93441172897
Join by Phone: US +1 646 558 8656 or +1 669 900 6833
Webinar ID: 934 4117 2897
International Dial-in Number: https://mit.zoom.us/u/adihuYppH0
About Speaker
Originally from Dallas, Texas, Chris is the CTO of a public company, CooperStandard, and also the Founder and CEO of Liveline Technologies. His career has covered three phases: As a manufacturing engineer at Toyota in Japan, as the leader of a $2 billion business in Asia Pacific for a global automotive supplier, and most recently as Chief Technology Officer of two public companies. He also participates in the startup community as an All-Star mentor for Techstars and as an angel investor. Chris lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, which does not have better weather than he “enjoyed” on campus at MIT, but it does have a better football team. Usually.
Abstract
Liveline Technologies is automating the creation of automation by using reinforcement learning to design advanced controls systems that are used for high-speed, real-time process control in large manufacturing environments. In this seminar, Chris Couch (BS ’92, MS ’93, PhD ‘98) will discuss some of the technical and practical challenges that the Liveline team has faced as they scale the technology globally.