Innovations at Research Park University of Illinois Research Park

Matt Ahrens oversees performance and tools work for the Accelerated Big Data Platforms group at NVIDIA. He’s a long-time leader in the University of Illinois  community with a story that spans the 20-year history of the Research Park. 

Tune in to hear about his career journey, his perspectives learned along the way, and what he sees as the future of AI.

ADDITIONAL LINKS-

Matt's LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-ahrens-b62984/

NVIDIA at RP- https://researchpark.illinois.edu/tenant_directory/nvidia/

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Dr. Beth Conerty helps lead business development for the Integrated Bioprocessing Research Lab at the University of Illinois. She’s also the Regional Innovation Officer for the iFAB Tech Hub, an initiative created by the Biden administration to strengthen manufacturing innovation in America. Tune in to hear about the research area of bioprocessing and how it can transform the central Illinois economy!

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Dr. Brad Miller is the Co-Founder and Chief Linguistic Officer of Puzzle Labs, a software platform that uses AI to make knowledge transfer easier.  Previously, he was the Site Director for P&G’s Smart Lab in the Research Park, and he’s also spent time traveling the world from Ecuador to India studying the impact of languages

ADDITIONAL LINKS-

Puzzle Labs- https://www.puzzlelabs.ai/

Brad Miller- https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradbmiller/

"Speaking Like a Brahmin: Social Aspects of a Register of Spoken Telugu"- https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/3517/



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This is a special episode to celebrate a great year at UIRP! Research Park’s very own Laura Appenzeller and Laura Bleill join the podcast to talk about startup and corporate highlights from the year, plans for 2024, industry trends, and more!



See you back in 2024 for Year 4 of the podcast!



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Arpit Dwivedi is the Founder and CEO of Cache Energy. Cache is developing energy storage systems that can be safely installed anywhere and transported everywhere. In the past two months, Arpit and his team have raised a whopping $4.5 million which will accelerate them on their mission of decarbonizing industrial processes so that we can look forward to a cleaner and safer future for our planet.



EPISODE LINKS-

Arpit on Linkedin- https://www.linkedin.com/in/arpit-dwivedi-0a9970148/

Cache Energy - https://cache-energy.com/



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Alex Kosyakov is the Co-Founder and CEO of Natrion. Natrion is creating safe, high-performance, and highly scalable solid-state batteries with the goal of powering mass market electric vehicles and renewable energy. With more than $2 million in seed funding and the backing of giants like Mark Cuban, Alex is on a mission to create batteries without compromises.

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