Theme: Metamorphosis

In a world that never stops evolving, we encounter new challenges every day. We witness constant changes like the progress of artificial intelligence, and the development of mankind’s attitude towards life due to these changes. Be it in terms of technology, or human behavior, life can be viewed simply as a metamorphic process, in which we ought to keep growing and transforming ourselves to keep up with the circumstantial changes in order to live our best life. This TEDx event is brought to you by the Student Activities Board (SAB) of the University of Michigan-Dearborn in hopes of addressing the metamorphosis of life and how to keep up with it.

University of Michigan-Dearborn
4901 Evergreen Rd
SSB 1500
Dearborn, Michigan, 48128
United States

Jaerock Kwon

Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Dr. Jaerock Kwon is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Dr. Kwon has three major research interests: (1) Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, (2) Autonomous Vehicles, Self-Driving Cars, Intelligent Robotics, and (3) Computational Neuroscience and Neuroanatomy. His development plan for a 3D tissue scanner with Internet-connected 3D virtual microscope has been supported by NSF in 2013 ~ 2017. This instrument will be an essential tool for large-scale automated histology. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Engineering in 2009 from Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA. His M.S. and B.S in Electronic Communication Engineering from Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea. His research lab at the University of Michigan-Dearborn is the Bio-Inspired Machine Intelligence (BIMI) Laboratory.

Velimir Stojkovski

Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Dr. Velimir Stojkovski is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Literature, Philosophy and the Arts at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. He received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Marquette University. Dr. Stojkovski has two major research interests: (1) Social/Political Philosophy, and (2) German Idealism.