(60a) Overview of CAST Activities and Programming

An overview of activities of the Computing and Systems Technology (CAST) division, including conference technical programming, will be presented. The CAST Executive Committee consists of Marianthhi Ierapetritou (Past Chair), Ray Adomaitis (Chair), Karl Schnelle (1st Vice-Chair), Stratos Pistikopoulos (2nd Vice-Chair), Martha A. Grover (Secretary-Treasurer), and the following Directors: John Richards (2013-2015), Carl Laird (2013-2015), Andreas Linninger (2014-2016), Leo Chiang (2014-2016), Michael Nikolaou (2015-2017), Mario Eden (2015-2017). The CAST Division Programming Chair is Nick Sahinidis (2014-2017).