Heterogeneous Integration in Action: Powering the Next Era of Connectivity

Biography
Daniele Pagano is Funding Project Manager at STMicroelectronics s.r.l. He has covered various positions and responsibility in Catania Wafer Fab Operations (Litography, Dry Etching, APC & SPC, Epitaxy, Quality & Process Control), past experiences in collaborative projects like IMPROVE (2012), INTEGRATE (2015), MADEin4 (2022), SATURN (2023) and nowadays HiCONNECTS and IPCEI. He is author and co-author of several publications on journals and international conferences.

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Huseyin Yurdakul is the Autonomous Mobile Robots System Software Center of Excellence Leader at Bluepath Robotics, a company specializing in the development and manufacturing of Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) and Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs). The company’s portfolio includes a wide range of models across three core product families: underdrive, tow, and forklift types.
With a background in computer engineering and extensive experience in the IT sector, Huseyin brings both technical expertise and leadership to the field of robotics. Based in Kocaeli, Türkiye, he is dedicated to advancing intelligent automation solutions that drive efficiency and innovation in industrial environments.

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Julio Ortiz is a Sr. Software Product Marketing Manager at Thermo Fisher Scientific. He started his career in electron microscopy at the Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research (IVIC) and specialized in cryo-electron tomography at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry. His expertise spans various cryo-electron microscopy techniques, including single particle analysis, the technique he is presenting today to us. Prior to joining Thermo Fisher Scientific, Julio served as a Cryo-EM facility manager at the Netherlands Centre for Electron Nanoscopy (NeCEN), the Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology (IGBMC) in France, and the Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany.

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Tolga Bodrumlu is a Mechatronics Engineer and Lead Autonomous Driving Development Engineer at AVL Turkey. He builds AD/ADAS capabilities across perception, sensor fusion, and fault diagnosis while mentoring engineers and coordinating work packages within the EU HiCONNECTS program. Previously, he developed guidance, navigation, and control software for unmanned aerial vehicles, focusing on EKF-based state estimation, complementary filtering, GPS-denied odometry, and automated turboprop start/stop sequencing with attitude-compensated fuel gauging. He has designed end-to-end data acquisition pipelines, simulation/HIL workflows, and production-ready navigation stacks that transition reliably from lab to field. His interests span robotics and autonomous vehicles, UAVs, navigation and machine-learning algorithms, factory automation, and Industry 4.0/MES centric production systems.