Dr. Christopher G. Brinton is the Faculty Director of HIVE and Elmore Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE). Dr. Brinton's passion for entrepreneurship dates back to his graduate studies when he co-founded Zoomi Inc., a company that has provided learning analytics to millions of users worldwide and holds US Patents in machine learning for education. He is also known for his contributions to teaching both in and out of the classroom, including co-authoring the book The Power of Networks: 6 Principles That Connect our Lives, co-creating the interdisciplinary course HON 399: Principles of Networks at Purdue, and delivering three of the first Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in networking that reached over 500,000 students worldwide. His teaching has won the Purdue College of Engineering Faculty Excellence Awards in Undergraduate Education, Early Career Teaching, and Online Learning. He directs the Intelligence and Optimization for Networks (ION) Lab, which conducts research is at the intersection of machine learning, communications, and networking, specifically in fog/edge network intelligence, distributed machine learning, and AI/ML-inspired wireless network optimization. His research has won five of the US top early career awards, from the National Science Foundation (CAREER), Office of Naval Research (YIP), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (YFA and Director’s Fellowship), and Air Force Office of Scientific Research (YIP). He is also a recipient of the IEEE Communication Society William Bennett Prize Best Paper Award, the Intel Rising Star Faculty Award, the Qualcomm Faculty Award, and Purdue College of Engineering Faculty Excellence Awards in Early Career Research. Prior to joining Purdue, Dr. Brinton was the Associate Director of the EDGE Lab and a Lecturer of Electrical Engineering at Princeton University, where he also received the PhD (with honors) and MS Degrees. 

cgb@purdue.edu

Jessica Jud is the Managing Director of the Hub for Innovation, Ventures, and Entrepreneurship (HIVE) in Purdue University’s College of Engineering, where she is helping build a new center to expand innovation and startup activity for students across campus. She previously served as Director of Partnerships at The Data Mine, where she led industry and university collaborations. 

Prior to Purdue, Jessica spent 16 years at T-Mobile’s corporate offices, leading operational excellence and large-scale strategic initiatives. She is passionate about building meaningful partnerships and creating opportunities for Purdue students by connecting them with the resources, mentorship, and community needed to launch and grow ventures. 

jljud@purdue.edu