2023 Innovation Showcase Participants

* denotes 2023 Innovation Award Winner

• Showcase Participants with Industry Area: AI, Data, Cyber, Software and Maturity: Ready to Market

• Cigent Technology Inc.

  Fort Myers, FL

  www.cigent.com/

  Cybersecurity Embedded into Solid State Hard Drive Firmware

  We have embedded data protection within the firmware of the SSD. Features include ransomware detection/protection, file-level encryption, zero-trust file access and multi-factor authentication. We have recently added Pre-Boot Authentication (PBA) to provide additional security for users.

• The Australian National University

  Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

  www.anu.edu.au/

  Artificial Intelligence to optimise complex manufacturing or quantum technology control systems

  Manufacturing or quantum technology systems often have a large number of controls, slight variations of which can significantly change the outcomes. This technology is an AI algorithm that can quickly find the most optimal combination of such control parameters in these complex systems without requiring manual trial and error.

• University of Iowa Technology Institute

  Iowa City, IA

  iti.uiowa.edu/

  Santos - the only physics-based virtual human model

  Santos is the only physics-based digital human model integrating AI and enabling predictive human motion and behavior. Santos is a high fidelity model of the human body and human motion enabling digital twin like behavior with variables such as height, weight, strength, fitness, flexibility, and sex.

• Veridat

  Toledo, OH

  veridat.io

  Trust-as-a-Service (TaaS) solution

  Veridat.io introduces a fundamental tool for digital commerce by generating a foundation of truth with which anonymous parties can come together. Our technology allows them to place trust in each other’s evidence. Our Trust-as-a-Service (TaaS) solution is able to certify the existence, persistence, and content of digital documents.