Wei Xu is an associate professor in the School of Interactive Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Xu received her Ph.D. in Computer Science from New York University, and her B.S. and M.S. from Tsinghua University. Her research interests are in natural language processing, machine learning, and social media. Her recent work focuses on text generation, stylistics, information extraction, robustness and controllability of machine learning models, and reading and writing assistive technology.

Stuart Michelson is a member of the research faculty at the Georgia Tech Research Institute and is known as a subject matter expert in Human Systems Engineering. He leads Human Factors and Ergonomics and Human Systems Integration (HSI) efforts for DoD customers specializing in tactical display design spanning command and control, training, unmanned vehicle ground control stations, Manned-unmanned teaming, and mission planning.

Eric Feron is a professor of Electrical, Computer, and Mechanical Engineering. He is the director of the Robotics, Intelligent Systems, and Control (RISC) Laboratory. He recently joined the KAUST CEMSE Division from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Prior to his time at Georgia Tech, he was an active faculty member in MIT's Aeronautics and Astronautics department from 1993 until 2005. Feron’s career in academia began in Paris, France, where he obtained his B.S. and M.S. from École Polytechnique and École Normale Superieure, respectively. He later completed his Ph.D.

Wayne Daley is retired but working at the Georgia Tech Research Institute as a research engineer developing automation systems in the agricultural space. Currently, he is exploring the transition of research to commercialization of virtual reality collaborative environments for generating automation solutions.

Dr. Erturk began at Georgia Tech in May 2011 as an Assistant Professor, he was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2016 and became a full Professor in 2019. Prior to joining Georgia Tech, he worked as a Research Scientist in the Center for Intelligent Material Systems and Structures at Virginia Tech (2009-2011). His postdoctoral research interests included theory and experiments of smart structures for applications ranging from aeroelastic energy harvesting to bio-inspired actuation. His Ph.D.

Mike Heiges received the Ph.D. degree from the Georgia Tech School of Aerospace Engineering, in 1989. He is currently a Principal Research Engineer with the Georgia Tech Research Institute, where he works as the Associate Division Chief of the Robotics and Autonomous Systems Division. His background is in aircraft flight dynamics and automatic control and he manages several of GTRI’s swarming UAV programs. He is an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and a member of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI).