Craig Albert, PhD

Professor of Political Science and Graduate Director of the Master of Arts in Intelligence and Security Studies · Augusta University

Dr. Craig Albert focuses on national security, cyberconflict, ethnic conflict, and political thought.

Ethnic Conflict Terrorism Political Science National Security

Shaowen Xu

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering · Georgia Southern University

Shaowen Xu is an expert in Friction Stir Welding Processing, Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanofracture and Nanofailure.

Stress Analysis Material Behavior of Advanced Engineering Materials and Bio-materials Friction Stir Welding Processing Advanced Nanomaterials, Nanofracture and Nanofailure Transient Dynamics of Extreme Loads

Efstathios Michaelides

W.A. "Tex" Moncrief, Jr. Founding Chair of Engineering · Texas Christian University

Professor Michaelides focuses on lifetime of fossil fuel resources, alternative energy, geothermal energy and nanofluids.

Multiphase Flow Nanofluids Alternative Energy Fossil Fuels Geothermal Energy

Juan Perilla

Assistant Professor · University of Delaware

Juan Perilla develops physical and chemical based methodologies for the understanding of biological process related to life and disease

Computational Physics Computational Chemistry Data Science Machine Learning Molecular Virology

Eric Nyberg

Professor · Carnegie Mellon University

Eric Nyberg builds software applications that can understand and process human language.

Automatic Text Translation Processing Human Language Automated Qustion Answering IBM Watson Information Retrieval

Ruogu Fang

Associate Professor/Associate Director · University of Florida

Ruogu Fang works on artificial intelligence-empowered precision brain health and brain/bio-inspired AI.

Brain Informatics Neuroimaging Precision Intervention Deep Learning Medical Image Analysis

Milos Manic, Ph.D.

Professor of Computer Science · VCU College of Engineering

Milos Manic, Ph.D., FIEEE., is director of VCU's Cybersecurity Center and an expert in cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection.

Computational Intelligence Techniques (Machine Learning) with Applications in Energy Cybersecurity and Human Machine Interfaces Software Defined Networks Fuzzy Neural Data Mining Techniques Energy Security Human-machine Interfaces

Bryan Koenig

Associate Professor of Psychology · Southern Utah University

Specializing in social and evolutionary psychology

Social Relationships Statistics Social Psychology Research Methods Moral Psychology

Marcel Ilie

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering · Georgia Southern University

Marcel Ilie is an expert in combustion modeling, fluid dynamics, biofluids, turbomachinery, and renewable energy.

Renewable Energy Fluid Dynamics and Biofluids Combustion Modeling Turbomachinery

Hai-Ping Cheng

Professor · University of Florida

Hai-Ping Cheng’s research interests include physical phenomena at ultra-small (nano) scale via large-scale computational approach.

Physics LIGO

Michael Dennin

Vice Provost of Teaching and Learning; Dean of Undergraduate Education; Professor of Physics · UC Irvine

Prof. Dennin is leading the evolution of teaching and learning on the college campus, and he is a top communicator of all issues of physics.

Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Condensed Matter Physics Undergraduate Education Physics Biophysics

Lukasz Kurgan, Ph.D.

Robert J. Mattauch Endowed Professor and Vice Chair of Computer Science · VCU College of Engineering

Data scientist specializing in high-throughput structural bioinformatics of proteins & small RNAs.

Structural Bioinformatics Intrinsically Disordered Proteins Protein-ligand(drug) interactions Computer-aided molecular modeling Big Data Analysis

Scott Fahlman

Research Faculty Emeritus - Contingent · Carnegie Mellon University

Scott Fahlman has worked in many areas of Artificial Intelligence, including the use of massively parallel machines to solve AI problems.

Artificial Neural Networks Computer Science Artificial Intelligence Knowledge Representation Machine Learning

Robert Garry

Professor · Tulane University

Dr. Garry has published over 100 papers in the area of retrovirology

COVID-19 Pathology Lassa Fever Molecular Mechanisms of Viral Pathogenesis Ebola

Wingyan Chung

Professor, Kneedler Distinguished Professor of CIS · Western Carolina University

Wingyan Chung is an information systems scholar with expertise in business analytics, information systems and human-computer interaction.

Machine Learning Social Media Analytics Business Analytics Information Systems Business Intelligence

Alicia Walf

Senior Lecturer, Cognitive Science · Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Neuroscientist with extensive research into body, brain, and mind relationships related to brain health, social cognition and emotions.

Brain Health Emotion Memory Neuroplasticity Well-Being

Sheng Dai

Assistant Professor, Geosystems Engineering · Georgia Tech - COE

Sheng Dai develops innovative testing techniques to study properties and processes in soils and rocks at elevated pressure and temperatures.

Reservoir Geomechanics Geomaterials Characteriztion Energy Geotechnics Flow in Porous and Fractured Media

Marc Smith

Chief Social Scientist · Connected Action

Internet sociologist, using social network analysis and visualization to map and understand social media

Social Media Social Networks Business Collaboration Information Visualization

Taghi Khoshgoftaar, Ph.D.

Motorola Professor · Florida Atlantic University

Taghi Khoshgoftaar researches computer security and intrusion detection systems.

Computer Security and Intrusion Detection Systems Software Engineering Machine Learning Data Mining Big Data Analytics

Simon DeDeo

Associate Professor · Carnegie Mellon University

Simon DeDeo conducts empirical investigations, and builds mathematical theories, of both historical and contemporary phenomena.

Theoretical Physics Social and Decision Sciences Artificial Intelligence Astrophysics Applied Mathematics