Mason Autonomy and Robotics Center

Research Interests: Human-robot interaction, human-automation interaction, verifiability and explainability of artificial intelligence (AI)

Research Interests: Human-robot interaction, autonomous systems, augmented and virtual reality

The invite-only roundtable, hosted by the College of Engineering and Computing at Mason Square, explored the issues, challenges, and solutions to think about as AI technologies rapidly evolve and change.  The roundtable was led by Missy Cummings, director of Mason’s Autonomy and Robotics Center.

Kirkpatrick's research is interdisciplinary, cutting across such fields as Philosophy, Political Science, Public Policy, and Computer Science

Research Interests: Computer architecture, CMOS VLSI ASIC design, FPGA-based system design, and GPU architecture and programming

Research Interests: Civil Engineering, Development and Delivery, Federalism/State and Local Government, Fiscal Policy and Budgeting, Infrastructure Finance, Public-Private Partnerships, Regional Development, Transportation Policy, Urban Policy

Research Interests: Defense and aerospace systems, system of systems/ multi-robots, information fusion, test, evaluation, and explainable AI

Research Interests: HCI, VR/AR

A trailblazer in naval engineering research and engineering education, Leigh McCue combines curiosity, storytelling, and teaching to foster a welcoming environment for the future STEM workforce.