Speakers

Dr. Satyandra K. Gupta is Co-Founder and Chief Scientist at GrayMatter Robotics. He also holds Smith International Professorship at the Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of Southern California and serves as the founding Director of the Center for Advanced Manufacturing. His research interests are Physical AI and human-centered automation. He has published more than five hundred technical articles in journals, conference proceedings, and edited books. He also holds twenty eight US patents. He currently serves as a member of the Technical Advisory Committee for Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute and a member of Association for Advancing Automation (A3) Robotics Technology Strategy Board. He was a member of the National Materials and Manufacturing Board (NMMB). He has received numerous honors and awards for his scholarly contributions, including a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in 2001 from President Bush, Lifetime Achievement Award from ASME Computers and Information in Engineering Division in 2024, Eli Whitney Productivity Award in 2025, and ASME William T. Ennor Manufacturing Technology Award in 2025. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), National Academy of Inventors (NAI), Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), and Solid Modeling Association (SMA).