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Keynote Speaker 

Dr. Gil Weinberg is a professor and the founding director of Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology, where he leads the Robotic Musicianship group. His research focuses on developing artificial creativity and musical expression for robots and augmented humans. Weinberg presented his work worldwide in venues such as The Kennedy Center, The World Economic Forum, Ars Electronica, Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt Museum, SIGGRAPH, TED-Ed, DLD and others. His music was performed with Orchestras such as Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, the National Irish Symphony Orchestra, and the Scottish BBC Symphony while his research has been disseminated through numerous journal articles and patents. Dr. Weinberg received his MS and PhD degrees in Media Arts and Sciences from MIT and his BA from the interdisciplinary program for fostering excellence in Tel Aviv University. 

Panelist

Dr. Gregory S. Sawicki is the Interim Executive Director of the Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines and Professor and Joseph Anderer Faculty Fellow at Georgia Tech with appointments in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and the School of Biological Sciences. 

Panelist

Dr. Mark Geil is a Professor of Biomechanics in the Wellstar College of Health and Human Services at Â鶹´«Ã½ÉçÇø. He helped create the world’s first entry-level MS degree program in Prosthetics and Orthotics while at Georgia Tech, which was later transferred to Â鶹´«Ã½ÉçÇø. Dr. Geil is a Fulbright Senior Specialist awardee and winner of the Thranhardt and Research Awards from the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists.