PI Team
Core members in the ExpandAI@SD team include faculty
from San Diego State University and University of California, San Diego.
Dr. Junfei Xie
Dr. Xie is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at San Diego State University. She is the PI of this project. Her research focuses on unmanned aerial systems and edge AI.
Dr. Jun Chen
Dr. Chen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at San Diego State University. He is a Co-PI of this project. His research focuses on trustworthy AI decision under uncertainty.
Dr. Bryan Donyanavard
Dr. Donyanavard is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at San Diego State University. He is a Co-PI of this project. His research focuses on self-aware computing systems and edge AI.
Dr. Nikolay Atanasov
Dr. Atanasov is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California, San Diego. He is a Co-PI of this project. His research focuses on mobile robot autonomy.
Dr. Hao Su
Dr. Su is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of California, San Diego. He is a Co-PI of this project. His research focuses on computer vision and robotics.
External Advisory Board
Dr. Yusu Wang
Dr. Yusu Wang is the Professor in Halιcιoğlu Data Science Institute at University of California, San Diego, as well as the Director for NSF National AI Institute TILOS.
Mrs. Theresa Garcia
Mrs. Garcia is the Assistant Dean of Engineering for Student Affairs at San Diego State University and has worked in Higher Education for 25 years.
Dr. Allison Vaughn
Dr. Allison Vaughn is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at San Diego State University.
Dr .Jodi Reeves
Dr. Jodi Reeves is a Professor in the School of Technology and Engineering at National University.
Ms. Saura Naderi
Ms. Saura Naderi is the K-14 Outreach Director at UC San Diego and serves as the technical advisor and technical content developer for data science education programs and relevant curricula for HDSI
Dr. Roberto Valenti
Dr. Roberto G. Valenti is currently a Senior Robotics Research Scientist at MathWorks and working on robotics, robotics sensing for navigation, sensor fusion and mobile autonomous robots.