Steering Committee

Peter Blanck

Research Affiliate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

University Professor, College of Law

Chairman, Burton Blatt Institute (BBI)

J.D., Stanford University, 1986

Ph.D., Harvard University, 1982

Areas of Expertise

Race, ethnicity and disability; disability and law; disability and social policy

Don Carr

Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Professor, School of Design, College of Visual and Performing Arts

Program Coordinator, M.F.A. in Design; Industrial and Interaction Design

M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art, 1991

Mark Costa

Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Assistant Research Professor, Communications, Newhouse School of Public Communications

Interim Director, M.I.N.D. Lab

Ph.D., Syracuse University, 2016

Areas of Expertise

Scientometrics, applied neuroscience, human-computer interaction

Ingrid Erickson

Senior Research Affiliate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Assistant Professor, iSchool

Ph.D., Center for Work, Technology, and Organization in the Department of Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University, 2009

Areas of Expertise

Organizational studies, information science and human-centered computing, science and technology studies, future of work/work in the age of intelligent machines

Krista Kennedy

Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Associate Professor, Writing Studies, Rhetoric, and Composition, College of Arts & Sciences

Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2009

Areas of Expertise

Rhetorics of technology, algorithmic rhetorics, disability studies, intellectual property, data surveillance

Bess Krietemeyer

Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Associate Professor, School of Architecture

Faculty Research Fellow, Syracuse Center for Excellence (COE)

Ph.D., RPI Center for Architecture Science and Ecology, 2013

Areas of Expertise

Advanced building technologies, interactive visualization tools, human and energy feedback systems in the design of sustainable built environments

Louise Manfredi

Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Assistant Professor, Industrial and Interaction Design (within the School of Design), College of Visual & Performing Arts

Ph.D., University of Leeds, UK, 2011

Areas of Expertise

Sustainable product development

Jane M. Read

Associate Professor, Geography and the Environment Department

Director, Integrated Learning Major, Environment, Sustainability and Policy

Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Senior Research Associate, Center for Environmental Policy and Administration

Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 1999

Areas of Expertise

Geographic information systems and remote sensing, human-environment interactions, geohumanities, indigenous livelihoods, Latin America

Senem Velipasalar

Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering & Computer Science

Ph.D., Princeton University, 2007

Areas of Expertise

Wireless embedded smart cameras, distributed multi-camera tracking and surveillance systems, automatic event detection from videos, pattern recognition and signal processing