People
Meet the keynote speakers and organizing committee bringing together the UR-RAD 2026 symposium on unifying representations for robot application development.
Keynote Speakers
We are excited to announce our keynote speakers for UR-RAD 2026
Laurel Riek
David R. Miller Professor
University of California San Diego
Computer Science and Engineering
Previous UR-RAD Speakers
Distinguished speakers from past symposiums in the robotics and AI communities
UR-RAD 2025 Speakers
- Cindy Bethel, Mississippi State University
- Jeremy Marvel, National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Zhi Tan, Northeastern University
- Ken Forbus, Northwestern University
UR-RAD 2024 Speakers
- Cynthia Matuszek, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- Siddharth Srivastava, Arizona State University
- Jamie Macbeth, Smith College
- Brittany Johnson-Matthews, George Mason University
UR-RAD 2023 Speakers
- Dana Nau
- Matthias Scheutz
- Stefanie Tellex
- Chien-Ming Huang
Mentors
Mentors will be announced
Mentors for UR-RAD 2026 will be announced soon.
Organizing Committee
Meet the researchers organizing UR-RAD 2026
David Porfirio
George Mason University
Saad Elbeleidy
Peerbots
Laura M. Hiatt
Naval Research Laboratory
Cynthia Matuszek
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Ross Mead
Semio
Andrew Schoen
Semio
Laura Stegner
George Washington University
Ruchen Wen
Colgate University
Get Involved
Interested in contributing to the organization of future UR-RAD symposiums?
We welcome volunteers and collaborators who share our vision for advancing robot application development.
Contact the organizing committee
Contact us aturrad.symposium@gmail.com