Dr. John Miller is a Full Professor in the School of Computing at the University of Georgia, where he has served since 1986. He earned his Ph.D. in Information and Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology and his undergraduate degree in Engineering Science and Applied Mathematics from Northwestern University.

Dr. Miller’s research spans modeling and simulation, database and distributed systems, web services and workflow management, big data analytics, and bioinformatics. His scholarly work integrates computational intelligence with emerging technologies, including deep learning, foundation models, and time series forecasting. He has also contributed extensively to the areas of semantic web processes, bioinformatics, and health informatics.

John Gibbs specializes in 3D computer modeling and animation, artificial intelligence and the creative arts, sound and media design, and modern drama. Before joining UGA, he served as director of the Digital Production Arts program at Clemson University. He has authored and co-authored numerous publications on Maya and 3D computer graphics, with translations into nine languages, and has written widely on artificial intelligence. His Ph.D. dissertation, No-thing is Left to Tell: Zen/Chaos Theory in the Dramatic Art of Samuel Beckett (1999), was published by Fairleigh Dickinson University Press.

In addition to academic work, Gibbs co-founded Artimatic, Inc., a company applying machine learning and AI to challenges in the digital art space. He also extends his educational outreach through his YouTube channel, “Dr. Know-it-all,” where he engages broader audiences on topics aligned with his areas of expertise.

Bill Hollingsworth focuses on computing education and innovative pedagogy. He received the University of Georgia’s 2021 Creative Teaching Award, which recognizes faculty who develop and implement creative methods that improve student learning. His selection highlighted the development of Grafstate, an online learning program that has helped transform courses such as Theory of Computation.

Hollingsworth’s research area is computing education, and he holds a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge (2008). His work emphasizes student success through thoughtfully designed digital platforms and course innovations.

Dr. Aaron Meskin is Professor and Head of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Georgia. Before joining UGA in 2019, he served as Professor of Philosophical Aesthetics at the University of Leeds and previously taught at Texas Tech University. He earned his Ph.D. from Rutgers University.

Dr. Meskin’s research centers on aesthetics and the philosophy of art, with additional work in philosophical psychology and the philosophy of food. His publications address topics such as aesthetic testimony, authorship, the definition of art, emotional responses to fiction, and the philosophical dimensions of comics, video games, and other contemporary art forms. He has co-edited multiple volumes and published widely across leading journals. Dr. Meskin is also active in professional service, holding leadership roles in both the British and American Societies of Aesthetics. His recent work includes collaborative projects on the aesthetics of food and the sensory experience of ethical consumption.

I am an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science at The University of Georgia. I have completed my Ph.D. in Computer Science in 2018 from the University of Virginia under the supervision of Prof. Marty Humphrey.

I am an Associate Professor in UGA's School of Computing, with a research focus on Robotics and specifically on Multi-Robot and Swarm Systems.

Dr. Lakshmish Ramaswamy is a Professor in the Dept. of Computer Science at the University of Georgia. He also serves as the Associate Director of the Georgia Informatics Institutes for Research and Education (GII). Dr. Ramaswamy directs the Data-Intensive Pervasive Systems Lab. Dr. Ramaswamy's research interests include Data-Intensive Systems, Pervasive Systems, Cloud Computing, Health Informatics, Online Social Media, and Information Security, Privacy and Trust. He received the best paper award at the CoopIS-2010 conference for his research on cooperative mashup execution. He also received the best paper award at the WWW-2004 conference and the Pat Goldberg best paper award for the work on dynamic web content caching and delivery. Dr. Ramaswamy obtained PhD from the College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He also has an MS degree in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.