Andreas Riener

is Senior Research and Teaching Assistant at the University of Linz's Institute of Pervasive Computing. His research interests are the recognition of vital bodily functions using embedded sensors, multimodal sensor-actuator systems, embedded intelligence, context-sensitive data processing, and human factors in driver-vehicle interfaces.

Ignacio Alvarez

is Research Scientist at Intel Labs, USA. He obtained his PhD in Computer Science at University of the Basque Country, Spain. His background is in Human Computer Interaction. His research interest is on future intelligent transportation systems and the practical application of cognitive sciences to affective computing and ADAS.

Myounghoon "Philart" Jeon

is Assistant Professor of Cognitive Science and Computer Science at Michigan Tech. He directs the Cyber-Human Systems Center at Tech. His research focuses on driver emotion modeling.

Wendy Ju

is Executive Director for Interaction Design Research at Stanford's Center for Design Research (CDR), and an Associate Professor in the Graduate Design Program at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco. Her research is primarily focused on the design of interactive devices, particularly human-robot interaction and autonomous car interfaces.

Bastian Pfleging

is Researcher at the Institute for Visualization and Interactive Systems at the University of Stuttgart, Germany. His research interests are multimodal and natural user interfaces, especially in the automotive context. He received his Diploma in Computer Science from TU Dortmund, Germany.

Mario Chiesa

is Head of the Creativity and Design Innovation Research Unit at Istituto Superiore Mario Boella in Turin, Italy. His research interests include NUIs, data visualization and social innovation in several domains, like automotive, cultural heritage, and energy.

Lewis Chuang

is Research Scientist at Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics. He holds a PhD in Neural and Behavioral Sciences by University of Tuebingen. His background is in experimental psychology. His research focuses on cognition and control for Man-Machine Systems; understanding how humans seek out and process information to operate in control environments.