Lora Weiss

Biography

Dr. Lora G. Weiss is a lab Chief Scientist at the Georgia Tech Research Institute. Her research focus is on the design, development, and implementation of technologies for complex systems, which includes all aspects of behavioral systems, from behavioral analysis of individuals and groups to behavior-based unmanned and autonomous systems. She has conducted research on understanding behavior and motivations with researchers from the United Kingdom and has conducted cultural modeling of adversarial actions. She has supported research in intelligent autonomy for unmanned systems and robotics, as well as research on virtual worlds for scientific cultural assessments.
Dr. Weiss has chaired technical sessions at Electrical Engineering conferences, Acoustical Society conferences, and Navy Symposiums. She is currently on the Board of Directors for the Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI), which is the world’s largest unmanned systems organization, and she chairs the ASTM Standards Development Subcommittee F41.01, on Unmanned Maritime Vehicle Autonomy and Control. Dr. Weiss developed a video for IEEE Educational Services and has received several publication awards. Dr. Weiss has been Principal Investigator on numerous DoD programs sponsored by offices such as DARPA, the Office of Naval Research, and various Navy Program Executive Offices. She has provided over 200 technical briefs to high-ranking DoD officers and DoD technology offices.
Dr. Weiss received a BS degree in Mathematics, magna cum laude, from Boston University, an MS degree in Mathematics from UCLA, and a Ph.D. degree in Acoustical Engineering from Penn State.