Dr. Satyandra K. Gupta is Co-Founder and Chief Scientist at GrayMatter Robotics. He also holds Smith International Professorship at the Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of Southern California and serves as the founding Director of the Center for Advanced Manufacturing. His research interests are physical artificial intelligence, computational foundations for decision-making, and human-centered automation. He has published more than five hundred technical articles in journals, conference proceedings, and edited books. He also holds twenty-eight US patents. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), National Academy of Inventors (NAI), Solid Modeling Association (SMA), and Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME). He is a former editor-in-chief of the ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering. He has received numerous honors and awards for his scholarly contributions. Representative examples include a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in 2001, Invention of the Year Award at the University of Maryland in 2007, Excellence in Research Award from ASME Computers and Information in Engineering Division in 2013, Distinguished Alumnus Award from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee in 2014, ASME Design Automation Award in 2021, Distinguished Alumni Award from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in 2022, Lifetime Achievement Award from ASME Computers and Information in Engineering Division in 2024, Eli Whitney Productivity Award from SME in 2025 and William T. Ennor Manufacturing Technology Award from ASME in 2025. He has also received eleven best paper awards at international conferences. He currently serves as a member of the Technical Advisory Committee for Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute and a member of A3 Robotics Technology Strategy Board. He also served as a member of the National Materials and Manufacturing Board (NMMB).