AFCEA/USNI WEST 2026

Satyandra K. (SK) Gupta
Co-Founder and Chief Scientist
GrayMatter Robotics


Dr. Satyandra K. Gupta is Co-Founder and Chief Scientist at GrayMatter Robotics. He also holds Smith International Professorship in 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), Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), and Solid Modeling Association (SMA). He currently serves as a member of the Technical Advisory Committee for Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute and a member of Association for Advancing Automation (A3) Robotics Technology Strategy Board. He has received numerous honors and awards for his scholarly contributions, including a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in 2001 from President Bush, Lifetime Achievement Award from ASME Computers and Information in Engineering Division in 2024, Eli Whitney Productivity Award in 2025, and ASME William T. Ennor Manufacturing Technology Award in 2025.

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