Scott Aaronson

University of Texas
Quantum Computing

Paths to Quantum Supremacy

Oscar Bruno

CalTech
Applied Mathematics

Advanced Mathematical Methods in
Computational Electromagnetism

Marc de Graef

Carnegie Mellon University
Structural Materials

Forward Modeling of Electron Scattering
Modalities for Microstructural
Quantification in Structural Materials

 Steve Elgar

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Fluid Dynamics

What Lies Beneath? Using Remote Sensing to
Determine Currents, Features, and
Turbulence Below the Surface

 Julie Greer

CalTech
Meta-materials

Materials by Design: Developing
Ultra-lightweight, Damage Tolerant
Meta-Materials through Architecture
and Nano-structuring

Ali Jadbabaie

MIT
Network Science

A New Paradigm for Analysis of
Complex, Networked, Social and
Engineering Systems

Mark Kasevich

Stanford University
Quantum Sensing

Quantum-Limited Sensing

Wolfgang Ketterle

MIT
Quantum Emulation

Quantum Simulators with Ultracold Atoms-
Mapping out Possibilities of New
Materials

 Daniel Koditschek

University of Pennsylvania
Robotics

Robotics: Toward the New Science of
Programmable Work

Ying-Cheng Lai

Arizona State University
Quantum Nonlinear Dynamics 

Relativistic Quantum Nonlinear
Dynamics and Chaos

Jennifer Lewis

Harvard University
Programmable Materials

Programmable Architected Materials

Aude Olivia

MIT
Cognitive Sciences

Mapping the Spatio-Temporal Dynamics
of Perception in the Human Brain

Hongkun Park

Harvard University
Materials Science

Nanostructured Surfaces for
Integrated Optoelectronics. Plasmonics, and
Quantum Optics

Susanne Stemmer

UC Santa Barbara
3D Dirac Materials

Engineered 3D Dirac Materials

 Alan Willner

University of
Southern California
Applied Physics

Multiple Structured Electromagnetic Waves
Containing Orbital Angular
for Novel Communications,
Imaging, and Directed Energy