John Markoff, senior writer for The New York Times, writes for the paper's science section.

He began writing about technology in 1976 and joined The Times in 1988. He gained some notoriety several years ago when he stated that he thought blogs might be the CB radio of the 21st century. He still believes that.

In 2013, he was part of the team awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting “for its penetrating look into business practices by Apple and other technology companies that illustrates the darker side of a changing global economy for workers and consumers.”

Rana el-Kaliouby is the Chief Science Officer and Co-founder of Affectiva, the leading experts in consumer emotion analytics and emotion-sensing technology. She invented the companys’ award-winning, automated facial coding technology, Affdex, used by brands and market researchers such as Coke, Unilever, Mars, Millward Brown, InsightExpress and eBuzzing. Previously Kaliouby was a research scientist at MIT.

Rana’s work has been featured in numerous publications including Reuters, Wired, Forbes, FastCompany, The Wall Street Journal and The New York times, and recognized by Entrepreneur as one of the “7 Most Powerful Women To Watch In 2014”. She was inducted into the “Women in Engineering” Hall of Fame and is the recipient of the 2012 Technology Review's "Top 35 Innovators Under 35" Award, the 2006 Global Women and Inventors and Innovators Network Award, and National Science Foundation grants. Rana holds a BSc and MSc in computer science from the American University in Cairo and a Ph.D. from the computer laboratory, University of Cambridge.