Dr. C. Michael Walton is Professor of Civil Engineering and holds the Ernest H. Cockrell Centennial Chair in Engineering at The University of Texas Austin. Dr. Walton researches intelligent transportation systems and intermodal freight logistics in addition to transportation systems engineering, planning, operations and policy analysis. Dr. Walton was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1993. In other professional society affairs he is a past Chair of the Board of the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA), past President of the Board of Governors of the Transportation and Development Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), a founding member and past Chair of the Board of Directors of the Intelligent Transportation Society (ITS) of America and a past Chair of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Executive Committee. He has contributed to more than 500 publications on transportation and given 100's of speeches.

Dr. Todd Humphreys is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at The University of Texas at Austin, and Director of the Radionavigation Laboratory at UT-Austin, which specializes in developing theory and technologies for secure, robust, and precise perception, especially as related to autonomous vehicles. Dr. Humphreys’s research has directly influenced broad public policy related to autonomous vehicles. He has twice testified before the U.S. Congress on safety and privacy in an age of drones, has contributed to two Government Accountability Office reports, was a special consultant for the National Risk Assessment of GPS Vulnerability, and directly contributed to Texas House Bill 912, which protects privacy by setting limits on public and private use of drones. Moreover, three significant government programs were initiated in large part due to his research, the FAA Alternative Position, Navigation, and Timing (APNT) program.