Full Name
Juan Gilbert
Job Title
Chair
Name of ACA member affiliation or organization
University of Florida
Speaker Bio
Gilbert leads the Computing for Social Good Lab at the University of Florida, where he is the Andrew Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Professor and chair of the Computer & Information Science & Engineering Department. His research spans advanced learning technologies, election security, usability and accessibility, human-centered artificial intelligence and machine learning, Brain-Computer Interfaces, and ethnocomputing.
He has published more than 250 articles, given more than 250 talks and obtained more than $30 million in research funding.
Gilbert was awarded a 2022 National Medal of Technology and Innovation by President Joe Biden for pioneering and championing universal design in elections technology to make voting accessible for everyone and for increasing diversity in the computer science workforce. The medal is the nation's highest honor for technological achievement.
His many accolades include the Social Impact Award from the Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction, the Mentor Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring from President Barack Obama in 2011.
Gilbert is the inventor of several technologies that have societal impact. He created Applications Quest, an AI tool for admissions and diversity in response to U.S. Supreme Court decisions on affirmative action. He also created the Virtual Traffic Stop to de-escalate potential tensions between law enforcement and drivers during traffic stops.
In addition, Gilbert has been named a Master of Innovation by Black Enterprise Magazine, a Modern-Day Technology Leader by the Black Engineer of the Year Award Conference and a Pioneer of the Year by the National Society of Black Engineers. He is a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the National Academy of Inventors.
He has published more than 250 articles, given more than 250 talks and obtained more than $30 million in research funding.
Gilbert was awarded a 2022 National Medal of Technology and Innovation by President Joe Biden for pioneering and championing universal design in elections technology to make voting accessible for everyone and for increasing diversity in the computer science workforce. The medal is the nation's highest honor for technological achievement.
His many accolades include the Social Impact Award from the Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction, the Mentor Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring from President Barack Obama in 2011.
Gilbert is the inventor of several technologies that have societal impact. He created Applications Quest, an AI tool for admissions and diversity in response to U.S. Supreme Court decisions on affirmative action. He also created the Virtual Traffic Stop to de-escalate potential tensions between law enforcement and drivers during traffic stops.
In addition, Gilbert has been named a Master of Innovation by Black Enterprise Magazine, a Modern-Day Technology Leader by the Black Engineer of the Year Award Conference and a Pioneer of the Year by the National Society of Black Engineers. He is a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the National Academy of Inventors.
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