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ARA 43 Congress Web Session Chair Dr. Adrian Stoica
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Adrian Stoica was born in Iasi, Romania. He obtained his Diploma of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from Technical University of Iasi in 1986 and his PhD from Victoria University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia in 1996. Since 1996 he has been with the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California. Between 2008 and 2018 he managed the Robotic Systems Estimation, Decision, and Controls Group. He is now Program Executive for Blue Sky Studies Program, and Coordinator of the Innovation to Flight Program at JPL. He is a NIAC Fellow (NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts). His research interests include robotic intelligence and learning, collaboration between humans and robots, and technologies for enhanced quality of life. In evenings and weekends Adrian is involved in start-ups aiming to improve people’s lives. He is Vice-President for Systems Science and Engineering in the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society. He was General Chair of the 38th Annual Congress of the American Romanian Academy of Arts and Sciences in Pasadena, California, July 23-27, 2014.