Addison Snell is the CEO of Intersect360 Research and a veteran of the High Performance Computing industry. He launched the company in 2007 as Tabor Research, a division of Tabor Communications, and served as that company’s VP/GM until he and his partner, Christopher Willard, Ph.D., acquired Tabor Research in 2009. During his tenure, Addison has established Intersect360 Research as a premier source of market information, analysis, and consulting. He was named one of 2010’s “People to Watch” by HPCwire.

Addison was previously an HPC industry analyst for IDC, where he was well-known among industry stakeholders. Prior to IDC, he gained recognition as a marketing leader and spokesperson for SGI’s supercomputing products and strategy. Addison holds a master’s degree from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Kelly Gaither is the Director of Health Analytics/Senior Research Scientist at the Texas Advanced Computing Center and an Associate Professor in the Department of Women’s Health at the Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin. She received her doctoral degree in Computational Engineering from Mississippi State University in May 2000 and received her master’s and bachelor’s degrees in computer science from Texas A&M University in 1992 and 1988 respectively. She has published papers in fields ranging from Computational Mechanics to Supercomputing Applications to Scientific Visualization and Maternal Health. She has given numerous invited talks and has actively participated in conferences related to her field. Her areas of expertise are large-scale data analysis and visualization with particular emphasis on health and medicine.

Moriba Jah is the Chief Scientist and a co-founder of Privateer. Privateer is a data and intelligence platform empowering the future of space sustainability. As a renowned space environmentalist and astrodynamicist, Moriba brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise in space object detection, tracking, identification, and characterization, as well as spacecraft navigation to the Privateer team, where he is developing the first highly accurate space traffic map that aggregates multi-source data on Earth orbiting space objects, as a means to power the new space economy and make space exploration safe and sustainable.

Moriba is also an associate professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at The University of Texas at Austin where he is the holder of the Mrs. Pearlie Dashiell Henderson Centennial Fellowship in Engineering. At the University of Texas at Austin, he has worked with a team to develop ASTRIAGraph, an award-winning near real-time map of where objects are predicted to be located in space. He serves on many professional bodies and is a Fellow of multiple organizations including TED, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), American Astronautical Society (AAS), International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety (IAASS), Royal Astronomical Society (RAS), and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). He has served on the US delegation to the United Nations Committee On Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN-COPUOS), is an elected Academician of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), and has testified to congress on his work as related to Space Situational Awareness and Space Traffic Management.

Moriba received his B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering Sciences from the University of Colorado at Boulder, specializing in astrodynamics and statistical orbit determination.

Dr. Yung is currently a NASA Postdoctoral Fellow at Goddard Space Flight Center, the world’s leading space telescope development facility. Aaron’s research focuses on developing physical models for galaxy formation and cosmic reionization using semi-analytic modeling techniques, with special interest in investigating the interplay among galaxies, supermassive black holes, and the cosmic environment in the earliest episodes of our universe’s history. Aaron works very closely with observing teams on providing simulated predictions and theory support for James Webb Space Telescope observing programs, and is involved in the preparatory studies for the highly anticipated Roman Space Telescope and Euclid Observatory.

Prior to joining NASA, Aaron earned his Ph.D. in Astrophysics from Rutgers University and was a visiting researcher at the Center for Computational Astrophysics at the Flatiron Institute in New York. His thesis consisted of 4 journal publications entitled “Semi-analytic forecasts for JWST”, which won a Dissertation Prize from Rutgers University, Department of Physics and Astronomy. Check out his latest research work at https://lyaaronyung.github.io.