Global Justice XML Data Model Developer's Workshop

Dr. Stephen E. Cross

Vice President, Georgia Institute of Technology
Director, Georgia Tech Research Institute
Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering

Dr. Stephen E. Cross is a vice president for the Georgia Institute of Technology and director of the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) in Atlanta, Georgia. He also holds a joint appointment as a professor in the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering. The Georgia Tech Research Institute is the applied research arm of the Institute that performs or supports about $115 million in annual research for more than 200 clients in industry and government. Dr. Cross was formerly director and chief executive officer of the Software Engineering Institute, an applied research laboratory at Carnegie Mellon University.

Dr. Cross is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, a member of the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, and is the past chairman of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Information Science and Technology panel. He has published more than 50 papers on technology transition and the applications of advanced information processing technology. Dr. Cross received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois, his M.S.E.E. from the Air Force Institute of Technology, and his B.S.E.E. from the University of Cincinnati. In addition, he is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School (Flight Test Engineer Program), the Air War College, and the National Defense University.