Raymond Sheh (Assoc)

Dr. Raymond Sheh is the Uncrewed Aircraft System (UAS) Research Lead for the UAS Portfolio, and a Guest Researcher, at the Public Safety Communications Research Division (PSCR) of the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). He is also an Adjunct Associate Research Scientist at Johns Hopkins University. He previously held appointments as a Guest Researcher at the Intelligent Systems Division of NIST, and as a Research Professor at Georgetown University, where he worked closely with researchers, manufacturers, vendors, public safety end users, and international partners to develop measurement science approaches to evaluating the performance of ground, aerial, and underwater robotic systems used in applications such as search and rescue, hazardous materials cleanup, and incident response. He was also a Senior Lecturer at Curtin University in Western Australia, where he developed and taught undergraduate and graduate units in artificial intelligence (AI), cyber security, and computer science.

His current work at PSCR revolves around trusted autonomous systems in public safety applications, with a focus on UAS. This includes the areas of performance measurement, explainable AI, cybersecurity, reliable communications, and risk management for robotic and cyberphysical systems. He also works on developing and running academic research competitions for the next generation of intelligent robots in public safety applications that push the state-of-the-science in capabilities while also educating competitors about the need to manage and address cybersecurity and AI risks. Ask him about his experience with robotic lion cubs and his superhero alter-ego’s efforts to avert the next AI winter.