Kristin Schaefer

Affiliation

DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory

Biography

Dr. Kristin E Schaefer-Lay (CAPB, MIS) is a General Engineering at the U.S. Army Combat Capability Development Command (DEVCOM) Army Research Laboratory. In this position, she is the Modeling & Simulation Live, Virtual, Constructive Toolkit team lead and proponent for the Research, Development, and Engineering Network (RDENet) Robot Operating Systems (ROS) Enclave. She has an extensive background in AI/ML for context-aware processing, autonomy integration, and data fusion processes from Army Applied Robotics for Installations and Base Operations (ARIBO), Wingman Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD), and Army Soldier Operation Experiments for the Robotic Combat Vehicle program. She has a B.A. in Psychology from Susquehanna University and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Modeling & Simulation from the Institute for Simulation & Training, University of Central Florida. She is a recent graduate from Carnegie Mellon University, Data Driven Leadership Program. She is recognized in the‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬ World's Top 2% Scientists for Information Sciences and top 1% in AI (2020-Present).