Roy Hayes

roylh@vt.edu

Roy Hayes

Adjunct Faculty Member and Senior Advisor for Human-Autonomy Teaming

Roy Hayes, Ph.D., is a part-time faculty member in the Intelligent Systems Division of the Virginia Tech National Security Institute. He focuses on developing artificial intelligence systems in data-starved, dynamic, and error-prone environments. He has applied his work in autonomous combat agents, and decision supports for small-unit combat.

He earned a Ph.D. in Systems and Information engineering at the University of Virginia. He is currently the Chief Technology Officer at Systems Engineering, Inc., a small defense contractor that develops and deploys situational awareness solutions for its customers.