R. Glenn Wright

R. Glenn Wright has over 45 years of experience in aerospace, maritime, and medicine. He has led projects associated with sensor-based systems that include surface vessel, autonomous underwater, and marine remotely operated vehicles; meteorological and oceanographic data systems; and surface navigation. He is a member of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Transportation Research Board committees on maritime safety and AI; an expert contributor to the International Hydrographic Organization Crowd Sourced Bathymetry Working Group; a master mariner; and an author of books on autonomous ships and their sensors and more than 100 journal articles and conference papers. Dr. Wright holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, an M.S. in computer science from the Polytechnic Institute of New York University, and a Ph.D. in maritime affairs from the World Maritime University in Malmö, Sweden.