Juan E. Gilbert, Pd.D., earned his doctorate in computer science at the University of Cincinnati (UC) in 2000, a master's degree in computer science from UC in 1995, and a bachelor's degree in systems analysis from Miami University, 1991. Currently, Gilbert is an associate professor in the computer science and software engineering department at Auburn University. He directs the Human-Centered Computing Lab (HCCL), www.HumanCenteredComputing.org, at Auburn. His research lab consists of more than 20 computer science graduate students. The HCCL does research in spoken language systems, usability, advanced databases and advanced distributed learning systems. The goal of the HCCL is to create innovative solutions to real world problems. Gilbert teaches Database Systems I and II as well as spoken language systems and natural interactive systems. These courses are advanced graduate-level courses that emphasize the design, implementation, and evaluation of speech and multimodal systems. His students are beginning to enter the speech workforce, where they are obtaining senior-level jobs because they can do design, development, and evaluation at an advanced level. Gilbert has been very active in the speech community for the past several years. He has been an active member of AVIOS, the VoiceXML Forum and a consistent participant/presenter at SpeechTEK. He has ongoing collaborations with and worked in the past with Jim Larson, Michael McTear, Susan Hura, Andrew Sears, Bill Scholz, Cross Country Automotive Services, EPOS and several others.