A comprehensive new initiative at The University of Texas at Austin will prepare graduate students for leadership in the rapidly evolving field of quantum science and technology. Texas ECE professor Xiuling Li is the leader of the Q-CAT program.

Deepu Talla serves as Vice President of Robotics and Edge AI at NVIDIA, where he leads the deployment of AI technology in autonomous machines and intelligent devices, including humanoids, industrial robots, autonomous mobile robots, intelligent video analytics, and factory automation. Over the past decade, he has helped shape NVIDIA’s physical AI and robotics platforms, such as NVIDIA Isaac, NVIDIA Metropolis, and NVIDIA Jetson.