Lauren Tabolinsky joined MathWorks in 2008. Before joining MathWorks, Lauren was an Education Product Manager at Harvard Business School Publishing. Lauren currently manages Academic Programs at MathWorks including the student competition program and student ambassador program.  Lauren holds a degree in business administration and marketing from Monmouth University and a Master’s degree in Marketing Communications form Emerson College.

Roberto G. Valenti is currently a Research Scientist at MathWorks where he is responsible for research collaborations in the areas of autonomous systems and deep learning and he leads the MathWorks Excellence in Innovation program.

Previously, he worked as a Research and Development Engineer within the Autonomous Driving team at Nvidia. He obtained a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at the City University of New York, The City College, NY, USA, where he focused his research on state estimation and control for autonomous navigation of micro aerial vehicles, and a Master’s Degree in Electronics Engineering from the University of Catania, Italy.