Dr. Weitian Wang is an Associate Professor in the School of Computing at Montclair State University and the Director of Montclair Collaborative Robotics and Smart Systems Laboratory (CRoSS Lab) and NSF MRI MCROS Site. He has longstanding and extensive research experience in robotics, AI, human-robot interaction (HRI), and smart resilient cyber-physical systems. Dr. Wang is the recipient of Montclair State University Advising Excellence Faculty Advisor Award and Montclair State University Social Justice and Diversity Vanguard of the Year Award. Dr. Wang is enthusiastic about STEM education and develops numerous education and outreach programs for K-12, undergraduate, and graduate students. He is the founder faculty advisor of Montclair Robotics Club.

He has served as a conference Program Chair/Associate Editor/Co-chair/Publication Chair/Session Chair/TPC member for over 30 academic conferences in the past years. Dr. Wang is the Chair of IEEE NJ SMC Chapter and the Advisor of IEEE Montclair State University Student Branch. He is a senior member of IEEE and ACM and a member of ASME.