Steve Goddard is the former Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Iowa. Prior to joining the faculty at Iowa in 2019, Goddard was the the John E. Olsson Professor of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) and served in multiple administrative roles there, including Vice Chancellor for Research, Dean and Department Chair.

Naimul Hoque is an Assistant Professor in the department of Computer Science at the University of Iowa. His research investigates how data visualization can address key human concerns (e.g., fairness, transparency, and provenance) in AI-assisted applications.

Juan Pablo Hourcade is a Professor at The University of Iowa's Department of Computer Science and Director of Graduate Studies for the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Informatics. His main area of research is Human-Computer Interaction, with a focus on the design, implementation, evaluation, and ethics of technologies that support creativity, collaboration, well-being, healthy development, and information access for a variety of users, including children and older adults.