Yiannis Kantaros (Member, IEEE) received the Diploma degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Patras, Patras, Greece, in 2012, and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering from Duke University, Durham, NC, USA, in 2017 and 2018, respectively. He is currently an Assistant Professor with the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis (WashU), St. Louis, MO, USA. Prior to joining WashU, he was a Postdoctoral Associate with the Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. His current research interests include machine learning, distributed control and optimization, and formal methods with applications in robotics. Dr. Kantaros is the recipient of the Best Student Paper Award at the 2nd IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing in 2014 and the 2017–2018 Outstanding Dissertation Research Award from the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University.