Diana Hicks is Professor and Chair of the School of Public Policy, Georgia Tech. Hicks specializes in science and technology policy as well as in innovative use of large databases of patents and papers to address questions of broad interest at the intersection of science and technology.

Jan Youtie is a principal research associate at Georgia Tech's Economic Development Institute and adjunct associate professor in Georgia Tech's School of Public Policy. She specializes in applied research in economic development, manufacturing modernization, and telecommunications policy areas.

Alan L. Porter is professor emeritus of the School of Public Policy, and of Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISyE). His major concentration is technology forecasting and assessment. Current research focuses on text mining of Science & Technology information resources (research publications, awards, citations, and patents)

Juan D. Rogers is Associate Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Research Value Mapping Program at the School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology. His current research interests include modeling the R&D process, assessment of R&D impacts, especially in the formation of scientific and technical human capital, technology transfer, R&D policy and evaluation, the interaction of social and technical factors in the development of information technology, and information technology policy.

Sanjay K. Arora is a doctoral student in the School of Public Policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology with research interests in innovation, entrepreneurship, and technology and information policy.