Dr. D. J. Lee holds M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Texas Tech University and an MBA degree from Shenandoah University. He is a distinguished teacher, researcher, inventor, and entrepreneur with over a decade of experience in the machine vision industry before joining the faculty of Brigham Young University (BYU) in 2001. Currently, Dr. Lee serves as a Professor and the Director of the Robotic Vision Laboratory in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at BYU. In 2012, he co-founded Smart Vision Works, Inc., pioneering AI-based smart cameras for automated visual inspection in agriculture and food industries. Most recently, in July 2023, he founded Authentiface, Inc. to bring to market his innovative Facial Motion Password technology, developed at BYU. Dr. Lee’s research interests include artificial intelligence, high-performance visual computing, robotic vision, and automated visual inspection.