Saigopal Nelaturi received the B.E. degree in mechanical engineering from the RV College of Engineering, Bengaluru, India, the M.Sc. degree in manufacturing from the University of Bath, U.K., and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He currently manages the computation for automation in systems engineering area in the System Sciences Laboratory (SSL), Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). Prior to joining PARC, he worked on mathematical foundations, computer representations, and algorithms for geometric problems in cyber-physical systems design with the Spatial Automation Laboratory, University of Wisconsin–Madison. His earlier collaborations with General Motors Research and General Electric Research included the applications in reconfigurable manufacturing, spatial planning, and non-destructive inspection.