Dr. Gokhan Inalhan received his B.Sc. degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Istanbul Technical University in 1997, and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford University, in 1998 and 2004 respectively. In 2003, he has received his Ph.D. Minor from Stanford University on Engineering Economics and Operations Research (currently Management Science and Engineering). Between 2004 and 2006 he had worked as a Postdoctoral Associate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. During this period, he had led the Communication and Navigation group in the MIT-Draper Laboratory NASA CER project. He has served as Director of Controls and Avionics Laboratory (2006-2016) and Director General of Aerospace Research Centre (2016-2019) at Istanbul Technical University. Gokhan also served as the BAE Systems Chair, Professor of Autonomous Systems and Artificial at Cranfield University leading the research theme on autonomous systems and artificial intelligence within the School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing (2019-2024). Dr. Gokhan Inalhan is the Executive Director of the Sloane Institute in London and the Chief Technology Officer of Altay Technology Group.

During his career, Gokhan has led and managed numerous grants and industrial projects from FP7, H2020, SESAR, EC Marie-Currie, EPSRC, UKRI, ATI, Innovate UK, BAE Systems, BAE Systems FalconWorks™, Boeing, Airbus, BR&T Europe and major Euro-Asian aerospace, defense and aviation companies. He and his research are recipient of awards such as IEEE AESS Exceptional Service Award, Boeing Faculty Fellowship, Council of Higher Education Outstanding Achievement, TUBITAK Innovation Success Stories and Best Paper Awards (IEEE). Gokhan has been serving in Science, Technology and Advisory Boards of various government and commercial entities and he is a member of the general assembly of ASDA and Eurocontrol Agency Research Team. His professional service span technical committees (AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control TC, IFAC TC on Aerospace), program and editorial boards in which he has been leading themes including autonomy, intelligent systems and transportation for IEEE CCTA, ICRAT, SESAR SID and AIAA GNC. He is currently the Chair of IEEE Technical Committee on Aerospace Controls and the Editorin- Chief of IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. Gokhan is a life-time member and Associate Fellow of AIAA.