Ilir Dugolli currently serves as Ambassador of Kosovo to the United States, having previously served as Ambassador to Turkey (with non-resident accreditations to Pakistan, Jordan and Afghanistan), as Ambassador to Sweden (with non-resident accreditations to Norway, Finland, Iceland, Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia), and as Ambassador in Brussels (in charge of relations with Belgium, Luxembourg, NATO and EU). He has also served as Director for NATO and Security Policies at Kosovo’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Before joining the diplomatic service, he was affiliated with the University of Prishtina Law School and a number of civil society initiatives.

Visar Berisha joined Arizona State University in 2013 as an assistant professor with a joint appointment in the College of Health Solutions in speech and hearing sciences and the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. The overarching goal of his research is to develop and apply new machine learning and statistical signal processing tools to better understand and model signal perception. With a focus on speech, the goal is to develop reliable, data-driven models that can mimic aspects of human cognition. Some recent projects include developing models of pathological speech perception, developing auditory perception models based on psychoacoustics, and developing new machine learning tools for use with behavioral experiments. Making progress against these goals requires an interdisciplinary approach that spans multiple fields. Visar's contributions to this effort are centered on developing computational models guided by collected behavioral data.