Missy Cummings
Mary (Missy) Cummings received her B.S. in Mathematics from the United States Naval Academy
in 1988, her M.S. in Space Systems Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1994, and
her Ph.D. in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia in 2003. A naval officer and
military pilot from 1988-1999, she was one of the Navy's first female fighter pilots. She is
currently the Boeing Assistant Professor in the Aeronautics & Astronautics Department at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her previous teaching experience includes instructing for
the U.S. Navy at Pennsylvania State University and as an assistant professor for the Virginia Tech
Engineering Fundamentals Division. Her research interests include supervisory control, human
interaction with autonomous vehicle systems, humans and automation, decision support, human-
computer interaction, and the ethical and social impact of technology.