Dr. Stephen Czarnuch, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, joint-appointed to the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science and the Faculty of Medicine, and director of the Centre for Artificial Intelligence at Memorial University. His public safety research focuses on public safety communicators (e.g, 911, call-takers, dispatchers), with a particular interest in next-generation 911. His research is inherently interdisciplinary, lying at the intersection of engineering, computer science, medicine, gerontology, rehabilitation, psychology, and sociology.