Alain Kornhauser is a Professor in the Department of Operations Research & Financial Engineering at Princeton University, where he is also the Director of the Transportation Research Program and Faculty Chair of Princeton Autonomous Vehicle Engineering (PAVE). Prof. Kornhauser is also the Founder of Princeton University Coalition for Automated Road Transportation Safety (CARTS).

In addition to teaching classes on Transportation Systems Analysis, Electronic Commerce, to name a few, and acting as the ORFE Director of Undergraduate Studies, Prof. Kornhauser is the Chair and Organizer of the SmartDrivingCar initiative. Prof. Kornhauser earned a Ph.D. in Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering from Princeton University and a BS and MS in Aerospace Engineering from Pennsylvania State University