Dr. Joseph Thekinen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at the University of Calgary. He received his Ph.D. from the School of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University. He did his B.Tech and M.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, with honors such as university silver medal (for topping academics in his department), best Masters thesis award, ABS scholarship, and J.P. Ghose Memorial award. His research focuses on enhancing human-AI partnership in decentralized sociotechnical systems using algorithmic game theory, machine learning, network science, and experimental techniques.