Jorge J. Ortiz

Jorge Ortiz is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rutgers University, where he directs the Sensing and Reasoning Lab. His research develops AI systems that can sense, reason, coordinate, and act in the physical world. His current work focuses on agentic AI, multimodal sensing, cyber-physical systems, multi-agent coordination, and accountable AI workflows, with applications in smart infrastructure, robotics, human-centered sensing, sports analytics, and AI governance.

Ortiz’s recent research studies how AI agents generate claims, use tools, coordinate with one another, and justify their conclusions through explicit evidence. His group builds systems that connect raw sensor data, learned representations, causal structure, and human-interpretable reasoning, with an emphasis on making AI behavior auditable and trustworthy. Before joining Rutgers, Ortiz spent five years as a Research Staff Member at IBM Research, where he worked on machine learning for cyber-physical systems and the Internet of Things. He received his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley and his B.S. from MIT.