Dr. Jeff Alstott
Director for Technology and National Security / National Security Council | Technical Session Speaker
Dr. Jeff Alstott
Jeff Alstott is Director for Technology & National Security on the National Security Council staff. Previously he was a program manager at IARPA, with a portfolio that includes artificial intelligence, analytic methods, biosecurity and science and technology forecasting. He has worked for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Singapore University of Technology and Design, the World Bank and the University of Chicago. Dr. Alstott obtained his doctorate studying complex networks at the University of Cambridge, and his MBA and bachelor's degrees from Indiana University. His published research covers animal behavior, computational neuroscience, complex networks, design science, statistical methods and S&T forecasting.