Jeff Alstott is the founding director of the Center for Technology and Security Policy (TASP), senior information scientist and professor of policy analysis at RAND. He is an expert at the National Science Foundation, where he directs a program on assessing and predicting R&D investment returns. His government service includes time at the White House as Director for Technology and National Security at the National Security Council and Assistant Director for Technology Competition and Risks at the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
He previously worked in the Intelligence Community as a program manager at IARPA, with a portfolio that included artificial intelligence, analytic methods, biosecurity, and science and technology forecasting. He has worked in academia for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Singapore University of Technology and Design, the World Bank, and the University of Chicago. Alstott’s published research covers animal behavior, computational neuroscience, complex networks, design science, statistical methods, and science and technology forecasting.
He obtained his doctorate studying complex networks at the University of Cambridge, and his MBA and bachelor’s degrees from Indiana University. He is a member of the DOD Responsible AI Academic Council, the Purdue Krach Institute for Technology Diplomacy Advisory Council, and the Talent Mobility Fund Advisory Committee.
