Staff and Contact Information

For information in the RAND Information Sciences Group, contact:

(310) 393-0411 x7597

ISG Staff

Bob Anderson - societal implications of the information revolution; vulnerability assessment, security and safety in cyberspace

Aarti Anhal - critical infrastructure protection policy, crisis management and the socio-economic implications of the information society, and international policy-making for countering cyber-threats

Philip Anton - information technology trends and foresights, vulnerability assessments, information warfare, computational neuroscience, biomimetics, modeling and simulation, artificial intelligenc

Steve Bankes - exploratory modeling: using computer models to understand complex and deeply uncertain problems; artificial societies; complexity and automata theory

Ed Balkovich - use of future voice, data and video applications for broadband IP network infrastructures; critical infrastructure protection

Tony Hearn - automated symbolic mathematical analysis; Internet navigation, Web browsers, hypermedia; systems design and architecture; security and safety in cyberspace

Tom Lincoln - medical informatics; applications of SGML tagged data to medical records; hospital information systems

Kevin O'Brien - computer systems, computer security, encryption, military history, and tactical camaign simulation

John Pane - education technology, data driven decision-making in education, math and science education, human-computer interaction, computer interface design, impact of technology on individuals and organizations, randomized controlled experiments on the effectiveness of educational interventions.

Shari Lawrence Pfleeger - software engineering, software quality, measurement and process improvement, economics of cyber security, software assurance, effectiveness of information technology to support business and government

Andrew Rathmell - policy analysis within the information, communications, and technology area

Neil Robinson - internet governance; information systems and technology

Jeff Rothenberg -modeling and simulation; artificial intelligence, expert systems, rule-based systems; archiving of digital materials

Lorenzo Valeri - information security and assurance within the state-business community

Willis Ware - information system security, integrity, safety, vulnerabilties; personal privacy in an information society; societal impacts of information systems; national cyber-protection policy