Daniel Gonzales

Daniel Gonzales

Senior Scientist, RAND; Professor of Policy Analysis, RAND School of Public Policy

Daniel Gonzales is a senior scientist at RAND and a professor of policy analysis at the RAND School of Public Policy. He has expertise on 5G, other advanced communications systems; electronic warfare (EW), cybersecurity, quantum computing, quantum sensing, directed energy and hypersonic technologies. He has examined the supply chain for advanced microchips, AI microchips, and hardware-enabled mechanisms for controlling and geolocating AI microchips. He examines technology and policy issues in these areas for the Department of War and other government agencies. He received his Ph.D. in theoretical physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a B.S. in physics from Stanford University.

Education

Ph.D. in theoretical physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; B.S. in physics, Stanford University

Selected Work

  • Kulp, Gabriel, Daniel Gonzales, Everett Smith, Lennart Heim, Prateek Puri, Michael J. D. Vermeer, and Zev Winkelman, Hardware-Enabled Governance Mechanisms: Developing Technical Solutions to Exempt Items Otherwise Classified Under Export Control Classification Numbers 3A090 and 4A090, RAND Corporation (WR-A3056-1), 2024
  • Brackup, Julia, Sarah Harting, Daniel Gonzales, and Brandon Corbin, Alternative Futures for Digital Infrastructure: Insights and Considerations for the Department of Defense, RAND Corporation (RR-A1859-1), 2023
  • Parker, Edward, Daniel Gonzales, Ajay K. Kochhar, Sydney Litterer, Kathryn O'Connor, Jon Schmid, Keller Scholl, Richard Silberglitt, Joan Chang, Christopher A. Eusebi, and Scott W. Harold, An Assessment of the U.S. and Chinese Industrial Bases in Quantum Technology, RAND Corporation (RR-A869-1), 2022
  • Daniel Gonzales, Sarah Harting, Mary Kate Adgie, Julia Brackup, Lindsey Polley, Karlyn Stanley, Unclassified and Secure - A Defense Industrial Base Cyber Protection Program for Unclassified Defense Networks, RAND Corporation (RR-4227), 2020
  • Daniel Gonzales "It’s Getting Harder to Do: Countering Terrorist Use of the Internet," in Klaus Larres and Tobias Hof, Terrorism and Transatlantic Relations - Threats and Challenges, Palgrave Macmillan, 2022
  • Bonds, Timothy M., James Bonomo, Daniel Gonzales, C. Richard Neu, Samuel Absher, Edward Parker, Spencer Pfeifer, Jennifer Brookes, Julia Brackup, Jordan Willcox, David R. Frelinger, and Anita Szafran, America's 5G Era: Gaining Competitive Advantages While Securing the Country and Its People, RAND Corporation (PE-A435-1), 2021
  • Gonzales, Daniel, Julia Brackup, Spencer Pfeifer, and Timothy M. Bonds, Securing 5G: A Way Forward in the U.S. and China Security Competition, RAND Corporation (RR-A435-4), 2022
  • Gonzales, D., et al., "Cloud-Trust - a Security Assessment Model for Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Clouds," IEEE Transactions in Cloud Computing, 99

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