Senior Mathematician; Professor of Policy Analysis, RAND School of Public Policy
Carter C. Price is a senior mathematician at RAND and professor of policy analysis at the RAND School of Public Policy. He co-directs the RAND Budget Model Initiative and leads the technical aspects of model development for the initiative. He was previously co-director of the RAND Center for Scalable Computing and Analysis and the research quality assurance manager for the RAND Homeland Security Research Division.
Price teaches courses on artificial intelligence, data science, and machine learning. Some of his major projects include work on the COMPARE microsimulation model to study the impact of health care reform, assessments of terrorism risk models, analyses of defense budgets, and studies of acquisition policies. He has also studied predictive policing and assessments of forest fire fighting capabilities. His project leadership experience includes studies of the macroeconomic impact of the Affordable Care Act on states, issues related to immigration fraud, trends in economic inequality, and analytic support for the Commonwealth of Virginia on COVID-19.
Price has submitted testimony to the U.S. Congress and testified in front of state legislatures. His work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, CNN, and USA Today.
He has a Ph.D. in applied mathematics from the University of Maryland, College Park, and a B.A. in mathematics and physics from Hendrix College.
Ph.D. in applied mathematics, University of Maryland; M.S. in applied mathematics, University of Maryland; B.A. in mathematics and physics, Hendrix College
