Michael Vermeer is a technologist with experience in science and technology policy research in homeland security, criminal justice, the intelligence community, and the armed forces. He specializes in assessing opportunities and security risks associated with emerging technologies. His recent work has focused on assessing and managing the risks from frontier AI capabilities. He is an expert on the cybersecurity risks created by quantum computing and the challenges with broad adoption of post-quantum cryptography.

Vermeer holds a Ph.D. in chemistry from Northwestern University and a B.S. in chemistry from Calvin University.

Education

Ph.D. in chemistry, Northwestern University; B.S. in chemistry, Calvin University

Selected Work

  • Vermeer, Michael J. D., Evaluating Select Global Technical Options for Countering a Rogue AI, RAND Corporation (PE-A4361-1), 2025
  • Vermeer, Michael J. D., Emily Lathrop, and Alvin Moon, On the Extinction Risk from Artificial Intelligence, RAND Corporation (RR-A3034-1), 2025
  • Vermeer, Michael J. D., Chad Heitzenrater, Can Humans Devise Practical Safeguards That Are Reliable Against an Artificial Superintelligent Agent?RAND Corporation (PE-A4261-1), 2025
  • Vermeer, Michael J. D., Timothy M. Bonds, Emily Lathrop, and Gregory Smith, Averting a Robot Catastrophe: Preparing for Converging Trends in Robotics and Frontier AI, RAND Corporation (PE-A3691-7), 2025
  • Vermeer, Michael J. D., Historical Analogues That Can Inform AI Governance, RAND Corporation (RR-A3408-1), 2024
  • Vermeer, Michael J. D., Evan D. Peet, Securing Communications in the Quantum Computing Age: Managing the Risks to Encryption, RAND Corporation (RR-3102-RC), 2020
  • Vermeer, Michael J. D., Chad Heitzenrater, Edward Parker, Alvin Moon, Domenique Lumpkin, Jalal Awan, and Patricia A. Stapleton, Evaluating Cryptographic Vulnerabilities Created by Quantum Computing in Industrial Control Systems, RAND Corporation (RR-A2427-1), 2023
  • Vermeer, Michael J. D., Edward Parker, and Ajay K. Kochhar, Preparing for Post-Quantum Critical Infrastructure: Assessments of Quantum Computing Vulnerabilities of National Critical Functions, RAND Corporation (RR-A1367-6), 2022

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