Nuclear Command and Control in the 21st Century: Maintaining Surety in Outer Space and Cyberspace
“Nuclear Command and Control in the 21st Century: Maintaining Surety in Outer Space and Cyberspace”
Speaker: Dunnmon, J. (Stanford University)
Date: 22 August 2018
Speaker Session Preview
SMA hosted a speaker session presented by Dr. Jared Dunnmon (Stanford University) as a part of its SMA STRATCOM Academic Alliance Speaker Series. Dr. Dunnmon began his presentation by discussing the challenges for 21st century nuclear command, control, and communication (NC3), as well as the US’s increasing reliance on space-based NC3. He identified potential NC3 vulnerabilities in both outer space and cyber space and explained a few major classes of exploitable flaws in these domains. He proceeded to describe various technological tools currently being developed for risk mitigation and policy tools that “adapt old rules to new domains.” Dr. Dunnmon concluded his presentation by talking through a scenario (an Advanced Extremely High Frequency [AEHF] satellite malfunction) and offering his concluding thoughts.
To access an audio file of the speaker session, please contact Ms. Nicole Omundson (nomundson@nsiteam.com).
Jared Dunnmon
Jared is a current Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Computer Science at Stanford University, where his research focuses on combining heterogeneous data modalities, machine learning, and human domain expertise to inform and improve decisionmaking around such topics as human health, energy & environment, and geopolitical stability. Jared has also worked to bridge the gap between technological development and effective deployment in a variety of contexts including foreign policy at the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, solar electrification Offgrid Electric, cybersecurity at Center for Strategic and International Studies, emerging technology investment at Draper Fisher Jurvetson, nuclear fusion modeling at the Oxford Mathematical Institute, and nonlinear energy harvesting at Duke University. Jared holds a PhD from Stanford University (2017), a B.S. from Duke University, and both an MSc. in Mathematical Modeling and Scientific Computing and an M.B.A. from Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar.
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