Partnering with Defense and Security Agencies: Campus perspectives and new opportunities
UW-Madison contributes to advances in intelligence, security and national defense through research, education and technology commercialization. Opportunities are available for faculty, staff and students in areas as diverse as biomedicine, computer science, information technology, social sciences, languages/cultures, engineering and more.
A diverse group of campus leaders with extensive experience in partnering across a range of agencies offers a broad overview of current and anticipated opportunities on campus including research funding, fellowships, careers and startups. Steve Ackerman, vice chancellor for research and graduate education, provides opening remarks.
Featuring:
- Moderator Kristin Eschenfelder, associate dean, College of Letters & Science
- Lawrence Berger, associate vice chancellor for research in the social sciences, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education
- Barton Miller, professor, Computer Sciences
- Cathy Rasmussen, assistant director, Forward BIO Institute
- Dave Schroeder, national security research strategist, School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences
- Idella Yamben, director, Center for Technology Commercialization