Director
Dr. Steve Chan
Dr. Chan is a data scientist and technical advisor with core competencies in the area of analytics, resiliency, cyber, and growing expertise in space. Previously, he was a Chief Software Architect at MIT and advised/collaborated with MIT Lincoln Laboratory as a National Preparedness Fellow. In addition, he has served in a Chief Architect role for various Department of Defense organizations, which leveraged high performance computing (e.g., Maui High Performance Computing Center). His background includes high performance computing as well as computational modeling and simulation.
Co-Director
Dr. Tom Klemas
Dr. Klemas is an experienced electrical engineer, data scientist, and technical leader with significant expertise in cyber and growing expertise in space. Previously, he was a Technical Staff member at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, where he was the Program Manager for the Advanced Computational Electromagnetics Program and the Radar Open System Architecture upgrade of the Kwajalein Instrumentation Sensors. Additionally, he served an interim Technical Director for the Maui High Performance Computing Center. His background includes high performance computing as well as computational modeling and simulation.
A High Performance Team
Dr. Chan and Dr. Klemas started collaborating together when they were graduate students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). During the week, they had lab sessions together in Kendall Square to have applied research discussions, and on the weekend, they went to cyber and information operation battle drills together at U.S. Army Base Fort Devens, Massachusetts. They worked together on the MIT Computational Modeling Collaboration and MIT Advanced Computational Modeling and Simulation Program (a collaborative effort among MIT Lincoln Laboratory, MIT Research Laboratory for Electronics, and the Air Force Research Laboratory) at MIT’s Research Laboratory for Electronics, and they served as thought leaders for a variety of defense-related projects.
For the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), they supported a variety of High Performance Computing (HPC) (e.g., Maui High Performance Computing Center - one of the five DOD Supercomputing Resource Centers) and pattern recognition/community detection resiliency initiatives in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) Area of Responsibility (AOR).
Dr. Chan and Dr. Klemas have worked well together as a High Performance Team (HPT), such as noted by The Adjutant General, Hawaii Department of Defense. The HPT was involved in various initiatives that addressed critical infrastructure, such as tsunami warning systems and undersea cable enhancements. Other joint efforts include Foreign Technology Assessments (FTA) under the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering’s (ASDRE) FTA Program and other assessments in various AORs.
The DOD, among others, has noted their unique knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs), via various letters of appreciation from commanders for their service as well as letters of commendation from the Senate.