Patrick Tucker, Technology Editor, Defense One (Moderator)

Patrick Tucker is technology editor for Defense One. He’s also the author of The Naked Future: What Happens in a World That Anticipates Your Every Move? (Current, 2014). Previously, Tucker was deputy editor for The Futurist, where he served for nine years. Tucker’s writing on emerging technology also has appeared in Slate, The Sun, MIT Technology Review, Wilson Quarterly, The American Legion Magazine, BBC News Magazine and Utne Reader among other publications.

Dr. Paul Cohen, Program Manager, DARPA

Dr. Paul Cohen joined DARPA as a program manager in September 2013. His research interests span artificial intelligence and include machine learning, language, vision, semantic technology, data analysis, information theory and education informatics.

Dr. Cohen joined DARPA from the University of Arizona, where he is professor and founding director of the university’s School of Information: Science, Technology and Arts. He has also served as head of the university’s department of computer science.

Prior to joining the University of Arizona, Dr. Cohen worked at the University of Southern California. At that institution, he served as director of the Center for Research on Unexpected Events and deputy director of the Intelligent Systems Division. He began his career as professor of computer science at the University of Massachusetts.

Dr. Cohen has published nearly 200 peer-reviewed articles and is the author of Empirical Methods for Artificial Intelligence (MIT Press, 1995). He is co-author of five books and has contributed chapters to another 20 books. He is an elected Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence.

Dr. Cohen holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Computer Science and Psychology from Stanford University, a Master of Science degree in Psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles and a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from the University of California, San Diego. 

Dr. Jason Matheny, Associate Director, Office for Anticipating Surprise (OAS), IARPA

Dr. Jason Matheny is an Associate Director of the Office for Anticipating Surprise and also manages IARPA’s OSI and ForeST Programs. Previously he worked for Oxford University, the World Bank, the Center for Biosecurity and the Applied Physics Laboratory. His research has been published in Nature, Nature Biotechnology, Biosecurity and Bioterrorism, Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Risk Analysis, Tissue Engineering and the World Health Organization’s Disease Control Priorities, among others. His research has been profiled in the New York Times’ annual “Ideas of the Year,” Discover Magazine’s “Top Science Stories of the Year,” as well as NOVA, Scientific American and the Economist. He holds a doctorate in applied economics from Johns Hopkins, a master’s in public health from Johns Hopkins, a master’s in business administration from Duke and a bachelor’s from the University of Chicago. His interests include epidemiology, econometrics, risk analysis, human judgment, uncertainty and demography.