Dr. Raff is the Director of Emerging AI at Booz Allen Hamilton, where he leads the firm’s machine learning research group. His work involves government and commercial needs that cannot be satisfied by existing solutions, requiring domain understanding combined with technical insight and invention. Dealing with problems in healthcare, finance, cybersecurity, and national security, these issues often involve active and motivated adversaries who seek to subvert or compromise solutions, making robustness and security in solutions a requirement for efficacy. Dr. Raff’s work has led to over 125 peer-reviewed articles, six Best Paper awards, and elevation to Senior Member status in the IEEE and AAAI professional communities.