Alum Chris Moore (Class of 2005) has an article “Big Data & Big Data Analytics” in the March issue of Phalanx (The Journal of National Security Analysis). Chris has been a campaign analyst with Campaign Analyst at United States Air Force for the last five years.
Moore and his co-authors explore the potential of Big Data in the MORS (Military Operations Research Symposium) and the DoD (Department of Defense) community. They believe that “The ability to use Big Data provides the DoD with an unprecedented and extremely powerful capability.” They go on to suggest applications ranging from budget creation, early warning systems, to force optimization. The article notes the cultural challenges to adoption, in particular emphasizing that patience is necessary as early returns from the investment are likely to be intangible.
It’s nice to see our alums contributing forward-thinking across a wide range of sectors! Andy Hines
