Talking points:
Here today to discuss how math can serve the public interest and support the federal government.
Talking Points:
Go to college to support getting your dream job, for me that’s becoming the GM for the Red Sox.
Obviously, I didn’t do that, so what did I end up doing with a math degree?
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I became a “consultant”…
Started with planning missions to the moon under the Constellation Program
Then after 9/11, helped analyze and quantify ways to keep people safe as they ride public transit
Graduated with my masters and wanted bigger challenges working directly with customers.
After getting married, moved back to Boston and work on applying math to marketing problems outside of the classic approaches of determining who was likely to respond to promotions.
But, there are other ways to use math and help out the public.
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So I took my talents to MITRE where I’ve had the opportunity to serve the public interest in many facets.
From helping the Veterans Administration serve veterans better to helping the Department of Energy plan to treat nuclear waste.
Even traveling to the White House to tackle Foster Care and ways to hack a technology solution together.
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First task is exploring a dataset I get to understand what I received.
Next is manipulating it to a point where it’s useful.
Building and tuning the model.
Visualizing the data.
Then communicating the results.
Talking Points:
First task is exploring a dataset I get to understand what I received.
Next is manipulating it to a point where it’s useful.
Building and tuning the model.
Visualizing the data.
Then communicating the results.
Talking point:
MITRE can step in using internal research budgets to figure out how we can step in to use math to tackle this problem.
Using a combination of statistics, optimization and data visualization, we can use our unique position to bring together lots of data sources to identify systemic issues in child welfare.
How can MITRE do this? Let me tell you a bit about what it means to operate FFRDCs
MITRE is a not-for-profit company chartered in 1958 to work solely in the public interest.
Among a number of companies established in the late 1940s and 1950s to bring public sector resources in science and technology to work for govt. in an independent, conflict-free environment.
This led to the establishment of an ecosystem of federal research centers.
RAND, the Lincoln Lab, Aerospace, and the National Labs are among the 40 federally funded research and development centers that exist today.
At present, MITRE only operates federally funded research and development centers.
Today we operate seven FFRDCs. This puts MITRE in a unique position to serve as a bridge among agencies, facilitating collaboration and sharing common solutions broadly.
National Security Engineering Center
NSEC helps the government make choices based on objective technical assessments, mission requirements, and budgetary constraints. We also transfer the prototypes or system improvements that our own staff develops either directly to our sponsors or to commercial companies for production.
Center for Advanced Aviation System Development
CAASD provides the FAA with advanced technical capabilities in systems engineering, mathematics, and computer science. We also apply in-depth domain knowledge in air traffic management and airspace user operations relevant to the National Airspace System (NAS) as well as international aviation.
Center for Enterprise Modernization
CEM, sponsored by the Internal Revenue Service and co-sponsored by the Department of Veterans Affairs, takes on the challenge of reshaping and modernizing the technology infrastructure as well as mission-critical business and management functions of civilian federal government agencies.
Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute
HS SEDI helps the Department of Homeland Security improve its performance in critical functions, such as acquisition processes, risk and program management, information technology engineering, and decision-making capabilities.
Judiciary Engineering and Modernization Center
JEMC provides objective assessments of the technical challenges the judiciary faces, analyzing the impact and risks of both available and emerging systems.
CMS Alliance to Modernize Healthcare
CAMH works across the health community on a range of business, policy, technology, and operational challenges.
National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence
The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence is the first FFRDC solely dedicated to enhancing the security of the nation’s information systems.
Federally funded research and development centers play an important role in working with government and industry to deliver game-changing solutions to complex challenges.
FFRDCs must:
Meet a "special long-term research and development need" that cannot be met by in-house staff or traditional contractor resources.
"Operate in the public interest with objectivity and independence" and "be free from organizational conflicts of interest."
Receive access to sensitive and proprietary data "beyond that which is common to the normal contractual relationship." This ensures that sponsoring organizations receive fully informed guidance that reflects an understanding of all critical points of view.
Form channels of expertise from multiple sources to advance government missions.
These characteristics enable FFRDCs to act as long-term strategic partners with the government in such areas as:
Systems engineering and integration
Research and development
Study and analysis
FFRDCs are an especially valuable resource when an agency confronts a challenge for which there is no obvious solution or a situation in which there are many viable solutions. In these cases, and independent analysis is required to determine which choice offers the agency the greatest benefits in terms of efficiency, effectiveness, and affordability.
Total number of employees – 7,300
· Average years of experience – 25
· Average tenure with MITRE – 12
· Percentage of employees with advanced degrees – 67% with masters degrees; 12% with doctorates
Taken from Model Based Analytics Job Req 27721BR
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