Dr Elie Alhajjar is a Senior Research scientist at the Army Cyber Institute and jointly an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY, where he teaches and mentors cadets from all academic disciplines. Before coming to West Point, Dr Alhajjar had a research appointment at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, MD. His work is supported by grants from NSF, NIH, NSA, and ARL and he was recently named the Dean’s Fellow for research. His research interests include mathematical modelling, machine learning and network analysis. He has presented his research work at international meetings in North America, Europe, and Asia. He is an avid science policy advocate, having received the Civilian Service Achievement Medal, the NSF Trusted CI Open Science Cybersecurity Fellowship, the Day One Technology Policy Fellowship, and the SIAM Science Policy Fellowship. He holds a Master of Science and a PhD in mathematics from George Mason University, Master’s, and Bachelor’s degrees from Notre Dame University.