William Welser (IV.)

An Intelligence in Our Image

The Risks of Bias and Errors in Artificial Intelligence

Machine learning algorithms and artificial intelligence influence many aspects of life today and have gained an aura of objectivity and infallibility....

Considerations for Integrating Women Into Closed Occupations in U.S. Special Operations Forces

This report assesses challenges for unit cohesion from integrating women into special operations forces and provides analytical support for validating...

Assessment of the USCENTCOM Medical Distribution Structure

This study examined whether there is a less costly medical distribution structure for U.S. Central Command that would maintain or improve performance....

Satellite Anomalies

Benefits of a Centralized Anomaly Database and Methods for Securely Sharing Information Among Satellite Operators

Satellite anomalies are mission-degrading events that negatively affect on-orbit operational spacecraft. All satellites experience anomalies of some k...

Supporting Persistent and Networked Special Operations Forces (SOF) Operations

Insights from Forward-Deployed Sof Personnel SOF Personnel

RAND Corporation researchers identified three key operational challenges that forward-deployed personnel have encountered and then assessed the extent...

Confronting Space Debris

Strategies and Warnings from Comparable Examples Including Deepwater Horizon

Orbital space debris represents a growing threat to the operation of man-made systems in space. With the goal of guiding future mitigation or remediat...

Developing and Assessing Options for the Global SOF Network

The January 2012 Defense Strategic Guidance calls for small-footprint, low-cost approaches where possible in ensuring U.S. security in a 21st-century ...

Achieving Higher-Fidelity Conjunction Analyses Using Cryptography to Improve Information Sharing

Examines the applicability of secure multi-party computation (MPC) protocols as a means to compute the collision probability of two satellites (“con...

Assessing the Need for Supercomputing Resources Within the Pacific Area of Responsibility

"This report evaluates the capabilities, challenges, and future options for the Maui High Performance Computing Center (MHPCC). Located in Kihei on th...

Authorities and Options for Funding USSOCOM Operations

This report examines mechanisms, sources, and inter-Service agreements for funding special operations forces (SOF) operations and provides recommendat...