Faculty - Information Sciences
Department Leadership

Alexander Bordetsky, Ph.D
Professor
Information Sciences, Department Chair
Space Systems Academic Group, Joint Appointment
Research Areas of Interest:
Collaborative Technologies, Adaptive Networking, Maritime and Littoral Operations, Counter-WMD, Unconventional Maritime Networking, Joint and Coalition Experimentation, C4ISR Integration
Courses Taught:
Network Experimentation, C4ISR Systems, Adaptive Networking, Collaborative Technologies in Military Operations
Awards:
Robert W. Hamming Interdisciplinary Research Award
Fulbright Senior Fellowship
Information Sciences Faculty
Richard Bergin
Lecturer
MS, Information and Operations Management, University of Southern California
MS, Management Information Systems, Claremont Graduate School
Research Areas of Interest:
Technology Adoption, Technology Strategy and Implementation, C2 and Team Performance in Virtual Environments, Applied Generative AI
Courses Taught:
IS3200 Enterprise Systems Analysis and Design, IS3201 Enterprise Database Management Systems, IS4182 Information Systems Strategy and Policy, CC4250 Enterprise Architecture, CY3200 Cyberspace Operations Fundamentals
Ashley Book
Faculty Associate, Research
Information Sciences Assistant Chair, Operations
Joint Interagency Field Experiment (JIFX), Event Manager
MS, Applied Design for Innovation, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø
BA, Urban Planning, University of California, Irvine
Research Areas of Interest:
Innovation, Field Experimentation, Technology Transition, Strategic Technology Development, Experimental Learning, Small Businesses, Social Ecology, Environmental Planning.
A. Mustafa Canan
Associate Professor
Academic Associate, 386 Curriculum
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Jonathan Coon
Faculty Associate, Research
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Shelley Gallup
Associate Professor of Research
CAPT, USN (Ret.)
Ph.D., Engineering Management (Cybernetics), Old Dominion University
MS, Space Systems, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø
MA, Stratey and Policy, Naval War College
MA, International Relations, Salve Regina University
MA, Clinical Psychotherapr (MFT), In Progess
Research Areas of Interest:
Human Machine Partnership in military applications. Command and Control systems, Lightly Manned Automated warships, Complex systems experimentation.
Courses Taught:
C4I Systems
Victor Garza
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Tom Housel
Professor
Associate Chair, Faculty Development
PhD, University of Utah
MA, University of Wyoming
BA, California State University Long Beach (Honors Program)
Research Areas of Interest:
Economics of IT, Business Process Reengineering, Research Methods, Telecommunications, Process Value Optimization
Courses Taught:
IS3330 Research Methods for Information Sciences; S4220:Technology Enabled Process Improvement; IS4790 Information Sciences PhD Topical Seminar
Magdi Kamel
Associate Professor
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Joseph Lukefahr
Faculty Associate, Research
MS, Computer Science, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø
BS, Computer Science, Texas A&M University
Research Areas of Interest:
Secure communications systems for use in intelligent robotic and autonomous systems (IRAS), specifically in unmanned aerial systems, Other topics related to IRAS Communications and security protocols, Applied cryptography
Courses Taught:
CY4700 Defensive Cyber Operations
IS3502 Network Operations I
IS4205 Big Data Architecture, Management, Applications
Douglas J. MacKinnon
Research Assistant Professor
PhD, Civil Engineering, Stanford University
Engineer’s Degree, Civil Engineering, Stanford University
MS, Information Technology Management, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø
MS, Operations Research, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø,
BS, Operations Research, United State Naval Academy
Research Areas of Interest:
Quantitative Analysis, Optimization, Simulation, Maritime Studies, Learning and Forgetting
Courses:
Computer-Based Tools for Decision Support (IS 3301), Managerial Decision Making (GE 4043 and MN 4043), Operations with Supply Management (GE 3042 and MN 4349) , Capability Engineering with Simulation (SE 3250), Probability and Statistics (OS 3101/OS 3105), War Gaming Analysis (OA 4604)
Mollie McGuire
Assistant Professor
PhD, Cognitive Psychology, Claremont Graduate University
Research Areas of Interest:
Stress and decision making, stress and memory, stress and cognitive readiness, decision making with AI, human-AI/autonomy teaming, mis/disinformation
Courses:
IS3330 Research Methods for Information Sciences, MV3403 Research Methods and Statistics for Healthcare Simulation
Scot Miller
Faculty Associate Resarch
CAPT, USN (ret)
MBA, University of West Florida
MS, Operations Research, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø
MA, National Security, Naval War College
Research Areas of Interest:
Explainable AI, Human Machine Teaming, Data Science, Command and Control, Advanced Planning and Execution, Modeling and Simulation
Aurelio Monárrez
Faculty Associate, Research
Principal Investigator
MS, Computer Science, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø
Research Areas of Interest:
AI, Human Machine Teaming, Uncrewed Systems, Uncrewed Aerial Systems, Field Experimentation
Steve Mullins
Faculty Associate, Research
Principal Investigator
Information Sciences Ph.D. Candidate
COL, USA (Ret.)
MBA, Golden Gate University
Research Areas of Interest:
Team Communication, Informaiton Exchange, Situational Awareness Theory & Practice, C2 Decision Processes, Field Experimentartion, Research Methods & Practical Applications
Johnathan Mun
Research Professor
Ph.D., Lehigh University
Research Interests:
Quantitative risk-based decision analytics, applied econometrics, Monte Carlo simulation, stochastic predictive modeling and forecasting, optimization, machine learning, and AI adaptive systems.
Carl L. Oros
Assistant Professor
Associate Director, NPS Consortium for Robotics and Unmanned Systems Education & Research (CRUSER)
LtCol, USMC (Ret.)
PhD, Information Sciences, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø
MS, Information Tech. Mgmt, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø
MMS, USMC Command and Staff College
BA, Geophysics, University of Chicago
Research Areas of Interest:
Biological Information, AI Trust, Tactical Wireless Networking, Sensors & Architecture
Courses Taught:
Network Operations (IS3502), Wireless Networking (134505), Philosophy of Science (IS4700)
Michael Richardson
Faculty Associate, Research
Associate Chair for Research
Academic Associate for Curriculum 370 - Information Technology Management
Director, Joint Interagency Field Experimentation (JIFX)
COL, USA, (Ret.)
PhD, US History, University of California at Los Angeles
MS, Defense Analysis, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø
BA, Political Science and American Government, Gettysburg College
Research Areas of Interest:
Military Operations as Natural Experiments, Protyping and Expeirmentation, Military History of Information Operations, Irregular Forms or War, Culture and War in the American West
Courses Taught:
Military Operations in the Information Environment (IW3101), Cyber Mission Planning (CY4400), Design for Warfighting Capabilities (IW4950)
Riqui Schwamm
Faculty Associate, Research
MS, Computer Science, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø
Research Areas of Interest:
Generative AI, AR/VR, NVIDIA Omniverse, Mobile App Development (Android, iOS), Systems Architecture, Digital Forensics (Mobile Devices), War Game Modeling, Maritime Domain Awareness, AUV Signals, Threat Emitter Recognition
Alan Shaffer
Senior Lecturer
Academic Associate, Cyber Systems and Operations
Ph.D, Computer Science, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø
MS, Computer Science, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø
Research Areas of Interest:
Cyber Operations, Cyber Defense, Secure Systems, Networking Security, Data Science
Courses Taught
CY4710 - Adversarial Cyberspace Operations
CY3650 - Foundations in Data Science
CS3040 - Low Level Programming I
CS3101 - Theory of Formal Languages and Automata
CS3150 - Design and Analysis of Algorithms
Timothy Shives
Professor of Practice
Program Officer, 271 Curriculum
Faculty Bio Coming Soon!
Brian Wood (Woodie)
Faculty Associate Research
MS, Information Technology Management, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø
MA, National Security and Strategic Studies, Naval War College
BS, Economics, United States Naval Academy
Research Areas of Interest:
New technologies and new systems before they are sent to the fleet., High Frequency communications, Unmanned Surface Vessels, Medical Resupply, Optimal bandwidth at sea, Aviation related research, AI/ML, Cyber
Ying Zhao
Research Professor
Ph.D., Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Areas of Interest: AI/ML applications in mission engineering, combat ID, and operational energy; anomaly detection; strategic wargaming and force laydown; virtual agents for air defense; coevolutionary threat wargaming; data science for requirements analysis; over-the-horizon targeting in A2AD environments; and real-time program awareness using lexical link analysis.
Information Sciences Staff
Sydney Allred, Administrative Support Assistant
Austin Sawyer, Management and Program Analyst
Emeritus Faculty
Dan C. Boger, Professor Emeritus, Department of Information Sciences Chair and Professor (1979); Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 1979
Daniel R. Dolk, Professor Emeritus (1982); Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1982.
Mark Nissen, Professor (1996); Ph.D., University of Southern California, 1996.
Michael G. Sovereign, Professor Emeritus (1970); Ph.D., Purdue University, 1965.