SMA hosted a speaker session presented by Dr. Andrew Futter (University of Leicester) as a part of its SMA STRATCOM Academic Alliance Speaker Series. During his presentation, Dr. Futter highlighted his research on cyber threats and nuclear weapons.

SMA hosted a speaker session presented by Dr. Chuck Ehlschlaeger (US Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center, Construction Engineering Research Lab [CEERD-CERL]) as a part of its SMA General Speaker Series.

SMA hosted a panel discussion as a part of its SMA General Speaker Series. Presenters included Lt Col Dave Lyle (Air Education and Training Command [AETC] and Air University), Dr. Michael Bunting (University of Maryland Center for Advanced Study of Language [UMD CASL]), Dr. Petra Bradley (UMD CASL), Dr. Jared Linck (UMD CASL), Dr. Kevin Gluck (Air Force Research Laboratory [AFRL] Cognitive Science, Models, and Agents Branch), Lt Col Paul Vicars (Pilot Training Next [PTN]), Maj Travis Sheets (PTN), and Dr. Andy Stricker (Air University).

To begin the presentation, Dr. Astorino-Courtois explained the methodology behind NSI’s Interest-Resolve-Capability (IRC) analysis, outlined the results and primary findings, and highlighted the regional dynamics that emerged during the analysis.

SMA hosted a speaker session presented by Dr. Christophe Morin (SalesBrain) as a part of its SMA General Speaker Series. During his presentation, Dr. Morin discussed how cognitive science can be used to better understand persuasion science theory.

SMA hosted a speaker session presented by Dr. Larry Kuznar (NSI, Inc. / Purdue University- Fort Wayne) as a part of its SMA Korea Strategic Outcomes Speaker Series. For his study, Dr. Kuznar and his team conducted a comparative analysis of the three Kim family leaders to determine whether Kim Jong-un differs from previous leaders in meaningful ways and whether things are likely to change based on his behavioral patterns.

SMA hosted a speaker session presented by Dr. Jongseok Woo (University of South Florida) as a part of its SMA Korea Strategic Outcomes Speaker Series.

SMA hosted a speaker session presented by Dr. Adam Stulburg (Georgia Institute of Technology) and Dr. Lawrence Rubin (Georgia Institute of Technology) as a part of its SMA STRATCOM Academic Alliance Speaker Series.

SMA hosted a speaker session presented by Dr. Nicholas Wright (Intelligent Biology / Georgetown University) as a part of its SMA Korea Strategic Outcomes Speaker Series.

SMA hosted a speaker session presented by Dr. Karl Kaltenthaler (University of Akron) as a part of its SMA CENTCOM (Afghanistan) Speaker Series. Dr. Kaltenthaler first outlined his key observations from studying various Salafi Jihadi groups.