Larry Lewis, Ph.D.
Vice President and Director

BIOGRAPHY

Larry Lewis is the Vice President and Director of the Center for Autonomy and Artificial Intelligence at CNA. His areas of expertise include lethal autonomy, reducing civilian casualties, identifying lessons from current operations, security assistance, and counterterrorism.

Lewis spent a decade analyzing real world operations as the project lead and primary author for many of DOD's Joint Lessons Learned studies. For example, he was the lead analyst and co-author (with Dr. Sarah Sewall) for the Joint Civilian Casualty Study (JCCS) in support of GEN Petraeus, GEN McChrystal, and ADM Olson (SOCOM); GEN Petraeus described the study as "the first comprehensive assessment of the problem of civilian protection." His other areas of expertise include counterinsurgency and high value targeting in Iraq, Afghanistan, the Philippines, Colombia, and elsewhere. In addition, he authored the 2012 "Lessons from a Decade of War" report for CJCS. He also served as senior advisor to the Department of State's Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, and was on the U.S. delegation to the CCW regarding Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems (LAWS).

Lewis has a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Rice University.

RECENT NEWS

Larry Lewis says, "One thing is clear: The U.S. has not learned from its past."

Washington Post: "As U.S. Air War in Afghanistan Surged, Investigations Into Civilian Harm Plunged"

Larry Lewis says, "U.S. numbers tend to be too low, and outside estimates tend to be too high. The truth is in the middle."

Rolling Stone: "America's Longest War Takes a Deadly New Turn"

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