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Research Internship Program

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CNA’s 12-week, paid Summer Research Internship Program has recent undergraduates and graduate students working in a nonprofit studies and analysis organization.

Internship CNA’s 12-week, paid Summer Research Internship Program has recent undergraduates and graduate students working in a nonprofit studies and analysis organization. /images/Careers/Interns-IMG_0329.jpg Research Internship Program Internship Program CNA’s 12-week, paid Summer Research Internship Program is designed to introduce recent undergraduates and current graduate students to work in a professional studies and analysis organization dedicated to the safety and security of the nation. We are seeking candidates with quantitative or qualitative research and analysis skills to work

Hildy Saizow

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Hildy Saizow is a CNA expert in police-community relations, community engagement and assessment, gun and youth violence prevention, and qualitative research.

Saizow-Hildy Hildy Saizow is a CNA expert in police-community relations, community engagement and assessment, gun and youth violence prevention, and qualitative research. /images/Experts/Saizow-Hildy.jpg Hildy Saizow is an expert in police-community collaboration, community engagement processes, gun and youth violence prevention, qualitative research, and community assessment. At CNA, she has worked on youth violence assessments, community policing evaluations, trauma informed and collective healing practices, and training and technical assistance for law enforcement. Saizow received

Mark Roberts

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Mark Roberts is a CNA expert in domestic safety and security. He is a certified GIS Professional and specializes in geospatial and supply chain analyses.

analysis, Roberts is an NVivo Certified Expert in conducting qualitative analysis. His past work for CNA includes developing and facilitating a hybrid workshop for the National Academies of Science ... in the event of a catastrophic incident. He is a recipient of the Institute for Public Research Principles Award. Before joining CNA, Roberts worked at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle as a post-doctoral research fellow. He conducted geospatial analyses and quantitative analyses of HPV vaccine hesitancy among adolescents in the state of Washington. Roberts earned his doctorate

Brittany Cunningham

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Brittany Cunningham is a CNA expert in scientific research and analysis, specializing in using evidence-based approaches to support law enforcement operations and reform.

Cunningham-Brittany Brittany Cunningham is a CNA expert in scientific research and analysis, specializing in using evidence-based approaches to support law enforcement operations and reform. /images/Experts/Cunningham-Brittany.jpg Brittany Cunningham is an expert in scientific research and analysis and has more than a decade of experience designing, implementing and managing rigorous research studies and evaluations at the local, state and national level. Cunningham specializes in using evidence-based approaches and quantitative and qualitative analysis to support law enforcement agency

Daniel Lawrence

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Daniel Lawrence is a CNA expert in law enforcement technologies and analytics as well as methods to improve police-community relations.

Lawrence is an expert in law enforcement technologies and analytics as well as methods to improve police-community relations. His objective is to produce high-quality empirical research using innovative approaches that are grounded in criminological theory. Lawrence's research interests include police technologies (e.g., body-worn cameras, gunshot detection technology, public surveillance systems ... Ventures and the MacArthur Foundation. Lawrence uses rigorous evidence-based approaches and quantitative and qualitative analysis to assess law enforcement agency operations and organizational reform

The Women Peace and Security Agenda

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This conference proceeding summarizes a virtual, on-the-record event organized by CNA’s Strategy and Policy Analysis program on December 2, 2020. Exploring issues across Africa, Asia, and Europe, the event examined the implementation of the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 that was passed 20 years ago. This document utilizes both qualitative and quantitative methods to identify the key points of discussion presented by Major General Suzanne Vares-Lum of US Indo-Pacific Command; Admiral (Ret.) James G. Foggo III, previously Commander of US Naval Forces Europe-Africa and NATO Allied Joint Force Command Naples; CNA Principal Research Scientist Julia McQuaid, a counterterrorism and Africa expert; and CNA Research Program Director Nilanthi Samaranayake.

of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 that was passed 20 years ago. This document utilizes both qualitative and quantitative methods to identify the key points of discussion ... ; CNA Principal Research Scientist Julia McQuaid, a counterterrorism and Africa expert; and CNA Research Program Director Nilanthi Samaranayake. On December 2, 2020, CNA’s Strategy and Policy Analysis ... Command; Admiral (Ret.) James G. Foggo III, previously Commander of US Naval Forces Europe-Africa and NATO Allied Joint Force Command Naples; CNA Principal Research Scientist Julia McQuaid

ai and autonomy in russia: Issue 37, May 2, 2022

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defense-industrial enterprises working on AI research and development for combat UAVs. The RIA Novosti claim also depends on a significant dataset of different types of NATO vehicles and military systems ... for the invading Russian force. THE ERA TECHNOPOLIS TO FURTHER ASSIST THE MILITARY IN AI RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT On April 8, 2022, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov held a meeting of the ERA ... forces. Borisov and his deputies also reviewed joint cooperation between the ERA and the Advanced Research Foundation (ARF, Russia’s DARPA-like organization) on the development of AI technologies

ai and autonomy in russia: Special Issue, September 8, 2022

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September 8, 2022 issue features translations of several Russian military journal articles that reflect on the use of AI and autonomy. All have been written since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

discussed in scientific and research circles, which is associated with an increase in the use of non- military measures and the introduction of new technological solutions. An analysis of the views ... . In the wars of the past, these measures were applied fragmentarily and often did not have a significant impact on their outcome. Today, they are being transformed at a new qualitative and technological level ... vision station developed by the research and production enterprise “Alexander” (Fig. 3). [Fig. 3: Optical-electronic all-around vision station] Today, many counter-UAV engagements are carried out

Are We Winning

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In more than a decade of war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States’ armed forces have encountered myriad challenges in their efforts to execute simultaneous counterinsurgency campaigns. Assessing progress on the ground—what we will refer to here as “operations assessment”—has proven an especially challenging task. For CNA analysts, as well as uniformed operations research and systems analysis (ORSA) personnel, the operations assessment process has grown in importance and consumed increasing analytic resources over the course of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). While there have been new and innovative approaches to operations assessment in recent years, there has also been a great deal of relearning old lessons from previous eras (under different conditions). This relearning is, at least in part, attributable to the lack of a comprehensive history of operations assessment.

task. For CNA analysts, as well as uniformed operations research and systems analysis (ORSA) personnel, the operations assessment process has grown in importance and consumed increasing analytic ... assessment, as has the broader military operations research community. Yet, to our knowledge, there is no comprehensive account of the history of operations assessment. This paper aims to serve ... robust history on this topic. Although the genesis of what we now refer to as operations assessment began in World War II with the growth of operations research, the Vietnam era saw the emergence

Hispanic Representation in the Military and Civilian Sectors

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This CNA report on programs, policy, and data on Hispanic members of the armed services was mandated by Congress in the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act.

and a comparison of how each Service recruits, retains, and promotes Hispanic servicemembers. The overall study effort will combine quantitative and qualitative approaches to understanding these issues ... from previous research that should be accounted for in the forthcoming phases of our analysis and gaps in the literature that future analysis should aim to address. The literature shows ... quantitative and qualitative data to address most of these knowledge gaps and would ideally include some combination of focus groups, surveys, and additional data collection. The gaps most ripe