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MITRE has named Stephanie Turner to the new role of Vice President, Diversity and Chief Sustainability Officer. This is an expansion of Turner’s current responsibilities for Inclusion, Diversity, and Social Innovation (IDS) that will allow the company to integrate and scale its sustainability and IDS efforts. This expanded position will also embed accountability across policies, practices, governance, and leadership performance.
From selection as a Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion and recognition for our Black and Hispanic leaders by Savoy and Latino Leaders magazines to paradigm-shifting work in neurodiversity, we’re proud of the progress we’ve made in creating an environment where everyone can feel a sense of belonging. Yet we know there’s always more to be done.
While Americans rely on artificial intelligence (AI) to inform consumer choices—from movie recommendations to routine customer service inquiries—the MITRE-Harris Poll survey on AI trends finds that most Americans express reservations about AI for high-value applications such as autonomous vehicles, accessing government benefits, or healthcare. Moreover, only 48% believe AI is safe and secure, and 78% are very or somewhat concerned that AI can be used for malicious intent.
GPS signals may originate from 12,000 miles out in space, but their applications—from smart phones to travel to banking—hit close to home. With GPS receivers highly vulnerable to malicious attacks, MITRE developed a reliable, low-cost capability to help protect this critical technology.
Nicole Gilmore, director of talent development, recently tagged along with the Army’s parachute team, the Golden Knights, to film a promotional video highlighting STEM opportunities within the Army and Department of Defense. “My jump was meant to bring awareness to the diversity of skills and career opportunities that can be afforded to an individual who goes into public service,” she says.
Juan Fernandez, a network engineer in the Network Services group, shares lessons from the Army that have helped guide him in his work at MITRE. This is how MITRE network engineer Juan Fernandez describes his job: “Imagine that the internet is a highway, and the bits of data moving through it are cars on the road. Large companies, required to maintain their own networks of roads, have wider streets, with more cars and as such, a better chance of traffic jams.” Fernandez and his colleagues work to make sure all lanes stay open on MITRE’s superhighway, allowing the free flow of data among 9,000-plus employees across more than 60 sites. Ensuring fast and reliable network access is crucial to the success of our organization.
From farms to factories, taxi cabs to telework – our world relies on satellite systems to function. How can we protect this orbital infrastructure from cyberthreats? MITRE is studying our reliance on, and the reliability of, the complex orbital infrastructure to help identify and mitigate potential cybersecurity threats.
The Partnership for Analytics Research in Traffic Safety (PARTS) released results of the largest government-automaker study to date about the real-world effectiveness of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) in passenger vehicles. The study shows that vehicles equipped with forward collision warning (FCW) and automatic emergency braking (AEB) reduced front-to-rear crashes by about half. In addition, AEB continues to perform well in all conditions, even when roadway, weather, and lighting conditions are not ideal. The study also shows that vehicles equipped with active intervention technologies that help drivers stay in their lane, such as lane keeping assistance (LKA) and lane centering assistance (LCA), are effective in reducing single-vehicle crashes that lead to serious injury.
Patricia Dybalski, a senior at Florida International University (FIU), isn’t your typical student intern. A veteran of the U.S. Air Force, she applies the medical IT knowledge acquired during nine years of active duty to her IT and cybersecurity studies. Dybalski serves in the Air Force Reserves and will finish her degree in 2023. She spent the summer of 2022 as one of 51 Cyber Futures interns at MITRE. She talks about her experience with the program.
BIO PREPAREDNESS: RESPONDING TO FUTURE BIOLOGICAL THREATS The COVID pandemic caught the U.S. and the world off guard in 2020. Nearly three years later, are we building and sustaining capabilities to continue to respond to the dynamic COVID-19 threat? Are we effectively preparing for the next biological threat? Do we have actionable, funded plans for developing, testing, and manufacturing treatments and vaccines? And do we have the partnerships and supply chains to deploy them? Hear from Dr. Julie Gerberding of the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health; Dr. Matthew Hepburn, who leads pandemic preparedness for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; and Dr. Monique K. Mansoura, MITRE's outcome lead for biomedical innovation.
