Statistical Analysis of Massive Data Streams: Proceedings of a Workshop (2004)
Chapter: J.Douglas Beason Global Situational Awareness
J.Douglas Beason
Global Situational Awareness
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BIOSKETCH: Douglas Beason is the director of the International, Space and Response (ISR) Division at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, responsible for over 400 professionals conducting research and development in intelligence, space, sensor, and directed energy programs. He has over 26 years of R&D experience that spans conducting basic research to directing applied science national security programs and formulating national policy.
Dr. Beason previously served on the White House staff, working for the President’s Science Advisor in both the Bush and Clinton administrations. He has performed research at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; directed a plasma physics laboratory; taught as an associate professor of physics and director of faculty research; was deputy director for directed energy, USAF Research Laboratory; and is a member of numerous national review boards and committees, including the USAF Science Advisory Board and a Vice Presidential commission on space exploration. He retired as a colonel from the Air Force after 24 years, with his last assignment as commander of the Phillips Research Site, Kirtland AFB, New Mexico.
Dr. Beason holds PhD and MS degrees in physics from the University of New Mexico, an MS in national resource strategy from the National Defense University, and is a graduate of the Air Force Academy with bachelor’s degrees in physics and mathematics. The author of 12 books and more than 100 other publications, he is a fellow of the American Physical Society, a distinguished graduate of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, a recipient of the NDU President’s Strategic Vision Award, and a Nebula Award finalist.
