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Dewey Murdick

Director of Data Science
Project management
Scholarly literature analysis
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Dewey Murdick is the Director of Data Science at Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET). Prior to joining Georgetown, he was the Director of Science Analytics at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, where he led metric development, data science, and machine-learning and statistical research for Meta and science-related initiatives. Dewey served as Chief Analytics Officer and Deputy Chief Scientist within the Department of Homeland Security. At IARPA, he led program managers and programs in high-risk, high-payoff research in support of national security missions.

Dewey has also held positions in intelligence analysis, research, software development, and contract teaching. He holds a Ph.D. in Engineering Physics from the University of Virginia and a B.S. in Physics from Andrews University. He is the recipient of the DHS Under Secretary’s Award for Outstanding Collaboration, ODNI’s Exceptional Achievement Award, the Distinguished Analysis Award for Excellence in Intelligence Community Collaboration and Analytic Insight, and the National Ground Intelligence Center Commander’s Civilian of the Year Award.

AI Definitions Affect Policymaking

 June 2020

The task of artificial intelligence policymaking is complex and challenging, made all the more difficult by such a rapidly evolving technology. In order to address the security and economic implications of AI, policymakers must be able to viably define, categorize and assess AI research and technology. In this issue brief, CSET puts forward a functional definition of AI, based on three core principles, that significantly outperforms methods developed over the last decade.

Using data in the fight against coronavirus

 March 2020

CSET's Director of Data Science, Dewey Murdick, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss CORD-19, a collaboration between the White House and research groups coordinated by CSET to aggregate scholarly articles on the coronavirus.