Data Ethics

Consortium for Robotics and Unmanned Systems Education and Research (CRUSER)

Jeffrey E. Kline is a retired Captain of the United States Navy. Jeff Kline attended the University of Missouri, School of Engineering, graduating with honors in Industrial Engineering.

He is currently a Professor of Practice in the Operations Research department and Program Director for the Consortium for Robotics and Unmanned Systems Education and Research (CRUSER). He teaches Joint Campaign Analysis, systems analysis, executive risk assessment and contributes to maritime security education programs offered at NPS. Kline supports applied analytical research in naval warfare, maritime operations and security, theater ballistic missile defense, and future force composition studies. Additionally, Jeff is an Adjunct Professor at the Naval War College teaching an analytical series titled Joint Analysis for the Warfare Commander.

He has received several NPS faculty awards including the Superior Civilian Service Award, 2011 Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS) Award for Teaching of OR Practice, 2009 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Homeland Security Award, 2007 Hamming Award for interdisciplinary research, 2007 Wayne E. Meyers Award for Excellence in Systems Engineering Research, and the 2005 Northrop Grumman Award for Excellence in Systems Engineering.

Highlights

• Areas of Expertise: Artificial intelligence, Risk assessment, Maritime security
• Veteran, United States Navy

Georgia Tech

Rachel Cummings is an assistant professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech. Her research interests lie primarily in data privacy, with connections to machine learning, algorithmic economics, optimization, statistics, and information theory. Her work has focused on problems such as strategic aspects of data generation, incentivizing truthful reporting of data, privacy-preserving algorithm design, impacts of privacy policy, and human decision-making.

She received her B.A. in mathematics and economics from the University of Southern California, a M.S. in computer science from Northwestern University, and a Ph.D. in computing and mathematical sciences from the California Institute of Technology.

Highlights

• Areas of Expertise: Data privacy, Data generation, Incentivizing truthful reporting of data, Impacts of privacy policy

University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business

Scott Nestler is an associate teaching professor and the Academic Director for the M.S. in business analytics program at the University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business. He has served as an analyst and leader of analytic teams in various locations, including the Pentagon and the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq and is retired from the U.S. Army. His research focuses on sports analytics, ethical use of data and analytics, financial and project portfolio analysis, decision and risk analysis, forecasting and predictive modeling, talent and workforce analytics, data and information visualization, and reliability and prognostics. He has published several books and papers in the field of analytics. In 2019, he received the INFORMS Volunteer Service Award.

He holds a B.S. in civil engineering from Lehigh University, a M.S. in applied mathematics from the Naval Postgraduate School, and a Ph.D. in management science from the University of Maryland–College Park.

Highlights

• Areas of Expertise: Sport analytics, Ethical use of data, Talent and workforce analytics
• Veteran, U.S. Army
• Worked for the Pentagon the U.S. Embassey in Baghdad, Iraq
• Published several books and papers in the field of analytics