Research Collaboration/Funding Opportunities with the United States Navy Laboratories

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BUILDING 2, LEVEL 5, ROOM 5220 

Talk Abstract: Dr. Mamadou H. Diallo is a Science Director for the United States (U.S.) Office of Naval Research (ONR) Global stationed in London, United Kingdom. He focuses on basic and applied research in Information, Cyber & Spectrum Superiority. He is visiting Saudi Arabia to promote research collaboration between scientists in the Saudi Arabia universities and their counterparts within the U.S. Navy laboratories. His presentation will focus on describing the international science tools available within ONR Global to enable the creation of research grant proposals. In addition to the presentation, he is available to individually interact with scientists and research groups to discuss innovative ideas for new grant proposals. The vision of ONR Global is to be the partner of choice for Science and Technology (S&T) leaders. 

Some Research Interests for Funding/Collaboration: Cyber Security and Complex Systems, Advanced Modeling of Cyber Interactions, Reasoning in Cyber Environments, Autonomous Cyber Operations, Deception, Hardware Security Analysis, Safe and Resilient Cyber-Physical Systems, Self-Healing Systems, Networks, Autonomous Systems, Robotics, Computational Methods for Decision Making, Large Scale Real-time Distributed Decision-making, Automated Image Understanding and Resource Optimization, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Mathematical Data Science. 

Short Bio: Dr. Mamadou H. Diallo is a Science Director for the United States (US) Office of Naval Research (ONR) Global in London, United Kingdom. He received his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the University of California, Irvine, US. Prior to joining ONR Global, he was a Science and Technology (S&T) Manager at the Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific, San Diego, California. His duties were to conduct, and/or monitor science and technology activities including basic and applied research, advanced technology development, in support of the Navy acquisition programs. With ONR Global, his focus areas are Information, Cyber, and Spectrum Superiority. His responsibilities are to visit international Science and Technology (S&T) institutions to develop access and find cutting-edge science and technology. He initiates and manages grants, link international scientists with the US Navy Research Enterprise (NRE), provide global presence, and expand network of global innovators and technologists.