What type of CTO does D.C. Need?

D.C.'s Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Archana Vemulapalli, recently announced that she will step down in January 2018...

Wearable Technologies for Law Enforcement: Multifunctional Vest System Options

This report is part of an ongoing research program, led by the RAND Corporation and sponsored by the National Institute of Justice...

Diving into D.C.'s data policy

A deep dive into the new data policy released by the D.C. Government

Direct measurements of multi-photon induced nonlinear lattice dynamics in semiconductors via time-resolved x-ray scattering

Nonlinear optical phenomena in semiconductors present several fundamental problems in modern optics that are of great importance for the development of optoelectronic devices...

Defining the Roles, Responsibilities, and Functions for Data Scienc e Within the Defense Intelligence Agency

Exploiting the rapidly growing sources of data available for collection and analysis is one of the greatest professional challenges facing today’s intelligence leaders...

A Framework for Programming and Budgeting for Cybersecurity

When defending an organization against cyberattacks, cybersecurity professionals are faced with the dilemma of selecting from a large set of cybersecurity defensive measures...

Thermal conductivity of monolayer molybdenum disulfide obtained from temperature-dependent Raman spectroscopy

Atomically thin molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) offers potential for advanced devices and an alternative to graphene due to its unique electronic and optical properties...

Temperature and power dependent photothermal properties of single-layer MoS2

The discovery of graphene, nearly a decade ago, has since given interest into other atomically thin, two-dimensional crystals...

EPICS oscilloscope for time-resolved data acquisition

The Sector 7 undulator beamline (7 ID) of the Advanced Photon Source (APS) is dedicated to time-resolved X-ray research...

Battleship

Naval strategy against computer AI: position your fleet, track missile hits, and sink the enemy armada.

Mastermind

Can you crack the code? Deduce the secret 4-color pattern in 10 attempts or less using feedback pegs.

Tower of Hanoi

Classic mathematical disk puzzle: transfer graduated disks between pegs with customizable disks and towers.

Michael Watson

Michael Watson joined the D.C. Policy Center in January 2017...

Michael holds a Master's of Science from Towson University in Applied Physics. He conducted research on novel two-dimensional materials. He has a Bachelor's of Science from DePaul University in Physics where he conducted research on ultra-fast laser-matter interactions...