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TRAILS Research Team

Project Team

Using a lifecycle-based approach to critical incident analysis, the research team works with stakeholders across academia, government, and industry to develop protocols and training to address emerging security risks in artificial intelligence research.

Interested in joining the team? Interested researchers should fill out our contact form.

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Qin Zhu

Principal Investigator

Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Education

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John Talerico

Co-Principal Investigator

Assistant Vice President for Research Security and Chief Research Security Officer

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Rockwell F. Clancy

Co-Principal Investigator

Research Scientist in the Department of Engineering Education

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Lisa M. Lee

Co-Principal Investigator

Senior Associate Vice President for Research and Innovation and Director, Scholarly Integrity and Research Compliance, and Research Professor in the Department of Population Health Sciences

External Board of Advisors

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Owen Daniels

Associate Director of Analysis and Andrew W. Marshall Fellow at the Center for Security and Emerging Technology

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Tam Dao

Associate Vice President for Campus Safety and Research Security at Rice University

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Mark Haselkorn

Professor in the Department of Human Centered Design and Engineering at the University of Washington and Director of the Center on Collaborative Systems for Safety, Security, and Resilience

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Narcisa Pricope

Associate Vice President for Research in the Office of Research and Economic Development at Mississippi State University

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Stefanie Tompkins

Provost of the Colorado School of Mines and former Director of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency