Adam Amos-Binks

About Adam Amos-Binks

DARPA-funded Principle Investigator with a career in translational AI research for national security applications. I\'m at my best building cross-functional research teams that are breaking new ground.Innovation - 20+ years building AI solutions for national security challenges. Guest editor of a special issue of AI Magazine on agents using anticipatory thinking to improve risk management.Leadership - 15+ years in AI leadership roles. Officially represented the Government of Canada in the establishment of a national security funded translational research lab at NC State University.Impact - Passionate about human-AI research that improves future thinking in risk management tasks. Invented patent-pending, FDA-approved ML model licensed and deployed in hospital ICUs.

Experience

1. Principal Ai Engineer - Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff

   ARA

   Sep 2018 — Present · Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, US

   Lead teams of high-performing scientists and engineers to develop AI solutions that use anticipatory thinking(AT) to help humans manage risk in virtual military biomedical and infrastructure challenges. Manage the full model development lifecycle and deploy to cloud based platforms (Azure, AWS, etc)Technical leadership (selected projects):PI: Create virtual combat casualty environment where RL agents use AT to manage casualty risksPI: Assess Starcraft game AI agent’s ability to react and anticipate adversary capability developmentPI: Augment open ML models with AT stress-tests to ensure performance in battlefield conditionsAI lead: SFT LLMs for clinical practice, PIML for airport design, GNNs for pathogen effectsBusiness and proposal development:Capture planning and funding shaping for advanced capability agencies (DARPA, IARPA, ARPA-H)Create compelling proposals through cross-functional partnerships and novel technical visionKeep stakeholders engaged and give client facing presentations to ensure customer successPeople and project management:Attract and develop AI talent from adjacent disciplines (e.g. engineering, cognitive psychology)Budgeting, project planning, and staff/infrastructure resourcing across ARA profit centersDetailed achievements:AI-related bookings of over $9 million (DARPA, US Army, FAA, National Guard, LAS, BLM. NIH)Founder and chair of ARA’s AI4Science community of practice that builds internal AI competencyGuest editor of 2023 summer issue of AI Magazine’s special topic on Anticipatory ThinkingChair of the 2021, 2019 Cognitive Systems for Anticipatory Thinking Symposium for the

Education

• Carleton University

  Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Biomedical Engineering

  2008 — 2012

• University of New Brunswick

  Bachelor of Computer Science, Computer Science

  1998 — 2003

• North Carolina State University

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence

  2014 — 2018

Skills

• Research
• Government
• Software Development
• Machine Learning
• Leadership
• Infrastructure
• Computer Security
• Data Analysis
• Strategy
• Science
• Artificial Intelligence
• Security