Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics Working Group
Working Group Strategic Partner: 
Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics Pillar
Leadership Team
The White House Executive Order on American AI Initiative signifies unquestionable effort to promote AI technology and innovation in the federal government as a whole. This initiative has further translated into agency-level undertakings such as the DOD Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC), and the GSA Artificial Intelligence Center of Excellence.
ATARC is backing the federal CTO’s regulations for executing AI in ways that will make the quality of citizens’ lives grow, as well as support the administration’s directions successfully, by sharing knowledge for productive uses of AI. United States security, knowledge, and economic growth depends on it. Real-budgeted AI solutions, based on data governance and accountability is the goal for the years ahead.
Anil Chaudhry
Government Chair
General Services Administration
Keith Nakasone
Government Chair
General Services Administration
Yvonne Cole
Government Chair
Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization
John Sprague
Government Chair
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Nevin Taylor
Government Chair
United States Consumer Protection Safety Commission
Alka Patel
Government Vice Chair
Joint Artificial Intelligence Center
Jeff Adams
Industry Vice Chair
Reuven Kaswin
Industry Vice Chair
Aerospike, Inc.
Ron Schmelzer
Analyst Chair
Kathleen Walch
Analyst Chair
John Griffith
Research Chair
MITRE
Gary Williams
ATARC Board Chair
BAH
Working Groups
Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics Guidebook
This group’s purpose is to develop a “reference guide” for project managers, Chief Information Officers (CIO), and Government Senior Managers. The guidebook will outline AI and data analytics best practices and include repeatable and resilient models, core analytic terms of reference, use cases, and supporting definitions while promoting data standardization, optimization, and innovation.
Yvonne Cole
Government Chair
FEHRM
Ken Farber
Industry Chair
TekSynap
Robotic Process Automation
This group’s objective is to aggregate and educate Agencies(federal, state and local), Accademia and Industry on the issues unique to Government regarding the adoption and roll-out of RPA and to explore solutions to those challenges. The RPA Project Team will help agencies understand how to use RPA as a standalone solution but also show how other digital labor can be integrated with RPA to create a digital workplace where humans and technology work best to make government better.
Dirk Barrineau
Government Chair
U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs
Jim Walker
Industry Chair
UiPath
Value Proposition of AI/ML and Data
This group is planning to build a solution that will serve as an adequate predication and single point of visibility for talent, education and assessments and will forever alter the way we recruit, educate, train, assess, certify, retain, and mentor our personnel. We have also placed priority status on the Department of Energy, Treasury, and Homeland to protect our critical infrastructure be that power grids, nuclear arsenal, water supply, financial system, and cyber security infrastructure. Our next deliverable is the Federal Business Case which will be co-authored members of the OPM, Chief Economist at the CIA, as well as our friends in additional IC elements including the FBI/DoJ.
Nevin Taylor
Government Chair
United States Consumer Protection Safety Commission
Adam Wood
Academic Chair
John Hopkins
Ethics and Responsible AI
This group will focus on making sure that AI systems are ethical, responsible, transparent, and explainable.
Anil Chaudhry
Government Co-Chair
General Services Administration
Ambuj Neupane
Government Co-Chair
GSA
Seth Clark
Industry Chair
Modzy
Maeva Ghonda
Advisor Chair
Quantum Institute
Steven Lee
Academic Chair
George Mason University
Internet of Things
This group’s objective is to contribute to the body of knowledge around IoT to enable an agency to better understand the possibilities and risks. Ideally, we will accomplish this objective by working with agencies on specific IoT initiatives.
Joseph Ronzio
Government Chair
Veterans Affairs
Doug Natal
Industry Co-Chair
Emory Miller
Industry Co-Chair
Cisco
AI and Data Policy Including Standards
This group will examine standard data, interoperability, trustworthiness, autonomy, algorithms, and expectations as it relates to AI and ML.
Ken Farber
Industry Chair
TekSynap
Kristine Lam
Government Chair
GSA
Predictive Analytics
This group will examine and disseminate to the Federal community Predictive Analytics trends, innovations, lessons learned, and best practices to enable others to take effective action and achieve mission outcomes.
This may include sharing prototypes, presentations, and position papers on the use of data analytics and predictive models to make better decisions, identify patterns and opportunities, and mitigate potential risks.
Chakib Chraibi
Government Chair
National Technical Information Service
Malio West
Industry Chair
Global Accounting
Sadia Syeda
MITRE Chair
MITRE