William W. Streilein

While on recent assignment to the Department of Defense, Dr. William W. Streilein served as the Chief Technology Officer at the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office where he provided strategic technical vision and shaped the department's thinking on generative AI and AI/ML scaffolding in support of mission-relevant adoption of AI.

Prior to his position as a principal staff member within the Biotechnology and Human Systems Division, Streilein led the Cyber Analytics and Decision Systems Group, where his work focused on the application of AI and machine learning to problems in cybersecurity, including threat detection and characterization. Other work in the group included the development of quantitative cybersecurity measurement and modeling capabilities, cyber moving target techniques, and technologies to enhance system resiliency.

Streilein holds a BA degree in mathematics from Austin College, an MM degree in electronic and computer music from the University of Miami, and a PhD in cognitive and neural systems from Boston University.