Ammar Qusaibaty, Ph.D.

Member of the Board
Chair, Finance Committee
Phone: (202) 289-5895
Email: ammar dot qusaibaty at c4ads dot org

A recognized expert in cognitive computing, member of the Centre de Recherches en Informatique (CRI) at the Université de Paris I, La Sorbonne, Dr. Ammar Qusaibaty served at the Center in different leadership positions in the past. He formed and directed a number of research projects and educational programs, including the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)/CADS Masters of Science Program, the Middle East & North Africa Citizen Partnership Initiative, the Defense and Security Center in Kabul, Afghanistan, and the Emerging Technology Initiative.

Dr. Qusaibaty co-founded the Descartes Institute, a research and innovation organization in Paris, France which accelerates the incubation of new technologies related to cognition computing. A former Research Professor at the George Washington University, he taught information assurance, bioengineering, intention awareness theory, and information policy courses.

Dr. Qusaibaty is heavily engaged with innovators, entrepreneurs, and venture investors. He specializes in Cognitive Based Systems, Rich Media and Collaboration.

Featured publications
"From Spirituality to Radicalization: Tableeghi Jamaat and the Potential for Transnational Violence" Newton Howard and Ammar Qusaibaty Center for Advanced Defense Studies, Defense Concepts Series, January 2006
"Intention Awareness for Collective Sensemaking: C2 Concepts and Organizations, Cognitive Domain Issues, Social Domain Issues" Newton Howard and Ammar Qusaibaty 2006 Command and Control Research Technology Symposium (CCRTS): The State of the Art and the State of Practice Download abstract
Network-centric Information Policy Newton Howard and Ammar Qusaibaty Presented at the INFOS 2004 Conference Cairo, Egypt in March 2004 Download draft