Michael Fowler
Associate Director for Autonomous and Multiagent Systems, Mission Systems Division
Michael Fowler
Associate Director, Mission Systems Division
Michael Fowler is the associate director for the Mission Systems Division, responsible at tfor driving and providing thought leadership into the centers research on autonomous systems, mission orchestration, distributed intelligence, and security for wireless and unmanned systems with currently over $5M in active research programs. His research focus is on the convergence of distributed intelligence and machine learning for decision making under uncertainty for embedded applications including drones, satellites, IoT, and wireless communications.
He has accumulated over 10 years of experience managing and performing research in security, wireless systems and artificial intelligence at Harris Corporation and as faculty at Virginia Tech.
He has received a masters in engineering management from Old Dominion University and a Ph.D. in computer engineering from Virginia Tech. During his professional career, he has obtained professional certifications in project management (PMP) and information security (CISSP) along with Six Sigma Black Belt training.