Emma Meno

Emma Meno

Research Associate, Intelligent Systems Division

Emma Meno is a Research Associate with the Intelligent Systems Division at Virginia Tech National Security Institute and has served as a primary technical contributor (including as PI and co-PI) across multiple programs. 

Her research focus centers at the intersection of artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML), cybersecurity and test & evaluation (T&E). She has experience implementing and evaluating machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms and models. Her research has most recently spanned areas including AI/ML (and AI/ML-enabled system) resilience concepts and mechanisms, AI/ML-enabled network pen-testing in simulation, and T&E of AI/ML-enabled systems and algorithms (with primary focus on reinforcement learning). She also holds supervisory and leadership roles for pre-college and undergraduate experiential learning and outreach activities with cybersecurity applications.

Meno received a B.S in Computer Science from Virginia Tech and M.S. in Computer Science & Applications from Virginia Tech.