Ian Roessle

iroessle@vt.edu

Ian Roessle

Research Affiliate, Intelligent Systems Division

Dr. Ian Roessle is a research affiliate in the Intelligent Systems Division of the Virginia Tech National Security Institute (NSI). His role primarily focuses on advising and mentoring Department of Defense (DoD)-affiliated students within NSI under various DoD scholarships, as well as other students with aligned research interests. He informs NSI faculty on Federal and DoD research policy and strategy to ensure alignment and relevancy. Lastly, he is an active collaborator on various research efforts within NSI. His research interests focus on Artificial Intelligence and Formal Methods with a Cybersecurity lens. He is also growing an interest in experimental Neuromorphic Computing hardware with applications for Autonomous systems.

Dr. Roessle earned his Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Virginia Tech, where he was a Bradley Fellow and Edison Scholar. He received an M.S. in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University with an emphasis in Artificial Intelligence. He earned his B.S. in Computer Science from California State University, Los Angeles, with a senior project developing a Machine Learning Plug-in for Google Earth, with over 20,000 downloads worldwide. Before college, he worked as a malware reverse engineer and software developer at the Symantec Antivirus Research Laboratory. He has 16 years of military experience in the U.S. Navy Reserves, with notable Active Duty tours of duty including the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, as well as various operational tours overseas in the Middle East.