William Casebeer
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ToursExplore Lably’s 3D toursHe is a retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel, recipient of two meritorious service medals and former Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) program manager. Since 2020 he is the Director of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Riverside Research.
Education
In 1991 Casebeer completed a Bachelor of Science (political science and government) at the United States Air Force Academy; a Masters of Arts in philosophy at University of Arizona in 1996; a joint PhD in cognitive science and philosophy from University of California, San Diego in 2001; and in 2006 a Masters of Arts in national security studies from Naval Postgraduate School.
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Career
Casebeer served in the US government Defense Department for some two decades, including as associate professor of philosophy at United States Air Force Academy; Chief, Eurasia Section, EUCOM Survey Division NATO SHAPE; Deputy Head at Joint Warfare Analysis Center; and Program Manager at DARPA. He retired from the U.S. Air Force as Lieutenant Colonel in 2011, and moved into senor positions in national security in the private sector, including at Lockheed Martin.
In 2013 Casebeer served on the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues.
Since 2020 he is the Director of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Riverside Research. His research there has garnered interest from a variety of fields.
Casebeer is the author of Natural Ethical Facts: Evolution, Connectionism, and Moral Cognition (2003); co-author of Warlords Rising: Confronting Violent Non-State Actors (2005); and has published on a range of topics from the morality of torture interrogation to the rhetoric of evil in international relations.
Honors
- Meritorious service medals, US. Air Force: 1998, 2004
- Maj. Gen. Robert E. Linhard Award, Air Force Institute for National Security Studies, 2004