Virginia Bacon Talati

Associate Program Officer

vbtalati at nas.edu

Gin Bacon Talati is an associate program officer for the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board of the National Academies. She formerly served as a program associate with the Frontiers of Engineering program at the National Academy of Engineering.  Prior to her work at the Academies, she served as a senior project assistant in Education Technology at the National School Boards Association. Gin has a B.S. in Science, Technology, and Culture from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a M.P.P. from George Mason University with a focus in science and technology policy.
 

Current Projects

Future Research Goals and Directions for Foundational Science in Cybersecurity
Public Response to Alerts and Warnings using Social Media  
Computing Research for Environmental and Societal Sustainability

Associated CSTB Publications

Public Response to Alerts and Warnings on Mobile Devices: Summary of a Workshop on Current Knowledge and Research Gaps (2011)
Proceedings of a Workshop on Deterring Cyber Attacks: Informing Strategies and Developing Options (2010)
Achieving Effective Acquisition of Information Technology in the Department of Defense (2010)