Education
Stanford University
PhD, Management Science & Engineering 1996-01-01 - 2003-01-01Princeton University
B.S.E., Civil Engineering and Operations Research 1989-01-01 - 1993-01-01Work Experience
Naval Postgraduate School
Current
Naval Postgraduate School
Caltech
2003-01-01 - 2006-01-01
Caltech
Stanford University
1996-09-01 - 2003-06-01
Stanford University
Goldman Sachs
1993-01-01 - 1996-01-01
Goldman Sachs
Skills
Summary
David Alderson is a Professor in the Operations Research Department and serves as Executive Director for the Center for Infrastructure Defense at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS). Dr. Alderson's research focuses on the function and operation of critical infrastructures, with particular emphasis on how to invest limited resources to ensure efficient and resilient performance in the face of accidents, failures, natural disasters, or deliberate attacks. His research explores tradeoffs between efficiency, complexity, and fragility in a wide variety of public and private cyber-physical systems.