Michael Hieb is a Research Professor at George Mason University’s Center for Excellence in C4I (Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence) and Cyber. He recently served at the DHS Science and Technology Directorate as a Senior Operations Research Analyst for a variety of programs including Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). For the last 20 years Dr. Hieb has worked to formalize the information required for Command and Control (C2) of both Military Organizations as well as Civil and Non Governmental Organizations. This has involved both NATO and IEEE working groups and has spanned the fields of Computer Science, Networking, Semantics, and Computational Linguistics. Dr. Hieb also was the Principal Investigator for several major projects at the C4I Center, including Research for the Army Geospatial Center called on integrating C2, M&S and Geospatial functionality. He received his PhD in Information Technology from George Mason University in 1996, a MS in Artificial Intelligence & Human Factors from George Washington University and a BS in Nuclear Engineering from UC Santa Barbara.
Dr. Hieb has more than 120 publications and has presented his C2 research on military, civil and non-governmental organizations to many international forums.
