About

AT A GLANCE:
Senior Director, Futures, CAE USA
RESEARCH AREAS:
鈥 Defense Technical Innovation
鈥 Military Training and Readiness
鈥 Wargaming
鈥 Disruptive Technologies
鈥 Artificial Intelligence
鈥 Cyber
BIOGRAPHY:
 is the Senior Director for Futures at CAE USA, an Adjunct Senior Fellow in the Center for a New American Security鈥檚 wargaming lab,
               and an Eisenhower Fellow at the NATO Defence College. McArdle previously served as
               the Head of Research at Improbable, where her team focused on developing complex synthetic
               environments. A former professor, McArdle has served on Congressman Langevin鈥檚 cyber
               advisory committee and as an expert member of a NATO technical group that developed
               cyber effects for the military alliance's campaign simulations. 
McArdle holds a Ph.D. from King鈥檚 College London in War Studies, is the recipient
               of the RADM Fred Lewis doctoral scholarship in modeling and simulation and is a certified
               modeling and simulation professional. She is a term member with the Council on Foreign
               Relations and was named an official 鈥淢ad Scientist鈥 by the US Army Training and Doctrine
               Command.
PUBLICATIONS:
(2022 Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference)
(War on the Rocks)
(War on the Rocks)
(Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments)
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