Allan B. Wollaber

Dr. Allan B. Wollaber is an assistant leader in the Artificial Intelligence Technology and Systems Group. In this role, his focus is to lead projects related to AI assurance and resilience to adversarial attacks across a variety of data modalities. His research has encompassed the gamut of computational science, applying AI and mathematical modeling via advanced computing capabilities to understand and solve complex problems.

Before joining MIT Lincoln Laboratory in 2016, he was a staff scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory in the Computational Physics and Methods Group, where he developed methods and software to solve high-dimensional systems of nonlinear equations for thermal radiative transfer on supercomputers. From 2008 to 2010, he did similar work for reactor neutronics problems at Argonne National Laboratory. 

Wollaber earned a BS degree in nuclear engineering with a mathematics minor in 2002, an MS degree in nuclear engineering from the University of Tennessee in 2003, and a PhD degree in nuclear engineering and scientific computing from the University of Michigan in 2008. He has authored more than 70 peer-reviewed journal articles and conference proceedings and mentored multiple students, military fellows, and technical staff.