Manoj Mahajan
Manoj
Mahajan
Director of Special Programs, CEWIT & Office for Research and Innovation

The Center of Excellence in Wireless and Information Technology (CEWIT)
1500 Stony Brook Road
Stony Brook, NY 11794-6040

Website (URL)

https://www.stonybrook.edu/experts/profile/Manoj-Mahajan

Email

Manoj.Mahajan@stonybrook.edu

Scholar Link

Publications

Interests

International Affairs, Defense, Medical Technology, Computer Vision, Intelligence Analysis, Policy, Venture Capital, Forecast Modeling, Aerospace, Nonproliferation, Nuclear Weapons, Satellite Imagery, Geospatial Intelligence, Special Operations

Biography

Dr. Mahajan served in the federal government and the private industry in executive positions in scientific and business development roles. He was a technology adviser to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) for National Information Technology Transformation, has extensive travel in Europe and the Middle East, worked in venture capital as an investment decision maker, and was a Federal Program Manager for geospatial, imagery, analytic modeling, and computer science research programs. In addition, he regularly advises the U.S. Government. He concurrently holds a guest appointment at Brookhaven National Laboratory's Computing and Data Sciences Directorate. Dr. Mahajan is PI on over 10 funded projects in partnership with industry and develops technology in Defense, Financial Technology, and Medicine with faculty in multiple departments including Stony Brook's Renaissance School of Medicine (RSOM).

Education:

  • Ph.D., Stony Brook University: Technology, Policy, and Innovation (Adviser: Dr. Robert J. Frey)
  • Master’s, Stony Brook University: Technological Systems Management (Global Operations Management)
  • Graduate Certificate, Penn State University: Geospatial Intelligence
  • Bachelor's, The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs: International Affairs (Conflict & Security)

Awards

Joint Meritorious Unit Citation for Enterprise Technology Transition
Meritorious Unit Citation for Venture Capital Investment Technology Transition into Operations
Global War on Terrorism Medal (GWOT)
Extreme Analyst Competition, BAE Systems 2nd Place

Research

Dr. Mahajan’s current AI research is in broad topic areas such as: Airworthiness for aircraft, LLMs, Neurosymbolic, Radiological & Nuclear Weapons, Biometrics & Wearables, Unmanned Systems (UAS/Robotics/Sensors), Laser Welding, Command & Control (C2) Systems, Surgery & Medical Applications, Imagery, and Analytic Software Tools.