COL David Beskow
Academy Professor
Director of the Operations Research Center
Colonel David Beskow, Ph.D., is an academy professor at U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where he currently serves in the Department of Systems Engineering. His research and interests focus on the application of data science to support cyber, intelligence, and special operations problems.
Research
Each year the ORCEN conducts 8-12 projects in support of several DoD sponsors. A single military analyst, civilian analyst, or team of analysts on a project will apply a variety of methods to solve the client’s problem. Methods include Modeling and Simulation, Decision Analysis and Support, and Data Analysis.
SPACECOM Project
Developing performance metrics and visualizations for Space Domain Awareness.
SOF Incentives Analysis
Analyzing the intended goals of the system of special pay and incentives, in order to develop and analyze feasible alternatives, designed to meet both accession, retention, and skill proficiency goals of the organization's current and projected manning, resourcing, and mission requirements.
USARPAC Data Literacy Training
The USARPAC Chief Data Office has partnered with USMA’s Operations Research Center to develop and teach a curriculum to empower staff by democratizing data consumption and increasing analytic capacity.