Benjamin Chang

Benjamin Angel Chang served as the inaugural Andrew W. Marshall Fellow and spent over a year in residence at Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET). Currently, Ben is an adjunct political scientist at RAND and a resident at Constellation focusing on the national security implications of artificial intelligence. He received his Ph.D. from MIT, where he studied AI’s impact on the U.S.-China military balance. He was previously a senior analyst at the Long Term Strategy Group, and received his A.B. (summa cum laude) from Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs. He is a recipient of the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.

Robert “Jake” Bebber

Hudson Institute Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Commander Robert “Jake” Bebber is a Cryptologic Warfare Officer in the U.S. Navy. He is currently the Cyber Operations Branch Head for U.S. Special Operations Command. Recently he was Executive Officer for Information Warfare Training Command Corry Station, and Cryptologic Resource Coordinator for Carrier Strike Group 12. Previously he served at U.S. Cyber Command, 7th Fleet, Submarine Direct Support Officer, the National Security Operations Center, and at Provincial Reconstruction Team Khost in Afghanistan. He holds a PhD in Public Policy from the University of Central Florida. He is supported by his wife, Dana, and their two boys, Vincent and Zachary.