Dr. Nathan Short is a Lead Scientist at Booz Allen Hamilton. He received his M. S. and Ph. D. degrees in Computer Engineering from Virginia Tech in 2012. He conducts research and development in computer vision, image processing and machine learning, supporting government organizations within DOD, DHS, DOJ, and the IC. His experience includes R&D of imaging systems for unmanned vehicles, multi-biometric solutions for mobile and traditional assets as well as developing next generation human identification technology to support forensic and ISR applications. He has several peer-reviewed publications in the fields of biometrics, computer vision and optics and has co-organized multiple technical workshops and tutorials covering cutting-edge technology in these areas. His publications have received multiple awards and recognition including best paper awards at highly competitive, academic-level biometrics and computer vision conferences. His latest work was featured in the Optical Society’s Optics and Photonics News special issue “Optics in 2015”, which highlights “the most exciting research in optics” conducted over the year. Dr. Short holds two patents related to biometric recognition and security. He currently supports the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) Odin program providing technical subject matter expertise on hardening biometric security systems and the U.S. Army Research Lab developing custom face recognition technology.