00
Praescient attended our strategic partner Institute for the Study of War’s Inaugural Security Conference, held on September 14, 2016, in Washington, DC. The conference, entitled “Rethinking US Grand Strategy,” featured senior US military officials and national security policymakers who offered their perspectives on the future of the military’s strategic outlook. During the course of the… Read more »
By Kristina Lorch Parsing an ever-increasing volume of digitized data presents a monumental task for private and public sector organizations whose traditional workflows often constrain analysts. To fill the gap between the demands of big data and dearth of systems properly equipped to exploit it, experts in the field have expounded upon current models of… Read more »
This post originally appeared on The American Enterprise Institute’s Critical Threats Project. Full size image available here. By Brenna Snyder, Praescient Analytst Consultant, and Emily Estelle, AEI Analyst June 2, 2016 The Islamic State of Iraq and al Sham (ISIS) and al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) are competing to be the dominant Salafi-jihadi group in… Read more »
In May 2016 the RAND Corporation published the book Foundations of the Islamic State: Money, Management, and Terror in Iraq 2005-2010, the culmination of a four-year collaboration between the RAND Corporation, DARPA, Princeton University, Praescient Analytics, Palantir, and the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point. The project team worked with the Defense community to declassify… Read more »
By: Evan Sterling, Analyst Consultant; Praescient Analytics One of the most important aspects of any big data project is data modeling. Data modeling creates the structure your data will live in. It defines how things are labeled and organized, which determines how your data can and will be used and ultimately what story that information… Read more »
Praescient Analytics has been nominated for another industry award in 2014, this time recognizing our contributions to the critical missions of our governmental clients. We’re proud to have been designated as a SmartCEO GovStar Finalist, in the category of “Star Warfighter.” Praescient is among 45 other companies nominated for this award across several other categories;… Read more »
This installment of Praescient’s Data Points Podcast features Katherine Zimmerman, a Research Fellow and al Qaeda and Associated Movements Team Lead for the American Enterprise Institute’s Critical Threats project. Katherine’s work focuses on al Qaeda’s affiliates and associated movements in the Gulf of Aden, western and northern Africa, and the greater Middle East. Katherine has authored… Read more »
The United States Army is one of the oldest institutions in our country, predating our 1776 founding. The Army was established a year prior as The Continental Army, acting as a unified force to fight against the British in the American Revolution. Since then, this branch of the military has served as the vanguard of… Read more »
We’re proud to announce that Praescient Analytics has been designated as a Virginia Values Veterans certified organization! Yesterday, February 11th, 2014, our Vice President of Services Bill Wall and Deputy Director of Capabilities Josh Gearheart traveled to Richmond, VA to accept this prestigious accolade on behalf of Praescient. Virginia Values Veterans, or V3 as it is known,… Read more »
We are pleased to announce that our CEO, Katie Crotty, has been accepted in the 2014 class of the Truman Defense Council! This distinctive leadership development program is just one component of The Truman National Security Project, a national security leadership institute based in Washington D.C. The Council convenes military veterans from the business community… Read more »