Dustin Burke

About

Dustin Burke is a Technical Lead Software Architect at Milcord LLC a Boston-area R&D startup, where he uses his rapid prototyping and agile modeling skills to research, design and develop innovative software solutions to meet warfighter needs and transfer emerging technologies to DOD customers. He's a graduate of Boston University Class of 2006 with dual degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science. Dustin began working for Milcord in 2006 as a Software Engineer and has successfully championed numerous Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) projects totaling over $3,000,000 in contracts.
Dustin's research interests include Artificial Intelligence, Intelligent Agents, Semantic Web, Knowledge Management, Personalization, Machine Learning, Data Mining, Visualization, Human Factors, User Experience

Education

2002-2006      Boston University
                     Cum Laude B.A. Computer Science and Mathematics
2001-2002      University of Massachusetts - Lowell
                     Dual Enrollment Program - CS/MA concentration

Professional Employment

2006-present  Technical Lead Software Architect
                      Milcord LLC - Waltham,MA
2005-2006      Contract Web Developer
                      Teplow Cucurullo Communications - Brookline,MA
2005-2005      Software Systems Engineer Intern
                     Analog Devices, Inc. - Wilmington,MA
2005-2005      IT Intern / EMR Consultant
                     BU Physical Therapy Center - Boston,MA
2004-2005      VP Interactive Media
                     Production Manager
                     AdLab. - Boston,MA
2004-2006      Freelance Web Design and Development

Honors and Awards

2010               DOD SBIR Phase II Extension Award - Cyber Incident Mission Impact Assessment
2009               ONR BAA Award - Hybrid Knowledge Framework for Complex Operations
2009               DOD SBIR Phase II Award - Predictive Societal Indicators of Radicalism (PSIR)
2009               DOD SBIR Phase II Award - Commander's Learning Agent (CLearn)
2008               DOE SBIR Phase I Award - Personalized Web 2.0 Service for Authoritative Content - abstract
2008               DOD SBIR Phase I Award - Adaptive, Risk-based Convoy Route Planning (ARCORP)
2008               DOD SBIR Phase I Award - Predictive Societal Indicators of Radicalism (PSIR)
2007               DOD SBIR Phase I Award - Commander's Learning Agent (CLearn)
2007               DOD SBIR Phase I Award - Building Intent
2005               DOD SBIR Phase II Award - Course of Action Forecasting (COA)
2002-2005       University Scholar - Boston University

Publications

2010

  • Stroh, L., Caglayan, A., Rashed, T., Burke, D., and Eaton, G., (2010) Geospatial Campaign Management for Complex Operations, 1st International Conference on Cross-Cultural Decision Making, 3rd International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE), July 17-20, 2010, Miami, FL.
  • Caglayan, A., Toothaker, M., Drapeau, D., Burke, D. and Eaton, G. (2010) Guilt by Association based Discovery of Botnet Footprints , NATO Research and Technology Organization Workshop on Information Security and Defense. Antalya, Turkey, Apr. 26-30, 2010.
  • Caglayan, A., Toothaker, M., Drapeau, D., Burke, D. and Eaton, G. (2010) Behavioral Patterns of Fast Flux Service Networks , Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-43) Cyber Security and Information Intelligence Research Minitrack. Koloa, Kauai, Hawaii, Jan. 5-8, 2010.

2009

  • Stroh, L. M., Burke, D., Zhao, Y. T., Caglayan, A., (2009) A System Dynamics Model of Counterinsurgency in Southern Afghanistan , 2009 NAACSOS (North American Association for Computational Social and Organizational Sciences) Annual Conference, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, October 23-24, 2009 abstract
  • Caglayan, A., Toothaker, M., Drapeau, D., Burke, D., Eaton, G., Van Randwyk, J., Lloyd, L., Proebstel, E., Burnett, D., Bayer, G., and Sanders, B. (2009) Botnet Analytics Appliance , Final Report, Department of Homeland Security Cyber Security R&D Center Contract No. NBCHC070126, October, 2009 abstract
  • Burke, D., Caglayan, A., Stroh, L. M., Zhao, Y. T. and Eaton, G. (2009) " An Open Source Social Science Data Repository for HSCB Research , OSD FOCUS 2010 Human Social Culture Behavior Conference, Chantilly, VA, August 5-7, 2009 abstract
  • Stroh, L. M. Caglayan, A., Guttieri, K., Burke, D. and Eaton, G. (2009) " Knowledge Management Needs of the Complex Operations Community , OSD FOCUS 2010 Human Social Culture Behavior Conference, Chantilly, VA, August 5-7, 2009 abstract
  • Caglayan, A., Stroh, L. M., Burke, D. and Eaton, G. (2009) " Hybrid Knowledge Framework for Complex Operations , OSD FOCUS 2010 Human Social Culture Behavior Conference, Chantilly, VA, August 5-7, 2009 abstract
  • Burke, D., Bhadra, S., Caglayan, A. and Eaton, G. (2009) " A Personalized Web 2.0 Service for Authoritative Content , US DoE Report No. DOE/ER/85228-1, US DoE, Scientific and Technical Information (STI), Chicago, IL abstract
  • Caglayan, A., Toothaker, M., Drapeau, D., Burke, D. and Eaton, G. (2009) Behavioral Analysis of Fast Flux Service Networks , Fifth Annual Cyber Security and Information Intelligence Research Workshop (CSIIRW 09), Oak Ridge, TN, April 13-15, 2009. abstract presentation
  • Caglayan, A. Toothaker, M., Drapeau, D., Burke, D. and Eaton, G. (2009) "Real Time Detection of Fast Flux Service Networks", Cybersecurity Applications and Technologies Conference for Homeland Security (CATCH 2009), Washington, DC, March 3-4, 2009. presentation paper
  • Caglayan, A., Burke, D., Eaton, G., Qamar, S., Caglayan, J., and Cingranelli, D., Regan, P., Bell, S., Frank, R. (2009) "Predictive Societal Indicators of Radicalism (PSIR)", AFRL/RIEA Final Report, Rome, NY, January, 2009. abstract

2008

2007

2006

Professional Membership

Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), Member 2009-present
Military Operations Research Society (MORS), Member 2009-present
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Member 2005-2006
Boston University Student Chapter of Mathematical Association of America (MAA), Member 2004

Contact

Dustin Burke
Technical Lead Software Architect
Milcord, LLC
Waltham, MA

Email: Dustin@alum.bu.edu
Blog: Dustin's blog
Twitter: @burkestar
Facebook: My Profile

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