• D.Eng in Industrial Engineering, Morgan State University, USA
• M.S. in Engineering/Technical Management, Johns Hopkins University, USA
• B.S. in Industrial Engineering, Southern Illinios University Edwardsville, USA

Biography:

Garfield S. Jones currently serves as an Associate  Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Morgan State University. He also serves as the Associate Chief of Strategic Technology for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). 

Dr. Jones was Deputy Program Manager for the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) Program responsible for Systems Engineering, Architecture, and Testing. Prior to joining DHS, Dr. Jones worked as a Systems Engineer developing complex weapons, geographic, and information systems for agencies such as Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI), National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA), and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS). In 2018, he retired from the Army Reserves after serving 25 years (16 years active duty and nine years reservist) as an Information Systems Warrant Officer. 

Dr. Jones serves as an adjunct professor at two universities teaching Computer Science and Systems Engineering. Dr. Jones has also filed for a patent regarding the use of the Probabilistic Neural Network (PNN) for Vulnerabilities Risk Calculation of a Text Document. 

Research Interests:

• Systems Engineering
• Artifical Intelligence/Machine Learning
• Information Systems
• Cybersecurity
• Supply Chain & Logistics