Asmeret Naugle
R&D S&E, Computer Science
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R&D S&E, Computer Science
(505) 845-3427
Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico
P.O. Box 5800
Albuquerque, NM 87185
Biography
Asmeret Naugle leads computational social science and human-AI teaming research at Sandia National Laboratories. She has interest and experience in:
- Human-AI teaming
- Trust and trustworthiness
- Dynamic simulation modeling, including system dynamics and agent based modeling
- Cognitive modeling
- Data science
Asmeret is in the Applied Information Sciences Center at Sandia National Laboratories, where she focuses on computational social science and human-AI teaming for national security applications. Her research has been applied to topics such as nonproliferation, foreign malign influence, geopolitical dynamics, migration, cyber security, and energy systems.
Education
- PhD in Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, Washington State University
- Certificate in National Security Affairs, Texas A&M University
- MS in Environmental Science, Washington State University
- BA in Mathematics, University of California Santa Cruz
- BA in Environmental Studies, University of California Santa Cruz
Publications
Asmeret Naugle, Daniel Krofcheck, Christina Warrender, Kiran Lakkaraju, Laura Swiler, Stephen Verzi, Ben Emery, Jaimie Murdock, Michael Bernard, Vicente Romero, (2023). What can simulation test beds teach us about social science? Results of the ground truth program Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory https://doi.org/10.1007/s10588-021-09349-6 Publication ID: 80604
Asmeret Naugle, Stephen Verzi, Kiran Lakkaraju, Laura Swiler, Christina Warrender, Michael Bernard, Vicente Romero, (2023). Feedback density and causal complexity of simulation model structure Journal of Simulation https://doi.org/10.1080/17477778.2021.1982653 Publication ID: 75723
Asmeret Naugle, Fredrick Rothganger, Stephen Verzi, Casey Doyle, (2022). Conflicting Information and Compliance With COVID-19 Behavioral Recommendations https://doi.org/10.2172/1894426 Publication ID: 80392
Asmeret Naugle, Laura Swiler, Kiran Lakkaraju, Stephen Verzi, Christina Warrender, Vicente Romero, (2022). Graph-Based Similarity Metrics for Comparing Simulation Model Causal Structures https://doi.org/10.2172/1884926 Publication ID: 80095
Asmeret Naugle, Adam Russell, Kiran Lakkaraju, Laura Swiler, Stephen Verzi, Vicente Romero, (2022). The Ground Truth Program: Simulations as Test Beds for Social Science Research Methods. Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory https://doi.org/10.1007/s10588-021-09346-9 Publication ID: 80622
Asmeret Naugle, Casey Doyle, Matthew Sweitzer, Fredrick Rothganger, Stephen Verzi, Kiran Lakkaraju, Robert Kittinger, Michael Bernard, Yuguo Chen, Joshua Loyal, Abdullah Mueen, (2021). Emergent Recursive Multiscale Interaction in Complex Systems https://doi.org/10.2172/1821796 Publication ID: 75722
Joshua Loyal, Asmeret Naugle, Yuguo Chen, (2021). An Eigenmodel for Dynamic Multilayer Networks https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1881683 Publication ID: 79773
Casey Doyle, Thushara Gunda, Asmeret Naugle, (2021). Hierarchical effects facilitate spreading processes on synthetic and empirical multilayer networks PLoS ONE https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252266 Publication ID: 78840
Fredrick Rothganger, Asmeret Naugle, Stephen Verzi, (2021). Behavioral Feedback in Disease Dynamics https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1843095 Publication ID: 75171
Asmeret Naugle, George Backus, Vincent Tidwell, Elizabeth Kistin-Keller, Daniel Villa, (2021). A Regional Model of Climate Change and Human Migration Research Anthology on Environmental and Societal Impacts of Climate Change https://doi.org/10.4018/IJSDA.2019010101 Publication ID: 63959
Asmeret Naugle, (2020). DARPA Ground Truth Program Overview https://doi.org/10.2172/1882033 Publication ID: 71347
Asmeret Naugle, (2020). DARPA Ground TruthProgram Overview https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1812588 Publication ID: 74415
Asmeret Naugle, (2020). DARPA Ground TruthProgram Results https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1812594 Publication ID: 74424
Kiran Lakkaraju, Asmeret Naugle, (2020). Complexity of Wargames https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1813527 Publication ID: 74494
Matthew Sweitzer, Robert Kittinger, Casey Doyle, Asmeret Naugle, Kiran Lakkaraju, Fredrick Rothganger, Stephen Verzi, (2020). Communicative Vibration: A Graph-Theoretic Approach to Group Stability in an Online Social Network https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1811443 Publication ID: 74242
Asmeret Naugle, Fredrick Rothganger, Stephen Verzi, (2020). Conflicting Information and Compliance With COVID-19 Stay-At-Home Orders https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1811614 Publication ID: 74254
Casey Doyle, Asmeret Naugle, Michael Bernard, Kiran Lakkaraju, Robert Kittinger, Matthew Sweitzer, Fredrick Rothganger, (2020). Group Formation Theory at Multiple Scales https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61255-9_17 Publication ID: 73590
Casey Doyle, Asmeret Naugle, Michael Bernard, Kiran Lakkaraju, Robert Kittinger, Matthew Sweitzer, Fredrick Rothganger, (2020). Group Formation Theory at Multiple Scales Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) https://doi.org/10.2172/1831039 Publication ID: 71369
Asmeret Naugle, Kiran Lakkaraju, Vamshi Balanaga, Christina Warrender, Stephen Verzi, Michael Livesay, Laura Swiler, (2019). A Complexity-Focused Framework for Comparing and Evaluating Social Simulations https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1645756 Publication ID: 70428
Asmeret Naugle, Thushara Gunda, Casey Doyle, (2019). Barriers to Adoption of Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1641413 Publication ID: 70155
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