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Dr. Joseph Cohn

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United States Soar Technology, LLC

Biography

Dr. Joseph Cohn is SoarTech’s Director for Readiness and Medical Solutions, applying SoarTech’s human-centric AI to delivering capabilities that support the Joint medical force. A retired Navy Medical Service Corps Captain with a Neuroscience PhD, Joseph embraces high-risk research to deliver technologies that ensure the United States military maintains its technical edge over its adversaries. Throughout his career, he has developed and directed numerous biomedical and human systems-focused Research and Acquisition programs for the Navy, the Joint Force and International partnerships. As Deputy, at Office of Naval Research’s (ONR) Warfighter Performance Department, he oversaw the alignment of 500 projects and a $300M/year budget to the Distributed Maritime Operations warfighting concept. He was by-name requested by Joint Staff Surgeon to revise their $2B/year Biomedical Research strategy. As Chief, Research Program Division at Defense Health Agency (DHA), Joseph oversaw a Joint team combining over $3B and 6,000+ personnel in Service medical Research, Development & Acquisition assets into a single DHA-led organization. As Deputy Director for Human, Performance and Biosystems, he co-led and managed a $20M cognitive sciences and human performance international research collaboration through the U.S.–India Defense Technology and Trade Initiative. As a Program Officer at ONR he led a Joint team in developing a capability for selecting Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Operators, leading to the establishment of the Navy’s UAS Operator Community. As ONR’s Deputy Director for Naval STEM, he coordinated SECNAV’s STEM program with projects across all 50 states, reaching 200,000 students annually. As a Program Manager at DARPA, Joseph developed AI-based approaches that reduced the time to train and acquire expertise ten-fold, establishing a Navy-approved prototype training pipeline. Joseph has co-authored over 100 publications, co-edited three textbooks and chaired numerous panels and workshops. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Society of Military Psychologists.

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Behavior Envelopes for Defining Performance Metrics in Complex Scenarios
Henry Phillips Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative
Henry Phillips IntelliGenesis LLC
Randolph Jones Soar Technology, LLC
Randolph Jones Soar Technology, LLC
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Paper Paper
SIM 1: The Future of Modeling Human Elements in Simulation
I/ITSEC 2024
A Novel Immersive Approach for Spatial Disorientation Training
Maria Chaparro Osman Aptima Inc
Maria Chaparro Osman Aptima Inc
Cherrise Ficke Florida Institute of Technology
Cherrise Ficke Florida Institute of Technology
+8 more
Paper Paper
TR 2: Ensuring VR Training Effectiveness: Approaches and Examples
I/ITSEC 2024
Towards a Cognitive Framework for Assessing Students and Adapting Interventions in Extended Reality (XR)
Gregory McGowin University of Central Florida
Gregory McGowin University of Central Florida
Stephen Fiore
Stephen Fiore
+12 more
Paper Paper
ED 3: Extending Realities in Education
I/ITSEC 2024
Adaptive Normalization of Assessment Scores: A Multi-Study Validation Approach
Jeremiah Folsom-Kovarik Soar Technology, LLC
Angela Woods
Daniel Wilson Soar Technology, LLC
Joseph Cohn Soar Technology, LLC
+2 more
Education Paper Paper
ED 4: Great Performances: Next-Gen Strategies for Assessment
I/ITSEC 2025
Modeling Human Decision Attributes to Enhance AI Trustworthiness
Joseph Cohn Soar Technology, LLC
Robert Bixler
Angela Woods
Jordan Lampi Soar Technology, Inc.
+2 more
Human Performance Analysis and Engineering Paper Paper
HPAE 1: Big Data? Bigger Challenges!
I/ITSEC 2025
AI Trust and Alignment in High-Stakes Decision-Making Environments
Joseph Cohn Soar Technology, LLC
Katelyn Smith University of Massachusetts - Lowell
AnaCristina Bedoya University of Massachusetts - Lowell
Robert Bixler
+4 more
Human Performance Analysis and Engineering Paper Paper
HPAE 2: Two to Tango: Teaming with AI
I/ITSEC 2025
Improving Mission Performance and Readiness for Rapidly Composed Military Teams
Jonathan Sussman Fort Soar Technology, LLC
Joseph Cohn Soar Technology, LLC
Eduardo Salas Rice University
Silke Dodel Deep Science
+12 more
Human Performance Analysis and Engineering Paper Paper
HPAE 5: Words, Waves, and Wanderings: Unconventional Measures of Effective Teamwork
I/ITSEC 2025