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Dr. Svtilana Volkova

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United States Aptima, Inc.

Biography

Dr. Svitlana Volkova serves as Chief of AI in Aptima's Office of Science and Technology. She spearheads the company's initiatives to develop safe, secure trustworthy human-centric AI systems that tackle complex real-world problems for the Department of Defense and other government agencies. Dr. Volkova's research focuses on advancing multimodal signal processing and machine learning techniques, with an emphasis on graph neural networks, causal discovery, and multimodal reasoning. Her work has pioneered methods for AI-powered analytics to explain complex social systems and behaviors. She is recognized as an expert in human-centered AI design, evaluation, and developing trustworthy AI systems. A recognized leader in AI, Dr. Volkova has led projects funded by DARPA, IARPA, and NNSA focused on advancing AI to support national security missions. Her 70+ peer-reviewed publications exemplify her contributions across AI, machine learning, and social media analytics. Dr. Volkova serves on program committees and review boards for premier AI conferences including AAAI, ACL, EMNLP, and NeurIPS. An advocate for diversity in technology, Dr. Volkova is an active member of Women in Machine Learning. She received her PhD in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University, where she was affiliated with the Center for Language and Speech Processing and the Human Language Technology Center of Excellence

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Compound AI Ecosystem: Agents and Tools to Improve Training and Learning
Svtilana Volkova Aptima, Inc.
Svtilana Volkova Aptima, Inc.
Summer Rebensky Aptima, Inc.
Summer Rebensky Aptima, Inc.
+12 more
Paper Paper
ECIT 10: AI Trust and Optimization
I/ITSEC 2024
Optimizing Readiness Through AI-Driven Analytics for Automated Training Insights
Svtilana Volkova Aptima, Inc.
Svtilana Volkova Aptima, Inc.
Summer Rebensky Aptima, Inc.
Summer Rebensky Aptima, Inc.
+6 more
Paper Paper
ED 1: BYTE - Size Learning: AI in ED
I/ITSEC 2024
Human-AI Collaboration for Synthetic Media Detection in Training and Operations
Laura Cassani Aptima
Michael Davinroy Aptima, Inc.
Tatiana Toumbeva Aptima, Inc.
Peter Bautista Aptima, Inc.
+4 more
Emerging Concepts and Innovative Technologies Paper Paper
ECIT 6: Cognitive Crossroads
I/ITSEC 2025
Applying AI-Driven Generative Models for Computer-Generated Force Scenario Generation
William Dupree Aptima, Inc.
Svtilana Volkova Aptima, Inc.
Hsien-Te Kao Aptima, Inc.
Grant Engberson Aptima, Inc.
+6 more
Emerging Concepts and Innovative Technologies Paper Paper
ECIT 7: The AI Playbook: Designing Missions and Forces at Machine Speed
I/ITSEC 2025
Architecting Compound AI for Training and Augmenting Human-AI Teams
Zachary Klinefelter Aptima
Gabriel Ganberg Aptima, Inc.
Summer Rebensky Aptima, Inc.
Adam Fouse Aptima Inc.
+1 more
Tutorial Tutorial
TUT 2 Humans vs. AI
I/ITSEC 2025