Jeremy Millar is a highly experienced cyber security professional with a strong background in computer science and military operations. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from the Air Force Institute of Technology and has over 20 years of experience in the field. He has recently retired from military service. In his most recent role, he served as the Deputy CIO and Chief of Defensive Cyber Operations for the Strategic Warning & Surveillance Systems Acquisition Delta, Space Systems Command, U.S. Space Force where he was responsible for developing and implementing cyber security policies and procedures to protect critical infrastructure and networks. Prior to this role, he held various leadership positions at the U.S. Strategic Command, the Air Force Institute of Technology, and the LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education. In addition to his military experience, Dr. Millar is also an accomplished academic. He has served as an assistant professor at the Air Force Institute of Technology, teaching fundamental graduate computer science courses in data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems. He has also held adjunct professor positions at both the Air Force Institute of Technology and Bellevue University where he taught a variety of cybersecurity courses. Dr. Millar's research interests include distributed systems, modeling and simulation, and artificial intelligence. He has published numerous articles in academic journals and has presented at various conferences on these topics. In his free time, Dr. Millar enjoys outdoor activities such as hiking, camping, and rock climbing.

Jeremy Millar, PhD

Multi-faceted IT and cyber professional with experience across the breadth of IT: software engineering, security, network operations, strategy, and executive leadership. Accomplished researcher in high-performance parallel & distributed systems, modeling & simulation, and artificial intelligence.

Research Expertise

Information Systems

Information Systems and Management

Software

Modeling and Simulation

Computational Theory and Mathematics

Computer Science Applications

Computer Networks and Communications

Theoretical Computer Science

Hardware and Architecture

About

Publications

Data Quality Challenges in Distributed Live-Virtual-Constructive Test Environments

Journal of Data and Information Quality

2016

OPEN CHALLENGES IN BUILDING COMBAT SIMULATION SYSTEMS TO SUPPORT TEST, ANALYSIS AND TRAINING

2018 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC)

2018

Information Security on the Logistical Network: An End-to-End Approach

Second IEEE International Security in Storage Workshop

Consistency and fairness in real-time distributed virtual environments: Paradigms and relationships

Journal of Simulation

2017

Deriving LVC State Synchronization Parameters from Interaction Requirements

2016 IEEE/ACM 20th International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (DS-RT)

2016

Multi-objective optimization of dead-reckoning error thresholds for virtual environments

2014 International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS)

2014

Sources of unresolvable uncertainties in weakly predictive distributed virtual environments

2016 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC)

2016

Optimizing update scheduling parameters for distributed virtual environments supporting operational test

Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience

2017

Education

Air Force Institute of Technology

PhD, Computer Science / 2017

Dayton, Ohio, United States of America

Air Force Institute of Technology

MS, Computer Science / 2007

Dayton, Ohio, United States of America

University of Tennessee at Knoxville

BS, Computer Science / 2000

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Experience

Strategic Warning & Surveillance Systems Acquisition Delta, Space Systems Command, U.S. Space Force

Deputy CIO & Chief, Defensive Cyber Operations / May, 2021 — January, 2024

Communication & Information Directorate, U.S. Strategic Command

Chief, Cybersecurity Policy Branch / June, 2020 — May, 2021

Executive Officer / June, 2019 — June, 2020

Chief, Command Cybersecurity Branch / June, 2018 — June, 2019

Security Assistance Group - Ukraine

Chief, Cybersecurity Division / March, 2023 — October, 2023

Air Force Institute of Technology, Air Education and Training Command, U.S. Air Force

Assistant Professor / July, 2017 — June, 2018

Director, Communications & Information / February, 2016 — July, 2017

Director of Operations / March, 2015 — February, 2016

LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education, Air Education and Training Command, U.S. Air Force

Chief, Wargaming Simulations / March, 2010 — June, 2012

Chief, International Wargame Development / March, 2009 — March, 2010

Joint Task Force - Guantanamo

Chief, Information Assurance Division / June, 2011 — December, 2011

Headquarters, U.S. Forces Afghanistan

Deputy Division Chief, Information Assurance / August, 2009 — March, 2010

U.S. Air Force Weapons School, Air Combat Command, U.S. Air Force

Executive Officer / May, 2006 — May, 2007

99th Communications Squadron, Air Combat Command, U.S. Air Force

Network Control Center Operations Officer / June, 2005 — May, 2006

Network Control Center Crew Commander / June, 2004 — June, 2005

Air Force Institute of Technology, Air Education and Training Command, U.S. Air Force

Assistant Professor (Adjunct) / February, 2019 — January, 2023

Bellevue University

Assistant Professor (Adjunct) / March, 2019 — Present

Logistical Computing and Internetworking Laboratory, University of Tennessee

Research Associate / 2002 — 2004

Innovative Computing Laboratory, University of Tennessee

Research Associate / 1998 — 2002

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