Joshua Letchford, Ph.D.

R&D S&E, Computer Science

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R&D S&E, Computer Science

Biography

Dr. Joshua Letchford is a Principal Member of Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore, California. He has worked on a range of interdisciplinary projects across the domains of cybersecurity, residential solar adoption, non-proliferation, power grid resilience, supply chain security, and nuclear and cyber deterrence. His research interests span game theory, Stackelberg games, graphs, machine learning, experimental wargaming, deterrence and linear optimization.  Joshua holds a Ph.D in Computer Science from Duke University and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Southern California.

Education

Joshua earned his B.S. in Computer Engineering & Computer Science from University of Southern California, and holds a Ph.D in Computer Science from Duke University.

Publications

Joshua Letchford, Laura Epifanovskaya, Kiran Lakkaraju, Mikaela Armenta, Andrew Reddie, Jonathan Whetzel, Jason Reinhardt, Andrew Chen, Nathan Fabian, Sheryl Hingorani, Roshani Iyer, Roshan Krishman, Sarah Laderman, Mansook Lee, Jahani Mohan, Michael Nacht, Soravis Prakkamakul, Mathew Sumner, Jake Tibbets, Allie Valdez, Charlie Zhang, (2022). Experimental Wargaming with SIGNAL Military Operations Research https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1882885 Publication ID: 80381

Kiran Lakkaraju, Andrew Reddie, Joshua Letchford, (2021). Tracing Hosue Advisory Committee Meeting Slides https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1884108 Publication ID: 75384

Ruby Booth, Joshua Letchford, (2021). Wargaming when War is not the Answer: Multipurpose collective conflict resolution games https://doi.org/10.2172/1873277 Publication ID: 78886

Joshua Letchford, Ruby Booth, (2021). Gaming Research for Alliance Network Dynamics Assent Draft Ruleset (Report 2) https://doi.org/10.2172/1765623 Publication ID: 75355

Joshua Letchford, (2020). Designing SIGNAL as an Experimental Wargame https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1812853 Publication ID: 74439

Kiran Lakkaraju, Laura Epifanovskaya, Joshua Letchford, Jonathan Whetzel, Mikaela Armenta, Bethany Goldblum, Jake Tibbetts, (2020). SIGNAL Game Manual https://doi.org/10.2172/1643226 Publication ID: 74087

Swapna Thorve, Zhihao Hu, Kiran Lakkaraju, Joshua Letchford, Anil Vullikanti, Achla Marathe, Samarth Swarup, (2020). An active learning method for the comparison of agent-based models Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1766674 Publication ID: 72554

Kiran Lakkaraju, Jason Reinhardt, Joshua Letchford, Jonathan Whetzel, Bethany Goldblum, Andrew Reddie, (2020). Experimental wargames to address the complexity-scarcity GAP Simulation Series https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1774224 Publication ID: 73193

Laura Epifanovskaya, Kiran Lakkaraju, Joshua Letchford, Jason Reinhardt, Jonathan Whetzel, Andrew Reddie, (2019). Experimental Gaming: Introducing the Project on Nuclear Gaming?s SIGNAL Framework https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1643669 Publication ID: 68989

Kiran Lakkaraju, Laura Epifanovskaya, Mallory Stites, Joshua Letchford, Jason Reinhardt, Jonathan Whetzel, (2019). Online games for studying human behavior Social-Behavioral Modeling for Complex Systems https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1470956 Publication ID: 62589

Laura Epifanovskaya, Kiran Lakkaraju, Joshua Letchford, Mallory Stites, Jason Reinhardt, Jonathan Whetzel, (2018). Modeling Economic Interdependence in Deterrence Using a Serious Game Journal on Policy and Complex Systems https://doi.org/10.18278/jpcs.4.2.8 Publication ID: 63060

Jason Reinhardt, Kiran Lakkaraju, Joshua Letchford, Laura Epifanovskaya, Jonathan Whetzel, (2018). Expanding the Wargaming Toolbox https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1526136 Publication ID: 62521

Laura Epifanovskaya, Kiran Lakkaraju, Joshua Letchford, Mallory Stites, Jason Reinhardt, Janani Mohan, (2018). Toward a Quantitative Approach to Data Gathering and Analysis for Nuclear Deterrence Policy https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96661-8_26 Publication ID: 61386

Laura Epifanovskaya, Kiran Lakkaraju, Joshua Letchford, Mallory Stites, Jason Reinhardt, (2018). Toward a Quantitative Approach to Data Gathering and Analysis for Nuclear Deterrence Policy Springer Proceedings in Complexity https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96661-8_26 Publication ID: 58655

Richard Chen, Joshua Letchford, Gio Kao, (2016). Network Security Games with Probabilistic Evasion https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1394879 Publication ID: 52326

Joshua Letchford, (2016). Game Theory for Proactive Dynamic Defense and Attack Mitigation in Cyber-Physical Systems https://doi.org/10.2172/1330190 Publication ID: 52653

Richard Chen, Joshua Letchford, Gio Kao, (2016). Network Security Games with Probabilistic Evasion https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1364700 Publication ID: 50101

Joshua Letchford, Joshua Letchford, Jackson Mayo, Jackson Mayo, R. Armstrong, R. Armstrong, (2015). Cybersecurity Design Techniques Targeting and Leveraging HPC https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1252927 Publication ID: 43364

Kiran Lakkaraju, Joshua Letchford, Yevgeniy Vorobeychik, Haifeng Zhang, (2015). Promoting Solar Technology Diffusion Through Data-Driven Behavior Modeling https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1514003 Publication ID: 42460

Haifeng Zhang, Yevgeniy Vorobeychik, Joshua Letchford, Kiran Lakkaraju, (2015). Data-driven agent-based modeling, with application to rooftop solar adoption Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS https://doi.org/10.1007/s10458-016-9326-8 Publication ID: 43075

Kiran Lakkaraju, Yevgeniy Vorobeychik, Joshua Letchford, (2015). Promoting Solar Technology Diffusion Through Data-Driven Behavior Modeling https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1244911 Publication ID: 41293

Joshua Letchford, Kiran Lakkaraju, Yevgeniy Vorobeychik, (2014). Individual household modeling of photovoltaic adoption AAAI Fall Symposium – Technical Report https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1315222 Publication ID: 37506

Joshua Letchford, Yevgeniy Vorobeychik, (2012). Computing Optimal Security Strategies in Networked Domains: A Cost-Benefit Approach https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1062826 Publication ID: 25928

Yevgeniy Vorobeychik, Joshua Letchford, (2011). Computing Optimal Security Strategies in Networked Domains: A Cost-Benefit Approach https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1106317 Publication ID: 24866

Joshua Letchford, (2011). Computing Randomized Security Strategies in Networked Domains https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1120411 Publication ID: 22510

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