Jake Tibbetts
Jake Tibbetts is an engineer and policy researcher with a strong interest in working on the intersection between technology and national security.
Jake recently graduated from UC Berkeley where he earned an MS in Computer Science. His thesis work involved creating human-understandable machine learning models built for sensor-based nuclear facility operations classification in an effort to improve nuclear treaty verification and proliferation detection. Jake also holds a BA in Computer Science and a BA in Global Studies from UC Berkeley.
Jake previously worked at the Center for Global Security Research at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. While there, he wrote a report on and published an article in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists about the effect of quantum computing on cryptography and its implications for national security. He won the 2020 Leonard M. Rieser award for this work.
Jake also has significant experience studying nuclear policy. He was a part of the Nuclear Policy Working Group at UC Berkeley. He also worked as a software developer on an experimental wargame called SIGNAL as a part of the Project on Nuclear Gaming to study the effects of non-strategic nuclear weapons on nuclear deterrence. He won the 2019 Serious Games Showcase and Challenge – Best Student Developed Game Award – for this work.
Jake Tibbetts is originally from Los Angeles and is an avid reader of nonfiction and a history podcast enthusiast.
He is serving with Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) and working on cybersecurity and defense procurement issues.