Siddhartha Dalal, a scientist and a senior technology executive, was appointed to the newly created position of chief technology officer of the RAND Corporation.
“Technology will play an even bigger role in policy analysis in the future, and Sid Dalal has the experience and vision to help RAND lead such innovation,” said RAND President and CEO James A. Thomson. “Sid will help draw upon our technology roots and create and coordinate strategies for our future.”
Prior to joining RAND, Dalal was vice president of research at Xerox, in charge of the company’s world-wide imaging and software services research. He also worked at Bell Laboratories and Bellcore/SAIC/Telcordia Technologies, where he served as chief scientist and executive director.
Dalal joined RAND in 2007 as a senior adviser to the president. Under his leadership, RAND has developed several systems for conducting research and was the principal technical architect behind an early warning system for identifying toxic chemicals.
Dalal has coauthored more than 75 peer-reviewed publications, including National Academy of Sciences and RAND monographs, and holds patents related to software and network engineering, risk analysis, statistical and econometrics modeling, data/document mining, and machine learning. He earned an MBA and PhD from the University of Rochester.
C. R. Rao received the India Science Award from Manmohan Singh, prime minister of India, on October 19 in Hyderabad. This is the highest and most prestigious national recognition given to a scientist in India by the government for a major contribution to a branch of science, engineering, or medicine. The award consisted of a gold medal, plaque, and $55,000.
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