Institute For Defense Analyses - Staff

Staff

IDA and STPI employ approximately 1,500 research, professional, adjunct, and support staff. Many have attended the nation's military service academies or served in the military. Approximately 61% hold doctoral degrees; 29.3% hold master's degrees; and 8.9% hold bachelors' degrees. As of December 2008, the staff specialized in the following research disciplines:

Studies and Analyses Center
  • Math, Statistics, or Operations Research: 13.4%
  • Engineering: 24.9%
  • Physical Sciences or Life Sciences: 24.3%
  • Economics, Social Sciences, or Political Science: 20.2%
  • Computer Science: 6.6%
  • Other (includes Business Administration/Management or Humanities): 10.2%
Science & Technology Policy Institute
  • Engineering: 13%
  • Physical Sciences or Life Sciences: 30.4%
  • Economics, Social Sciences, or Political Science: 34.8%
  • Computer Science: 4.3%
  • Other (includes Business Administration/Management or Humanities): 17.4%
Centers for Communications and Computing
  • Math, Statistics, or Operations Research: 62.7%
  • Engineering: 11.9%
  • Physical Sciences or Life Sciences: 2.2%
  • Computer Science: 18.7%

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