Engineering the Future of Artificial Intelligence

Explore how Booz Allen places research and innovation at the forefront of our AI culture:

As the number-one provider of AI services to the nation, Booz Allen is a magnet for some of the world’s best AI researchers, who seek to transform their technical vision into real-world innovation and tangible mission outcomes. Our researchers focus their tremendous talent and expertise on solving specific challenges of national importance, such as improving healthcare, reducing weather risk, and safeguarding the nation. As evidence of their rigor and impact, Booz Allen researchers have published over 100 papers on emerging AI topics in peer-reviewed conferences and journals like Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) and the Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR).  

We anticipate mission needs and partner with forward-thinking industry, startup, and academic leaders focused on innovation, safety, security, and progress. For example, we actively collaborate with computer science labs and math departments at Harvard University, Syracuse University, the Montreal-based Mila Institute, and other organizations. And our university-wide master collaboration agreement with the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, lets Booz Allen practitioners work on interdisciplinary projects with any professor from any department.

We invest in advanced computing infrastructure to support specific client projects and to expand internal research opportunities. For example, our teams use a state-of-the-art graphics processing unit (GPU) cluster to explore their areas of research focus across AI-related disciplines, from AI security and malware detection to computer vision, generative AI, and more. Investing in AI also means investing in data that enables our teams to lead in producing new research and solving real-world problems in cancer pain detection, cybersecurity, and robotics. 

A Booz Allen initiative provides computer science and math graduates from universities, including MIT and Harvard, with opportunities to author papers and conduct other research activities. Participants build on their prior undergraduate and graduate coursework and their university research projects to rapidly hone skills and publish findings. We also work with the University of Notre Dame’s ESTEEM program to help members gain learning experiences in entrepreneurship and innovation that build upon their advanced science and engineering backgrounds.

Review over 100 research papers from Booz Allen experts and explore career opportunities to learn more about how we engineer the next AI solutions based on peer-reviewed research and practical innovation.