Program Manager
Microsystems Technology Office
Lok Yan, PhD, joined DARPA in November 2021 as a program manager in the Microsystems Technology Office (MTO). His research interests are in systems security, hardware/software co-design, and automated analysis and synthesis.
Prior to joining DARPA, Yan was a software lead and developer in the private sector specializing in embedded systems modernization. Before that, he served as a program manager and researcher at the Air Force Research Laboratory, Information Directorate where he led research efforts seeking to uncover behaviors of and emergent inter-dependencies between software, hardware, and systems.
Education
- PhD, Computer Information Science and Engineering, Syracuse University
- MS, Electrical Engineering, Polytechnic University (NYU Tandon)
- BS, Computer Engineering, Polytechnic University (NYU Tandon)