Hi! I am Ross Gruetzemacher and I am an Assistant Professor of Business Analytics at Wichita State University, the Executive Director of the Transformative Futures Institute (TFI, a nonprofit research institute that I founded in 2022), a Senior Game Master for the strategic AI role-play game Intelligence Rising, and a Research Affiliate at the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk at the University of Cambridge. I have a PhD in management (business analytics) from Auburn University as well as an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering and a master’s degree in computational fluid dynamics. Prior to my PhD I spent a year working as a data scientist and I really enjoy big data analytics and advanced machine learning techniques.
My primary research interests are in forecasting/foresight, decision making and strategy with a focus on artificial intelligence. This involves research on applications of natural language processing (NLP) and the implications of advanced NLP for organizations and society. I am actively working on AI policy issues related to AI and national security.
In my free time I enjoy skiing, climbing, mountaineering, tennis, golf, running, traveling with my wife, and playing with my 10-year old dog Cuda.
rossgritz<at>gmail.com