Applied research on governing AI in production.
The Center for AI & Cyber Excellence (CACE) conducts applied research at the intersection of AI governance, cybersecurity, and trustworthy AI. Our research focuses on the operational challenges organizations face as AI systems become increasingly autonomous, interconnected, and embedded in critical business processes.
Current research areas
- 01Enterprise AI governance
- 02Operational oversight of multi-agent systems
- 03AI risk management
- 04Decision provenance
- 05Delegated authority
- 06Human oversight
- 07AI assurance
- 08Third-party AI governance
- 09Governance operating models for large-scale AI deployments
AD Edwards
Founder & Principal Researcher
AD Edwards is the Founder and Principal Researcher of the Center for AI & Cyber Excellence. Her work focuses on designing governance, risk, and oversight frameworks for organizations deploying AI in production environments, with particular emphasis on accountability, decision rights, operational control, and enterprise-scale AI risk management.
She has contributed to enterprise AI governance initiatives across regulated industries and participates in the advancement of AI governance through standards development, professional education, and technical communities.
Her current research examines operational oversight for multi-agent AI ecosystems, governance of autonomous decision-making, enterprise AI assurance, and mechanisms for preserving meaningful human authority as AI systems become increasingly distributed across organizations and vendors.
- IEEE Standards Association
- SANS Institute
- ISC2 professional education
- ISO/IEC 42001 implementation and governance
- Industry efforts advancing trustworthy and responsible AI
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We work with enterprises, public sector organizations, and standards bodies on applied AI governance and assurance problems.
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