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Elizabeth Quintana

Position: Head of Military Information Studies

Elizabeth runs the Military Information Systems programme, looking specifically at Network Enabled Operations, C4ISTAR technology and information management. She is responsible for conducting research, writing articles and organising events related to these topics. This includes the annual RUSI C4ISTAR conference, sponsored by the UK Ministry of Defence. Current areas of research for this programme include the effectiveness of information operations and the role of the media in current operations. Elizabeth also maintains an interest in Directed Energy Weapons, space assets and unmanned vehicles.

Prior to joining RUSI, Elizabeth worked for two years running technical conferences for the international defence community. In 2001 she took a graduate assistant position at the University of Texas A&M where she worked for two years on a DARPA project investigating collaborative robotics. Elizabeth holds an MEng in Automatic Control and Systems Engineering from the University of Sheffield and an MSc in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Texas A&M.

RUSI Publications

Review: The Robots and Robotics Debate
3 Mar 2010
Two recent books on robots and robotics raise the issue of whether we are as wired for war as robots
The New Challenges of Cyber Security
25 Jun 2009
The UK’s new Cyber Security Strategy outlines governmental response to these new threats: Britain will work closely with international networks to identify and prosecute a new brand of ‘e-criminal’.
Fighting Green: The Next Revolution in Military Affairs
4 Nov 2009
The UK's MoD is not alone in its effort to become green - US forces are also developing the efficiency and security of their energy supplies