John Griffith is the Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence Capability Area Lead at The MITRE Corporation. John has worked for 25 years in Computational Linguistics and other areas of AI. His current interests include Cognitive Assistance, Autonomy, Robotics, Analytic Tools, and Human Machine Teaming. John works to foster collaborations with academia and industry to apply Cognitive Science and AI to solve the unique challenges across the Federal Government.