Pramud of Retired after a long career in naval ship design and wargaming served as consultant to US Customs and Border Protection Agency

Border control is a complex socio-technical ecosystem shaped by technology, policy, human behavior, incentives, and institutional constraints. In this webinar, we explore how surveillance, screening, data analytics, and operational processes interact with governance, privacy, ethics, and public trust. Using a systems perspective, we will examine feedback loops and unintended consequences that can emerge when technologies are deployed at scale, including how risk responses, organizational incentives, and public perception influence outcomes over time. The session will offer a practical modeling mindset to help participants think about leverage points for improving effectiveness while protecting rights, accountability, and legitimacy. We will also connect the discussion to broader SSIT themes such as responsible innovation, policy design, and the social implications of technological choices.

Biography:

Speaker: Pramud Rawat (M’14, SM’24, LS’25) was born in Sikar, Rajasthan, in India. After getting his B.Tech. (Hons.) from IIT Kharagpur, SM and NAV. ARCH. degrees from MIT, he got his Ph.D. in mathematics from UCLA. He spent most of his career in naval ship design and wargaming, much of it devoted to modeling and simulation (discrete-event simulation); he spent the final years of his career working as a consultant on a task from US Customs and Border Protection Agency. In 2017, he was invited to deliver a talk to the staff of Argentinian Ministry of Security, which motivated him to study of history and border control problems in Latin America.

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