Holiday party/Technical talk – Agentic AI for National Security

Please join us for our annual holiday party and a technical talk from Dr. Michael Ham.
Agentic AI for National Security
Superior semiconductors gave the United States power to wage wars with unprecedented precision and efficiency. Today, the rise of agentic artificial intelligence—AI systems capable of autonomous perception, reasoning, and coordinated action—promises a revolution of similar magnitude. Early glimpses of this shift are visible on the battlefields of Ukraine, where adaptive AI tools are reshaping reconnaissance, targeting, and decision cycles.
This talk will explore how the race for dominance in agentic AI is inseparable from the struggle for supremacy in semiconductors—and how that contest is now expanding to encompass data and energy as the new strategic resources of power. The discussion will conclude with a forward-looking analysis of how future conflicts may unfold when autonomous agents, vast compute networks, and human command structures intersect on the battlefield.
Dr. Michael Ham obtained his PhD in Physics from the University of North Texas in 2007. He has experience with neural networks, ejecta experiments and historical underground nuclear test analysis. He is currently focused on implementing AI systems on historical data, data management and data governance at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Note that lunch will be served. Please RSVP to help us estimate how much food to purchase and to indicate if you have any dietary restrictions/requests.
Room: 111/112, Bldg: 03-0207, research library JRO 1&2, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States, 87545