Dr. Kevin Mills

Dr. Kevin Mills, a senior research scientist with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), received the PhD degree (1996) in information technology from the George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. Dr. Mills has served in various research and management positions at NIST since 1982, except for a term (1996 through 1999) as program manager with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Dr. Mills also worked in industry (1977 through 1982) and served (1974 through 1976) in the Marine Corps (USMC) as an automated data systems officer, developing real-time air control and air defense systems. His research interests include complex distributed systems. He is a senior member of the IEEE. Dr. Mills also served as professor on the adjunct faculty (1996 through 2006) at George Mason University. Dr. Mills has also advised students and post-docs from various U.S., European, and Asian universities.