William Marcelino – Ponente Defensa y Yo 4.0
Senior Behavioral and Social Scientist: Professor of Policy Analytics, Pardee Rand Graduate School

Bill Marcellino is a senior behavioral scientist at RAND, a professor of political analysis at the Pardee RAND Graduate School, and a lecturer at Carnegie Mellon University and Johns Hopkins University. He trained as a sociolinguist and corpus linguist, and at RAND develops AI applications, including RAND-Lex, RAND’s proprietary text analysis suite. Marcellino teaches classes in text analysis and natural language processing (NLP), as well as qualitative research methods. His research focuses on information as a warfare function, the application and acquisition of AI technology for the Department of Defense, military resilience, and disinformation and conspiracy theories in social networks. He also helps lead RAND’s AI development in specialized LLM and LLM-enabled applications. He has also served as a U.S. Marine Corps tank officer and enlisted rifleman. Marcellino received his PhD in rhetoric from Carnegie Mellon University.

Manuel R. Torres Soriano
University Professor in the Area of Political Science and Administration at the Pablo de Olavide University of Sevilla

Manuel Torres has directed programs such as the Diploma of Specialization in Analysis of Jihadist Terrorism and the Master in Political Communication and Management of Electoral Campaigns. He teaches in several postgraduate programs on cybersecurity and terrorism. He has been a member of several advisory boards, including the European Counter- Terrorism Centre and the Real Instituto Elcano. His background includes research at universities such as Stanford, Johns Hopkins and Harvard, with a PhD in Political Science from the University of Granada. His areas of research include political violence, jihadist terrorism and cybersecurity. He has written several books, including “Al Andalus 2.0. La ciber-yihad contra España», and received awards such as the Premio Defensa de Investigación and the Medalla de Bronce al mérito policial by the Mossos d’Esquadra- Policia de la Generalitat.