Stu Topp

Highlighted Work Experience

Research Associate, Georgia Tech Financial Services Innovation Lab (2023 — present)
- Conducted artificial intelligence and machine learning for national security applications
- Lead technical writer and editorial reviewer for program deliverables.
Principal Consultant, Topp Technical Consulting (2023 — present)
- Provided reduced-rate independent consulting on cybersecurity, information security, compliance, risk management, and business continuity for small businesses and professional practices.
US Army Cyber Warfare Officer (2016 — 2023)
- Technical leader responsible for planning, executing, and overseeing offensive cyberspace and intelligence operations in support of national security objectives across tactical, operational, and strategic levels.
US Army Military Intelligence Officer (2014 — 2015)
- Delivered timely and accurate intelligence analysis.
- Led red teaming for planning, wargames, and operational decisionmaking.

Education

MS Operations Research (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2024)
BS Operations Research with Honors Thesis and Terrorism Studies Minor (United States Military Academy, 2014)

Certifications/Qualifications

Certified Business Continuity Planner #98470, Disaster Recovery Institute (DRI) International
Industrial Engineer Intern #4769, Delware Society of Professional Engineers

Publications

Matlin, Glenn, Parv Mahajan, Isaac Song, Yixiong Hao, Ryan Bard, Stu Topp, Evan Montoya, M. Rehan Parwani, Soham Shetty, and Mark Riedl (2025). Shall we play a game? Language models for open-ended wargames. Wordplay: When Language Meets Games @ EMNLP 2025. Available from wordplay-workshop.github.io or arXiv.org
Maher, Ali, Cody Kester, Stuart Topp, and Wesley Trumbauer (2014). Generating geo-referenced terrain for Army simulation programs using RUGUD. Posters ’14: Proceedings of the 2014 SpringSim Poster Session. Available from dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.5555/2664311.2664321

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