Schmidt Program on Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Technologies & National Power
The Schmidt Program on Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Technologies, and National Power fosters research and teaching that spans the disciplines of computer science, data science, economics, engineering, history, international relations, law, philosophy, physics, and political science.
The Schmidt Program serves as a hub for scholars and practitioners to work across disciplines on the technological and strategic transformations that are reshaping our world. It was founded on a recognition that cyberspace is now the backbone of our global commerce, communication and defense systems, and a key aspect of the critical infrastructure that powers our modern civilization. Technologies and information spread nearly instantaneously, while the world economy and supply chains are integrated to a degree unprecedented in history.
Latest news from the Schmidt Program
Schmidt Program explores the strategic significance of outer space to American national security
The Schmidt Program's Outer Space Symposium is a series of events that hosts space leaders from across public, private, and nonprofit sectors, who share their perspectives on national security challenges in the space domain.
Yale students present STEM research on Capitol Hill
More than two dozen students presented research with policy priorities spanning quantum, climate, biomedical research, space, infrastructure, energy, and land management.
Yale students participate in latest AI dialogue with Chinese scholars, peers, and tech entrepreneurs
Yale students traveled to China in March 2026 for a week-long intensive program, the latest iteration of an exchange with students from China's Renmin University focused on topics ranging from the future of Sino-American relations to the implications of cutting-edge advances in AI and robotics technologies.
Schmidt students travel to Texas for AI+ Autonomy exchange and tour of rare-earth facility
Students and faculty from the Jackson School’s Schmidt Program participated in an exchange that featured panels on the role of AI in national defense across the maritime, ground, aerial, cyber, and space domains.
Upcoming events
Philippe Bolopion: AI and Human Rights
Join Ted Wittenstein, director of the Schmidt Program on AI, Emerging Technologies, and National Power, for a probing conversation on how AI intersects with the monitoring and defense of human rights...
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- 46 Hillhouse, 104
Brendan Nyhan: Disinformation and the Future of Democracy
Join the Schmidt Program for the Fall 2026 AI Policy Forum, a series of Jackson student-led conversations with experts on technology and the public interest. On September 28, we welcome Dartmouth...
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- Watson Center, A74
AI & Defense: From the Middle East to the Indo-Pacific
The Schmidt Program will host a discussion on a wide range of issues related to AI and defense around the world, with William "Chip" Usher, Senior Director for Intelligence at the Special...
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- Horchow Hall, 103
Innovative research
The Schmidt Program has developed seven areas of research emphasis, in close collaboration with affiliated faculty and practitioners. Each of these research areas are a focused teaching module within the Schmidt Program’s new year-long course and involve close collaboration with centers of excellence on campus and with non-Yale partner institutions.
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