Dr. Nina Kollars is a non-resident fellow at the Modern War Institute at West Point and an editorial board member for the Special Operations Journal. Her research interests are on cyber security and military innovation. She has published in numerous magazines and journals to include: “The Rise of Smart Machines: The Unique Peril of Intelligent Software Agents in Defense and Intelligence” in Palgrave Handbook of Security, Risk and Intelligence; "SOFWERX’s Return on Collision: Measuring Open Collaborative Innovation" in Special Operations Journal; and “Cyber Beyond Third Offset: A Call for Warfighter-Led Innovation” in War on the Rocks co-written with Jacquelyn Schneider.