Research Dossier · 2026
Kurt Pasque
Operations Research · Applied AI · U.S. Navy Officer
I design decision systems for mission-critical environments, combining optimization, machine learning, and execution-focused leadership.
Selected Signals
- INFORMS Military & Security Society Donald P. Gaver, Jr. Thesis Research Award winner (2025).
- MORS Stephen A. Tisdale Graduate Research Prize finalist.
- Leads AI integration initiatives at Naval Education and Training Command.
- Research collaborator on tropical geometry and neural algorithmic reasoning at Naval Postgraduate School.
Credentials
Education
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Naval Postgraduate School · M.S., Operations Research
Honors: MORS Tisdale Graduate Research Prize finalist; INFORMS Military and Security Society Donald P. Gaver, Jr. Thesis Research Award winner.
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United States Naval Academy · B.S., Mechanical Engineering
Leadership roles in 6th Company (XO, Wardroom Officer, Squad Leader); Service Rifle and Pistol Team.
Work
Current and Prior Roles
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Data Scientist · Naval Education and Training Command
Leads AI integration programs, training modernization efforts, and data products supporting senior-level decisions.
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Research Collaborator · Naval Postgraduate School
Contributed to tropical-attention research presented at NeurIPS 2025 and currently leads experimental work on universal reasoning models.
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Division Officer · U.S. Navy Pay and Personnel Support Center
Built UiPath automations for back-office workflows and led transition activities from legacy systems to Salesforce CRM.
Selected Work Archive
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Tropical CNNs
Evaluated robustness of tropical CNN approaches under adversarial perturbations. Repository.
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Anti-Submarine Drone Warfare Simulation
Discrete-event simulation estimating carrier-based drone force structure for sustained anti-submarine operations. Repository.
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Naval Postgraduate School Return on Investment Analysis
Developed quantitative metrics to communicate educational ROI to Department of Defense stakeholders. Repository.
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Eval First Draft + FitRep First Draft Launch
Built and released lightweight generation tools, including front-end workflows, API-backed drafting pipelines, and iterative reliability improvements from early user feedback. evalfirstdraft.com, fitrepfirstdraft.com, and launch note.