William B. Rouse is Research Professor in the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University and Professor Emeritus and former Chair of the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. His research focuses on mathematical and computational modeling for policy design and analysis in complex public-private systems, with particular emphasis on healthcare, education, transportation, energy, and national security. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and fellow of IEEE, INCOSE, INFORMS, and HFES. His recent books include Failure Management (Oxford, 2021) and Computing Possible Futures (Oxford, 2019).