Dr. Michael J. Hayduk is the Deputy Director, Information Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome, NY. The directorate’s mission is to lead the development and integration of Air Force warfighting information technologies for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, and Cyber. Dr. Hayduk plays a key role in overseeing an annual budget of over 1.6 billion dollars, leading the activities of over 1,200 scientists, engineers, administrative and support personnel. He coordinates AFRL’s Quantum Information Science research portfolio spanning seven technical directorates. Dr. Hayduk orchestrated the stand-up of the Innovare Advancement Center, opening an innovation technology hub located just outside of the security perimeter of the Information Directorate. Dr. Hayduk continues to lead the development of strategic partnerships at Innovare.
Prior to his current position, Dr. Hayduk served as the Chief of the Computing and Communications Division, Air Force Research Laboratory, Information Directorate, Rome, New York from 2011 to 2019. The division’s mission was to lead the discovery, development and integration of affordable computing, networking and communications technologies for our air, space, and cyberspace forces. Dr. Hayduk defined, planned, budgeted, advocated, managed; and directed the execution of the research program and led all aspects of personnel management within the division.
Dr. Hayduk joined the Air Force through the Palace Knight educational program in 1991 and was assigned to Rome Laboratory. Upon completion of his graduate studies, he served as a research engineer where he developed ultrafast solid state pulsed lasers for optical communication systems. As a team leader, Dr. Hayduk led the development of microwave photonic components and subsystems for use in radio frequency sensors. In 2005, he was named the acting Chief of the Electro-Optic Components Branch in the AFRL Sensors Directorate, Dr. Hayduk developed components and subsystems for advanced radio frequency and electro-optic AF sensor systems. In 2007, he transitioned into the Chief of the Emerging Computing Technology Branch in the AFRL Information Directorate which performed fundamental and exploratory research and development in nanocomputing, quantum computing, computational intelligence, and optical computing for advanced computing architectures. Dr. Hayduk has published more than 50 journal and conference papers and holds one U.S. patent.