Daniil Rose
Researcher in Organizational Learning & Technology
Education
The Pennsylvania State University
Expected May 2027GPA: 3.76 / 4.00
- Master of International Affairs, concentration in Law, Policy, and Engineering
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering
- Bachelor of Science in German
Integrated Undergraduate-Graduate (IUG) program: all three degrees pursued concurrently.
- ·Graduate coursework: Multi-Sector Quantitative Analysis; International Economics; Engineering, Law, and Policy Systems; Engineering and Science Shaping Policy; Actors, Institutions, and Legal Frameworks; Individual Studies (supervised by Prof. Larry Catá Backer)
- ·Master's capstone: independent quantitative policy study completed through the IEEE-USA Washington Internships for Students of Engineering program (see Publications)
- ·Goethe-Institut, Freiburg, Germany: intensive German language program, May 2024
Research Interests
Organizational learning about emerging technologies and the rules that govern them: transactive memory and metaknowledge in teams that include AI systems; how organizations that learn a technology through standards and compliance, rather than through use, differ in how they retain and transfer that knowledge and recover from failure; knowledge transfer among regulators, intermediaries, and adopting organizations. Methods: team experiments and text-based measures of communication, archival data on technology adoption, and institutional and legal analysis.
Publications
- ·Backer, Larry Catá, and Daniil Rose. “Blockchain Regulatory Systems—Conceptual and Operational Challenges.” Rutgers Computer & Technology Law Journal 53 (forthcoming 2027). Accepted July 2026.
- ·Rose, Daniil. “From Labs to Legislation: The Role of Intermediary Organizations in the Research Ecosystem.” Journal of Engineering & Public Policy 27 (IEEE-USA), 2025. Policy paper; briefed to staff of the U.S. House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, July 2025.
- ·Editorial assistance (acknowledged): Backer, Larry Catá. The United Nations Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights: A Commentary. Oxford University Press, forthcoming.
Research Experience
Research Assistant to Professor Larry Catá Backer
August 2025 – PresentPenn State Dickinson Law & School of International Affairs · University Park, PA
- ·Coauthored a law review article on the conceptual and operational challenges of blockchain-based regulatory systems, arguing that regulators design around a model of what the technology does and that the model, not the technology, produces most implementation failures
- ·Prepare research memoranda synthesizing legal and policy literature on social-credit and “smart regulation” systems and on the UN Guiding Principles treaty tracks; edit keynote addresses and workshop papers for international scholarly venues (ESIL, ASCE, ECLS, BlockchainGov)
- ·Edit and manage chapters of The United Nations Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights: A Commentary (Oxford University Press)
Policy Researcher, Washington Internships for Students of Engineering
June – August 2025IEEE-USA · Washington, D.C.
- ·Designed and conducted an independent study of the U.S. research enterprise, using Python (pandas, numpy) to analyze federal R&D funding and institutional research output; published the results as a policy paper and briefed staff of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
- ·Finding: policy drifts in implementation because actors in the research enterprise use shared terms with different meanings; proposed a three-actor model and efficiency metrics to make the drift measurable
Undergraduate Research Assistant to Professor Ruslan Nikolaev
November 2023 – June 2025Penn State College of Engineering · University Park, PA
- ·Contributed to research on lock-free and wait-free operating systems; synthesized 20+ workshop and conference papers on computer systems for the group’s white papers
Professional Experience
Cyber Strategy & Transformation Summer Scholar, Government & Public Services
June – July 2026Deloitte Consulting LLP · Rosslyn, VA
- ·Analyzed draft NIST publications during public comment periods, identifying definitional gaps and downstream implementation burdens for federal agencies, and framed the analytical questions used in the firm’s comments
- ·Authored a draft framework mapping dependencies among NIST, CISA, and ISO guidance to reduce time-to-act for practitioners assembling a picture of risk from overlapping regulatory sources
Computer Engineering Intern
June 2024 – June 2025RTD Embedded Technologies, Inc. · State College, PA
- ·Developed a real-time-operating-system product line for Internet-of-Things devices (kernel extensions and language parsers in C); briefed leadership on the regulatory and technical standards governing the product launch
Systems Engineering Intern, Defense Mission Systems
June – August 2023Peraton (Remotec) · Reston, VA
- ·Drafted recommendations to leadership on technology adoption and compliance; collaborated with Oak Ridge National Laboratory on generative-AI applications for robotics
DevOps Engineer
June 2022 – June 2023quub, Inc. · Lancaster, PA
- ·Administered containerized infrastructure for 20+ microservices and programmed embedded ARM devices in C and Rust for experimental satellite payloads
University Governance
At-Large Representative
April 2025 – PresentUniversity Park Fee Board
- ·Executive committee member of the board that allocates approximately $33 million in student fee funding annually; evaluate proposals and budget presentations for fiscal responsibility, impact, and risk, and deliberate allocations in public sessions
Student Senator
April 2025 – September 2026University Faculty Senate
- ·Senate Committee on Education; worked with the committee chair on the legislative report revising Penn State’s undergraduate pass/fail grading policy, approved by the Senate in 2026
President
April 2025 – March 2026Graduate and Professional Student Association
- ·Led the graduate student government representing 12,000+ students across 18 colleges; chaired a 40+ member assembly and executive board and directed advocacy on graduate funding and institutional policy
President
April 2023 – April 2025Association of Residence Hall Students
- ·Lead representative for 14,000+ students in nearly 100 residence halls; member, university-wide Academic Portfolio and Program Review (2024–2025)
Teaching
Substitute Instructor and Teaching Assistant
January 2026 – PresentThe Pennsylvania State University
- ·LWELA 906 Corporations and LWELA 927 Religion (Fall 2026); INTAF 801 Actors, Institutions, and Legal Frameworks (Spring 2026). Grading and discussion sections
Graduate Assistant
August 2026 – PresentFox Graduate School (Graduate Educational Engagement Programs)
- ·Support the design and assessment of professional-development programming for graduate students, including program evaluations, participant surveys, and outcome tracking
Honors & Awards
- ·George Atherton Outstanding Dedication to Penn State Award, Graduate and Professional Student Association, 2026
- ·Jaime Desmond Leadership Award (student leader of the year), The Pennsylvania State University, 2025
- ·Chapel Intern, Virginia Todd Chapel Executive Internship Program, College of the Liberal Arts, 2026
- ·Career Enrichment Network Enrichment Fund (research funding for IEEE-USA project), College of the Liberal Arts, 2025
- ·Delta Phi Alpha, National German Honor Society, 2024
- ·Eagle Scout, 2022