Norman Berkeley I School profile (web)

Citation

UC Berkeley School of Information. “Ph.D. Alum Justin Norman Named AI Science Advisor to California Department of Technology.” Press coverage page, 2026, quoting the California Council on Science and Technology (CCST). https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/news/presscoverage/2026/phd-alum-justin-norman-named-ai-science-advisor-california-department. Read 2026-10-29.

Justin Norman, PhD, is the AI Science Advisor to the California Department of Technology (CDT), placed by the CCST AI Science Residency Program.

CCST launched its AI Science Residency Program with two advisors, at the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) and at CDT.
Norman “will advise senior leadership on how developments in frontier AI development and governance impact key definitions and thresholds in California frontier AI safety legislation.”
He was acting Portfolio Director and Technical Director for AI and machine learning at the Defense Innovation Unit.
He earned his doctorate at the I School in 2026 and was Technical Director of its Public Interest Technology Clinic.

The university’s news page, which quotes the CCST announcement.

It does not give his start date at CDT.

Source file: wiki/sources/Norman Berkeley I School profile (web).md, updated 2026-10-29.