Rama G. Elluru is currently the Senior Director for Society and Intellectual Property at the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP). SCSP is a non-profit, non-partisan initiative established to make recommendations to strengthen America’s long-term competitiveness for a future where artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies reshape our national security, economy, and society. At SCSP, she leads a team on shaping emerging technology governance and Intellectual Property policy.
Previous to the SCSP, Elluru was a Director for Research and Analysis for Ethics and Responsible AI at the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI), an independent Commission established by Congress to consider the methods and means to advance the development of AI, ML, and associated technologies to address the national security and defense needs of the United States. She was detailed to the NSCAI from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), where she served as an Administrative Patent Judge on the Patent Trial and Appeal. Before joining the USPTO, Rama practiced IP law for 20 years, specializing in analyzing and litigating E.E. and bio-pharma patents. Her career started as a Software Engineer. She graduated from Trinity University with a B.S. in Computer Science/Philosophy and obtained a J.D. from the Washington and Lee School of Law. After law school, she received a M.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Georgetown University.