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Romeo Dean

Romeo Dean is an AI researcher whose forecasts connect AI hardware, security and governance. By 2024, he had completed a six-month Astra Fellowship at Constellation and was an IAPS fellow researching treaty monitoring while finishing his concurrent computer-science master's at Harvard. He coauthored AI 2027 and its compute and security forecasts in 2025. In 2026, he coauthored a forecast of Chinese photolithography progress, AI 2040: Plan A and proposals for domestic US regulation. He is a researcher at AI Futures Project, where he forecasts AI chip production and usage and works on compute governance; he graduated cum laude from Harvard with a concurrent computer-science master's focused on security and hardware.

Timeline

  1. By 2024

    Astra at Constellation

    By 2024, he completes a six-month Astra Fellowship at Constellation, where he develops forecasts on AI chips, government intervention and international coordination, with attention to security and race dynamics.

  2. 2024

    Treaty monitoring at IAPS

    In 2024, he is a final-year concurrent master's student in computer science at Harvard and an IAPS fellow. With IAPS fellow Christian Chung, he researches how detection mechanisms for international AI treaties could let world powers monitor one another's AI development.

  3. 2024

    AISST leadership at Harvard

    During Fall 2024, he is part of Harvard's AISST, where he leads a weekly technical reading group and an introductory fellowship. In 2024, he joins its board as AI Career and Strategy Lead.

  4. April 2025

    AI 2027 and its forecasts

    In April 2025, he coauthors AI 2027, a scenario describing possible AI development through 2027 and choices governments and companies face as AI advances. He publishes AI 2027's Compute Forecast, which models AI-relevant compute production, distribution and use through December 2027. Its Security Forecast assesses security for model weights and algorithmic secrets, AI hacking and cyberwarfare, and attempts by AI to gain control of its servers.

  5. June 2026

    Forecasting Chinese chipmaking

    In June 2026, he coauthors a forecast of Chinese DUV and EUV photolithography progress with Hamish Low and Joshua Turner. The report uses ASML's development history to estimate when China may reach commercial-scale DUV and EUV milestones.

  6. July 2026

    AI 2040: Plan A

    In July 2026, he coauthors AI 2040: Plan A, a scenario that proposes an international agreement to avoid a race to superintelligence and make AI research transparent.

  7. August 2026

    Pacing US frontier AI

    In August 2026, he coauthors “How to pace the US frontier,” a set of tentative domestic proposals that include a pause on frontier-model improvements and compute allocations for inference and transparent safety work.

  8. As of October 2026

    AI Futures Project researcher

    As of October 2026, he is a researcher at the AI Futures Project, forecasting AI chip production and usage and working on compute governance. He graduated cum laude from Harvard with a concurrent computer-science master's and a research focus in security and hardware.

Career

  1. NowAI Futures ProjectResearcher
  2. 2024Institute for AI Policy and StrategyFellow
  3. 2024ConstellationAstra Fellow
  4. From 2024Harvard UniversityAI Career and Strategy Lead

Education

  1. Harvard UniversityComputer Science master's

From the biography.

  1. Direct Form 990 pay in the latest returns of 39 nonprofits with AI people on this site is highest at $2.1M at the Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) (2024)Includes Romeo Dean. IRS Form 990 compensation across 39 nonprofits with AI people on this site from 2012 to 2025: in the latest returns, Mozilla reports $6.1M including related-company pay (2024) and the Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) leads direct nonprofit pay at $2.1M (2024).
  2. Of 216 AI researchers who entered public life, 83 held advisory seats and 58 took public rolesIncludes Romeo Dean. Of 216 AI researchers who entered public life, 83 held advisory seats and 58 took public roles. Another 97 people moved from public careers into AI organizations or research, with 62% of dated records starting from 2020 on.
  3. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionIncludes Harvard University. We estimate where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led. Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads with 467 former students, including 291 recorded doctorates.
  4. The median h-index is 48 at universities and 14 at frontier AI labsIncludes Harvard University. The median h-index is 48 at universities and 14 at frontier AI labs. We compare publishing careers, recent citations, dual appointments and job moves across 2,420 university researchers and 308 frontier-lab researchers.

Colleagues

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Sources and credits

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  1. Romeo Dean — Institute for AI Policy and Strategy iaps.ai. Checked 21 October 2026.
  2. 2024 IAPS Fellows iaps.ai. Checked 21 October 2026.
  3. Romeo Dean: Top Ten Seniors in Innovation harvardtechnologyreview.com. Checked 21 October 2026.
  4. Summary — AI 2027 ai-2027.com. Checked 21 October 2026.
  5. Compute Forecast — AI 2027 ai-2027.com. Checked 21 October 2026.
  6. Security Forecast — AI 2027 ai-2027.com. Checked 21 October 2026.
  7. A forecast of Chinese DUV and EUV photolithography progress blog.aifutures.org. Checked 21 October 2026.
  8. AI 2040: Plan A ai-2040.com. Checked 21 October 2026.
  9. Archive — AI Futures Project blog.aifutures.org. Checked 21 October 2026.
  10. How to pace the US frontier blog.aifutures.org. Checked 21 October 2026.
  11. About — AI Futures Project aifutures.org. Checked 21 October 2026.
  12. Romeo Dean — MATS Mentor matsprogram.org. Checked 21 October 2026.