Eric Farmer is a principal staff mathematician at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory with 25 years of experience designing advanced capabilities that defend our military and allies against aircraft, missile and cyber threats. He is a recognized expert in distributed simulation and algorithm analysis and design, earning a letter of commendation from a government sponsor.

Farmer is also active in education. For over a decade, he partnered with local schools to teach programming to middle school students, an initiative which earned him the Excellence in Leadership Award from Maryland's State Advisory Council for Gifted and Talented Education. He now teaches graduate computer science courses in the Johns Hopkins University Engineering for Professionals program, where he has received multiple Outstanding Instructor awards.

Farmer earned degrees in mathematics and computer science from K-State in 1997, followed by master's degrees in applied mathematics from the University of Illinois and in computer science from Johns Hopkins University. He lives in Columbia, Maryland, with his wife, Julie.