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Projects

UW/APL

    Ocean Sensor Web Concept
  1. (co-PI) "Ice penetrating support infrastructure," $435,000 over one year, DARPA, (with D. Winebrenner, R. Moritz, T. Elam, and M. Stewart), 2009-present.
  2. (PI) "Software-defined acoustic modems for underwater communications," $50,000 over 18 months, APL Strategic Applied Research Program, April 2007.
  3. (PI) "A smart sensor web for ocean observation: system design, modeling, and optimization," $1.5 million over three years, NASA Advanced Information Systems Technology Program (with S. Roy - UW, Y. Chao - JPL/UCLA, A. Gray, B.M. Howe, W.L.J. Fox), Sept. 2006 - present.
  4. (PI) "Automated multi-tone waveform processing for communications signal identification," $900,000 over three years, Army Research Office (with J. Pitton and A.K. Das), June 2006-present.

Caltech/JPL

  1. (PI) "Efficient synthesis of quantum logic circuits by rotation-based quantum operators and unitary functional bi-decomposition," $25,000 over six months, (seed funding - with Massoud Pedram, USC), 2005-2006.
    The south polar cap of Mars, imaged in April 2000 by the Mars Global Surveyor
  2. (co-PI) "Decision analysis and support systems for long-range, long-duration NASA solar system exploration missions," (with A. Gray, R. Easter, E. Lamassoure, N. Renno - Univ. of Michigan, E. Baker - UMass Amherst), 2004-2006.
  3. (co-PI) "Distributed sensors and systems for space missions: development of feasible space mission concepts for the Moon and Mars, from launch to deployment" (with A. Gray, S. Darden, P. Illsley, A. Karapetian, J. Law, G. Mungas, M. Vozoff, J. Ziemer), 2004-2006.
  4. (PI) "Biosynthetic engineering for the exploration of space," $50,000 over one year, (seed funding - with Chris Adami - Caltech - and Virendra Sarohia), 2004, web link.
  5. (co-PI) "Reconfigurable protocol chip for satellite networks,"$900,000 over three years, NASA Advanced Information Systems Technology Program (with A. Gray, C. Okino, C. Brambora and T. Bialas - Goddard Space Flight Center), June 2003.
  6. (co-PI) "Dual channel high rate prototype system for aeronautical telemetry in the SHF Band,"$264,000, US Air Force (Edwards AFB) (with T.-Y Yan, C. Okino, H. Tsou, D. Lee, A. Gray, and S. Darden), April 2003.
  7. (PI) "Collective behavior of biological swarms: system modeling, analysis, and algorithmic development for distributed dynamic resource allocation problems," $200,000, JPL Director's Research and Development Fund (with M. Dickinson - Caltech, A. Martinoli - Caltech, and R.J. Marks II - UW), Jan. 2003.
    Sensor node in JPL Mars Yard
  8. (co-PI) "A spectrally efficient, high data rate telemetry system for operation under adverse channel conditions in the 3-30 GHz range,"$550,000 over 18 months, US Air Force (Edwards AFB) (with T.-Y Yan, M.K. Simon, H. Tsou, D. Lee, A. Gray, and S. Darden), April 2002.
  9. (co-PI) "Implications of quantum information transmission for the Deep Space Network," JPL TMOD, $75,000 for one year, (with D. Divsalar, S. Dolinar, and F. Pollara), April 2001.
  10. (PI) "Design and implementation of a web based interactive guide to performance evaluation of diversity systems over fading channels," (with M.K. Simon), 2001.
  11. (PI) "Intelligent sensor and satellite networks for Earth science and exploration," $825,000 over two years, NASA Advanced Information Systems Technology Program (with A. Gray, T.-Y Yan, C. Wang, L. Clare - Rockwell, R.J. Marks II - UW, and C. Mirchandani - Goddard Space Flight Center), Jan. 2000.
  12. (PI) "Dynamic signal processing technologies for optical communications," NASA Advanced Cross Enterprise Technology Development Program, $450,000 for three years, June 1999.
  13. (co-PI) "Low cost dual navigation and high rate transceiver technologies," NASA Advanced Cross Enterprise Technology Development Program, $750,000 for three years, (with A. Gray and J. Srinivasan), June 1999.
    Deep Space Network 70-meter antenna in Goldstone, California
  14. (co-PI) "Low cost multi-Gbps transceiver technologies," NASA Advanced Cross Enterprise Technology Development Program, $1,335,000 for three years, (with A. Gray, M.K. Simon, D. Divsalar, and N. Lay), June 1999.
  15. (co-PI) "Adaptive acquisition and tracking for the Ka-band array feed antenna system," JPL Telecommunications and Mission Operations Directorate, $50,000 for one year, August 1999 (with V. Vilnrotter and D. Forte), plus $40,000 in mid-year funding, April 2000.

Neda Communications

  1. (Co-I) System engineering of an open-source wireless text messaging system - the Whiteberry hardware, software, and services platform (2008-present).
  2. (Co-I) "Development of new mobile messaging protocols, specifications, and systems in a wireless (2G) Cellular Digital Packet Data (CDPD) Network," AT&T Wireless Services (1994-1996).
  3. Co-author of numerous white papers in the field of data communications for clients ranging from the Electronic Mail Association to McCaw Cellular Communications (1992-1994).

Clenova

  1. (Co-founder) Development and prototyping of a correlation-based web search and discovery engine (2005-2007). See flash demo here (audio/video).

Zaias Technologies

  1. (Co-founder) Development and prototyping of next-generation data mining and collective forecasting technologies for applications in financial markets (1999-2001).

Research Author/Editor

  1. Internetwork Mobility: The CDPD Approach (M. Taylor, W. Waung, and M. Banan), Prentice Hall, 1996.
  2. Introduction to Shannon Sampling & Interpolation Theory, (R.J. Marks II), Springer, 1991.
  3. Advanced Topics in Shannon Sampling & Interpolation Theory, (R.J. Marks II), Springer, 1993.
  4. Digital Communication over Fading Channels, (M.K. Simon and M.-S. Alouini), Wiley-IEEE Press, 2004.
  5. Probability Distributions Involving Gaussian Random Variables: A Handbook for Engineers and Scientists, (M.K. Simon), Springer, 2006.