US Air Force Workshop on

    Intelligent Sensory Data processing and Imaging

    in Dynamic Battlefield Scenarios

     

    FedEx Institute of Technology, University of Memphis, TN

     

    October 25-26, 2007

     

    Workshop Program

     

     

    Thursday, October 25, 2007 (Bell South Room)

    8:30 - 9:00

    Registration, Coffee

    9:00 - 9:15

    Opening
    Shaye Mandle, Executive Director, FedEx Institute of Technology

    Session I

    Challenges in Sensory Data Processing on the Battlefield
    Chair: Robert Kozma (UoM)

    9:15 - 9:55

    Distributed Sensor Tandems with Intelligent/Robotic Trajectory Diversity
    Atindra Mitra (Wright Patterson Air Force)

    9:55 - 10:35

    Data Association for Multi-Sensor Tracking
    Ross Deming (General Dynamics)

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    Break (10:35 - 10:45)

    10:45 - 11:30

    Panel Discussion
    Funding Opportunities in Radar Processing (DARPA)
    Chair: Amir Shirkhodaie (TSU), Panelists: Ross Deming (Antheon), Rob Linnehan (HAFB), Robert Kozma (UoM), Atindra Mitra (WPAF)

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    Lunch (11:30 - 13:30) Holiday Inn Wilson Hotel

    Session II

    Advanced Methods of Sensory Data Processing in Distributed Scenarios
    Chair: Ross Deming (General Dynamics) and Marko Puljic (UoM)

    13:30 - 14:15

    Battlefield Sensor Networking and Data/Information Fusion
    Amir Shirkhodaie (TSU)

    14:15 - 14:50

    A Sneak Peak into the Future of Wireless Sensor Networks from our Limited Vision
    Santosh Kumar (UoM)

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    Coffee Break (14:50 - 15:10)

    15:10 - 15:45

    Parameter Estimation for Targets Behind Walls
    Rob Linnehan (Hanscom Air Force Base)

    15:45 - 16:15

    Biologically Inspired ATR in Distortion
    Khan Iftekharuddin (UoM)

    16:15 - 17:00

    Panel Discussion
    Funding Opportunities in Intelligent Systems (USAF/IFKA, ARO)
    Chair: Robert Kozma (UoM), Panelists: Ross Deming (Antheon), Khan Iftekharuddin (UoM), Santosh Kumar (UoM), Rob Linnehan (HAFB), Amir Shirkhodaie (TSU), Chrysanthe Preza (EECE/UoM)

    19:00 - 21:30

    Reception/ Dinner
    The Grove Grill, 4550 Poplar Avenue, Memphis

    Friday, October 26, 2007 (Bell South Room)

    8:30 - 9:00

    Registration, Coffee

    Session III

    Biological and Cognitive Aspects of Sensing and Decision Making
    Chair: Amir Shirkhodaie (TSU)

    9:00 - 9:40

    Dynamic Logic Neural Fields, Engineering Applications, and the Mind
    Leonid Perlovsky (Hanscom AFB & Harvard U)

    9:40 - 10:20

    From Neurons to Goal-directed Navigating Algorithms
    Peter Erdi (Kalamazoo & RMKI, Budapest)

    10:20 - 10:50

    Learning in Cellular Recurrent Networks with Applications to Image Processing and Nonlinear Optimization
    Roman Ilin (UoM)

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    Break (10:50 - 11:00)

    11:00 - 11:30

    Neurodynamics and Human Effectiveness
    Robert Kozma (UoM)

    11:30 - 12:15

    Panel Discussion
    Potential Funding in Human Effectiveness and Networks, Semantic Web
    Chair: Leonid Perlovsky (HAFB, HU), Panelists: Peter Erdi (Kzoo), Robert Kozma (UoM), Vasile Russ (UoM), David Russomanno (UoM), Lan Wang (UoM).

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    Lunch (12:15 - 14:00) Holiday Inn Wilson Hotel

    14:00 - 15:00

    Overview Panel and Recommendations
    Co-Chairs: Amir Shirkhodaie and Robert Kozma
    Panelists: Ross Deming (Antheon), Peter Erdi (Kzoo), Khan Iftekharuddin (UoM), Leonid Perlovsky (HAFB, HU), Vasile Russ (UoM), David Russomanno (UoM). Rob Linnehan (HAFB), Robert Kozma (UoM), Shaye Mandle (FIT), Atindra Mitra (WPAF), Chrysanthe Preza (UoM), Lan Wang (UoM)

    15:00 - 18:00

    Excursion to Graceland (Elvis Presley) and Memphis Downtown

    18:00 - 21:00

    Memphis Barbeque and Beale Street Blues