CISER Affiliated Faculty - CISER Consortium for Intelligent Systems Education and Research
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Brij Agrawal
Distinguished Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1970
agrawal@nps.edu
(831) 656-3338
Research Interests: Acquisition, tracking and pointing of flexible spacecraft with optical payloads, High Energy Laser beam control, Active vibration control, isolation and suppression, Adaptive optics and optical beam jitter control, Advanced control and wavefront sensor techniques
Teaching Interests: Acquisition, Tracking, and Pointing of Military Spacecraft, Spacecraft Design, Smart Structures, Spacecraft Attitude Control, Spacecraft Design and Testing
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1970
agrawal@nps.edu
(831) 656-3338
Carl Albing
Research Professor
Graduate School of Operational and Information Sciences
Ph.D.,
carl.albing@nps.edu
831-656-3516
Operations Research
Graduate School of Operational and Information Sciences
Ph.D.,
carl.albing@nps.edu
831-656-3516
Aruna Apte
Associate Professor
Operations and Logistics Management
Ph.D., Southern Methodist University
auapte@nps.edu
(831) 656-7583
Developing mathematical models and algorithms for complex real world operational problems, specifically in Humanitarian Logistics, Military Logistics, Mathematical Modeling, Operations Management, Humanitarian Logistics
Operations and Logistics Management
Ph.D., Southern Methodist University
auapte@nps.edu
(831) 656-7583
Uday Apte
Distinguished Professor
Decision Science
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
umapte@nps.edu
(831) 656-3598
Managing Service Operations, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Globalization of Information, Intensive Services, Technology Management, Operations Management, Management Science, Managing Service Operations, Managing Global Operations, Supply Chain Management, Managing Manufacturing Automation
Decision Science
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
umapte@nps.edu
(831) 656-3598
Susan Aros
Assistant Professor of Operations Management
Graduate School of Defense Management
Ph.D., University of Texas-Austin 2006
SKAROS@nps.edu
(831) 601-1303
Susan Aros joined NPS in 2006, after earning her PhD in Information, Risk, and Operations Management from the University of Texas at Austin. She also holds an MA in Spiritual Formation and Soul Care from Biola University, and an MEng in Operations Research and BA in Psychology, both from Cornell University. She has published in various peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings, and has had industry experience with Kraft Food and applied research projects with Dell, the Navy’s FRCSW, the DLA, the JIFCO, and the Army’s TRADOC. Her research crosses multiple topic areas including peace support operation, disaster operations, inter-organizational communication, production planning and scheduling, and RFID use in remanufacturing, Her research also crosses several methodology areas including agent-based simulation, discrete-event simulation, and mixed integer programming.
Graduate School of Defense Management
Ph.D., University of Texas-Austin 2006
SKAROS@nps.edu
(831) 601-1303
John Arquilla
Professor
Graduate School of Operational and Information Sciences
Ph.D.,
jarquilla@nps.edu
(831) 656-3450
Revolution in Military Affairs, Information-Age Conflict, Irregular Warfare, Revolution in Military Affairs, Information-Age Conflict, Irregular Warfare
Graduate School of Operational and Information Sciences
Ph.D.,
jarquilla@nps.edu
(831) 656-3450
Albert Barreto III
Manager, Virtualization and Cloud Computing Lab and Lecturer
Information Sciences
Masters of Information Technology Management, Naval Postgraduate School, 2011
abarreto@nps.edu
831.656.7720
Research Interests: Virtualization Technologies and Cloud Computing, Wireless Networking and Thin and Zero Client Devices, Alternative Power and Efficient Computing, My current thesis work is on Floating Points Per Second (FLOPS) over Kilowatt Hour (kWh) in past and current Virtual Systems, starting with the IBM System 370 and examining presumed gains in efficiency of our modern virtualized systems compared to the earlier main frame model.
Information Sciences
Masters of Information Technology Management, Naval Postgraduate School, 2011
abarreto@nps.edu
831.656.7720
Robert Bassett
Assistant Professor
Operations Research
Ph.D., University of California Davis, 2018
robert.bassett@nps.edu
Research and Teaching Interests: Statistics and Optimization; Online Optimization; Nonparametric Statistics; Penalized & Constrained Estimation; Estimation and Signal Processing on Networks; Variational Analysis; Applications to Statistics; Applications to Cyber and Infrastructure Defense
Operations Research
Ph.D., University of California Davis, 2018
robert.bassett@nps.edu
Brian Bingham
Associate Professor
Graduate School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
bbingham@nps.edu
(831) 200-6360
Unmanned marine systems, Autonomy, Underwater navigation, Dynamic systems and control, Robotics, Engineering computing, Instrumentation and mechatronics
Graduate School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
bbingham@nps.edu
(831) 200-6360
Dan Boger
Management Science, Econometrics
Management Science, Econometrics
Raymond Buettner
Research Interests Computational Modeling of Social and Organizational Systems Strategic Communications and Information Operations Systems Engineering Communal Knowledge Systems Robotic & Autonomous Systems Man-machine teaming Teaching Interests Computational Modeling of Social and Organizational Systems Strategic Communications and Information Operations Systems Engineering Communal Knowledge Systems Awards Outstanding Research Achievement Award, Naval Postgraduate School Truman Scholar William E. Mize Leadership Award
Research Interests Computational Modeling of Social and Organizational Systems Strategic Communications and Information Operations Systems Engineering Communal Knowledge Systems Robotic & Autonomous Systems Man-machine teaming Teaching Interests Computational Modeling of Social and Organizational Systems Strategic Communications and Information Operations Systems Engineering Communal Knowledge Systems Awards Outstanding Research Achievement Award, Naval Postgraduate School Truman Scholar William E. Mize Leadership Award
Samuel Buttrey
Associate Professor
Operational Research
Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 1996
buttrey@nps.edu
(831) 656-3035
Scholarly Work
Publications
Book Chapters
Guttieri, K., Blais, C. L., Shearer, R., & Buttrey, S. E, (2013). Recognizing Patterns of Anomie that Set the Conditions for Insurgency. Boca Raton, FL CRC Press.
Operational Research
Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 1996
buttrey@nps.edu
(831) 656-3035
Chris Darken
Research Interests Artificial intelligence Machine learning Natural language processing Virtual people Teaching Interests Artificial intelligence Modeling and simulation
Research Interests Artificial intelligence Machine learning Natural language processing Virtual people Teaching Interests Artificial intelligence Modeling and simulation
Duane Davis
Research Assistant Professor
Computer Science
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
dtdavi1@nps.edu
(831) 656-2239
Research Interests
Robotic Swarms and Cooperative Multi-Vehicle Systems
Ethics in Autonomous and Unmanned Systems
Cyber Physical Systems
Robot Control Architectures
Real-Time Task Decomposition and Planning
Physically-Based Simulation
Knowledge Representation and Ontologies
Teaching Interests
Advanced Robotic Systems
Cyber Systems and Operations
Cyber Mission Planning
Cyber Policy and Strategy
Computer Security
Computer Programming
Computer Science
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
dtdavi1@nps.edu
(831) 656-2239
Robert F. Dell
Executive Director of DSAG, Professor
Acting Provost and Academic Dean
Ph.D., SUNY/Buffalo, 1990
dell@nps.edu
831-656-2853
Research Interests: Optimization and its applications; all things Data Science.
Acting Provost and Academic Dean
Ph.D., SUNY/Buffalo, 1990
dell@nps.edu
831-656-2853
Peter Denning
Distinguished Professor
Computer Science
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1968
pjd@nps.edu
831.656.3603
Teaching interests: Principles of Computing, Operating Systems, Technology and Innovation, Innovation, Emergence, and Communication, Modeling, and Design
Research Interests: Innovation Principles, Great Principles of Computing, Operating Systems, Performance Modeling, Workflow Management, High Performance Computing, Security, Data Science, and Computing Education
Computer Science
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1968
pjd@nps.edu
831.656.3603
Vladimir Dobrokhodov
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering
Ph.D.,
vldobr@nps.edu
(831) 656-7714
Research Interests
Flight Mechanics and Trajectory Optimization
Real Time Embedded Flight Control Systems
Guidance, Navigation and Control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Integration of Vision into Guidance and Control
Cooperative Control and Combat Maneuvering of Multi-Vehicle Formations, Combat Effectiveness
Applied Nonlinear control, Adaptive Control
Optimal Control
Modeling and Simulation of Mechanical Systems
Multidimensional Vector Optimization and Systems Identification
Teaching Interests
Flight Mechanics
Flight Dynamics and Control
Classical and Modern Control
Modeling and Simulation
Numerical Methods and Digital Computations
Operations Research and Applied Optimization
Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering
Ph.D.,
vldobr@nps.edu
(831) 656-7714
Shelley Gallup
Associate Research Professor
Information Sciences
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
spgallup@nps.edu
(831) 392-6964
Research Interests
Knowledge systems
Organization development
Research methods applied to complex systems
Information Sciences
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
spgallup@nps.edu
(831) 392-6964
Arkady Alexander Godin
Mr. Arkady Godin has been working in the commercial R&D information companies between March 1983 and December 2006. He has been with MITRE, Bedford, MA between December 2006 and March 2010. Mr. Arkady Godin joined NPS, Information Sciences Department, on March 29, 2010. Research Interests: Mr. Arkady Godin has been conducting his research in the area of Big Data. In addition to concentration on Big Data Management infrastructure, including scalability and performance, Mr. Arkady Godin is working on the Knowledge Base focused on hyper-graph Knowledge Representation which includes integration with ontologies. The final goal is to improve Information Warfare by extracting Valuable Information at the Right Time (known as VIRT).
Mr. Arkady Godin has been working in the commercial R&D information companies between March 1983 and December 2006. He has been with MITRE, Bedford, MA between December 2006 and March 2010. Mr. Arkady Godin joined NPS, Information Sciences Department, on March 29, 2010. Research Interests: Mr. Arkady Godin has been conducting his research in the area of Big Data. In addition to concentration on Big Data Management infrastructure, including scalability and performance, Mr. Arkady Godin is working on the Knowledge Base focused on hyper-graph Knowledge Representation which includes integration with ontologies. The final goal is to improve Information Warfare by extracting Valuable Information at the Right Time (known as VIRT).
Britta Hale
Assistant Professor
Graduate School of Computer Science
Ph.D., Norwegian University Of Science And Technology, NTNU 2017
britta.hale@nps.edu
(831) 656-3316
Research Interests:
Theoretical and Applied Cryptography, Cryptographic Protocols, Post-Quantum Security, Security for Machine Learning Applications, Mathematics of Communications, Security "Healing" and Post Key-Compromise Guarantees, Multi-party Key Exchange (part of the IETF MLS standardization effort)
Graduate School of Computer Science
Ph.D., Norwegian University Of Science And Technology, NTNU 2017
britta.hale@nps.edu
(831) 656-3316
Joshua A. Kroll
Research Interests: Technology and governance; accountable algorithms; reliability for data science tools, methods and products; accountable algorithms; cryptography; software security; formal methods; and technology policy.
Research Interests: Technology and governance; accountable algorithms; reliability for data science tools, methods and products; accountable algorithms; cryptography; software security; formal methods; and technology policy.
Tom Lucas
Professor
Operations Research
Ph.D., University of California at Riverside, 1991
twlucas@nps.edu
831.656.2595
Teaching and Research Interests: Robust Statistical Methodology, Defense and Security Modeling, High-dimensional Design of Experiments
Operations Research
Ph.D., University of California at Riverside, 1991
twlucas@nps.edu
831.656.2595
Susan Sanchez
Teaching Interests: Simulation analysis and statistics Research Interests: Design of experiments, data-intensive statistics, and robust selection, with applications to simulation experiments, military operations, manufacturing, and health care.
Teaching Interests: Simulation analysis and statistics Research Interests: Design of experiments, data-intensive statistics, and robust selection, with applications to simulation experiments, military operations, manufacturing, and health care.
Jim Scrofani
Associate Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ph.D., Naval Postgraduate School, 2005
jwscrofa@nps.edu
571.858.3255
Teaching interests: Digital Signal Processing, Image Processing, Multisensor Data Fusion
Research interests: Remote Sensing, Multirate Signal Processing, Multisensor Data Fusion, Remote Sensing
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ph.D., Naval Postgraduate School, 2005
jwscrofa@nps.edu
571.858.3255
Man-Tak Shing
Research Interests: Specification, validation and run-time monitoring of temporal assertions, Real-time and Distributed System Modeling and Design, Service Oriented Architectures, Cloud Computing
Research Interests: Specification, validation and run-time monitoring of temporal assertions, Real-time and Distributed System Modeling and Design, Service Oriented Architectures, Cloud Computing
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