Experience
Lead Scientist
07/2024 - current
Nexcepta, Inc.
Contribute to startup operations, including business development efforts, proposal writing, meetings, and presentations.
Currently lead efforts related to Reinforcement Learning and Graph Neural Networks.
Research Faculty
04/2022 to 07/2024
Virginia Tech
Intelligent Systems, National Security Institute
Natural Language Processing
Large Language Models
Reinforcement learning
Uncertainty quantification in deep neural networks
Data-based network architectures
Data-based planning and acting
Data security and blockchain
Selected Projects
Relevant Updates for Timely Action. VTNSI IRAD, 2023-2024. Principal Investigator.
LLMs: Covert Communications and Deepfake Detection. SMC, 2023 - 2024. Principal Investigator/Student advisor.
Continuously Adaptive Automated Systems. US Navy NEEC Program, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren, 2024-2026. Principal Investigator.
Sentiment and Topic Analysis for Reliable Sources. US Navy NEEC Program, Naval Undersea Warfare Center Keyport, 2023-2025. Principal Investigator.
Timely Communication under Adversarial Attacks. Commonwealth Cyber Initiative, 2023 - 2024. Principal Investigator.
5G - BEACON: Blockchain Enhanced Architecture and Coding for Orchestrated Networks. Commonwealth Cyber Initiative, 2022 - 2023. Principal Investigator.
Data-based architecture. Lockheed Martin, 2022 - 2023. Co-Principal Investigator.
Senior Research Scientist
12/2017 to 04/2022
BlueHalo (Intelligent Automation, Inc.)
Networks and Security Division
Reinforcement learning for resource management
Value of Information for video and image analytics
Decision Space Analysis using clustering algorithms
Data-based decision aid and mission planning
Selected Projects
Army STTR A18B-T007 Resource Sharing Platforms for Improved Operational Logistics, Dynamic Resource Allocation Gains for Operational Networked Sharing, author and Principal Investigator (2018-2021, $1.15M)
Air Force STTR AF21B-T001 Hierarchical Heterogeneous Planning and Scheduling Pitch Day for Trusted AI, Hierarchical Architecture for Reasoning and Planning, author and PI (2021 selected, $157k)
Army SBIR A20-078 Artificial Intelligence for Air and Missile Defense Combat Identification, Planning, and Weapon Assignment, Modular Engine for Robust Intelligent Defense Architecture, author and PI (2020, $112k)
Navy SBIR N201-077 Machine Clustered and Labeled Decision Tracks Derived from AI-enabled Intent Recognition, Clustering and Labeling for Explainable Action Recommendation, author and PI (2020, $140k)
Navy STTR N19B-T029 Data Science Techniques for Various Mission Planning Processes and Performance Validation, Recommendation, Verification, and Analysis for Mission Planning, author and PI (2019-2020, $140k)
Post-doctoral Research Fellow
09/2015 - 09/2017
Trinity College Dublin
CONNECT Research Center
Internet of Things (LoRA, energy efficiency, Age of Information)
Game theory, contract theory
Inter-disciplinary project to promote a public debate about sustainability in communication systems
Projects
Writing in collaboration with other researchers for the European Commission Horizon 2020 ICT 13 2016 Orchestration and Reconfiguration Control Architecture (funded €5M).
Research Assistant
08/2010 - 08/2015
University of Maryland, College Park
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Characterization of information timeliness
Game theory for resource allocation
Energy efficiency in communication networks
Intern
06/2014 - 10/2014
Bell Labs Stuttgart, Germany
Age of Information applied to channel state information in communication networks
Visiting Researcher
09/2013 - 11/2013
University of Oulu, Finland
Age of Information in status updating networks
Research Assistant
08/2007 - 12/2009
State University of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Cognitive radio networks, dynamic spectrum allocation
Queuing systems, discrete event simulation
Teaching Assistant, Communication Systems
