Consulting and Expert Witness Activities
Consulting Experience
I have consulted on a variety of projects during my career in the areas of digital signal processing, radar signal processing, and high performance computing. General types of consulting projects have included:
Expert Witness Experience
I have served as an expert witness twice so far. The first case involved relationships between synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and digital photography. My role included the following activities:
The second case involved alleged theft of trade secrets. My role focused on:
I found these experiences very interesting and am interested in additional opportunities to serve as an expert witness.
I have consulted on a variety of projects during my career in the areas of digital signal processing, radar signal processing, and high performance computing. General types of consulting projects have included:
- Radar signal processing algorithm design, analysis, and simulation
- Technical literature searches and patent review
- Computational requirements analysis and computer architecture recommendations
- External adviser for program review and evaluation
- Research proposal support
- Technical webinar development and presentation
- I worked with a small start-up company to assist in applying commercial integrated ultrawideband radar sensors to patient monitoring in assisted living facilities. This effort also included patent review and analysis.
- I developed a simulation of an FMCW automotive radar signal processing flow, including range-Doppler matrix formation, CFAR detection, clustering, and target location estimation. In another project, I developed a method for substantially reducing near-range self-interference and an improved angle estimation algorithm, demonstrating both on real sponsor data.
- I served on external program review boards for divisions of the NASA Langley Research Center, and of Sandia National Laboratories.
- I adapted constrained iterative deconvolution algorithms to the problem of enhancing azimuth resolution in forward-looking landing radars for both commercial and government sponsors.
- With a colleague, I analyzed the strengths and weaknesses of general-purpose processors vs. FPGAs and GPUs for certain aerospace applications.
Expert Witness Experience
I have served as an expert witness twice so far. The first case involved relationships between synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and digital photography. My role included the following activities:
- Extensive review and analysis of patents and disclosed documents
- Analysis of the plaintiff's claims regarding the technologies at issue
- Undergoing deposition by plaintiff's attorney
- Formulation and preparation of explanatory materials for a jury regarding SAR for use at trial
The second case involved alleged theft of trade secrets. My role focused on:
- Review and evaluation of contested materials
- Evaluation of potential competitive damage
- Verification of radar analyses
I found these experiences very interesting and am interested in additional opportunities to serve as an expert witness.