Mimi's notes from CNSIP seminar, October 21, 2009.
Speaker
Dr. Ken Tobin,
Director, Measurement Science and Systems Engineering Division
Oak Ridge National Lab
Speaker Biography
Dr. Kenneth W. Tobin is the Director of the Measurement Science and Systems Engineering (MSSE) Division at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) where he has been working in various R&D capacities since 1987. The MSSE Division is composed of over 135 research, technical, and administrative staff who perform R&D in measurement science associated with electronics, sensors, signals, communications, and integrated systems. As Director, he is responsible for the strategic direction of the organization and for supporting the mission areas of the U.S. Department of Energy and ORNL. Dr. Tobin was named an ORNL Corporate Research Fellow in 2003 for his contributions to the field of applied computer vision research that addressed industrial and economic competitiveness, biomedical measurement science, and national security. He has authored and co-authored over 130 publications and he currently holds nine U.S. Patents with four additional patents pending in areas of computer vision, photonics, radiography, and microscopy. Dr. Tobin became a Fellow of SPIE in 2001 and he is currently serving as Associate Editor for the Journal of Electronic Imaging. He is also a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Dr. Tobin has a Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Virginia, an M.S. in Nuclear Engineering from Virginia Tech, and a B.S. in Physics also from Virginia Tech.
Talk Abstract
The Measurement Science and Systems Engineering (MSSE) Division at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory supports a broad range of applied research associated with electronics, sensors, signals, patterns, informatics, and communications to develop methods, devices, instruments, and systems that interact with the world to interpret data, provide understanding, and impart control. Our research supports programs in energy production and security, national security, biomedical engineering, basic science, and U.S. competitiveness. One area of applied research that cuts across many of our programmatic activities is multi-modal image analysis and pattern recognition. MSSE has a strong history in the development of imaging technologies and systems for a broad range of applications in the energy, national security, industrial, and biomedical fields that include topical research in target detection and tracking that blends optical and coded aperture gamma imaging modalities, holographic microscopy characterizing industrial and biomedical materials, x-ray and gamma imaging for preclinical anatomic and functional imaging of small animals, and informatics techniques to address automated medical diagnosis in screening populations. Through all of these applications there are threads of commonality and productive collaboration that leverage knowledge in one domain to make progress in another. This is a key strength and advantage of a multi-disciplinary and collaborative research organization.
Prof. Mimi's notes
- Oak Ridge is a huge lab
- employs more than
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