Consulting:
- NASA Second-Generation
Space Telescope, Product Integrity Team: 2001-date
- U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, research on achieving sustainable technology:
2000-date
- Vaytec Corporation: 1993
- Siemens Corporate Research: 1992
- Martin-Marietta Corporation: 1991
- Los Alamos National
Laboratory: 1989
- Analytics, Inc. (Pa.):
1988-1990
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory: 1987-1990
- Sandia National
Laboratories: 1987-1989
- Mission Research
Corporation: 1987
- Dupont de
Nemours, Inc.: 1986
- Pacific-Sierra
Corporation: 1986
- Ball
Aerospace: 1985
- Grumman Aerospace
Corporation: 1983
- National Academy of
Sciences: 1981
- Aberdeen Proving Ground: 1980-1990
- Aerospace Corporation: 1980-1990
- Army Research Office,
Workshop on Resolution: 1981
- DFVLR, West Germany:
1980
- Kitt Peak National
Observatory: 1979-1981
- Philco-Ford Corporation: 1973-1977
Major Accomplishments:
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Initiated field of laser
beam shaping (1965)
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Invented concept of the
three-dimensional optical transfer function (1967)
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Invented an “extrapolating
pupil”, a pupil coating function that acts in real-time to extrapolate
its aperture size, producing unlimited resolution (1969)
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Invented maximum entropy (MaxEnt)
image restoration (1972)
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Developing EPI (Extreme
Physical Information) principle for finding the probability laws
governing unknown physical systems (1989-present)
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Based upon use of EPI,
showed that in situ breast cancer should grow with time
t as simply
tg,
with g
the Fibonacci golden mean 1.618… (2002)
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Based upon use of EPI,
predicted that Fisher information, like Boltzmann entropy, changes
monotonically with the time, giving a Fisher-based expression of the 2nd
law of thermodynamics (1990).
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Derived
analytical expressions for
the Weinberg-Salam angle and Cabibbo angle of particle physics (2002)
Professional Society
Affiliations, Listings:
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Associate Editor, Journal
of the Optical Society of America (1979-83)
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American Physical Society
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Optical Society of America,
Fellow
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American Association for
the Advancement of Science, Fellow
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SPIE, Fellow
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Pi Mu Epsilon
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Sigma Xi
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Listed in American Men of
Science, Who’s Who in the West, Who’s Who in Engineering
Areas of Current
Research:
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Estimating the probability
density functions, and physics, of unknown systems by the use of EPI
(Extreme Physical Information)
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Modeling in situ human
cancer growth by the use of EPI ; developing procedures for growth
suppression
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Modeling ecological systems
by the use of Fisher information, for the purpose of achieving
sustainable technology
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Estimating the monetary
valuation of financial securities by the use of EPI
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Development of algorithms
for restoring images – deconvolution and blind deconvolution
Courses Developed and Formerly Taught at the
Optical Sciences Center
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Information theory in optics
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Methods of image restoration and enhancement
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Probability and statistics in optics
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Optical properties of the atmosphere and oceans
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Estimation methods in optics
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Statistical properties of light
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Information and the foundations of physics (jointly in physics
curriculum)
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