Short-Form Bio
Dr. Cohen is a Principal Research Scientist at GTRI and Manager of The GTRI NCTI Program Office, is CEO of IRTA, Inc. and MCA, and is a Fellow of the IEEE and a Fellow of GTRI. He is the author of over 100 research publications in the areas of radar, target identification, and sensor fusion, including 5 chapters in four graduate-level texts, and teaches in 5 GIT Short Courses.He is also co-author, with Nathanson and Riley, of the text Radar Design Principles, 2nd Edition, published by McGraw-Hill in 1991, and which was re-released by SciTech in 1998.

During his career, Dr. Cohen has prepared and presented ten invited technical papers and articles, served on the Technical Committees and as Session Chairman at six National/International IEEE Symposia (the National and International Radar Conference series), and presented short courses at the 1990, 1995, 1997, and 2000 International Radar Conferences. He has served on the 1992 Combat Identification Systems conference (CISC '92) Paper Selection Committee and Chaired its Session on Imaging Technology.

He has also organized and hosted the 1996 Joint ATRWG / Image Exploitation Symposium and has been Co-Chair of the SPIE Aerosense Radar Technology Conference for the last several years. His current interests are focused around radar-based automatic target recognition and the development and application of specialized signal processing techniques to radar and sensor fusion applications.

He and his wife, Mindy Cohen of SPS Atlanta reside in Atlanta, GA.

Education

• Ph.D., Mathematics, University of Miami; 1978
• M.S., Mathematics, University of Miami; 1972
• B.A., Mathematics Education, Brooklyn College; 1970
• Regents Diploma, Stuyvesant H. S., NYC; 1966

Employment History

• MCA 1998-Present
• IRTA, Inc. 1994-Present
• Radar Consultant 1986-Present
• Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Principal Research Scientist 1992-Present
  • Adjunct Professor E. E. 1990-Present
  • Senior Research Scientist 1984-1992
  • Research Scientist II 1980-1984
• Norden Systems, Research Engineer 1978-1980
• University of Miami
  • Instructor, Visiting Lecturer 1976-1978
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant 1970-1976
  • New York City High School System, Apprentice Teacher 1969-1970
  • Construction Carpenter, New York City (Summers) 1968-1976

Experience Summary
As private consultant to government and industry, both as a private individual and as a Principal Investigator for IRTA, Dr. Cohen has provided radar system, radar signal processing, and target identification research and development support for over 11 years. Customers have included RCA ATL Labs (now The Lockheed-Martin Advanced Technology Center); BDM Corporation; Standard Elektrik Lorenz of West Germany; KTAADN; Hayes; Lockheed Georgia; Calspan Research Center of Cornell University; and Clark - Atlanta University.

As Principal Research Scientist and Senior Staff of the GTRI Radar Systems Division (RSD) of SEAL and Head of the NCTI Lab in RSD, directs research in the areas of automatic target recognition and radar signal processing. As developer and Chief of the Laboratory's NCTR (Noncooperative Target Recognition) Facility at Ft. Monmouth, established an on-site office and acted as technical and managerial leader of The Facility's target recognition research program for three years. While his R&D efforts emphasize NCTR, he also conducts continuing research on optimal filtering of pulse compression codes and the derivation of new coding techniques on a continuing basis. Has acted as internal consultant for various analysis and signal processing efforts such as acoustic signature analysis, phased array antenna design, processor architectures, and general waveform design and analysis. Dr. Cohen also: teaches in four Georgia Tech-sponsored short courses each year, directs E.E. graduate students in independent research projects for graduate degree credit, and acts as a private consultant to industry and the government on a regular basis.

As a Research Engineer at Norden Systems, , had principal responsibility for the development, simulation, and evaluation of the TAWDS (J-STARS precursor) pulse compression waveform and processing. At the University of Miami, conducted research in commutative and non-commutative ring theory and topology, taught most of the standard freshman and sophomore level mathematics courses, and lectured in various graduate courses.

Principal Fields of Current Interest
Technical leadership and management; automatic target recognition; radar system design and analysis; pulse compression codes and processing; general radar signal processing; polarimetric radars; phased array antenna configurations.

Significant Achievements

• Fellow of the IEEE
• Fellow of GTRI
• Ten invited papers/articles
• Session Chair at six Ntl./ Intl. IEEE Conferences
• Five textbook chapters
• Co-author of one text
• Three Lab awards for Program Development
• GTRI award for Program Development
• Two Lab awards for Technical Management
• One patent disclosure

• 2000 Int’l Radar Conference, Radar 2000, Techn. Comm., Session Chair, Tutorial Presenter.
• 1998 CAU/BMDO Workshop On Image Process. Appl. For The Digital Battlefield, Techn. Comm.
• 1998 National Sensor Fusion Symposium Conference, Open Session, Co-Chair.
• 1997-1998 General Chair, Atlanta Section IEEE AESS/GRSS Chapter.
• 1997 Int'l Radar Conference Invited Short Course, Pulse Compression, Edinburgh, UK.
• 1997 ATRWG Symposium, Technical Committee.
• 1997 SPIE Session Chair, Advances in Non-Cooperative Target Recognition, Invited, Conf. 3068.
• 1997 SPIE Session Chair, Automatic Target Recognition, Conf. 3066, Invited Session.
• 1997 National Radar Conference Paper Selection Committee.
• 1996-1997 Program Chair, Atlanta Section IEEE AESS/GRSS Chapter.
• 1996 National Radar Conf. Papers Committee & Session Chair -- Commercial Aviation Radars
• 1996 Host and General Chair DARPA Image Exploitation and ATRWG Joint Conference.
• 1995 Int'l Radar Conf. Paper Selection Committee, Co-Chair Weather Radar Session, Tutorial.
• 1994 National Radar Conference, Pulse Compression Tutorial.
• 1992 CISC Conference Paper Selection Committee & Session Chair -- Radar Imaging Systems.
• 1991 IEEE National Telesystems Conference, Paper Selection Committee and Session Chair.
• 1990 Int'l Radar Conference Invited Short Course -- Pulse Compression.
• 1990 Int'l Radar Conference Paper Selection Committee, Signal Processing Session Chair.
• 1983-88 Established GTRI Ft. Monmouth NCTR Office as viable, income-producing operation.