Dr. Alan Thomas, Ph.D.
Research Scientist II

Sensor Systems and Applications: Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR)

 

alan.thomas@gtri.gatech.edu
Phone: 404-407-8223
Fax: 404-407-6131

 
Electro-Optical Systems Laboratory
Georgia Tech Research Institute
925 Dalney Street
Atlanta, GA 30332-0810

Dr. Alan Thomas, Ph.D.
Research Scientist II

Sensor Systems and Applications: Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR)

 

alan.thomas@gtri.gatech.edu
Phone: 404-407-8223
Fax: 404-407-6131

 
Electro-Optical Systems Laboratory
Georgia Tech Research Institute
925 Dalney Street
Atlanta, GA 30332-0810

Background

Education 

 

2006  Doctor of Philisophy, Mathematical Sciences 

    Clemson University

    Thesis Title: Inverse Problems for Partial Differential Equations Arising in Optical Imaging of Highly Scattering Media

 

May 2003  Masterof Arts, Mathematics

     University of Georgia

     Thesis Title: Transforms on Time Scales

 

2001  Bachelor of Science, Mathematics 2001

    University of Georgia

 

 

Employment History 

 

Sept 2007 - Present  Research Scientist II

     Georgia Tech Research Institute

 

March 2007 - Sept 2007  Technical Staff

    Georgia Tech Research Institute

 

Sept - Dec 2005  Resident visitor

    Institute for Mathematics and its Applications 

 

 

Professional Organizations 

 

IEEE 

American Mathematical Society 

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

 

 

Major Reports and Publications 

  1. A. Thomas, "Extending the RX Anomaly Detection Algorithm to Continuous Spectral and Spatial Domains," Proc. of IEEE Southeat Con, (2008).

  2. A. Thomas and J.M. Cathcart, "Adaptive Spatial Sampling Schemas for the Detection of Minefields in Hyperspectral Imagery," Proc. of SPIE Detection and Sensing of Mines, Explosive Objects, and Obscured Targets XIII 6953(28), (2008).

  3. A. Thomas and J.M. Cathcart, "Automated determination of scale and orientation of mine field grid," Proc. of SPIE Detection and Sensing of Mines, Explosive Objects, and Obscured Targets XIII 6953(30), (2008.

  4. T. Khan, A. Thomas, and J. Yoon, "On Uniqueness in Refractive Index Optical Tomography," Inverse Problems 22 (2006) L1-L5.

  5. T. Khan, A. Thomas, and J.R. Yoon, "On Existence and Uniqueness of the Forward and Inverse Problems in Refractive Index Based Optical Tomography." IMA Preprint Series: 2074. Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 2005.

  6. T. Khan and A. Thomas, "Inverse Problem In Refractive Index Based Optical Tomography," Inverse Problems, 22 (2006) 1121 - 1137.

  7. T. Khan and A. Thomas, "Comparison Of P_N Or Spherical Harmonics Approximation For Scattering Media With Spatially Varying and Spatially Constant Refractive Indices," Optics Communications, 255 (2005) 130-166.

  8. T. Khan and A. Thomas, "On some new integrals involving associated Legendre functions and some new integrals over the unit sphere," International Journal of Applied Mathematics Analysis and Applications, 1 (2005) 29-39.

  9. T. Khan and A. Thomas, "On derivation of the radiative transfer equation and in spherical harmonics approximation for scattering media with spatially varying refractive indices," Technical Report TR-2004-12-KT, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, December 2004.

     

 

Conference Presentations 

  1. Extending the RX Anomaly Detection Algorithm to Continuous Spectral and Spatial Domains, IEEE Southeast Conference, Huntsville, Alabama, April, 2008.

  2. Adaptive Spatial Sampling Schemes for the Detection of Minefields in Hyperspectral Imagery, SPIE Defense and Security Symposia, Orlando, Florida, March, 2008.  

  3. Automated determination of scale and orientation of mine field grid, SPIE Defense and Security Symposia, Orlando, Florida, March, 2008.

  4. Spectral Signature Processing for Landmine Detection, 11th Annual Army Landmine Detection Research Review Meeting, Washington, D.C., January, 2008. (presented jointly with J. Michael Cathcart)

  5. When Bad Results Happen to Good Methods, Army Advanced Concept Workshop on Disturbed Soil Characterization and Exploitation, Atlanta, Georgia, January, 2008.

  6. Poster: Refractive Index Based Tomography, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, Workshop on Frontiers in Imaging, Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 2005.

  7. The Derivation of the P_N Approximation for the Radiative Transfer Equation for Scattering Media with Spatially Varying Refractive Indices, SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications, New Orleans, Louisiana, July, 2005.

  8. Investigating some special integrals involving associated Legendre functions, SIAM Southeast Atlantic Section Annual Meeting, Charleston, South Carolina, March 2005.

  9. Asymptotic Behavior of Natural Growth on Time Scales, Rocky Mountain Mathematics Consortium, Summer Converence on Dynamic Equatins on Time Scales, Laramie, Wyoming, July 2002.


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