Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Email: Gary Lamont
Ph.D., University of Minnesota Institute of Technology, 1970
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (MSEE),University of Minnesota Institute of Technology, 1967
Bachelor of Physics (B. Phys.),University of Minnesota Institute of Technology, 1961
Evolutionary computation; artificial immune systems; bio-inspired computing; information security; intrusion and anomaly detection; parallel parallel and distributed computation; combinatorial optimization problems (single objective and multi-objective); image processing; protein protein structure prediction; software engineering; digital signal processing; intelligent and distributed control systems; autonomous multi-multi-agent systems (unmanned ad-hoc aerial vehicles, robots, etc.)
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
CONTROL SYSTEMS
EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS
MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS
DISTRIBUTED AND DECENTRALIZED CONTROL
PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED COMPUTATION
OPTIMIZATION
INTRUSION AND ANOMALY DETECTION
CYBER OPERATIONS - NETWORK SECURITY
Books (5)(two examples):
"Evolutionary Algorithms for Solving Multi-Objective Problems," Springer, 2007, 2nd Revised Edition (authors: Carlos A. Coello Coello, Gary B. Lamont, and David A. Van Veldhuizen)
"Digital Control Systems: Theory, Hardware, Software," McGraw-Hill, 1992, 2nd Revised Edition (authors: Constantine Houpis and Gary B. Lamont)
Book Chapters (8)(one example):
"Evolutionary Multi-Objective Optimization in Assignments Problems,"in Multi-Objective Optimization in Computational Intelligence: Theory and Practice," 29 pages, IRM Press, March 2008 (authors: Mark P. Kleeman and Gary B. Lamont)
Papers (>200) (some recent publications):
"Efficiently Determining Wavelet Coefficients for Image Processing by Applying Distributed Genetic Algorithms," SPIE Defense Security and Sensing Conference, Evolutionary and Bio-Inspired Computation: Theory and Applications III, April 2009 (authors: Martin Gilligan, Michael R. Peterson, and Gary B. Lamont)
"Creating a Two Layered Augmented Artifical Immune System for Application to Computer Network Intrusion Detection," SPIE Defense Security and Sensing Conference, Evolutionary and Bio-Inspired Computation: Theory and Applications III, April 2009 (authors: Matthew Judge and Gary B. Lamont)
"The Role of Wavelet Coefficients in Fitness Landscapes of Image Transforms for Defense Applications," SPIE Defense Security and Sensing Conference, Evolutionary and Bio-Inspired Computation: Theory and Applications III, April 2009 (authors: Michael Peterson, Gary Lamont, and Frank Moore)
"Self Organized Multi-Agent Entangled Hierarchies for Network Security," ACM Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO), July 2009 (authors: Eric M. Holloway and Gary B. Lamont)
"Fitness Landscape Analysis of Evolved Image Transforms for Defense Applications," 2008 SPIE Defense Security Symposium, Miami, FL, 17-30 March 2008 (authors: Michael R. Peterson and Gary B. Lamont)
"Autonomous Agent Behavior Generation Using Multiobjective Evolutionary Optimization," ACM Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO), Atlanta, GA, 12-16 July 2008 (authors: Dustin J. Nowak and Gary B. Lamont)
"Design of a Regional Navigation Satellite System Constellation Using Genetic Algorithms," Institute of Navigation Satellite Technical Meeting, GPS & GLONASS Modernization, QZSS, and Other GNSS 2 Session, Best Presentation Award, August 2008 (authors: Halil Ibrahim Ozdemir, John F. Raquet, and Gary B. Lamont)
"Improved satellite image compression and reconstruction via genetic algorithms," Electro-Optical Remote Sensing, Photonic, Technologies, and Applications II Conference, SPIE Symposium on Optics/Photonics in Security & Defense, v. 7114, September 2008, Wales, UK (authors: Brendan Babb, Frank Moore, Michael Peterson, and Gary Lamont)
"Multi-objective UAV Mission Planning Using Evolutionary Computation," Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), December 2008 (authors: Adam J. Pohl and Gary B. Lamont)
"An Artificial Immune System-Inspired Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithm with Application to the Detection of Distributed Computer Network Intrusions," 6th International Conference on Artificial Immune Systems (ICARIS 2007), August 2007, Santos, Brazil (authors: C. Haag, G. Lamont, P. Williams, and G. Peterson)
"Variation Operator Performance for Evolved Image Reconstruction Transforms," IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC 2007), Montreal, Canada, October 2007 (authors: M. Peterson, Gary Lamont, and Frank Moore)
"Self Organized UAV Swarm Planning Optimization for Search and Destroy Using Swarmfare Simulation," Winter Conference, Washington, D.C., December 2007 (authors: Dustin J. Nowak, Ian Price, and Gary B. Lamont)
Awards:
IEEE Fritz Russ Bio-Engineering Award, 2008
IEEE Senior Life Member, 2004
Eta Kappa Nu AFIT Teacher of the Year, 2002
WPAFB Professional Employee of the Year, 1981
Thesis and Dissertation Advising:
Ph.D. (17+)
M.S. (>200)
Professional Activities:
Associations of Computing Machinery (ACM): ACM SIG Chair, ACM SIG Conf Chairs
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE): Conf Chairs, Prog Chairs
Professional Memberships:
IEEE (Senior Life Member)
ACM
ASEE
SIAM
Tau Beta Pi
Eta Kappa Nu