| INTRODUCTION |
| Advanced
research in electrical and computer engineering is the departmental
cornerstone. Research encompasses many key areas and is dynamic,
as many faculty members constantly investigate new and exciting
technological opportunities. A brief description of current departmental
work for ten distinct research groups is presented below. Many
of these groups conduct joint research with faculty members from
other departments, including mathematics, physics, operations
research, aeronautics and astronautics. |
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| Artificial
Intelligence |
| Artificial
Intelligence (AI) addresses the ultimate puzzle – how to
have a computer perceive, understand, predict, and act in the
environment it inhabits. AI consists of a variety of techniques
to assist our mission with ideas stemming from the concepts behind
the way humans think and react in the world.....More |
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| Information Security Education and Research |
| The Center
for Information Security (INFOSEC) Education and Research (CISER)
is a National Security Agency (NSA) designated Center of Academic
Excellence in Information Assurance Education. AFIT’s CISER
is one of 60 such designated education and research centers....More |
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| Communications
and Radar |
| The Communications
/ Radar Research Group provides innovative solutions to advance
communication and radar system capabilities for Air Force, DoD,
and other national agencies. The state-of-the-art performance
in communication and radar systems is advanced through applied
research....More |
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| Computer
Communication Networks |
| The Communications
Networks Research Group provides innovative solutions to advance
communications capabilities for the Air Force and DoD, as well
as advancing the state-of-the-art in communication networks.
We support projects at the masters and PhD graduate education
levels, integrating students to investigate and solve engineering
problems....More |
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| Electromagnetics & Low
Observables |
| The Electromagnetics/Low
Observables program is designed to meet the needs of an Air Force
officer working in the area of observables reduction technology.
One of the primary objectives of the program is to develop an
ability to apply low observables technology to aircraft in the
current and future Air Force inventory.... More |
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| Evolutionary
Algorithms |
| Evolutionary
computation relates to models of biological self-adaptation processes
involving operators as selection, mating (crossover) and mutation.
From a computational viewpoint, the novel idea of evolutionary
algorithms includes a variety of stochastic search algorithms
including genetic algorithms,.....More. |
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| Guidance,
Navigation, and Control |
| In the Guidance,
Navigation, and Control (GNC) research group, faculty members
teach and perform research on the broad range of systems which
gather, process, distribute, and act on information affecting
the guidance, navigation and control of air and space vehicles.
Our unique ability to combine theoretical studies and practical
application allows the GNC group to handle projects from concept
to demonstration....More |
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| Microsystems |
| Micro-systems
are essential components of all modern military systems including
air and space, computation, communication, command and control,
and electronic warfare systems. Integrated microelectronic circuits
have been at the heart of the United States’ technological
revolution for well over 35 years.... More |
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| Parallel
and Distributed Systems |
| The AFIT
Parallel and Distributed Computation Research Group emphasizes
the development of efficient and effective parallel and distributed
algorithms that solve scientific and engineering issues related
to information systems of interest to the military. Our general
objective focuses on engineering intelligent parallel and distributed
information systems....More |
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| Signal
and Image Processing |
| Pattern recognition
has crucial importance for Air Force applications in Signal and
Image Processing. Neural network, fuzzy logic, and genetic algorithm
methods new technologies that can dramatically improve upon classical
techniques have shown particular promise. For example, several
recent AFIT theses used neural network processing of high range
resolution signals to go beyond position and velocity evaluation....More |
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| Software
Engineering, Information Visualization |
| Today’s
decision makers are faced with an extraordinary amount of information
gathered from numerous sensors, models, and intelligence sources
that are distributed across multiple interconnected networks.
This information must be integrated, de-conflicted, organized,
and presented to multiple individuals....More |
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| Information
Engineering, Exploitation, and Dissemination |
| Information
Engineering and Dissemination have crucial importance for Air
Force applications in Network-Centric Operations. Data ontologies
and Information “fog” characterization newly emerging
thrusts that merge and extend traditional database and networked
applications are of significant interest to the command and control
communities....More |
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