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Jeffrey Byrne |
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http://jeffreybyrne.com |
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jebyrne@gmail.com |
(617)
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Education
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Jan 1996 - Dec 1997 |
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Aug 1992 - Dec 1995 |
Work Experience
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2005 - Present |
Senior Research Engineer
- VAMAV: Visual Awareness/Avoidance for a Micro
Air Vehicle: Principle investigator
on graph based video segmentation and time to collision estimation for
obstacle detection. Rapidly
exploring random trees for avoidance. Collaboration with Sarnoff Corp and
- ImageNav2: Principal
investigator in ultra tightly coupled architectures for image aided
navigation.
- ImageNav: Image aided navigation for UAV operations
in GPS denied environments. Principle
investigator on sparse feature tracking, egomotion estimation, and terrain
aided navigation from stereo DEM matching.
Collaboration with Boeing
Mission Planning Systems.
- EVASE: Extensible Video Analysis of Symbology Events. Principle investigator on symbol
tracking and pattern classification in video for the heads up display and
multi-function display in the F-16. Collaboration with
- ACR: Stereo based projectile
trajectory estimation for UAV surveillance. Principle investigator on stereo video
analysis for the SilverFox UAV. Collaboration
with Advanced Ceramics Research.
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Nov 2002 - 2005 |
Research Engineer
- VISARD: Model based pose estimation for
proximity rendezvous and docking. Consulting
on image processing algorithms, stereo reconstruction, and real time data
collection.
- CMARS: Cruise Missile Auto
Routing System. Software engineering and unit test
framework for a genetic algorithm based autorouter for the Tomahawk cruise
missile. Software is currently live
on Tomahawk mission planning system (MPS) for the Navy.
- Scatterable minefield detection:
Multispectral, generalized likelihood ratio test (GLRT) and boosted
classifier for mine detection and moment invariant based minefield
detection from an airborne platform.
Collaboration with
- K-cut image segmentation: Perceptual
organization based spectral graph partitioning for multiway cuts. Collaboration with MIT and
- Constrained Fuzzy Clustering:
Quadratic programming based approach to clustering given nonlinear
constraints applied to multi-target tracking in particle filters. Collaboration with Lockheed Martin.
- Network Intrusion Detection: Internal consulting for Application Specific Integrated Processor
(ASIP) architecture design for real time OC-12 and above SNORT like
stateless intrusion detection.
Collaboration with RTI.
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Sep 2002 - Nov 2002 |
Consultant
- Micro Vision
Engine 2.0: Hardware redesign of
a camera processor board for micro air vehicles to support color NTSC
output. Low noise analog PCB
layout, debugging, and 100 board prototype run with contract manufacturer.
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Oct 1998 - Apr 2001 |
Engineering Manager
- SDSL product line: Responsible for development and maintenance
of the SDSL product line (total of 4 products). Organized, scheduled and managed a
team of four.
- X320A: Lead design engineer
for the X320A SDSL ATM Ethernet bridge from architecture to shipping. Design included firmware and PCB
hardware design.
Design
Engineer
- X310: Lead design engineer
for the X310 SDSL USB modem from architecture to volume shipping. Designed and debugged hardware,
firmware, custom OS and bootstrap code. Worked with Xpeed
ASIC team to debug custom ASIC.
- X300:
Created embedded firmware for
the X300 SDSL PCI NIC. Windows
95/98/NT network driver development and testing.
- Xpeed
Networks:
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Jun 1996 - Jun 1998 |
Research Staff
Member - Vision and Autonomous
- Reconfigurable
Vision Machine: Hardware
design and testing of VME based ‘Host Interface’ board.
Firmware design of custom OS and drivers for the ‘Host Interface’. Prototyped a vision algorithm
to classify glass milk bottles in collaboration with Takeo Kanade.
- Mine
Detection: Short term
consulting project to design and
test an efficient hardware interface to a spot laser rangefinder for range
data collection. Wrote a C API to
control rangefinder and gather data over a parallel port.
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Jan 1995 - Jun 1998 |
Research
Assistant -
- Automated
Timber Inventory Project: Designed prototype
‘point-and-click’ tree diameter estimation system. Researched and wrote
an image processing algorithm based on texture segmentation. Implemented
a prototype using off -the-shelf hardware for proof of concept.
- Mobius Systems: Founded with Sanjiv Singh to
commercialize an interface to a common inertial navigation system. Hardware and firmware design of embedded
68HC11 to perform protocol translation. UNIX and Windows 95 serial port
API and GUI.
- Transitional
Unmanned Ground Vehicle (Navlab IV) Project: Created and supported CCD camera interface libraries for an
autonomous army vehicle. Designed a hardware/firmware interface
to an inertial navigation system.
- Virtualized
Reality Project: Designed support hardware for a
multi-baseline stereo reconstruction.
Designed an S-BUS NTSC video time code interpreter board to
synchronize multiple video streams.
Wrote C API and GUI to easily monitor and control the hardware. Advised by Takeo Kanade for Junior year
undergraduate research project (18-332).
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Aug 1993 - May 1995 |
Computer
Cluster Manager, Computer Consultant - Wean Hall
- Responsible for the maintenance, staffing and security of Wean
Hall, the largest computer center on campus in the computer science
building.
- Computer consultant: Staffed campus computer centers to
answer user questions and troubleshoot PCs.
Publications
Conference Proceedings:
1. J. Byrne, M. Cosgrove, and R. Mehra, "Stereo Based Obstacle Detection for an Unmanned Air Vehicle", Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Orlando, FL, May 15-19, 2006, pp. 2830-2835.
2. J. Kelsey, J. Byrne, M. Cosgrove, S. Seereeram, and R. Mehra, "Vision-Based Relative Pose Estimation for Autonomous Rendezvous And Docking", Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE Aerospace Conference, March 4-1 2006, pp. 1-20.
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R. Mehra, J. Byrne, J. Boskovic, "Flight Testing
of a Fault-Tolerant Control and Vision Based Obstacle Avoidance System for UAVs",
Proceedings of the 2005 Association for
Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) Conference,
4. R. Mehra, J. Byrne, J. Boskovic, "Intelligent Autonomy and Vision Based Obstacle Avoidance for UAVs", Proceedings of the Thirteenth Yale Workshop On Adaptive and Learning Systems, New Haven, CT, May 30-June 1 2005, pp. 59-66.
5. J. Byrne, M. Cosgrove, and R. Mehra, "Real Time Stereo Based Obstacle Detection for UAV Threat Avoidance: Initial Flight Experiment Results", Proceedings of the 2005 Government Microcircuit Applications and Critical Technology (GOMACTech), Las Vegas, NV, April 4-7, 2005, Session 2.5 (invited paper).
6. J. Byrne, A. Gandhe, R. Prasanth, B. Ravichandran, M. Huff, R. Mehra, "A k-partition, Graph Theoretic Approach to Perceptual Organization", Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE conference on integration of knowledge intensive multi agent systems (KIMAS), Cambridge MA, September 30-October 4, 2003, pp. 336- 342.
Technical Reports:
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J. Byrne and R. Mehra, "VAMAV: Visual Collision
Detection and Avoidance for a Micro Air Vehicle", AFRL/MNGI SBIR Phase I
Final Report, Contract FA8651-06-M-0201, 2007.
2. J. Byrne, A. Corrubia, A.Gandhe and R.Mehra, "A Robust Image Based Navigation System", NAVAIR SBIR Phase II Final Report, Contract N68335-05-C-0055, 2007.
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J. Byrne, B. Ravichandran, R. Mehra, "EVASE:
Extensible Video Analysis for Symbology Events", Air Force SBIR Phase I
Final Report, 1401 final report, Contract FA9302-05-M-1002, February 2006.
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J. Byrne, M. Cosgrove, R. Mehra, "
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A. Gandhe, J. Byrne, R. Prasanth, M. Huff, B.
Ravichandran, R. Mehra "Automatic Target Recognition using Perceptual
Organization", Army SBIR Phase II
Final Report, Contract DAAD19-01-C-0057, Jan 2004.
6. J. Byrne, A. El Fallah and R. Mehra, "Constrained Fuzzy Clustering for Probability Hypothesis Density (PHD) Tracking", MDA SBIR Phase II progress report 3, Contract DASG60-03-C-0016, September 2003.
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Research Grant Proposals
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VAMAV: Phase II |
Air Force (AFRL/MNGI) SBIR Phase II (AF06-149) |
Brigham Young University, Sarnoff Corporation |
Nov 2006 |
Under Review |
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ImageNav Phase III |
NAVAIR |
Boeing, Spatial Tech, Raytheon Missile Sys. |
Oct 2006 |
Under Review |
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DANAV: A Tightly Coupled System for Obstacle Detection, Collision Avoidance and Video Aided Navigation |
Army SBIR Phase I
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UC Berkeley |
July 2006 |
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Stereo
Reconstruction for Projectile Trajectory Estimation |
Navy SBIR Phase II (N04-253) |
Advanced Ceramics Research (subcontract) |
June 2006 |
81K |
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ImageNav2: A
Tightly Coupled System for Image Aided Navigation |
Air Force STTR Phase I, (AF06-T032) |
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Jan 2006 |
100K |
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EVASE: Extensible
Video Analysis for Symbology Events |
Air Force SBIR Phase II (AF05-309) |
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Oct 2005 |
750K |
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UGOPS: Unmanned Air Vehicle Ground Operations Positioning System |
Air Force SBIR Phase I (AF06-238) |
Northrop Grumman, Calspan |
Jan 2006 |
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VAMAV: Visual
Collision Detection and Avoidance for a Micro Air Vehicle |
Air Force (AFRL/MNGI) SBIR Phase I (AF06-149) |