Employment

  • Recognition Technologies, Inc., White Plains, NY
    President and Chief Executive Officer Jul. 2003-Present
    Research and Development of Human Biometric systems, Speaker Recognition, Face Recognition, Speech Recognition, Language Modeling and Language Proficiency Rating, Signature Verification, and Handwriting Recognition.

  • Dept. of Computer Science, Columbia University, New York, NY
    Adjunct Professor Jan. 2012-Present
    Graduate courses E6998-005 (Fundamentals of Speaker Recognition)
    E6998-004 (Fundamentals of Speech Recognition) which are
    multidisciplinary courses taught in Fall and Spring semesters,
    respectively.

  • Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY
    Adjunct Professor Dec. 2003-Present
    Graduate courses MECE-E6620 (Applied Signal Recognition and Classification) and Digital Control Systems (EEME-E4601)

  • Internet Server Connections, Inc., White Plains, NY
    Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Feb. 2001-Present
    Complete technical operation of Internet Server Connections. Projects include portfolio optimization algorithm development for Merrill-Lynch (Constrained non-linear optimization problem of over 38,000 variables, The complete management of digital libraries related to Encyclopaedia Iranica, a twenty-year old effort by Columbia University and projects with over 150 Corporated clients in telecommunications.

  • IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY
    Research Staff Member -- Human Language Technologies Feb. 1997-Feb. 2001
    Research in the fields of Speaker Recognition (Verification and Identification) and Speech Recognition and Automatic Segmentation. Developed algorithms for the IBM Research Speaker Verification and Identification Engine which is now being used in an array different products while conducting research for improving its performance. This system is completely Text Independant and is in addition Language Independent.
    Research Staff Member -- Pen Technologies Feb. 1991-Feb. 1997
    Principal Investigator and Project Leader for Pen-Based Music Editor. Research in on-line Handwriting Recognition: Developed and implemented Handwriting Recognition Algorithms in every area related to the topic. These areas include: Research and development of Search and Language Models for Cursive and Unconstrained Recognition systems as well as Discrete and Run-on versions. System architect for IBM Unconstrained Recognition system.
    Developed a model of handwriting and a model of human hand-dynamics for application in recognition of Cursive and Natural writing. Combined the above models in a Hidden Markov Model (HMM) framework. Developed a set of normalization, desloping and deslanting schemes for application to cursive handwriting recognition. Conducted research and developed on-line training capabilities for the IBM cursive recognizer.
    Research in optimal clustering techniques and Neural Network Models of Handwriting. Responsible for a major part of search and language models in the IBM product ThinkWrite TM.

  • Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY
    Adjunct Associate Professor Jan. 1997-Dec. 2003
    Taught graduate courses ME-EE-E4601 (Digital Control Systems)
    a joint course by the Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Departments.

  • Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY
    Adjunct Assistant Professor Sep. 1995-Dec. 1997
    Taught graduate course EE-E6820 (Speech Analysis, Synthesis and Recognition) at the electrical engineering department

  • National Technological University
    Adjunct Assistant Professor Jan. 1996-May 1996
    Taught graduate course CC751 (Speech and Handwriting Recognition)

  • Center for Telecommunication Research, Columbia University, NY
    Resarch Specialist Oct. 1990-Feb. 1991
    Research in digital image coding, image data compression and transmission. Developed and implemented schemes for lossless image compression and transmission, and ultra-fast methods of image display through low-level hardware control.

  • Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY
    Research Assistant Dec. 1987-Sep. 1990
    Doctoral Research in the field of Learning-Adaptive Control and Neural Network Learning -- Research abstract enclosed.

  • Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY
    Research Assistant Dec. 1989-Sep. 1990
    Fault detection of mechanical systems and machine health prognosis. Developed practical signal processing techniques for the health prognosis of mechanical components such as bearings, gears, cutting tools, etc.

  • Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY
    Research Assistant Jan. 1986-Sep. 1986
    Developed a generalization theory on Kinematic Analysis of commonly used linkages.

  • Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY
    Research Assistant Sep. 1985-Jan. 1986
    Digital image processing applied to fluid mechanics for the analysis of lubricants' behavior in zero gravity -- An experiment conducted in conjunction with the NASA Space-Lab project.