THIS PROGRAM WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL REQUIRES THAT ATTENDEES POSSESS AT LEAST A SECRET CLEARANCE AND ARE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES. IF YOU DO NOT MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS, YOU MAY NOT ATTEND. Note: The presentations of papers are confirmed. With regard to exact scheduling, this program is tentative. There may be a slight change in the duration of some speaker presentations. ================================== AUTOMATIC TARGET RECOGNIZER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SYMPOSIUM 16 - 17 November 1994 Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, CA PROGRAM WEDNESDAY, 16 NOVEMBER (Speakers are tentative) 7:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast 8:00 Welcome ATRS&T Host 8:30 Welcome Naval Postgraduate School Commander 8:45 Keynote Speaker: "JAST" Major General George K. Muellner U.S. Air Force/JAST 9:30 Guest Speaker: "The Challenges of Transitioning Technology from Lab to Reality" Dr. Gerold Yonas, Vice President Sandia National Laboratory 10:00 Break 10:30 Advanced Targeting for Joint STARS, Martin Liggins 11:00 Automatic Target Recognition Technologies for Army Deep Strike Operations David L. Rodkey, ARL and David Reade, NAWC 12:00 Attack ATC as Potential LANTIRN System Upgrade for Battlefield Air Interdiction and Theater Missile Defense Application Lloyde Clark, WL/AARA 12:30 Lunch 1:30 Guest Speaker: "Army ATR Programs" Rudolf G. Buser, PhD, U.S. Army NVESD 2:00 Multisensor Target Acquisition/Target Recognition Using Genetic Algorithms and Geometric Hashing Alexander Akerman III, Nichols Research Corporation 2:30 Enhanced Facet Model for Terrain: Xpatch SAR Image Prediction with Fractal Texturing for Ground Vehicles in Benign Clutter Environments Patricia A. Ryan, Georgia Institute of Technology 3:00 Break 3:30 Final Results from the Multi-sensor Fusion Neural Network Program for Strategic and Tactical Reconnaissance Timothy Rainey, Booz Allen & Hamilton 4:00 Overview of High Range Resolution Radar Target Identification Richard A. Mitchell, WL/AARA 4:30 Real-Time ATR Algorithm for Littoral Targets Using SAR Arthur V. Forman, Martin Marietta Technologies, Orlando, FL 5:00 Adjourn THURSDAY, 17 NOVEMBER 7:00 Continental Breakfast 8:00 Guest Speaker: "Moving and Stationary Target Acquisition & Recognition" Richard Wishner Deputy Director, ARPA Sensor Technology Office 8:30 ATR in the Tier 2+ System Matthew Ganz, Ph D, ARPA Sensors Technology Office 9:00 Advanced Periscope Detection/Discrimination Radar Gary Snider, NAWC 9:30 Automated Adaptation for ATR Algorithms Peter F. Symosek, Honeywell Technology Center Break 10:00 Break 10:30 Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition in the UGV/Demo II Program William Severson, Martin Marietta Technologies 11:00 Model-Based Automatic Target Identification Teresa A. Kipp, ARL, Ft. Belvoir 11:30 ALCVT Algorithm Development Status G. R. Osche, Raytheon Company 12:00 Lunch 1:30 Guest Speaker: "Building a Common ATR Architecture" Col. Patrick K. Garvey NASA Langley, Chief Theater Defense Division 2:00 Real-time ATR Algorithm for Littoral Targets Using SAR Dave Dekruger, PhD, NAWC 2:30 VARTAC - A Foveal Active Vision ATR System Robert Hecht-Nielsen, HNC, Inc. 3:00 Break 3:30 A Real-time Automatic Target Cueing System R. Loughheed, Environmental Research Institute of Michigan 4:00 Fine Identification of Targets and Evidence Management in the ARAGTAP Testbed Steven D. Raney, Martin Marietta Technologies 4:30 Northrop-Grumman-USAF Operations Presentation 5:00 Discussions 5:30 Adjourn