dr. john s. bay bio

U N I T E D S T A T E S A I R F O R C E

DR. JOHN S. BAY

Dr. John S. Bay, a member of the scientific and professional cadreof senior executives, is Chief Scientist, Information Directorate, AirForce Research Laboratory, Rome, N.Y. The directorate is the AirForce center for the advancement and application of informationsystems science and technology for aerospace command andcontrol and its transition to air, space and ground systems. Itconsists of more than 800 military and civilian scientists, engineers,and administrative and support people pursuing a wide variety ofresearch and development projects with an annual budget of morethan $700 million. The directorate's areas of investigation span thebroad spectrum of information, including fusion and exploitation;command and control; advanced architectures; informationmanagement; communications and networking; collaborativeenvironments; modeling and simulation; defensive informationwarfare; and intelligent information systems technologies.

Dr. Bay spent 11 years as a professor of electrical and computerengineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,Blacksburg. He was then selected as an Engineering Fellow at theRaytheon Company, Falls Church, Va., working in robotics andcommand, control, communications and intelligence advancedsystems. Prior to joining AFRL, Dr. Bay was a Program Manager inthe Information Exploitation Office of the Defense AdvancedResearch Projects Agency, Arlington, Va. At DARPA, he completed and transitioned the Software­Enabled Control Programand the Model­Based Integration of Embedded Systems Program. He also initiated two original programs: HeterogeneousUrban Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition Team as well as Close Combat Lethal Recon.

Dr. Bay's research interests focus on control systems, command and control, biomechanics, machine learning and embeddedsystems. He is the author or co­author of more than 60 publications.

EDUCATION 1984 Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg 1985 Master of Science degree, The Ohio State University, Columbus 1988 Doctor of Philosophy degree, The Ohio State University, Columbus2007 Senior Executive Seminar , Maxwell AFB, Ala.

CAREER CHRONOLOGY 1. 1989 ­ 1994, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,Blacksburg 2. 1994 ­ 1999, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,Blacksburg 3. 2000 ­ 2001, Engineering Fellow, Raytheon Company, Falls Church, Va. 4. 2001 ­ 2002, Program Manager, Information Technology Office, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington,Va. 5. 2002 ­ 2005, Program Manager, Information Exploitation Office, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington,Va. 6. 2005 ­ present, Chief Scientist, Information Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome, N.Y.

AWARDS AND HONORS 1997 C. Holmes MacDonald Outstanding Teaching Award, Etta Kappa Nu

2004 Commendation from Secretary of the Air Force and Air Force Chief of Staff for service on Office of the Secretary ofDefense Avionics Advisory Team 2005 Office of the Secretary of Defense Medal for Exceptional Public Service

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS 1993 ­ 1996 Distinguished Visitor, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society 1993 ­1998 Associate Technical Editor, IEEE Control Systems Magazine

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics EngineersCo­founder and former co­chair, VTOL UAV Technical Committee of the American Helicopter Society1997­ 1999 Executive Committee member, IEEE, Virginia Mountain Section 2003 ­2006 Elected member, IEEE Control Systems Society Board of Governors

PUBLICATIONS "Fundamentals of Linear State Space Systems," McGraw­Hill, 1999

(Current as of September 2008)