Alan M. Finn, Ph.D.
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19
Cedar Ridge Drive |
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411
Silver Lane |
Hebron,
CT 06248 |
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E.
Hartford, CT 06108 |
(860)
228-1259 |
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(860)
610-7737 |
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Summary
Expert
in embedded computer systems with emphasis on industrial applications such as
embedded controls, remote monitoring, and reliability. Extensive experience in
diagnostics and prognostics, mapping algorithms to architectures, performance
optimization, digital signal processing (DSP), communications, and
fault-tolerance.
Twenty years experience in increasingly
responsible technical and program management positions at United
Technologies, Allied/Bendix, and IBM.
Proven ability in strategic planning, leadership, and technology transfer.
Author
or co-author of 16 externally published papers and
18 patents.
Education
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Cornell
University |
Ph.D.
in Electrical Engineering |
1983 |
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Cornell
University |
M.
Eng. in Electrical Engineering |
1980 |
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Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute |
B.S.
in Electrical Engineering |
1977 |
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Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute |
B.S.
in Mathematics |
1977 |
Experience and
Selected Accomplishments
United
Technologies Research Center - August 1986
to Present (back to
top)
Research
Fellow performing original research and consulting in diagnostics and
prognostics, computer architecture, digital signal processing, and
fault-tolerance for embedded computer systems. Responsible for strategic
technical planning, external resource development, program planning and
management, intellectual property, technology transfer, publication of
research, staffing, and budgeting.
Appointed Research Fellow for Diagnostics and
Prognostics, February 2002. Presently leading HVAC prognostics and helicopter
life extension projects. Led innovation team for elevator position reference
system. Managed adaptive controls, implementation, and diagnostics for CO2 Heat
Pump. Received fifth Outstanding
Achievement Award.
Managed Estimation and Decision group: 8 direct
reports. Responsible for strategic technical planning, technical leadership and
mentoring, program planning, staffing, budgeting, personnel development, and
performance reviews.
Developed hands-free Cabin Communication System (CCS).
CCS uses beamforming microphones, acoustic echo cancellation, and Wiener noise
filtering for enhanced passenger communication in minivans, helicopters, etc.
Developed DSP algorithms, performed systems-level optimization, and built
hardware demonstrator. Provided demonstrations to OEMs and helped secure launch
customer. Received fourth Outstanding Achievement Award.
Invented
reliable remote-entry products with cryptographically secure user
authentication for automotive division. Generated over $155 million in sales
through 2001. Performed analysis of competitor’s products. Achieved patent
protection and increased market share for division. Received third Outstanding
Achievement Award.
Contributed to design
of next generation sonar signal processor. Established high-level simulation
methodology; wrote custom simulator; developed critical hardware and software
optimizations for shared memory multiprocessor. Major contributor to successful
$20 million proposal and $15 million sole-source award.
Led strategic planning team for Active Noise and Vibration Control (ANVC) research. Developed long-term plan; won funding; established program; designed message passing multiprocessor laboratory controller. Designed ANVC products for helicopter division. Received first and second Outstanding Achievement Awards.
Allied/Bendix
Aerospace Technology Center - June 1983 to
July 1986 (back to top)
Conducted
research and development for an ultra-reliable distributed computer system for
real-time control applications. Responsible for definition of system
architecture. Specified, designed, implemented, and tested standard-cell
chips. Wrote research proposals and
technical papers. Participated in hiring, IR&D reviews.
Major contributor to system-level design and system partitioning. Invented fault-tolerant synchronization technique, wrote custom simulator, simulated high-level design, translated high-level design to digital logic design, implemented as a standard cell chip. Designed transmitter subsystem and implemented as a standard cell chip.
Wrote expert system
for Markov model generation. Presentation at NASA prompted their development of
ASSIST language for automatic Markov model generation.
I.B.M.
Corporation - August 1977
to August 1979 (back to
top)
Participated
in design, modeling, simulation, and test of hardware for 3081 I/O channel.
Wrote
and tested system software for OS/VS 3.7 operating system.
Wrote microcode for 3081 I/O channel and software for automated hardware test. Received Outstanding Achievement award.
Graduated at top of
class in Systems Programming School. Expert in MVS, JCL, PL/S. Designed, coded,
and tested SUs for OS/VS 3.7.
Additional
Technical Expertise (back to top)
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Expert
in Numerical Linear Algebra, Galois Field Mathematics, LMS Adaptive Controls |
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Proficient
in Matlab, Mathematica, Assist (Markov Modeling), TeX |
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Skilled
programmer in C, Pascal, Fortran. |
US 4805107, US 4816989, US 4914657, US 4933940, US 4972415, US 4980857,
US 5191610, US 5363448, US 5377270, US 5398284, US 5619575, US 5649014,
US 5682024, US 5699437, US 5831227, US 5940002, US 6314394, US 65356091
(also US RE036181,
US RE36752)
8
applications pending.
1 Assigned to Lear
Corporation as part of divestiture of United Technologies Automotive
Professional
and Civic Activities (back to top)
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Member
IEEE |
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Member
Vibration Institute |
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Member
MFPT Diagnostics & Signal Analysis Committee |
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Member
of Graduate Committee for Nitin
Vaidya, Ph.D., U. Mass, Amherst, 1993 |
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Program
Committee, Fault Tolerance Computing Symposium, 1992 |
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Paper
Referee, Fault Tolerance Computing Symposium, 1991. |
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Session
Chair, Computers in Aerospace VII Conference, 1989. |
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Member
of Graduate Committee for P. Thambidurai, Ph.D., Duke University, 1988. |
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Member
of Hebron Board of Education, 1995 to present, vice-chair 1996-2002. |
‘Remote
Entry Authentication and Security’, Proc. 1994 Intl. Congress on Transportation
Electronics, Detroit, pp. 503-508, Oct. 1994.
‘Simulation of Multiple Access Protocols for
Real-Time Control’, Simulation, v. 58, n. 2, pp. 123-130, Feb. 1992.
‘Transient
Parameter Estimation by SVD-Based Wigner Distribution’, Chapter 24, in SVD and
Signal Processing II, R. Vaccaro, ed., Elsevier Sci. Pub., Amsterdam, 1991.
‘A
Fast Implementation of the Complex Singular Value Decomposition on the
Connection Machine’, Proc. ICASSP 91, Toronto, pp. 1129-1132, May 1991.
‘Signal
Enhancement for Diagnostic Signal Analysis’, Proc. ICASSP 91, Toronto, pp.
3281-3284, May 1991.
‘Modeling
and Simulation of an i860-Based Multiprocessor’, Proc. 24th Annual Simulation
Symp., New Orleans, pp. 91-97, Apr. 1991.
‘Diagnostic
Signal Analysis Using Rank Reduction and the Wigner Distribution’, Proc. 24th
Asilomar Conf. on Sig. Sys. and Comp, Asilomar, pp. 1068-1072, Nov. 1990.
‘Radar
Adaptive Beamforming Algorithms and Architectures’, Proc. 9th Digital Avionics
Sys. Conf., Virginia Beach, pp. 194-199, Oct. 1990.
‘The System Effect of Single Event Upsets’,
Proc. 7th Computers in Aerospace Conf., Monterey, pp. 994-1002, Oct. 1989.
‘Clock
Synchronization in MAFT’, Proc. 19th Int. Symp. on Fault-Tolerant Computing,
Chicago, pp. 142-149, June 1989.
‘A
Network Architecture for Radar Signal Processing’, Proc. 8th Digital Avionics
Sys. Conf., San Jose, pp. 614-621, Oct. 1988.
‘The
MAFT Architecture for Distributed Fault-Tolerance’, IEEE Trans. Comp., v.
TC-37, n. 4, pp. 398-405, Apr. 1988.
‘MAFT: A Multicomputer Architecture for Fault
Tolerance in Real-Time Control Systems’, Proc. IEEE Real Time Systems
Symp., San Diego, pp. 133-140, Dec. 1985.
Computation
of the Singular Value Decomposition on a Quadratic Array of Processors, Ph.D.
Dissertation, Cornell University, May 1983.
‘An
Algorithm and Simulation Results for a Systolic Array Computation of the SVD’,
Proc. IEEE International Large Scale Sys. Symp., Virginia Beach, pp. 93-97,
Oct. 1982.
‘Systolic
Array Computation of the Singular Value Decomposition’, Proc. SPIE 341,
Real-Time Signal Processing, Arlington, pp. 35-43, V.J. Trumble, ed., May 1982.
2 Paper copies are provided as a courtesy. Papers are
copyright by their respective copyright holders.