Wadie N. Sirgany

Dr. Wadie N. Sirgany earned the B.S.E.E. with high distinction from the University of Rochester in 1968 and the M.S.E.E. and the Ph.D. from Syracuse University in 1973. He is currently employed as an Advisory Engineer/Scientist at Loral Federal Systems and holds an appointment as Adjunct Associate Professor of Applied and Engineering Statistics at George Mason University. Dr. Sirgany has many years of experience with advanced signal processing, computer systems, and simulation at IBM/Loral, GE, and Singer-Link. He has been a principal investigator for independent research and development for over 10 years, including projects to develop advanced applications of machine intelligence, compression, clustering, and fractal techniques for underwater, space and other applications. Currently, he is the Chief Engineer for a dual use contract with ARPA, CEROS, and the University of Hawaii Marine Mammal Laboratory to apply his previous research and development tools to the monitoring of whales in the Pacific Ocean and to develop models for whale and dolphin vocalizations. Dr. Sirgany has been an adjunct professor for George Mason University since January, 1993 and has taught STAT 344, 350, and 354. He has also taught Probability, Analysis of Random Signals, Space-Time Processing and other signal processing courses for the IBM Professional Education Program. He has been a technical reviewer for IBM patents, IBM and IEEE technical papers, and a book reviewer for Wiley and Sons.