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 Jacob Barhen Computer Science and Mathematics Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
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Jacob Barhen
For pioneering accomplishments in the fields of global optimization, artificial neural networks, and high performance computing based on quantum devices. Dr. Jacob Barhen earned an MSc in 1975 and a DSc in 1978, both in nuclear engineering, from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. Dr. Barhen currently serves as the director of ORNL's Center for Engineering Science Advanced Research (CESAR). Primary support for CESAR is provided by the DOE Office of Science under the Frontiers in Intelligent Systems project. He is also the head of the Intelligent and Emerging Computational Systems Section in ORNL's Computer Science and Mathematics Division. In August 2000 he joined the Battelle Technology Council. He is also a non-resident affiliate of the California Institute of Technology's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Caltech/JPL). From 1987 to 1994, Dr. Barhen was the head of the Nonlinear Science and Information Processing Group at Caltech/JPL. From 1978 to 1987, he headed ORNL's Machine Intelligence Group. At both institutions, he established world-class research groups in artificial neural information processing and computational science. He has been the principal investigator of numerous basic and applied research projects funded by the Departments of Defense and Energy, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and other U.S. government agencies. He coordinated the formulation of the engineering science component of DOE's Office of Science nanotechnology program and is part of the national leadership team for the establishment of a Robotics and Intelligent Machines Initiative. Dr. Barhen's research interests include global optimization, neural networks, intelligent systems, algorithms for hyperspectral remote sensing, computational methods for seismic imaging, and optical and quantum information processing. He has authored more than 150 scientific papers and serves on the editorial boards of Neural Networks, Neural Processing Letters, Mathematical and Computer Modeling, and Concurrency. He holds eight U.S. patents. Dr. Barhen received the 1998 R&D_100 Award for his invention of the TRUST global optimization method (Science, Vol. 276, 1094–1097, 1997). He has also been the recipient of 11 NASA Awards for Technical Innovation, and was honored in 1993 and 1995 by two NASA Major Monetary Awards for his contribution to the national space program. During his tenure at Caltech/JPL, he was nominated to the U.S. Air Force Science Advisory Board. Dr. Barhen is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, the Planetary Society, and the International Neural Networks Society. He was named a corporate fellow in 1999.
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