CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: Cesar Bandera
Work Address: Enterprise
Development Center, Suite 207
211 Warren Street
Newark, NJ 07103-3568
Office: 973-718-2450
E-mail: bandera@ieee.org, Skype: cesar.bandera
http://myprofile.cos.com/cbandera
http://bandemar.com/, http://cellpodium.com/
Education:
May
1990
Ph.D. in Systems Engineering
State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Thesis: “Foveal Biomorphic Machine Vision”
May
1985
MS in Computer Engineering
State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Thesis: “Delta-Squared Modulation Digital Filters”
Postgraduate Education:
Jan 1996 Cert. Executive Development, Harvard School of Management
Academic Appointments:
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Adjunct Professor, School of Management Aug 2011-present
Adjunct Professor, College of Computing Sciences Aug 2011-present
Guest Lecturer, School of Management Sept 2008-Aug 2011
Guest Lecturer, College of Computing Sciences Sept 2006-Aug 2011
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Adjunct Professor, Environmental and Occupational
Health Sciences Institute
July 2011-present
Guest Lecturer, Center for Advanced Information Processing Dec 2002-Jun 2006
Universidad Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (Lima, Peru)
Honorary Professor, School of Systems, Computing, and
Telecommunications
Engineering
Dec 2010-present
Universidad Metropolitana (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
Guest Lecturer, Caribbean Computing Center for Excellence Jan 2008-present
Universidad de Malaga (Spain)
Guest Lecturer, School of Computer Science Aug 1994-present
State University of New York at Buffalo, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Guest Lecturer Jan 1990-Jan 1999
Doctoral Student Sept 1985-Jan 1990
Research Assistant Sept 1982-Jan 1984
INDUSTRY Appointments:
8/03-present Founder and CEO, BanDeMar Networks and Cell Podium, Newark, NJ
3/99-8/03 Senior Manager and Systems Engineer, AT&T Labs, Middletown, NJ
1/90-3/99 Director, Machine Vision Department, Amherst Systems Inc., Amherst, NY
· Responsible for directing and securing funding for product line R&D
· Helped grow company from 12 employees to 400; company sold in 1999 to Northrop Grumman
1/85-3/99 Head, Analysis Department, Amherst Systems Inc., Amherst, NY
· Responsible for avionics simulation product development
· Held DoD secret-level security clearance
9/83-12/84 Researcher, Signal Processing, Calspan Corporation, Buffalo, NY
Professional Service:
· Interdisciplinary Design Studio External Advisory Board, Albert Dorman Honors College
· Community Outreach and Education Core, Rutgers Center for Environmental Exposures and Disease
· National Advisory Council, OAI Workforce Development (Chicago)
· Advisory Board, Universidad Metropolitana Research Institute (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
· Industry Advisory Committee, New Jersey Institute of Technology Capstone Program
· Industry Advisory Board, Rutgers Center for Advanced Information Processing
· InfoValue Technical Advisory Board
· Face2Face (Bell Labs spin-off) Board of Advisors
· SBIR Grant Review Panel, National Science Foundation (1999-present)
· Scientific Review Panel, Third International Congress on Computation and Telecommunications (COMTEL) (2011)
· Autonomous Robots Journal, Machine Learning Journal (Kluwer) (1998)
· State University of New York Multidisciplinary Pilot Project Program (1998)
Honors and Patents:
· 2011 Best Paper Award, Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education
· 2011, ARRA Success Story, National Institutes of Health (NIH), NIEHS-WETP http://www.niehs.nih.gov/recovery/success/index.cfm
· 2010, Honorary Professor, Department of Systems, Computing, and Telecommunications Engineering, Universidad Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (Lima, Peru)
· 2007, New Jersey Entrepreneur, NJBiz
· 2006, Dynamically reconfigurable vision system, Patent Number: 710674
· 2002, CMOS foveal image sensor chip, Patent Number: 6455831
· 1999, Space Act Award, NASA, Contribution to Space Exploration
· 1993, Highest Distinction, Small Business Innovative Research Accomplishments Report to the U.S. Congress, US Air Force, Excellence in Research Commercialization
· 1992, Small Business of the Year Nomination, US Air Force
Teaching Experience:
· “New Venture Management,” New Jersey Institute of Technology School of Management (ENTR410; Fall 2011)
· “Introduction to Computer Science,” New Jersey Institute of Technology College of Computer Science (CCS113; Fall 2011)
· “Interoperable Cellular Multimedia for Health Outreach,” Center for Information Technology of the National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD (April 13, 2011)
· “The Use of Multimedia to Increase Awareness of Environmental Health,” National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC (March 22, 2011)
· “Markets for m-Health in Developing Nations,” New Jersey Institute of Technology School of Management (Spring 2011)
· “The Entrepreneurial Singularity,” Albert Dorman Honors College Colloquium (February 28, 2011)
· “Business Incubation,” Universidad Inca Garcilaso de la Vega – Lima, Peru (December 17 - 21, 2010)
· “Industry and the Doctoral Student,” NJIT Institute Workshop Series (March 25, 2010)
· “Entrepreneurship for the Technology Start-Up,” New Jersey Institute of Technology School of Management (Fall 2008)
· “Video processing of earth science datasets” Universidad Metropolitana - San Juan PR (Spring 2008, Spring 2010)
· “Interactive voice recognition for m-Health using VXML” New Jersey Institute of Technology Capstone Program (Summer 2009)
· “Spherical video processing for earth science visualization” New Jersey Institute of Technology Capstone Program (Fall 2006, Spring/Fall 2007, Spring/Fall 2008, Spring 2009)
· “Advanced Topics in Active Vision,” Cornell (Spring 1998), Brock University Distinguished Lecturer Series, Canada (Spring 1996), University of Malaga, Spain (Summer 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000 - 2004)
· “Computer Vision,” Univ. of Buffalo; School of Medicine, Faculty of Applied Sciences (Fall 1995, 1996, 1997)
· “Introduction to Hierarchical Foveal Vision,” Brock University Distinguished Lecturer Series, Canada (Spring 1995), University of Malaga, Spain (Summer 1994), Dipartimento di Informatica Sistematica e Telematica of the University of Genova, Italy (Summer 1994), Scuola Superiore Santa Anna Advanced Robotics Technology and Systems (ARTS) Facility, Pisa, Italy (Summer 1994)
· “Electronic Circuits,” Univ. of Buffalo Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering (Fall 1982, Spring 1983)
· “ARRA Student Employment,” NIEHS (Fall 2009, Spring 2010) $117K
· “ARRA Research Experience,” NIEHS (Summer 2009) $26K
· Kit Shan Choy, “Reinforcement Learning Gaze Control,” University of Buffalo Department of Computer Science and Engineering, 2000
· Dipankar Talukdar, “Issues in the Design of Pipelined VLSI Circuits for DSP Applications,” University of Buffalo Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1997
· Susan Shiqiong Young, “Multiresolution Object Recognition Using Neural Networks,” University of Buffalo Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1995
· Henry Hexmoor, “Representing and Learning Routine Activities,” University of Buffalo Department of Computer Science, 1995
· Johan M. Lammens, “A Computational Model of Color Perception and Color Naming,” University of Buffalo Department of Computer Science, 1994
· Han Zhang, New Jersey Institute of Technology College of Computing Sciences, Fall 2010 - current
· Carlos Paulino, New Jersey Institute of Technology College of Computing Sciences, Fall 2009 – Spring 2011
· Evanda Henry, New York University, NYU Medical Center, Fall 2009 - current
· Ankur Malhotra, New Jersey Institute of Technology College of Engineering, Spring 2010 -Spring 2011
· Latoya Cromwell, Rutgers University School of Business, Fall 2009, Spring 2010
· Akshat Mishra, University of Rochester, Department of Computer Science, Fall 2009
· Samantha Olaso, New Jersey Institute of Technology College of Engineering, Fall 2009
· Mahalakshmi Ramachandran, New Jersey Institute of Technology College of Engineering, Fall 2009
· Approximately six college undergraduate students per semester and summer from the New Jersey Institute of Technology Capstone Program, Fall 2006 - current
· Approximately four high school students per semester and summer from the New Jersey Institute of Technology Real World Connections Program, Fall 2007 - current
Grants and Contracts:
Active
·
1R41ES019020-01 (Bandera, PI)
8/2010-8/2011
$100,000
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Ubiquitous Mobile Multimedia for Environmental Public Health Outreach
o This project evaluates the translation and dissemination of research from the UMDNJ Center for Environmental Exposures and Disease (an NIEHS Environmental Health Sciences Core Center) to stakeholders and communities via mobile multimedia.
·
5R44ES014793-03 (Bandera,
PI)
7/2008-7/2011
$400,000
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Just-in-Time Training for Skilled Support Personnel Phase II
o This project developed a just-in-time training system for skilled support personnel deployed to HAZMAT incidents. The technology pushes videos derived from OSHA Course 7600 to cell phones regardless of model or carrier. Incidents supported by this project include emergency training to the safety officers dispatched throughout the Liberty RadEx radiological incident exercise (EPA, FEMA, April 2010), bilingual safety videos for workers cleaning the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (NIEHS, May 2010), and safety and logistics videos broadcast at the Worker Education and Training Program Spring 2009 training exercise. Pilot users on this project include MONOC and Structure Tone (the largest paramedic organization and construction company in NJ, respectively).
·
NNG09Z13001 Cooperative Agreement Notice (Bandera, co-PI)
2/2010-10/2012 $850,000
National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Subcontract with Liberty Science
Center
The Global Microscope: Integrating NASA Data into Learning and Teaching
o This project trains high school science teachers on the development of Earth Science lessons that incorporate NASA remote sensing data sets. The project is developing an online portal that connects teachers and students from schools throughout the tri-state area with a custom learning management system and NASA’s most complete and up-to-date collection of satellite-based Earth Observation data.
·
Small Business Innovative Research Contract 200-2010-M-34922 (Bandera,
PI) 7/2010-7/2011
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
$100,000
Interoperable Mobile Multimedia for Emergency Response
o This project deployed a broadcasting system that pushes multimedia to cell phones, and is testing it in two CDC m-health campaigns. The first delivered guidelines on the rehydration of cholera patients to health care workers in Haiti, and the second delivered preparedness videos for severe winter weather to the open public.
·
Liberty Science Center Contract (Bandera,
PI)
4/2010-10/2011
$40,000
Anatomical Mirror Phase I
o This project developed a novel human anatomy educational exhibit featuring interactive life-sized high-definition male and female clinically-verified 3-D anatomical models (including cardiovascular, neurological, digestive, and skeletal) with which museum visitors interact, navigate, and take computer-generated quizzes.
·
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Contract (Bandera,
PI) 8/2010-8/2011
Mobile Multimedia Messaging Campaign
$30,000
o This project deploys an m-leaning video campaign for HAZWOPER students at the UMDNJ Office of Public Health Practice. The impact of periodic refresher videos sent to students’ cell phones will be assessed with pre- and post-grading.
Pending
·
Computing Education for 21st Century (Bandera,
co-PI)
10/2011-9/2016
$5,000,000
National Science Foundation
“Training and Research Initiative in Computing”
o This project is a consortium of higher education institutions in the US mainland and Puerto Rico that will advance the best practices of the NSF Model Institutions for Excellence and promote a pipeline of minority students interested in pursuing careers in computing areas. Participating institutions include NJIT, CMU, MIT, UCLA, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Universidad Metropolitana and Universidad del Este (Puerto Rico).
·
EU-US Atlantis Programme (Bandera,
co-PI)
10/2011-9/2015
180,000€
US Department of Education, European Union
“Atlantis Exchange Program in Computer Science”
o This project is a US-EU consortium that offers research opportunities in computer science and applications to 48 US and EU undergraduate and graduate students (12 per year) majoring in STEM fields, implement language and cultural experiences for a period of four months, and produce a pipeline to graduate school and PhD studies. The US partners are the Universidad Metropolitana (Puerto Rico) and NJIT. The EU partners are INSA of Strasbourg and the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden.
·
AN:3390061 (Bandera,
PI)
12/2011-11/2012
$150,000
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
“Mobile Adherence Counselor for Antiretroviral Therapy”
o This project deploys a mobile-based adherence counseling system that links underserved AIDS patients covered by the Ryan White Act with health care providers, and evaluates the effectiveness of the system on patient regimen adherence and care provider workload. The project derives mobile media from the curriculum of the UMDNJ Center for Continuing Outreach & Education, Division of AIDS.
·
1R43ES021135-01 (Bandera,
PI)
11/2011-10/2012
$150,000
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
“Mobile Multimedia for Environmental Health Education”
o This project develops an m-Health service for the stakeholders of the Partnerships for Environmental Public Health (including NIH, CDC, EPA, and US medical universities) to increase the audience reach and retention of their educational programs.
·
1R43HL110799-01 (Bandera,
PI)
7/2011-7/2012
$150,000
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
m-Health for Adherence to TB-HIV Guidelines
o This project converts adherence guidelines from the UMDNJ Global Tuberculosis Institute into a push-based international mobile campaign targeting health care providers of patients with HIV and latent tuberculosis.
·
1R43OH010146-01 (Bandera,
PI)
7/2011-7/2012
$150,000
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Mobile Job Aids for Just-In-Time Occupational Safety Training
o The proposed study aims to assess the feasibility and effectiveness of concepts from the emerging field of mobile health (m-Health) on improving the occupational safety of construction site workers. It will broadcast both periodic occupational safety refresher videos and safety/logistics alerts to participating workers at construction sites of Structure Tone (the largest commercial construction firm in New Jersey), and assess the subsequent reduction in safety violations and workplace incidents.
·
Grand Challenges Explorations Round 6 (Bandera, PI)
6/2011-5/2012
$100,000
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Health Outreach via Interoperable Mobile Multimedia
o This project converts adherence guidelines from the Global Tuberculosis Institute into a push-based international mobile campaign targeting health care providers of patients with HIV and latent tuberculosis.
Completed
·
3R44ES014793-03S2 (Bandera, PI)
6/2009-8/2010
$150,000
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (NIH)
Interoperable M-Learning Multimedia Delivery
o This project supported high school and college students developing occupational safety training multimedia and cellular broadcasting technology.
·
SBIR Bridge Grant (Bandera,
PI)
6/2008-12/2008
$50,000
New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology
JITTEIS Content Development Tools
·
Incubator Seed Grant (Bandera,
PI)
1/2008-6/2008
$50,000
New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology
JITTEIS Registration Subsystem Optimization
·
1 R41 ES014793-01 (Bandera,
PI)
7/2006-6/2007
$100,000
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Just-in-Time Training for Skilled Support Personnel Phase I
·
1 R41 HL082024-01A1 (Bandera,
PI)
6/2006-5/2007
$100,000
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
High Adherence Ergonomic OPAP Device
o This project evaluated an oral positive airway pressure (OPAP) device for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea. The device uses a miniature imaging sensor to measure airway morphology and servo-control to apply the minimum intervention air pressure that prevents airway obstruction.
· Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio (Spain)
3/2006-4/2007
40,000€
e-Formación Justo a Tiempo
o This project evaluated the interoperability of push-based mobile multimedia among European carriers and cell phones.
·
1 R41ES013414-01 (Bandera,
PI)
10/2004-10-2005
$100,000
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Educating Schools and Families with ToxRAP over MPEG-4
·
DMI-0239180-S Research Commercialization Award (Bandera, PI)
6/2004-5/2005 $197,365
National Science Foundation; Directorate for Engineering; Industrial Innovation
& Partnerships
Education on Demand for Technique Training Phase II Supplement
·
DMI-0239180 (Bandera,
PI)
3/2003-5/2005
$442,000
National Science Foundation; Directorate for Engineering; Industrial Innovation
& Partnerships
Education on Demand for Technique Training Phase II
o This project developed a delivery system for interactive object-based multimedia that expanded upon the advanced profiles of the MPEG-4 standard to accommodate heterogeneous media types.
·
NAS5-01192 (Bandera,
PI)
11/2001-4/2002
$70,000
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center
Rich Media Engine for Hyperspectral Collaborative Workspaces
·
DMI-0128498 (Bandera, PI)
1/2002-6/2002
$100,000
National Science Foundation; Directorate for Engineering; Division of Design,
Manufacture, and Industrial Innovation
Education on Demand for Technique Training Phase I
·
US Air Force Wright Laboratory (Bandera, PI)
1/1995-6/1995
$75,000
Reinforcement Learning for Visual Attention
o This project evaluated the effectiveness of reinforcement learning algorithms to control the focus of attention, video processing, and scene understanding resources in the vision systems of autonomous mobile robots.
·
National Science Foundation (Bandera,
PI)
1/1994-6/1994
$75,000
Directorate for Engineering; Division of Design, Manufacture, and Industrial
Innovation
Foveal Gaze Control Algorithms
·
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Bandera,
PI)
3/1992-9/1992
$75,000
Attention in Active Vision
·
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Bandera,
PI)
10/1991-4/1992
$75,000
Biological Techniques for Machine Vision
·
Air Force Office of Scientific Research (Bandera,
PI)
1999-2001
$500,000
Second Generation Smart Foveal Imager
o In collaboration with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, this project developed a CMOS-based imager with a dynamically reconfigurable multi-acuity pixel and read-out morphology (coarse peripheral acuity, fine acuity directed at multiple regions-of-interest within the field-of-view).
·
National Science Foundation (Bandera,
PI)
1997-1999
$300,000
Directorate for Engineering; Division of Design, Manufacture, and Industrial
Innovation
Micro-Miniature 2-D Spherical Pointing Actuator
o This project prototyped a micro-miniature two degree-of-freedom motor that rotates small payloads in azimuth and elevation. The actuator was then used as the saccadic mechanism in autonomous vision systems with millisecond mechanical response times.
·
Office of Naval Research (Bandera,
PI)
1997-1999
$750,000
Ground Vehicle Foveal Cueing System Development
o This project prototyped for the Naval Air Warfare Center (China Lake) an air-to-ground target tracking system that mimics the multiacuity morphology of vertebrate vision.
·
Langley Research Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(Bandera, PI)
Foveal Cueing Sensor Development
1997-1999
$500,000
o This project prototyped for the NASA Langley Research Center a ground target tracking system based on high-speed multi-resolution CCD imagers.
·
US Air Force Research Laboratory, Eglin AFB (Bandera,
PI) 1997-1997
$70,000
Development of Reconfigurable Foveal Cueing System
·
Office of Naval Research (Bandera, PI)
1996-1998
$650,000
Foveal Sensor Development
o This project developed a charge-coupled device imager with a multi-acuity pixel and read-out morphology modeled after the human retina (coarse peripheral acuity, fine central acuity at the fovea).
·
National Science Foundation (Bandera,
PI)
1996-1996
$74,542
Directorate for Engineering; Division of Design, Manufacture, and Industrial
Innovation
Spherical Pointing Actuator
·
US Army Research Laboratory, Fort Belvoir (Bandera,
PI)
1995-1997
$650,000
Hierarchical Foveal Algorithm Development for ATR
o This project developed and comparatively evaluated biomimetic multi-acuity neural networks and algorithms for the recognition of ground targets in infrared video.
·
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Johnson Space Center
(Bandera, PI)
Extravehicular Helper-Retriever Robot Development
1995-1997
$500,000
o This project developed the binocular vision and scene understanding system for Johnson Space Center’s extravehicular robot. The system exploited the multiacuity morphology of vertebrate vision to support competing visual behaviors including search, object and gesture recognition, navigation, and tracking.
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DMI-9362112 (Bandera, PI)
4/1994-1/1995
$64,996
National Science Foundation; Directorate for Engineering; Division of Design,
Manufacture, and Industrial Innovation
Foveal Machine Vision for Mobile Robots Using Agent Based Gaze Control
· US Air Force Wright Laboratory (Bandera,
PI)
1993-1995
$750,000
Multispectral Scene Synthesis For ATR
o This project integrated infrared multispectral phenomenology models that generate video for testing automatic target recognition algorithms at Wright Patterson Air Force Base.
·
US Air Force Wright Laboratory (Bandera,
PI)
1990-1991
$300,000
Integration of the Tactics and Equipment Evaluator with C3I Signal
Simulator
o This project upgraded the closed-loop manned electronic warfare avionics evaluator to also support the evaluation of integrated command, control, communications, and information avionics. Gaming and RF synthesis were also upgraded to cover C3I operator strategies and system-under-test spectrum.
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Office of Naval Research (Bandera,
PI)
1990-1992
$500,000
Active Pursuit Algorithms for Foveal Vision
o This project designed and evaluated models of sensors, data structures, neural and procedural video processing algorithms, and closed-loop control algorithms that implement the multi-acuity retinotopology of vertebrate foveal vision.
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US Air Force Rome Laboratory (Bandera,
PI)
1989-1991
$500,000
Non Von Neumann Software Life Cycle Hypertext Database
o This project developed an online hypertext document describing the software life cycles for non Von Neumann computing architectures employed at the USAF Rome Labs.
·
US Air Force Wright Laboratory (Bandera,
PI)
1988-1990
$300,000
Real-Time Ada SUPPRESSOR Study
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US Air Force Wright Laboratory (Bandera, PI)
1986-1988
$650,000
Tactics And Equipment Evaluator Development
o This project developed a closed-loop system that tests manned electronic warfare avionics, including operator and system-under-test performance, using interactive composite mission level gaming engine and multiband RF synthesis.
Publications:
· Cesar Bandera, Marie Zoghbi, Catherine Jamal, Kimberly Clark, Nathan Huebner, (2011) Interoperable Push-Based Mobile Multimedia for Health and Preparedness Outreach, National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing, and Media, CDC, August 2011
· Gale Spak, Cesar Bandera, Peter Schmitt (2011) m-Outreach for Engineering Continuing Education: A Model for University-Company Collaboration, 118th Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education. (Best Paper Award)
· Cesar Bandera, Mitchel Rosen, Peter Schmitt (2010) Mobile Outreach to Underserved Demographics, New Learning Technologies Conference, Society for Applied Learning Technology
· Cesar Bandera (2010) Preparedness and Response Multimedia on Cell Phones, Technologies for Critical Incident Preparedness, DHS/DOJ
· Cesar Bandera, Mitchel Rosen (2010) Environmental Reporting and Alerts Across the Digital Divide, EPA Conference on Environmental Justice, Air Quality, Goods Movement, and Green Jobs: Evolution and Innovation, January 25-27, 2009
· Cesar Bandera (2009) Mobile Multimedia for Health Social Networking, Community Outreach, and Emergency Training, UMDNJ Town Hall, NIEHS
· Cesar Bandera (2008) Cellular Just-In-Time Training of Skilled Support Personnel, Workshop on Reducing Risk and Protecting Public Health Through Research and Training, Natcher Conference Center, NIH, Bethesda, MD, April 3-4, 2008
· Cesar Bandera (2007) Entrepeneur 101: Lessons for success in the palm of your hand, NJBiz Magazine, August, 2007
· Cesar Bandera, Mitchel Rosen (2007) Update on Just-In-Time Training of Deployed Skilled Support Personnel via Cell Phone Multimedia, Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference, National Training and Simulation Association
· Cesar Bandera (2007) Wireless Just-In-Time Training of Skilled Support Personnel, Emerging Technology Workshop, American Society for Training and Development
· Cesar Bandera (2007) A resource for emerging companies, NJBiz Magazine, April, 2007
· Cesar Bandera, Michael Marsico (2006) Wireless Just-in-Time Training of Mobile Skilled Support Personnel, 2006 Defense and Security Symposium, SPIE
· C. Bandera, Rich media streaming for just-in-time training of first responders, Proceedings of the 2005 SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, 28 Mar 2005
· C. Bandera, B. McMullen, R. Beck, Object-Oriented E-Education for PK-16 Students and Teachers, Proceedings of the 2004 International Educause Conference, 18 Oct 2004
· C. Bandera, Learner Diversity and Content Personalization with MPEG-4, 2004 National Science Foundation Design, Service and Manufacturing Grantees and Research Conference, 3 Jan 2004
· C. Bandera, B. McMullen, R. Beck, E-Learning Objects: The Value of SCORM and MPEG-7 Packaging for Digital Media Assets, Proceedings of the 2003 International Educause Conference, 3 Nov 2003
· C. Bandera, SCORM-Compliant Interactive Video, Proceedings of the 2002 IITSEC, 2 Dec 2002
· B. McMullen, C. Bandera, R. Beck, Object Oriented Multimedia Content; Server Benefits versus Authoring Costs, Proceedings of the 2002 International Educause Conference, 1 Oct 2002
· C. Bandera, D. Stack, B. Pain, C. Wrigley, Real-time reconfigurable foveal target acquisition and tracking system, Proceedings of the SPIE AeroSense Symposium on Acquisition, Tracking, and Pointing XIII, April 1999
· H. Hexmoor, C. Bandera, Architectural issues for integration of sensing and acting modalities, Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control, 14 Sep 1998
· S. Xia, R. Sridhar, P. Scott, C. Bandera, An All CMOS Foveal Image Sensor Chip, Proceedings of the 11th Annual IEEE International ASIC Conference, 13 Sep 1998
· D. McKee, C. Bandera, Multistage foveal target detection system, Proceedings of the SPIE AeroSense '98 Symposium on Signal Processing, Sensor Fusion, and Target Recognition VII, 13 Apr 1998
· S. Young, P. Scott, C. Bandera, Foveal automatic target recognition using a multiresolution neural network, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 7(8), 1122-1135, 1998
· F. Du, C. Bandera, Parallel programming for real-time image processing using computing agents, Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications, 3(Las Vegas, Nevada), 1505-1514, 30 Jun 1997
· D. McKee, C. Bandera, Performance of a foveal target detection system, Proceedings of the SPIE AeroSense '97 Symposium on Signal Processing, Sensor Fusion, and Target Recognition VI, April 1997
· P. Scott, S. Young, C. Bandera, Foveal automatic target recognition using neural networks, Proceedings of the International Conference on Image Processing, 16 Sep 1996
· C. Bandera, F. Vico, J. Bravo, M. Harmon, L. Baird, Residual Q-learning applied to visual attention, Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Machine Learning, 3 Jul 1996
· F. Du, C. Bandera, Attentive control for model-based object recognition: a preliminary study, Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 18 Jun 1996
· F. Du, A. Izatt, C. Bandera, An MIMD computing platform for hierarchical foveal machine vision system, Proceedings of the IEEE Conf on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 18 Jun 1996
· S. Ghosal, D. McKee, C. Bandera, Model-based automatic target recognition using hierarchical foveal machine vision, Proceedings of the SPIE AeroSense '96 Symposium on Signal Processing, Sensor Fusion, and Target Recognition V, April 1996
· C. Bandera, F. Vico, Stable color perception for deformable material characterization, Proceedings of the 1996 Workshop on Automation Robotics for Visco-Elastic Materials, 26 Mar 1996
· S. Ghosal, A. Izatt, C. Bandera, Retinotopic processing for active foveal vision, Proceedings of the 2nd Asian Conference on Computer Vision, 5 Dec 1995
· F. Du, C. Bandera, A. Izatt, A supporting environment for parallel algorithm development of a parallel image processing engine, Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications, 3 Nov 1995
· C. Bandera, F. Vico, A multiacuity connectionist model for local speed estimation, Proceedings of the International Workshop on Artificial Neural Networks, June 1995
· C. Bandera, Attention in Active Foveal Vision, Defense Technical Information Center, Technical Report(ADB-182078L), March 1994
· C. Bandera, Foveal FPA with Monolithic Early Vision Processing and Gaze Control, Proceedings of the DOD Smart Staring IRFPA Workshop, July 1993
· P. Scott, S. Young, C. Bandera, Hierarchical Top-Down Classification Based on Multiresolution Skeleton, Proceedings of the IS&T/SPIE Conference on Electronic Imaging Science and Technology, 31 Jan 1993
· C. Bandera, P. Scott, Machine Vision for Active Pursuit: The Foveal Alternative, Journal of Electronic Defense, 16(10), October 1991
· C. Bandera, P. Scott, Hierarchical Multiresolution Data Structures and Algorithms for Foveal Vision Systems, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, November 1990
· C. Bandera, P. Scott, Foveal Machine Vision Systems, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, November 1989
Media Appearances (Selected)
· April, 2011. “New Jersey’s Business Incubators Accelerate Economic Growth with High-Tech Innovations” Commerce Magazine http://www.cianj.org/pages/commerce_magazine/commerce-magazine.php
· January 31, 2011. “A Video in Every Phone.” New Jersey Business Incubator Network http://www.nbia.org/njbin/jan11/video.php
· January 24, 2011. “Training and Health Information Sent via Cell Phone: ARRA Success Story.” National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences http://www.niehs.nih.gov/recovery/success/bandera.cfm
· December 21 and 22, 2010. “International training for university –business incubators.” Noticias Garcilasinas (University Inca Garcilaso, Lima, Peru)
· April 4, 2007. “Liberty Science Center: A Resource for Emerging Companies.” NJ Biz Magazine
· August 2, 2007. “Entrepreneur 101.” NJ Biz Magazine
· December 6, 2006. Interview and discussion of the Global Microscope. PBS television station WMTJ-40 (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
· December 5, 2006. Interview and discussion of satellite-based environmental monitoring. Instituto de Educación Ambiental show on WKVM-810 AM radio (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
· November 18, 1998. “Area researchers develop robot for NASA.” WKBW-TV Eyewitness News.
Professional Organizations:
· Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (1980-present)
· Association for Computing Machinery (1995-present)
· International Society for Optical Engineering (1997-present)
Citizenship: United States
Languages: Fluent in Spanish and English. Working knowledge of French.