Dr. Leonid I. Perlovsky

leonid perlovsky

Harvard University

Visiting Scholar,
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
336 Maxwell Dworkin, 33 Oxford St Cambridge MA 02138
Telephone: 617-495-7871; Fax:(617)496-6404
Email: leonid@hrl.harvard.edu
The Air Force Research Laboratory
Principal Research Physicist and Technical Advisor
Air Force Research Laboratory, 80 Scott Drive, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-2909
Tel. 781-377-1728; Fax 781-377-8984
Email: Leonid.Perlovsky@hanscom.af.mil

Research

Physics of the Mind
The Knowledge Instinct
Neural Modeling Fields and Dynamic Logic
Higher Cognitive Functions, mathematical and neural mechanisms
Symbols and Symbolic Culture
Language and Cognition, Mechanisms of Interaction
Language and Emotions, Mechanisms of Emotionality in Languages
Evolution of Languages and Cultures
Music and Cognition, Mechanisms and Role of Music in Cognition
Music and Evolution of Consciousness and Cultures
Mathematics of the Mind, Philosophy, and Aesthetics
Teleology and Causality (Intelligent Design and Evolution)
Why Adam Was Expelled From Paradise, Cognitive Science View
Human Evolution (Historical Flow and Geographic Distribution of DNA and Languages)

Engineering Applications

Autonomous Intelligent Sensor Networks
Detection of Patterns in Images and Signals
Tracking and Detection below noise and clutter
Fusion of Signals from multiple platforms
Radar Imaging through Walls
Search Engines with learning language ability
Cramer-Rao Bounds for optimal system design
Financial Predictions

Program Management

Semantic Web
SBIRs
National Research Council Fellowships Advisor
AFOSR [Integration of distributed information; Cramer-Rao Bounds for Radar System Design; Socio-Cultural Modeling; Cognition and Decision; Technical Monitor for International Programs with scientific groups in Brazil, England, Hungary, Russia, Japan.]

Awards

McLucas Award 2007, the top scientific award from the US Air Force
Gabor Award 2007, the top engineering award from the International Neural Network Society
Dr. Charles E. Ryan Memorial Award for outstanding in-house scientific efforts and achievement, Air Force Research Laboratory 2007
Distinguished Member Award, IEEE Boston Section 2005
Honors, Awards, Biographical Listings, Press Interviews

Editorial Activities

Editor-in-Chief, Physics of Life Reviews
Editor-at-Large, New Mathematics and Natural Computations
Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks
Guest Editor, Journal of Information Fusion

Publications

Papers, Chapters, Lectures online
Books and Book Chapters
List of publications

Dr. Leonid Perlovsky (leonid@seas.harvard.edu)

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