Robert L.
Popp
Deputy
Director, Information Awareness Office
Education
Dr. Popp received
his B.A. and M.A. degrees in computer science (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa,
distinction) from
Boston University,
and his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of
Connecticut.
Professional
Background
Background
Information
Dr. Popp has broad
knowledge and expertise in military systems, IT, and a technical foundation that
spans acoustic and radar
signal processing,
multi-sensor multi-target tracking, sensor data fusion, systems and software
engineering, computer
networking and
data communications, security, parallel and distributed computing, and hardware
design.
DARPA
Information Awareness Office, Deputy Director
Dr. Popp is
responsible for assisting the IAO Director in the oversight of programs and
monitors the capabilities of existing
and proposed
information systems in the problem domains of the office to meet enhanced future
threats and to identify and
exploit advanced
technologies offering potential solutions to deficiencies. Other
responsibilities include assisting in the
management of over
$200 million of DoD RDT&E funds annually; oversight and analysis of
solicited and unsolicited
proposals
submitted by other government agencies, private industry, and academia; and
guidance to program managers in the
translation of
technical proposals into workable financial and management plans.
OSD (AT&L),
Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Advanced Systems & Concepts
Dr. Popp was
responsible for the oversight of a portfolio of Advanced Concept Technology
Demonstration (ACTD)
programs totaling
over $600M in total value primarily focused on information operations, homeland
security, critical
infrastructure
protection, security, and C4ISR. He also supported OSD (AT&L) projects to
improve joint and coalition
interoperability
and to improve the transition of science and technology to acquisition and
fielding.
ALPHATECH,
Principal Scientist, Program Manager, and Director of Business Development
Dr. Popp managed
and oversaw numerous ISR-related R&D and technology transition programs in
airborne radar sensor
data fusion and
exploitation for situational awareness and precision engagement of ground moving
targets.
BBN, Senior
Scientist and Program Manager
Dr. Popp managed
and oversaw several Navy- and DARPA-sponsored efforts in operational maritime
undersea surveillance,
anti-submarine
warfare (ASW), network performance monitoring, and automated hardware design
using FPGAs, hardware
description
languages and genetic programming techniques.
University of
Connecticut, Adjunct Professor, Computer Science and Engineering (CS&E)
Department
Dr. Popp lectured
Computer Networking & Data Communications undergraduate course, emphasizing
network protocols and
architecture,
LAN/MAN/WAN technologies, routing, internetworks, and UNIX client/server
programming. He also lectured
Digital Logic
Design undergraduate course, emphasizing fundamentals in Boolean algebra,
combinational and sequential
logic, and LSI/MSI
integrated circuit (IC) design.
Air Force
Research Laboratory (AFRL), Visiting Research Scientist, Advanced Concepts
Directorate
Dr. Popp
developed parallel and distributed algorithms and software for several
military/civilian air traffic surveillance
problems.
Implementations were in C/C++ and included multi-threaded shared-memory
parallelizations for general-purpose
SUN
multiprocessors and distributed-memory parallelizations for an Intel Paragon
HPC.
Military
Service
U.S. Air
Force, Griffiss AFB, NY, Staff Sergeant (E-5) / Aircraft Maintenance Technician
Served on active
duty in the 49th Fighter Interceptor Squadron and 416th Bomb Wing. Duties
included flight-line and
phase-dock
aircraft maintenance for F106 fighters and B52 bombers. Honorable Discharge, AF
Commendation Medal,
Good Conduct
Medal, Longevity Service Ribbon, Small Arms Expert Marksmanship.
Professional
Affiliations
Dr. Popp is
currently serving as the Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Systems,
Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), as
Chairman of the
IEEE SMC Society's Adaptive Computing Systems technical committee, and has
chaired numerous IEEE
conference
sessions in high performance computing, aerospace systems, and information
operations. He has published 3
book chapters,
over 60 journal and conference technical papers, and is the holder of two
patents.