CURRICULUM VITAE

 

Date:  13 May, 2005

 

 

Name:                                      Dr. Stanley R. Rotman

 

Date and Place of Birth:            Boston (USA)  June 20, 1958

 

Marital Status:                          Married, 4 children

 

Present Position:                       Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,

(1987 to Date)                         Ben-Gurion University of the Negev,

                                                Beer-Sheva,  Israel

 

Academic Rank:                       Professor (1997);  previously - Associate Professor (1992);                                                 Senior Lecturer (1987);  received tenure, 1991.

 

Address at Work:                     Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

                                                Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering

                                                P.O. Box 653

                                                Beer-Sheva 84105,  Israel

                                                (08) 646-1539

 

Professional Interests:               Research and development in the fields of lasers, digital image                                                 processing, materials, optics and target acquisition.

 

EDUCATION           

                       

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Cambridge, Mass., USA

 

1975-1979:      B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, June 1979.

                        Thesis title:  Analysis of Passive Radiometric Observations of Snow and Ice,                         supervised by Prof. D. H. Staelin.

                        Grade Point Average 4.9/5.0.

 

1979-1980:      M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,  June 1980.

                        Thesis title:  The Generation and Stabilization of Ultrashort Sub-Picosecond                         Pulses Using Active Feedback,  supervised by Prof. M. M. Salour. 

                        Grade Point Average 4.8/5.0.

 

1980-1985:      Ph.D. degree, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Sept. 1985.

                        Thesis title:  Defect Structure of Luminescent Garnets,  jointly supervised by                         Professor C. Warde of the Electrical Engineering Department

                        and Professor H. L. Tuller of the Materials Science and Engineering                         Department.

                        Major program in solid-state physics and non-linear optics.

                        Minor program in probability and stochastic processes. 

                        Grade Point Average 4.9/5.0.

 

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

 

2001-2002                         Air Force Research Laboratory, Hanscom AFB,  MA, USA

                              USA Research Staff Member.  Conducting research in the field of target                               acquisition and hyperspectral imaging.

1987-Present         BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY, Beer-Sheva, Israel.

                              Professor. Conducting research in the fields of lasers, electronic materials                               and target acquisition.

1985-1987             INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES, Alexandria, VA, USA.

                              Research Staff Member.  Have participated in several research projects                               involving defense problems for the Department of Defense. 

                              Evaluated new solid-state laser candidates for use as rangefinders and                               target designators.

                              Designed target acquisition modules for use in U.S. Army battle field model.

                              Assessed the state-of-the-art of solid-state physics methods and their                               application to tribology.

1980-1985             MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,

                              Cambridge, Mass., USA.    

                              Research Assistant.  Engaged in the correlation of the electrical and optical                               properties of various oxides to determine methods of improving their                               laser and luminescent performance.  Performed photoluminescent and                               cathodoluminescent experiments on oxides.  Have determined their defect                               structure by comparing with electrical conductivity and ionic transference                               measurements.

1980                      Teacher assistant in quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics.

1979-1980             Research assistant.  Aligned and studied argon-pumped mode-locked dye                               laser to produce sub-picosecond pulses.  Calculated the variation in the                               widths of the pulses, and designed linear feedback loops to the argon laser                               and the dye laser to lower the noise.

1977-1979             Undergraduate research assistant.  Analyzed radiometric data from the

                              Numbus 5 satellite's measurements of the Antarctic snow pack, to                               determine accumulation rate.

1976 Summer         Information Processing Services, Cambridge, Mass.

                              Updated documentation and produced a monthly newsletter online.

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

 

Courses taught:

 

            Introduction to Semiconductors - 2nd Year Compulsory Undergraduate - Ben-Gurion

            University

            Electronic Devices - 2nd Year Compulsory Undergraduate - Ben-Gurion University

            Optical Communications  -  4th Year Elective Undergraduate  -  Ben-Gurion University

            Introduction to Digital Image Processing - 4th Year Elective Undergraduate - Ben-            Gurion University

            Laser Engineering  -  Graduate School  -  Ben-Gurion University

            Estimation Theory - Graduate School - Ben-Gurion University

            Non-linear Optical Electronics - Graduate School - Ben-Gurion University

            Physics of Semiconductors - Graduate School - Ben-Gurion University

            Random Processes - 2nd Year Compulsory Undergradute - Ben-Gurion University

            Digital Signal Processing of Hyperspectral Data – Graduate School – BGU

 

Senior projects:  

 

           

1988-1989, 2 students in 2 groups;  1989-1990, 6 students in 3 groups;

1990-1991, 6 students in 3 groups;  1991-1992, 11 students in 6 groups;  1992-1993,

13 students in 7 groups;  1993-1994, 19 students in 10 groups;  1994-1995, 10 students in 5 groups;  1995-1996, 9 students in 5 groups; 1996-1997, 5 students in 3groups;  1997-1998, 9 students in 5 groups;  1998-1999, 5 students in 3 groups;1999-2000, 14 students in 8 groups;2000-2001, 12 students in 6 groups, 2002-2003,10 students in 5 groups. 2003-2004, 13 students in 7 groups.

 

 

Typical teaching load:

 

           

1990-1994:  6 courses a year (3 courses a term)

1994-1997:  3 courses a year (11/2 courses a term due to responsibilities as chairman of teaching committee)

1997-2001:  2 courses a year (1 course a term due to responsibilities as chairman of department).

2002-2004:  4 courses a year

 

Research Advisor:

 

           

Master Thesis Supervision:  1988-1989, 2 students;  1989-1990, 4 students;  1990-1991, 6 students;  1991-1992, 5 students;  1992-1993, 4 students; 1993-1994, 4 students;  1994-1995, 5 students;  1995-1996, 9 students; 1996-1997, 7 students;  1997-1998, 8 students;  1998-1999, 8 students;1999-2000, 8 students;  2000-2001, 5 students;2002-2003, 5 students; 2003-2004, 8 students.

Doctoral Thesis Supervision:  1990-1991, 1 student;  1991-1992, 1 student; 1992-1993, 1student;  1993-1994, 2 students;  1994-1995, 4 students;  1995-1996, 4 students; 1996-1997, 4 students;  1997-1998, 3 students;  1998-1999, 4 students;  1999-2000, 2 students;  2000-2001, 1 student; 2002-2003, 1 student; 2003-2004, 1 student.

 

 

Committees and Administrative Positions:

 

            1988-1990,   Responsible for departmental courses in communications;

            1988-1990,   Departmental Committee on Student Affairs; 

            1989-1990,   Departmental Safety Committee;

            1989-1992,   Departmental Committee on Computing.

            1990,            Search Committee for Head of Department, Chairman

            1990-1997,   Departmental Committee for Public Relations.

            1991-1992,   Departmental Committee on Teaching.

            1992-1997,   Departmental Committee on Teaching, Chairman (~ 800 students).

            1997-1999,   Head of Department of Electrical and Computer Eng.(1st Term)

            1999-2001,         "    "          "        "        "        "          "        "        (2nd Term)

            2002-2003,  Departmental Committee on Graduate School Teaching, Chairman (200                                   students)

 

Student Advising:

 

            1988-1989  one half of departmental freshman class (~ 70 students);

            1989-1990  one half of departmental sophomore class (~70 students).

            1990-1991  one quarter of departmental junior class (~ 35 students).

            1991-1992  one quarter of departmental senior class (~ 35 students)

 

Faculty and University Committees

 

            1994                Search Committee for Dean of Technology

            1995                Committee on Technican Admission Policy

            1995                Faculty Resources Commmittee

            1995-1997       Head of the Paul Ivanier Center for Robotics and Industrial Production

            1998                Search Committee for Dean of Technology

            2003-2004       Central committee of Ben-Gurion University

            2003-2004       Associate Dean for Teaching, Faculty of Engineering

            2002-2004       Operating committee ("vaad hapoel)) of Ben-Gurion University

 

Ben-Gurion University Representative

 

            1988-1990       National Standards Institute, Committee on Optical Fibers

            1992                Ministry of Science Committee,  Proposal Evaluation

            1993                Israel Academy of Sciences, Proposal Evaluation

            1998                Ministry of Science Committee, Proposal Evaluation, Chairman

            1998                Academic Council for Sapir College

            1999                Ministry of Science Committee, Proposal Evaluation

            1999-2003       Academic Council for Technological Council of Holon

            2000                Israel Academy of Sciences, Proposal Evaluation

            2000                Israel Laser and Electro-Optics Society Governing Board

            2001                Israel Academy of Sciences, Proposal Evaluation

            2001-2002       Academic Council for Jerusalem College of Engineering

            2003                Israel Academy of Sciences, Proposal Evaluation

            2004                Ministry of Science Committee, Proposal Evaluation

           

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

 

1.

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE),  1984 - Present

2.

Laser and Electrooptics Society of Israel,  1987 - Present

3.

The International Society for Optical Engineering  (SPIE)  1987 - Pr

4.

Optical Society of America  (OSA)  1981 - Present

 

INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION

 

A.        Invited Papers

           

 

S. R. Rotman, C. Roxlo, D. Bebelaar, T. K. Yee and M. M. Salour,  "Generation, Stabilization and Amplification of Subpicosecond Pulses,"  Appl. Phys. B 28 (4), 319-326 (1982). (Same as paper #10 in Scientific Publications.)  

 

 

 

S. R. Rotman, E. Luria, N. Yitzhaki and A. Eyal, "Practical Models for Energy Transfer Between Ions in Solids," Optical Materials 5, pp. 21-33 (1996) (Review). (Same as publication #68 in Scientific Publications.)

 

 

 

R. Melamed, Y. Yitzhaky, N. S. Kopeika and S. R. Rotman, "Experimental Comparison of Three Target Acquisition Models," Opt. Eng., 37 (7), pp. 1902-1913(1998).  (Same as publication #79 in Scientific Publications.)

 

 

 

R. Succary, M. Maltz, O. Hadar, S. R. Rotman and N. S. Kopeika, "Relative Effects of Distortion and Noise on Target Acquisition:  The Advisability of Image Restoration," Opt. Eng., 37 (7), pp. 1914-1922 (1998).  (Same as publication #80 in Scientific Publications.)

 

 

 

O. Hadar, A. Kuntsevitsky, M. Wasserblat, N. S. Kopeika and S. R. Rotman, "Automatic Target Recognition During Sensor Motion and Vibration,"  Opt. Eng. 34, (10) pp. 3062-3069 (1995).  (Same as publication #63 in Scientific Publications.) Selected for inclusion in the new Selected SPIE Papers on CD-ROM series, Vol. 6: Automatic Target Recognition, edited by Dr. Firooz Sadjadi, Dec. 1999.

 

 

B.

International Invited Seminars and Conference Talks

 

 

 

S. R. Rotman,  "Unusually Fast Energy Transfer in Solid State Crystals and Glasses," presented by S. R. Rotman at the Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Science. Invitation issued through Israel Academy of Sciences with Czech assumption of room and board cost for six day visit, May 1993.

 

 

 

 S. R. Rotman,  "Clutter Analysis for Modeling and Improving Human and Automatic Target Acquisition,"  invited by Dr. Andresen, SPIE, and presented by S. R. Rotman at SPIE's 1993 International Symposium on Optics, Imaging and Instrumentation, San Diego, CA, July 12-14, 1993.

 

 

 

 S. R. Rotman,  "Modelling Unusually Fast Non-Radiative Energy Transfer in Crystals and Glasses,"  invited by Prof. R. Reisfeld, Hebrew Univ., and presented by S. R.     Rotman at the 2nd French-Israel Binational Conference on Solid State Lasers, Lyon, France, Dec. 6-7, 1993.

 

 

 

 S. R. Rotman and M. L. Kowalczyk,  "Understanding infrared clutter through fixation point analysis," invited by Dr. Watkins, SPIE, and presented at SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Engineering in Aerospace Sensing, Orlando, FL., April 4-8, 1994.

 

 

 

 Y. Kalisky, J. Zhang, S. R. Rotman and M. Kokta, "Spectroscopy and Laser    Performance of Some Rare Earth and Transition Metal-Doped Garnets,"  invited by Dr. Payne, SPIE, and presented at SPIE's 1995 International Symposium on Lasers and Applications, San Jose, CA., Feb. 4-10, 1995.

 

 

 

 N. S. Kopeika, D. Sadot, O. Hadar, I. Dror and S. R. Rotman,  "Contrast-Limited Target Acquisition:  Atmospheric and Motion Effects,"  invited by Dr. G. R. Gerhart, U.S. Army Tank-Automotive Command, and presented at SPIE's International          Symposium on Optical Engineering, Orlando, FL, April 17-21, 1995.

 

 

 

 S. R. Rotman,  "Optical Probes for Determining Dopant-Mobile Defect Interactions," invited by Prof. I. Riess, Dept. of Physics, Technion, and presented by S. R. Rotman at the International Workshop on Transport in Ionic Solids, Haifa, Israel, Jun 4 - 9, 1995.

 

 

 

 S. R. Rotman,  "Point Target Detection Metrics,"  "Optical Probes for Determining Dopant-Mobile Defect Interactions," and "Practical Models for Energy Transfer in Solid-State Materials,"  invited by Ms. V. Cox, U.S. European Office of Aerospace Research and Development for a set of four lectures at U.S. Military Bases, July 16 - 26, 1995.

 

           

 

S. R. Rotman, "Clutter Factors Affecting Human Target Acquisition," invited by Y. Bushlin, Technion, and presented by S. R. Rotman at the Workshop on Target Acquisition, Technion, Haifa, Israel, Oct. 2, 1995.

 

 

 

S. R. Rotman, "Fast Energy Transfer Between Subsites in Wide-Bandgap Luminescent Materials," invited by R. Reisfeld, Hebrew Univ., and presented by S. R. Rotman at the French-Israeli Workshop on Solid State Lasers in the Ultraviolet, Visible and Infrared Spectrum, Jerusalem, Israel, Nov. 1996.

 

 

 

S. R. Rotman, "Energy Transfer Between Subsites in Wide-Bandgap Luminescent             Materials," and "Processes Affecting Electro-Optical Target Acquisition," invited by Barry McKinney, U.S. European Office of Aerospace Research and Development for a set of four lectures at U.S. Military Bases, July 7-17, 1997.

 

 

 

 S. R. Rotman, "Fast Energy Transfer Between Pairs in Wide-Bandgap Luminescent Materials," invited by Y. Kalisky and presented by S. R. Rotman at the Spanish-Israeli workshop on Solid State Lasers, Ein Gedi, Israel, Dec. 1997.

 

 

 

 S. R. Rotman, "Rate Equations and Spectroscopy - Are They Compatible?"  invited by R. Reisfeld, Hebrew University and presented by S. R. Rotman at the the French-Israel workshop on the Optical Properties of Inorganic Materials, Lyons, France, Dec. 5-8, 1999.

 

 

 

J. Silverman and S.R. Rotman, “Segmentations of hyperspectral imagery: technqiues and applications”, invited by Dr. Andresen, SPIE, and presented by S. R. Rotman at             SPIE's 2002 International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, Seattle, WA , July 7-11, 2002.

 

 

 

 

C.               

            International Activity

 

 

 

Participated in the program organizing committee of the 2nd French-Israel Binational Conference on Solid-State Lasers, Lyon, France, Dec. 6-7, 1993.

 

 

 

Participated in the program organizing committee and session chairman of the 9th Meeting on Optical Engineering in Israel, Tel-Aviv, Israel, Oct. 24-26, 1994.

 

 

 

Participated in the program organizing committee of the Israel-China Binational Conference on Lasers, Jerusalem, Israel, March 5, 1997.

 

 

 

Participated in the program organizing committee and session chairman of the 10th Meeting on Optical Engineering in Israel, Jerusalem, Israel, March 2-6, 1997.

 

 

 

Participated in the program organizing committee and session chairman of the Israel- Spain Binational Conference on Solid State Lasers, Ein Gedi, Israel, Dec. 1997.

 

 

 

Participated in the organizing committee of the 11th Meeting on Optical Engineering and Microelectronics in Israel, Tel-Aviv, Israel, Nov 9-11, 1999.

 

 

 

Participated in the organizing commitee of the 4th French-Israel Binational Conference on Solid-State Lasers, Lyons, France, Dec. 5-8, 1999.

 

 

 

Chief Editor of book entitled "Wide-Gap Luminescent Materials: Theory and Applications," Kluwer Publishers, Publication Date: Dec. 1996.

 

 

 

Associate Editor, Journal of Electroceramics

 

 

 

Associate Editor, Infrared Physics and Technology

 

D.

Awards

 

 

 

Awarded the Polish-Jewish Ex-Servicemen's Association - London Award for work on Target Acquisition, Oct. 27, 1994.

 

 

 

Awarded National Research Council Fellowship – 2001-2002.