Qualifications: David M. Smith

Mr. Smith holds a first-class B.Sc.(Eng) in Aeronautical Engineering from Southampton University (1964), and a M.Sc. in Control Systems from Imperial College, London (1966).

Georgia Institute of Technology

1997-present:  Mr. Smith is a lecturer at the Georgia Institute of Technology.  His teaching experience includes introductory courses in algorithms and programming, a junior class in advanced software engineering and a senior class in advanced intelligent systems.  See his Georgia Tech Web Site for more detail.

Lockheed Martin

Mr. Smith retired from Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems Company after a 31 year career as a specialist in computer software architectures.

1990-1997: Technical Fellow (equivalent to Director level) with responsibility across the Corporation for the application of Intelligent Systems to aircraft avionics systems.

1996-1997: Assigned to the C-27J and C-130J programs to develop tools which analyze the avionics system performance. Completed and demonstrated a tool set able to predict and optimize system performance.

1996: Trained for, and participated in, Software Capability Assessment based on the Software Engineering Institute's Capability Maturity Model.

1993-1996: Assigned to the F-22 program as the Air Vehicle software architect. Led a team which built a complete simulation of the avionics system hardware and software.

1985-1992: Technical Director for the DARPA/USAF Pilot's Associate program establishing and demonstrating the feasibility of using real-time cooperating expert systems to support the pilot of an advanced single-seat fighter aircraft.

1984-1987: Developed and marketed an integrated OPS5 environment (MS-DOS version); subsequently ported to Windows 95 / 98 / NT.

Other Work: Software development responsibility for:

· C-5A and B model on-board maintenance and diagnostic system - wrote the software to analyze engine performance in flight

· Automated Paint and Process Line - wrote and installed the software which manages an aircraft parts preparation facility

· Laser Velocimetry - wrote the software to derive power spectral density measurements from randomly sampled date

· Air Traffic Control - part of the team which developed and demonstrated the Lockheed ARTS-2 system for the FAA

· Advanced Multi-Microprocessor Digital Flight Controls - developed, integrated and flight tested a system of 12 microprocessors for primary flight controls

· Pipeline Monitoring - part of the team which developed petroleum pipeline monitoring and metering software for Colonial Pipeline

· ATLAS Compiler - developed and fielded a compiler for automatic test set scripts; supported the test development team in testing over 200 circuit boards for the C-5A multi-mode radar and Station Keeping Equipment.

Publications

1989 - "Pilot's Associate: The Generation of Real-Time Performance" - AIAA/AAS/ASEE Aircraft Design Operations Meeting

1989 - "Integrated Dynamic Planning in the Pilot's Associate" - AIAA Conference on Guidance, Navigation and Control

1988 - "The Pilot's Associate - an Overview" - 8th Annual Workshop on Expert Systems and Their Applications, Avignon, France

1984 - "Interfacing an Intelligent Decision Maker to a Real-Time Control System" - SPIE Annual Conference, Washington, DC

1983 - "A Highly Reliable Digital Control System" - 5th Annual Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, University of Alabama, Huntsville

1982 - "Industrial Applications of Artificial Intelligence" - TI Mix National Symposium

1981 - "A Note on Turbulence Measurements with a Laser Velocimeter" - Journal of Fluid Mechanics 1981 Vol. 102 Page 353

Awards

Languages

Fluent in Lisp, Java, C, C++, Ada, Jovial, FORTRAN, Pascal, SQL, and assembly language for a wide variety of processors.

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