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Wolfram Technology Conference 2020 talk: Coordinating Traffic Lights

I received a PhD in physics from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1969 and MS degrees in computer science and electrical engineering from Johns Hopkins University in 1981 and 1983. From 1969 to 1979 I worked as a physicist at the Food and Drug Administration in the fields of neutron activation analysis and electron microscopy. There I automated the collection of neutron activation analysis data and in FORTRAN implemented an interpretive language MULTELMT for the reduction of neutron activation analysis data. In 1972 I coauthored a Science Journal paper titled "Mercury Content of Common Foods Determined by Neutron Activation Analysis" which showed that the american diet had low enough levels of mercury to be safe. This paper was summarized by the New York Times shortly after it was released and mentioned all the authors. Using a newly developed detector I made the most sensitive instrumental measurements for mercury at that time. From 1979 to 1983 I worked at MERADCOM where I worked on land mine detection by measuring scattered electromagnetic radiation from buried dielectric bodies. From 1983 to 2018 I worked at Night Vision lab where I worked on the development of intelligence gathering instruments, developed the first digital imaging radiometer that simultaneously worked in the 3-5 and 8-12 micron bands, development of a 23 inch diameter telescope, development of image performance models and search. I retired in 2018 after 48 years of service. I am the prime inventor for eight patents. My current interest is coordinating traffic signals and designing a road network where motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians can make every traffic light. I am an academic affiliate of George Mason University and am doing this work in collaboration with a George Mason professor.