Dr. Bekit has solid educational background and many years of technical experience including leading research and development (R&D) activities in the fields of artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML), signal processing, algorithm development, data fusion, and object tracking for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) applications. Dr. Bekit is a creative problem solver and researcher who develops advanced concepts and technologies to address the nation’s current and emerging complex technical problems.

Education History

  • B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland at College Park
  • M.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland Baltimore County
  • MBA, Business Administration, Johns Hopkins University
  • M.S., Electrical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
  • Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland Baltimore County

Publications

A. Bekit, B. Lampe, and C.-I Chang, “Unsupervised Hyperspectral Unmixing Using Compressive Sensing”, The International Society for Optics and Photonics, April 2016.

A. Bekit, B. Lampe, and C.-I Chang, “Unsupervised Hyperspectral Unmixing Using Compressive Sensing”, International Conference on Earth Observations and Societal Impacts, July 2018.

A. Bekit, B. Lampe, and C.-I Chang, Chao-Cheng Wu, “N-FINDER for Finding Endmembers in Compressively Sensed Band Domain” IEEE Transaction on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, October 2019.

A. Bekit, B. Lampe, C. J. Della Porta, C.-I Chang, and B. Xue, “Unsupervised Automatic Target Generation Process via Compressive Sensing”, SPIE, March 2019.

C. J. Della Porta, A. Bekit, B. Lampe, C.-I Chang, “A compressed sensing approach to hyperspectral classification”, May 2019.

C. J. Della Porta, A. Bekit, B. Lampe, and C.-I Chang, “A universal sensing model for compressed hyperspectral image analysis” SPIE, March 2019.

B. Lampe, A. Bekit and C.-I Chang, “Unsupervised Band Selection Using Sparsity and Incoherence”, The International Society for Optics and Photonics, April 2016.

B. Lampe, A. Bekit and C.-I Chang, “A New property of Compressive Sensing for Hyperspectral Data Processing”, International Conference on Earth Observations and Societal Impacts, July 2018.

C. J. Della Porta, A. Bekit, B. Lampe, and C.-I Chang, “Hyperspectral Image Classification Via Compressive Sensing”, IEEE Transaction on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, October 2019.

B. Lampe, A. Bekit, C. J. Della Porta, C.-I Chang, “Restricted Entropy and Spectrum Properties for Compressive Sensing in Hyperspectral Imaging”, IEEE Transaction on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2019

Honors and Awards

  • DoD Achievement Award (2022)
  • Leadership Excellence Award (2022)
  • DoD Outstanding Team Achievement Award (2020)
  • DoD Innovation in the Workplace Award (2019)

Professional Organizations

Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)
Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS) Foundation
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)