2004 IEEE Sarnoff Symposium

on Advances in Wired and Wireless Communications

April 26- 27, 2004
Nassau Inn in Princeton, NJ, USA

Conference Reception

Sponsored by

The 2004 Sarnoff Symposium is featuring a reception in the Prince William Ballroom of the Nassau Inn on Monday, April 26. Join your colleagues to discuss the latest technologies and business developments in the telecommunications industry. The Opening Ceremony will begin at 6pm.

This year's theme for the event will be

Communication Futures

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Adam Drobot, Senior Vice President – Applied Research, Telcordia Technologies, Piscataway, NJ

Adam T. Drobot

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, B.S. 1968 (Engineering Physics)
University of Texas, Austin, TX, PhD. 1975, (Plasma Physics)

In July, 2002, Dr. Drobot became Corporate Vice President – Applied Research at Telcordia Technologies, a subsidiary of SAIC. Telcordia Applied Research consists of over 220 researchers involved in many aspects of Internet, broadband and information networking, and software technologies. Major areas of activity in the Applied Research are Next Generation Networks, network management, Internet architecture and service assurance, wireless and optical networking, software technology and engineering, broadband digital radio networks, and network economics. Telcordia Applied Research is renowned for its research and development which led to: ADSL, AIN, ATM, ISDN, Frame Relay, PCS, SMDS, SONET, video-on-demand, and Internet telephony. Dr. Drobot's main research interest is the development of telecommunications technologies and multidisciplinary, computationally-based tools for life cycle support of complex products.
Prior to Telcordia, Dr. Drobot managed the Advanced Technology Group for SAIC and served as the Senior Vice President for Science and Technology in his 26 years at SAIC.
Prior to his promotion to Senior Vice President, Dr. Drobot was Group Manager for the Advanced Technology Group (ATG), SAIC’s leading high-technology organization encompassing both complex systems development and applied research. He was responsible for approximately two hundred and fifty scientists and engineers whose primary business was the solution of industrial and military problems, performing work in electromagnetics, energy, fluid dynamics, materials science, meteorology, sensors, space physics, structural dynamics, technical software development, and multidisciplinary modeling, specializing in development of engineering tools and systems; early stage system design and virtual prototyping; the development of intelligent and autonomous robotics; and the use of advanced information technology and high performance computing in critical applications.
Some of the projects undertaken by the Group include DARPA’s Simulation-Based Design and Advanced Multi-Missile Manufacturing Programs; DARPA’s Arsenal Ship Program; DARPA’s Astro Express Program jointly with Spectrum Astro; Navsea’s DD21 Program as part of the BIW-Lockheed team; US Coast Guard’s Integrated Deepwater System as prime contractor; Tactical Mobile Robots, UGV Demo III, and Perceptor; NIST ATP Programs in Optoelectronics Design and Mass Storage, as well as commercial programs in the Energy and Automotive Sectors.
Dr. Drobot's main research interest is the development of multidisciplinary, computationally-based tools for life cycle support of complex products. He has been the principal or key participant in the development of several large, scientific code systems, including MASK, ARGUS, and DRAG-AF. Dr. Drobot has published over 100 journal articles, is a frequent contributor to the literature and conference presentations and holds twelve patents. Dr. Drobot is a member of the American Physical Society, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Sigma Phi Sigma, and Phi Kappa Phi.