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Jeffrey K. Uhlmann is an American research scientist who is probably best known for his mathematical generalizations of the Kalman filter.[1] Most of his publications and patents have been in the field of data fusion. He is also known for being a cult filmmaker and former recording artist.

Uhlmann has also began a career in YouTube under the anonymous persona uhlmannj with two feature videos: Man With No Hat, and The Glass. Both videos have gained hundreds of views.

Jeffrey Uhlmann

Biography[edit]

Uhlmann has degrees in philosophy, computer science, and a doctorate in robotics from the University of Oxford.[2][3] He began work in 1987 at NRL's Laboratory for Computational Physics and Fluid Dynamics in Washington, DC, and remained at NRL until 2000. Since 2000 he has been a professor of computer science at the University of Missouri.[4]

He served for ten years as a co-founding member of the editorial board of the ACM Journal of Experimental Algorithmics (1995–2006) before becoming co-editor of the Synthesis Lectures on Quantum Computing series for Morgan & Claypool.[5]

Theoretical Research[edit]

Uhlmann published seminal papers on volumetric, spatial, and metric tree data structures and their applications for computer graphics, virtual reality, and multiple-target tracking.[6][7][8] He originated the unscented transform (and its use in the unscented Kalman filter) and the data fusion techniques of covariance intersection and covariance union.[1][2]

Applied Results[edit]

Uhlmann's results are widely-applied in tracking, navigation, and control systems, including for the NASA Mars rover program.[9][10] His results relating to the constrained shortest path problem and simultaneous localization and mapping are also used in rover and autonomous vehicle applications.[11][12]

Films[edit]

Uhlmann has written, directed, produced, and/or acted in several prominent short and feature-length films. Notable examples include the animated short film Susan's Big Day[13] and the feature films Mil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy, Academy of Doom, and Aztec Revenge. In recent years he has been a popular invited guest at international genre film festivals.[14]

Music[edit]

Uhlmann recorded and released a series of albums in the 1970s and 1980s. Some of his early experimental electronic albums have been reissued in their entirety on CD[15] or digital download[16] while his arguably better-known songs are only available on CD compilations.[17]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Liggins, Martin; Hall, David; Llinas, James, eds. (2008). "Chapters 14 and 15". Handbook of Multisensor Data Fusion (2 ed.). CRC Press.
  2. ^ a b "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-07. Retrieved 2011-10-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Uhlmann, Jeffrey | Engineering | University of Missouri | Mizzou Engineering". engineering.missouri.edu. Archived from the original on 2012-04-05.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-07. Retrieved 2011-10-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Synthesis Lectures on Quantum Computing".
  6. ^ Hanan Samet (2006). Foundations of Multidimensional and Metric Data Structures. Morgan Kaufmann.
  7. ^ Jeffrey Uhlmann (1991). "Satisfying General Proximity/Similarity Queries with Metric Trees". Information Processing Letters. 40 (4): 175–179. doi:10.1016/0020-0190(91)90074-r.
  8. ^ Jeffrey Uhlmann (1992). "Algorithms for Multiple-Target Tracking". American Scientist. 80 (2).
  9. ^ E.T. Baumgartner; et al. (2000). State Estimation and Vehicle Localization for the FIDO Rover (PDF) (Report). NASA-JPL. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
  10. ^ Jeffrey Uhlmann; et al. (1999). "NASA Mars Rover: A Testbed for Evaluating Applications of Covariance Intersection". Proceedings of the 1999 SPIE Conference on Unmanned Ground Vehicle Technology. Vol. 3693.
  11. ^ Ali Boroujerdi; Jeffrey Uhlmann (1998). "An Efficient Algorithm for Computing Least Cost Paths with Turn Constraints". Information Processing Letters. 67 (6): 317–321. doi:10.1016/s0020-0190(98)00134-3.
  12. ^ S. J. Julier; J. K. Uhlmann (2007). "Using Covariance Intersection for SLAM". Robotics and Autonomous Systems. 55 (1): 3–20. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.106.8515. doi:10.1016/j.robot.2006.06.011.
  13. ^ "Susan's Big Day". YouTube. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
  14. ^ "Fantasia International Film Festival". Retrieved 12 April 2009.
  15. ^ "Impulse (CD)". Tower Records. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
  16. ^ "Circuit Theory". Vicmod Records. Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
  17. ^ "Performer (CD)". Tower Records. Retrieved 22 October 2011.

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