Hoa G. Nguyen

PUBLICATIONS

• Nguyen, H.G., Laird, R.T., Kogut, G., Andrews, J., Fletcher, B., Webber, T., Arrieta, R., and H.R. Everett, "Land, Sea, and Air Unmanned Systems Research and Development at SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific", SPIE Proc. 7332: Unmanned Systems Technology XI, Orlando, FL, 13-17 April, 2009. [PDF (6,108 KB)]

• Nguyen, H.G., Hacker, K., and A. Shaker, "RF Range Extension for EOD Robots", Classified Program, IEEE/AFCEA Military Communications (MILCOM), San Diego, CA, November 17-19, 2008. [Unclassified abstract PDF (74 KB)]

• Hudson, C., H. Nguyen, and C. Mailey, "Unmanned Systems Research and Development at SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific", AUVSI Unmanned Systems Program Review, Washington, DC, Feb. 27-29, 2008. [Viewgraphs PDF (4,756 KB)]

• Narek Pezeshkian, Hoa G. Nguyen, and Aaron Burmeister, �Unmanned Ground Vehicle Radio Relay Deployment System for Non-line-of-sight Operations,� IASTED Robotics and Applications (RA 2007), Wurzburg, Germany; 29-31 August, 2007. [PDF (309 KB)]

• Hoa G. Nguyen, Narek Pezeshkian, Aaron Burmeister, "Automatically Deployed Communication Relays (ADCR)", 2nd Annual iRobot Payload Developers Conference, Crystal City, VA; 5-6 December, 2006.

• Narek Pezeshkian, Hoa G. Nguyen, and Aaron Burmeister, �Unmanned Ground Vehicle Non-line-of-sight Operations using Relaying Radios,� IASTED Robotics and Applications (RA 2006), Honolulu, Hawaii; 14-16 August, 2006. [PDF (729 KB)]

• Hoa G. Nguyen and H.R. Everett, "Joint Robotics Program (JRP)-supported efforts at Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego", SPIE Proc. 6230: Unmanned Systems Technology VIII, Orlando, FL; 17-20 April, 2006. [PDF (584 KB)]

• Nguyen, C., Carroll, D., and H.G. Nguyen, "Integration of robotic resources to FORCEnet", SPIE Proc. 6230: Unmanned Systems Technology VIII, Orlando, FL; 17-20 April, 2006. [PDF (2250 KB)]

• Nguyen, C, Samuel, R., Nguyen, H.G., Carroll, D., and N. Do, "Unmanned Systems Network-Centric Operations" (invited talk), IDGA Future Naval Plans and Requirements West, Coronado, CA; 25-26 October, 2005. [Viewgraphs PDF (7,860 KB)]

• Hoa Nguyen, "Overview and Highlights of Robotics Research and Development at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego" (invited talk), IDGA Military Robotics 2005, Washington, DC; 19-20 April, 2005. [Viewgraphs PDF(2,451 KB)]

• D. M. Carroll, H. G. Nguyen, R. T. Laird, and H. R. Everett, "Center of Excellence for Small Robots", SPIE Proc. 5804: Unmanned Ground Vehicle Technology VII, Orlando, FL; 29-31 March, 2005. [PDF (803 KB)]

• Hoa G. Nguyen, John Morrell, Kathy Mullens, Aaron Burmeister, Susan Miles, Kari Thomas, and Douglas W. Gage, "Segway Robotic Mobility Platform", SPIE Proc. 5609: Mobile Robots XVII, Philadelphia, PA; 26-28 October, 2004. [PDF (1783 KB)]

• Hoa G. Nguyen, Greg Kogut, Ripan Barua, Aaron Burmeister, Narek Pezeshkian, Darren Powell, Nathan Farrington, Matt Wimmer, Brett Cicchetto, Chana Heng, and Velia Ramirez, "A Segway RMP-based robotic transport system", SPIE Proc. 5609: Mobile Robots XVII, Philadelphia, PA; 26-28 October, 2004. [PDF (1175 KB)]

• Nathan Farrington, Hoa Nguyen, and Narek Pezeshkian, "Intelligent Behaviors for a Convoy of Indoor Mobile Robots Operating in Unknown Environments", SPIE Proc. 5609: Mobile Robots XVII, Philadelphia, PA; 26-28 October, 2004.

• Hoa G. Nguyen, Nathan Farrington, and Narek Pezeshkian, "Maintaining Communication Link for Tactical Ground Robots", AUVSI Unmanned Systems North America 2004 Symposium, Anaheim, CA; 3-5 August, 2004. [PDF (839 KB)]

• Hoa G. Nguyen, Narek Pezeshkian, Anoop Gupta and Nathan Farrington, "Maintaining Communication Link for a Robot Operating in a Hazardous Environment," ANS 10th Int. Conf. on Robotics and Remote Systems for Hazardous Environments, Gainesville, FL; 28 - 31 March, 2004. [PDF (865 KB)]

• Nguyen, H.G., Pezeshkian, N., Raymond, M., Gupta, A., and J.M. Spector, "Autonomous Communication Relays for Tactical Robots", IEEE 11th Int. Conf. on Advanced Robotics (ICAR 2003), Coimbra, Portugal; June 30-July 3, 2003. [PDF (276 KB)]

• Nguyen, H.G., Everett, H.R., Manouk, N., and A. Verma, "Autonomous Mobile Communication Relays", SPIE Proc. 4715: Unmanned Ground Vehicle Technology IV, Orlando, FL; 1-5 April, 2002. [PDF (404 KB)]

• Hoa Nguyen, "Beginner Plants: Starting a Planted Aquarium with These Species Improves Your Chances of Success", Aquarium Fish Magazine, pp. 52-59; December 2001.

• Nguyen, H.G. and J.P. Bott, "Robotics for Law Enforcement: Applications Beyond Explosive Ordnance Disposal", SPIE Proc. 4232: Technologies for Law Enforcement, Boston, MA; 5-8 November, 2000. [PDF (1206 KB)]

• Nguyen, H.G. and J.P. Bott, "Robotics for Law Enforcement: Beyond Explosive Ordnance Disposal", Technical Report 1839, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego, CA; November 2000. [PDF (2795 KB)]

• W.D. Bryan, H.G. Nguyen, and D.W. Gage, "Man-Portable Networked Sensor System", SPIE Proc. 3394: Sensor Technology for Soldier Systems, Orlando, FL; 1998. [PDF (2087 KB)]

• D.W. Gage, W.D. Bryan, and H.G. Nguyen, "Internet Tactical Security Sensor Systems", SPIE Proc. 3393: Digitization of the Battlespace, Orlando, FL; 1998. [PDF (113 KB)]

• Murray, S.A., Gage, D.W., Bott, J.P, Murphy, D.W, Bryan, W.D., Martin, S.W. and H.G. Nguyen, "Advanced User Interface Design and Advanced Internetting for Tactical Security Systems", Proc. 14th Annual Nat. Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) Security Technology Symposium and Exhibition, Williamsburg, VA; June 15-18, 1998. [PDF (52K)]

• D.W. Murphy, J.P. Bott, W.D. Bryan, J.L. Coleman, D.W. Gage, H.G. Nguyen, and M.P. Cheatham, "MSSMP: No Place to Hide", Proc. Assoc. for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International 1997 Conf. (AUVSI'97), Baltimore, MD; pp. 281-290. [PDF (988 KB)]

• Hoa G. Nguyen, "Obtaining Range from Visual Motion using Local Image Derivatives", Technical Document 2918, NCCOSC RDT&E Division, San Diego, CA; 1996. [PDF (838 KB)]

• D.W. Murphy, J.P. Bott, J.P. Cycon, W.D. Bryan, J.L. Coleman, D.W. Gage, W.C. Marsh, B.F. Martin, H.G. Nguyen, and R. Schneider, "Air-Mobile Ground Surveillance and Security System (AMGSSS) Project Summary Report", Technical Document 2914, NCCOSC RDT&E Division, San Diego, CA; 1996. [PDF (1117 KB)]

• Hoa G. Nguyen, William C. Marsh, and Dale W. Bryan, "Virtual Systems: Aspects of the Air-Mobile Ground Security and Surveillance System Prototype", Unmanned Systems, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 22-31, Winter 1996. [PDF (1080 KB)]

• Michael R. Blackburn and Hoa G. Nguyen, "Vision Based Autonomous Robot Navigation: Motion Segmentation", Proc. 28th Int. Symposium on Automotive Technology and Automation (ISATA): Conf. on Robotics, Motion, and Machine Vision in the Automotive Industries, pp. 353-360, Stuttgart, Germany; 1995. [PDF (424 KB)]

• Hoa G. Nguyen and Michael R. Blackburn, "A Simple Method for Range Finding via Laser Triangulation", Technical Document 2734, NCCOSC RDT&E Division, San Diego, CA; 1995. [PDF (189 KB)]

• Michael R. Blackburn and Hoa G. Nguyen, "Robotic Sensor-Motor Transformations", Proc. 1994 ARPA Image Understanding Workshop, Monterey, CA; Vol. I, pp. 209-214. [PDF (457 KB)]

• Michael R. Blackburn and Hoa G. Nguyen, "Learning in Robotic Vision Directed Reaching: A Comparison of Methods", Proc. 1994 ARPA Image Understanding Workshop, Monterey, CA; Vol. I, pp. 781-788. [PDF (41 KB)]

• Michael R. Blackburn and Hoa G. Nguyen, "Autonomous Visual Control of a Mobile Robot", Proc. 1994 ARPA Image Understanding Workshop, Monterey, CA; Vol. II, pp. 1143-1150. [PDF (1404 KB)]

• M.R. Blackburn, H.G. Nguyen, and T.T. Tran, "Vision Based Autonomous Robot Navigation: Target Tracking, Trailing, and Obstacle Avoidance", in Technical Document 2604: IR-IED '93 Annual Report, NCCOSC RDT&E Division, San Diego, CA; 1993.

• Michael R. Blackburn and Hoa G. Nguyen, "Modeling the Biological Mechanisms of Vision: Scan Paths", in X. Avula, ed., Mathematical and Computer Modeling in Science and Technology,Vol. 14, pp. 311-316; New York: Pergamon Press, 1990.

• M.M. Yen, M.R. Blackburn, and H.G. Nguyen, "Feature-Maps Based Weight Vectors for Spatiotemporal Pattern Recognition with Neural Nets", Proc. Int. Joint Conf. on Neural Networks (IJCNN-90), Washington, DC, volume II, pp. 149-155, 1990. [PDF (351 KB)]

• Michael R. Blackburn and Hoa G. Nguyen, "Biological Model of Vision for an Artificial System that Learns to Perceive Its Environment", Proc. First Int. Joint Conf. on Neural Networks (IJCNN), Washington, D.C.; Vol. II, pp. 219-226; 1989. [PDF (712 KB)]

• Hoa G. Nguyen, Peter K. Kaomea, and Paul J. Heckman, Jr., "Machine Visual Guidance for an Autonomous Undersea Submersible", SPIE Proc. 980: Underwater Imaging, San Diego, CA; pp. 90-98; 1988.

• Michael R. Blackburn, Hoa G. Nguyen, and Peter K. Kaomea, "Machine Visual Motion Detection Modeled on Vertebrate Retina", SPIE Proc. 980: Underwater Imaging, San Diego, CA; pp. 82-89; 1988. [PDF (3,045 KB)]

• Hoa G. Nguyen, Paul J. Heckman, Jr., and A. L. Pai, "Real-time Pattern Recognition for Guidance of An Autonomous Undersea Submersible", Proc. 1988 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Philadelphia, PA; pp. 1767-1770. [PDF (628 KB)]

• M. R. Blackburn and H. G. Nguyen, "An Artificial Neural System for Autonomous Undersea Vehicles", Technical Document 1318, Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA; 1988.

• Hoa G. Nguyen, "CIRRIS-1A Video Formatter", Technical Report AFGL-TR-84-0137, Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, Bedford, MA; 1984.

• Ralph H. Haycock, Brent Bartschi, and Hoa Nguyen, "Automatic Alignment Technique for Cryogenically Cooled Interferometers", SPIE Proc. 364: Technologies of Cryogenically Cooled Sensors and Fourier Transform Spectrometers II, San Diego, CA; pp. 30-35; 1983.

• H.R. Goodsell and Hoa G. Nguyen, "VisiCode: The VIC 20 Way to Extra Class", 73: Amateur Radio's Technical Journal, No. 275, pp. 14-15, August 1983.

Last update: 27 April 2009.