Robert Granat Email & Phone Number

New York City Metropolitan Area

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Led research and development of a novel AI/ML method for high spatial resolution remote monitoring of carbon emission and sequestration for agricultural and natural land.

New York, New York, United States

Investigator for NASA funded project developing methodology and software to combine InSAR and GNSS observations using ML and geospatial statistics

● As Principal or Co-Investigator, performed research on ML methods for a range of science and engineering applications in Earth, space, and planetary science● Published peer-reviewed papers in journals and conference proceedings● Presented research findings at conferences and workshops● Submitted grant proposals to funding agencies, obtaining ~$7M in funding● Awarded NASA Software of the Year in 2012 as part of the QuakeSim team

● Supervised software development and algorithms research work for the OCO-2 mission by ~20 scientists and engineers● Wrote, compiled, edited, and released to the public version 2.0 of the Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document for the mission, describing the methods and processes used to generate mission data products (https://tinyurl.com/nuh34tt6)● Performed research in uncertainty quantification to characterize observation

● Supervised research and development work by up to 16 employees (primarily Ph.D. level) providing solutions to NASA’s data analysis and autonomy needs. The group’s focus is on one-of-a-kind solutions to unique, domain-specific problems, often under severe resource constraints (processing power, memory, transmission bandwidth) or involving analysis of very large data sets.● Responsible for setting direction and ensuring the technical quality of group research work, software development… Show more ● Supervised research and development work by up to 16 employees (primarily Ph.D. level) providing solutions to NASA’s data analysis and autonomy needs. The group’s focus is on one-of-a-kind solutions to unique, domain-specific problems, often under severe resource constraints (processing power, memory, transmission bandwidth) or involving analysis of very large data sets.● Responsible for setting direction and ensuring the technical quality of group research work, software development, publications, and grant proposals.● Managed all group personnel matters, including yearly performance evaluations, salary reviews, recruiting, hiring, layoffs, and overseeing summer internships.● Notable group achievements during this period include the successful launch and deployment of two automated chemical sensors for the International Space Station, the first ever autonomous detection and selection of rock imagery by a Mars Exploration Rover (NASA 2011 Software of the Year), and installation of an autonomous fast radio transient detector of unusual astrophysical signals in the Very Long Baseline Array. Show less

● Conducted research and development in machine learning, autonomy, signal processing, supercomputing, imaging systems, scientific modeling, and fault tolerant computing.● Notable achievements during this time period include developing a parallel algorithm for sub-pixel change detection in spacecraft imagery, developing scalable versions of unsupervised clustering methods for gene expression analysis and sky object classification, and developing a library of algorithm-based fault tolerant… Show more ● Conducted research and development in machine learning, autonomy, signal processing, supercomputing, imaging systems, scientific modeling, and fault tolerant computing.● Notable achievements during this time period include developing a parallel algorithm for sub-pixel change detection in spacecraft imagery, developing scalable versions of unsupervised clustering methods for gene expression analysis and sky object classification, and developing a library of algorithm-based fault tolerant numerical subroutines for scientific computing. Show less

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Master Of Science (Ms), Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Engineering And Applied Science