CYBER SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY
Kevin M. Carter
Dr. Kevin M. Carter
Lincoln Laboratory
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cyber Systems and Technology Group
244 Wood Street
Lexington, MA 02420-9108
voice: 781-981-2731
fax: 781-981-0186
email: kevin.carter@ll.mit.edu
Dr. Kevin M. Carter is a technical staff member in the Cyber Systems and Technology Group at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. Dr. Carter joined MIT Lincoln Laboratory in February of 2009, and has been working on problems of network security, situational awareness, and anomaly detection. His focus lies in large-scale network traffic analysis; identifying patterns of interest in the midst of overwhelming noise. The emphasis on cyber modeling is part of a larger need for a ‘Science of Cyber,’ focusing less on ad-hoc and one-off solutions, and applying sound scientific principles to understand cyber environments.
Dr. Carter’s academic research interests include statistical signal processing, pattern recognition and machine learning, with specific focuses on dimensionality reduction and manifold learning. He developed several algorithms which took an information geometric approach to dimensionality reduction using the properties of statistical manifolds. These methods were applied to many practical applications, the most noteworthy of which being flow cytometry analysis.
Dr. Carter earned his B.S.E., cum laude, in computer engineering from the University of Delaware in 2004, and his M.S.E. and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan in 2006 and 2009, respectively.
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