Publications

• Single hydrophone model-based passive sonar source depth classification, CW Jemmott, RL Culver, IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, October 2011.
• Active sonar acoustic model and database gap analysis based on Valiant Shield 2007, CW Jemmott, WK Stevens, TM Kupsche, AK Fontanila. Journal of Underwater Acoustics (USN), August, 2011.
• Passive sonar tracking using received signal amplitude fluctuations, RL Culver, CW Jemmott, AW Sell, AT Pyzdek, BE Bissinger. Proceedings of the 2011 Underwater Acoustics Measurements Conference, August 2011.
• NAUTREVERB CIMREP final report, CW Jemmott, M Siderius, Technical Report to the US Navy Oceanographic and Atmospheric Mater Library (OAML) Committee, June 2011.
• The impact of reverberation on active sonar optimum frequency, CW Jemmott, WK Stevens, Proceedings of Meetings in Acoustics, June 2011.
• Passive sonar source tracking using a model-based Bayesian approach, RL Culver, CW Jemmott, BE Bissinger, AW Sell, AT Pyzdek, Proceedings of the 45th Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, March 2011.
• Model-Based Recursive Bayesian State Estimation for Single Hydrophone Passive Sonar Localization, CW Jemmott, Doctoral Dissertation, August 2010.
• Broadband active sonar classification, CF Gaumond, D Brock, P Hines, S Murphy, C Jemmott, C Waylyshyn, European Conference on Underwater Acoustics Paper, July 2010.
• Survey of ambient noise in aquariums, CW Jemmott, Proceedings of Meetings in Acoustics, April 2010.
• An Information theoretic performance bound for moving source passive sonar localization, CW Jemmott, RL Culver, BE Bissinger, CF Gaumond, Proceedings of the 44th Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, March 2010.
• Comparison of particle filter and histogram filter performance for passive sonar localization, CW Jemmott, RL Culver, JW Langelaan, Proceedings of Meetings in Acoustics, December 2009.
• Modeling correlation for passive sonar Bayesian localization techniques, CW Jemmott, RL Culver, NK Bose and BE Bissinger, Proceedings of Meetings in Acoustics, May 2009.
• Passive sonar target localization using a histogram filter with model-derived priors, CW Jemmott, RL Culver, NK Bose, IEEE Asilomar Conference, October 2008.
• Application of the Maximum Entropy method to estimating parameter distributions for sonar signal processing, RL Culver, HJ Camin, JA Ballard, CW Jemmott, LH Sibul, 27th International Workshop on Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering, November 2007.
• The estimated ocean detector: Derivation and predicted performance under Gaussian assumptions, JA Ballard, CW Jemmott, LH Sibul, RL Culver, HJ Camin, IEEE Oceans 2006 Conference Paper, September 2006.
• Received signal parameter statistics in random/uncertain oceans, HJ Camin, RL Culver, LH Sibul, JA Ballard, CW Jemmott, IEEE Oceans 2006 Conference Paper, September 2006.

Conference Presentations

• The impact of bottom backscatter strength modeling on active sonar optimal frequency calculations, CW Jemmott, WK Stevens, presented to the Acoustical Society of America, May 2011.
• Improved Signal Detection in Non-Gaussian Deep Ocean Noise, CW Jemmott, DR Barclay, MJ Buckingham, presented to the Acoustical Society of America, May 2011.
• Survey of Ambient Noise in Aquariums, CW Jemmott, presented to the Acoustical Society of America, April 2010.
• Recursive Bayesian State Estimation for Passive Sonar Localization, CW Jemmott, RL Culver, presented to the Acoustical Society of America, April 2010.
• An Information theoretic performance bound for moving source passive sonar localization, CW Jemmott, RL Culver, BE Bissinger, CF Gaumound, Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, March 2010.
• Comparison of particle filter and histogram filter performance for passive sonar localization, CW Jemmott, RL Culver, JW Langelaan, presented to the Acoustical Society of America, December 2009.
• Maximum entropy probability density functions and recursive Bayesian state estimation, CW Jemmott, RL Culver, presented to IEEE Underwater Acoustic Signal Processing Conference, October 2009.
• Modeling correlation for passive sonar Bayesian localization techniques, CW Jemmott, RL Culver, NK Bose and BE Bissinger, presented to the Acoustical Society of America, May 2009.
• Model-based passive localization using a single hydrophone, CW Jemmott, RL Culver, BE Bissinger, NK Bose, presented to the Acoustical Society of America, November 2008.
• Passive sonar target localization using a histogram filter with model-derived priors, CW Jemmott, RL Culver, NK Bose, IEEE Asilomar Conference, October 2008.
• Simulation driven naive Bayes classification of ocean acoustic signals, CW Jemmott, presented to Penn State College of Engineering Research Symposium, April 2008.
• Source Classification Based on Amplitude Distribution Estimates, CW Jemmott, RL Culver, presented to IEEE Underwater Acoustic Signal Processing Conference, October 2007.
• The effect of non-Gaussian noise on detection of sinusoids in the ocean, CW Jemmott, RL Culver, JA Ballard, LH Sibul, presented to the Acoustical Society of America, May 2007.
• Probabilistic descriptions of low-frequency passive sonar signals, CW Jemmott, RL Culver, JA Ballard, LH Sibul, presented to the Acoustical Society of America, May 2007.
• Performance of the estimated ocean detector (EOD) against non-Gaussian signal and noise, CW Jemmott, JA Ballard, LH Sibul, RL Culver, HJ Camin, DL Bradley, presented to the Acoustical Society of America, May 2006.
• Experimental Investigation of the Aerodynamic Forces on a Curveball, CW Jemmott, A Utvich, S Logan, J Rossmann, presented to the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, November 2003.
• The Aerodynamics of Sports Balls, CW Jemmott, A Utvich, S Logan, J Rossmann, presented to the Sigma Xi Student Research Conference 2003

Achievements and Awards

• Session Chair in Signal Processing for the Acoustical Society of America Meeting session entitled “Fusion of Acoustic Signals with Data from Various Sensor Modalities” (2011)
• Session Chair in Signal Processing and Underwater Acoustics for the Acoustical Society of America session entitled “Detection, Localization and Noise” (2011)
• Best Paper by a Young Presenter in Noise, Acoustical Society of America (2010)
• Invited Speaker, “Maximum Entropy and Bayesian Signal Processing” special session, Acoustical Society of America (2010)
• Simowitz Citation awarded by Penn State Acoustics Program (2009, 2010 & 2012)
• Acoustical Society of America Student Council Member representing the Signal Processing Technical Committee (2008-2010)
• NDIA Undersea Systems Division Fellowship Award (2008)
• Best Paper by a Young Presenter in Signal Processing, Acoustical Society of America (2006)
• Successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE / EIT) exam (2005) • Honorable Mention International Mathematical Modeling Contest (2004)
• Harvey Mudd College Student Graduation Speaker (2004)
• Harvey Mudd College Honor Board Appeals Chairman (2003-2004)
• “Junior of the Year” Alford-Gilkeson Engineering Clinic Award (2003)
• Excellent Poster Presentation Sigma Xi Student Research Conference (2003)