Dr. Teresa L. Pace
Fellow at L3Harris
SPIE Involvement:
Conference Chair | Editor | Author
Area of Expertise:
Image processing , Computer Vision , Classification , Artificial Intelligence , Automatic Target Recognition , Sensor Fusion
Profile Summary

Dr. Pace has over 30 years of technical experience in imaging sensors and systems encompassing a wide variety of applications. Currently, she is an Engineering Fellow at L3Harris working on artificial intelligence and machine learning, advanced image processing algorithms, computer vision, and systems engineering for the DoD. Focus areas include Automatic target recognition (ATR), detection, tracking, identification, combat ID, and Course of Action (CoA) decision making. Prior to L3Harris she served as Director of Engineering for SenTech LLC and Chief Engineer for Lockheed Martin. She also worked as a subject matter expert (SME) at the US Army's NVESD Night Vision Lab, Director of Image Processing for DRS Technologies, and was a Faculty Researcher for the Applied Research Laboratory at Penn State. Dr. Pace has 14 patents and numerous publications. She is a Fellow of IEEE, Past President of the IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society, and is a past Editor-In-Chief for the AESS Magazine. She served as Chair and Co-Chair of the SPIE DCS Symposium. Associate editor for Machine Vision and Applications Journal, HKN's Board of Governors, and a Graduate Faculty Scholar at UCF. In addition, Dr. Pace is a member of UCF CREOL College of Optics Board, SPIE, IEEE Women in Engineering society, IEEE Signal Processing society, and a Life Member of the HKN Engineering Honor Society. Dr. Pace was awarded the Lockheed Martin Nova Award for Outstanding Individual Technical Excellence, the highest technical award given by the Lockheed Martin Corporation, and Lockheed Martin's Apex Individual Contributor Award.
Publications (28)

Proceedings Article | 7 June 2024 Presentation + Paper
Proceedings Volume 13054, 1305406 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3012949
KEYWORDS: Artificial intelligence, Transparency, Data modeling, Evolutionary algorithms, Systems modeling, Detection and tracking algorithms, Defense technologies, Defense and security

SPIE Journal Paper | 27 May 2019 Open Access
Heath Gemar, Ronald Driggers, Gene Tener, Carl Halford, Nicolette Fudala, Jennifer Hewitt, Robert Short, Teresa Pace, Drew Manville, David Shelton, Michael Theisen, David Gaudiosi, Craig Olson
OE, Vol. 58, Issue 05, 053107, (May 2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.OE.58.5.053107
KEYWORDS: Signal to noise ratio, Sensors, Unmanned aerial vehicles, Infrared sensors, Mid-IR, Cameras, Long wavelength infrared, Point spread functions, Target detection, Thermal modeling

Proceedings Article | 14 May 2019 Presentation + Paper
H. Gemar, R. Driggers, G. Tener, C. Halford, N. Fudala, J. Hewitt, R. Short, T. Pace, D. Manville, D. Shelton, M. Theisen, D. Gaudiosi, C. Olson
Proceedings Volume 11001, 110010E (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2527191
KEYWORDS: Signal to noise ratio, Sensors, Unmanned aerial vehicles, Point spread functions, Mid-IR, Cameras, Long wavelength infrared, Target detection, Infrared sensors, Thermal modeling

SPIE Journal Paper | 30 April 2019
Nicolette Fudala, Robert Short, Jennifer Hewitt, Carl Halford, Teresa Pace, Drew Manville, Mike Theisen, Chris Fearing, Alex Dapore, Craig Olson, Gene Tener, David Gaudiosi, Kathleen Richardson, Ron Driggers
OE, Vol. 58, Issue 04, 043107, (April 2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.OE.58.4.043107
KEYWORDS: Unmanned aerial vehicles, Mid-IR, Long wavelength infrared, Cameras, Black bodies, Infrared signatures, Calibration, Infrared search and track, Sensors, Optical engineering

Proceedings Article | 4 May 2016 Paper
Proceedings Volume 9820, 98200B (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2225862
KEYWORDS: Infrared search and track, Systems modeling, Sensors, Signal to noise ratio, Long wavelength infrared, Mid-IR, Infrared sensors, Point spread functions, Performance modeling, Optimization (mathematics)

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Proceedings Volume Editor (1)

SPIE Conference Volume | 26 June 2024

Conference Committee Involvement (12)
Assurance and Security for AI-enabled Systems 2025
15 April 2025 | Orlando, Florida, United States
Assurance and Security for AI-enabled Systems
22 April 2024 | National Harbor, Maryland, United States
SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing
30 April 2023 | Orlando, United States
SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing
3 April 2022 | Orlando, United States
SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing
12 April 2021 | Online Only, United States
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