Summary
Associate Professor, Systems Engineering and Operations Research, Volgenau School of Engineering, George Mason University Research Director, International C2 Activities, C4I Co-Director, Radio and Radar Engineering LabInformation
Web: Personal Website Volgenau page Google Scholar LinkedIn
Email: pcosta@gmu.edu
Phone: 703-993-9989
Address: Nguyen Engineering Building, 2227
4400 University Drive, MS 4A6
Fairfax, VA 22030
Biosketch
Costa is a key researcher in the field of probabilistic ontologies and developed innovative applications and extensions that aide in the fight of cyber-warfare. He is a Co-Director at GMU’s Radio and Radar Engineering Lab, and Director for International Collaborations at the Center of Excellence in C4I&Cyber. He received his MS and PhD from George Mason University.
Costa leads the research of graduate-level students in understanding security objectives and verification protocols, bringing in the science of probabilistic reasoning and challenging PhD level candidates to consider theory and methods for building computationally efficient software agents that reason, act, and learn in environments characterized by noisy and chaotic traffic.
Education
George Mason University
PhD nformation Technology – Command and Control
2003 – 2005
George Mason University
MSc Systems Engineering and Operations Research
1997 – 1999
George Mason University
Certificate
Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence
1997 – 1999
Experience
Associate Professor
Department of Systems Engineering and Operations Reseach
Jan 2009 – Present
Bayesian inference and decision theory; multi-source fusion; cyber-physical systems safety, transportation systems, knowledge representation; probabilistic ontologies; situation assessment.
Chair of the Cyber Security Working Group
Volgenau School of Engineering
Jan 2016 – Present
Coordinates all research and instruction on cyber security at the Volgenau School of Engineering
Research Director – International C2 Activities
Center of Excellence in C4I
Jan 2009 – Present
The Center of Excellence in Command, Control, Communications, Computing, and Intelligence, at George Mason University is the nation’s first and only civilian university-based entity offering a comprehensive academic and research program in military applications of information technology. My research at the C4I center is focused on Probablistic Ontologies, Bayesian Inference, Multi-Sensor Data Fusion, Situation Assessment, and Uncertainty Reasoning in the Semantic Web.
Invited Professor
Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica
Oct 2006 – Present
Invited Professor with teaching and advising duties related to the areas of Command and Control, Information Fusion, Electronic Warfare, Strategic Planning and Probabilistic Reasoning.
Invited Expert in Probabilistic Ontologies
Global InfoTek, Inc.
2009 – 2010
Lt. Col. (Ret.)
Brazilian Air Force
Mar 1980 – Oct 2008
Head of the Command and Control, Electronic Warfare and Operational System’s Section at the Operations Division of the Brazilian Air Force’s Chiefs of Staff, the top administration body in the BAF. Oversees doctrine, policies and strategic planning for the Air Force’s C4I, GE and Operations, acting as a direct deputy for the Head of the Operations Division.
