Video Compression Standards Expert Profile
Professor with unique expertise in JPEG image and MPEG video standards who conducts research in computer vision, pattern recognition, and machine learning.
Electronic Circuits
Barr Group's electronics expert witnesses are senior-level engineers to PhDs with hands-on experience designing analog and digital circuits and semiconductors. Our expert witnesses assist attorneys in the reverse engineering of electronic circuitry and analysis of chip designs for patent infringement and other litigation.
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Electronic Circuits and Semiconductors
Barr Group is in the business of designing reliable and secure computers and our electrical engineering experts are intimately familiar with the design of electrical circuits such as:
- Analog and digital electronics, including antennas
- Nonvolatile memories (NAND/NOR Flash) and caches
- Light-Emitting Diodes (LEDs) and other displays
- Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs)
- Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) and CPLDs
- Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs)
- System-on-a-Chip (Soc) and multi-chip modules (MCM)
- Wafer manufacturing processes and IC packaging
- Microprocessor/microcontroller/CPU design
- Digital Signal Processor (DSP) design and filtering
- Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) design
- Microcode and instruction set architecture design
- High-level language compiler development
- Multiprocessing and parallel programming
Barr Group's electronics expert witnesses are familiar with all of the tools used to design and test circuits and semiconductors, from hardware description languages like Verilog and VHDL to simulation tools like SPICE/HSPICE. We are as equally skilled with electronic design automation platforms as with schematic capture, register transfer logic, and assembly language code.
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Expert Witness Services
Barr Group's electronics experts support plaintiffs and defendants in litigation in U.S. District Courts, at the International Trade Commission (ITC), and before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Our services include:
- Technical assistance with drafting of discovery requests
- Analysis of electronics and related design documents
- Prior art review of electronics patents for invalidity
- Evaluation of semiconductor-IP such as trade secrets
- System performance benchmarking and evaluation
- Reverse engineering, including disassembly of binary code
- Expert reports, declarations, and witness statements
- Testimony at deposition, oral hearings, and trials
Barr Group has a demonstrated ability to quickly activate one or more team members to match the size, scope, and complexity of any project.
The following is a representative subset of Barr Group's experts who have experience designing and/or testifying about these technologies:
Smart Grid Technologies Expert Profile
Computer engineering professor and expert in renewable energy and smart grid technologies with twenty-five years of experience in industry and academia.
System-on-Chip and ASIC Design Expert Profile
Consultant and expert in all aspects of VLSI and SoC design methodology, from microarchitecture to algorithm development to RTL and physical design.
Communication Theory and DSP Expert Profile
Professor of communications theory and signal processing with twenty-five years experience applying these to innovate in a range of industries.
Microwave and RF Electronics Expert Profile
Consulting engineer with decades of experience in the design and development of electronics with high-speed analog, RF, and microwave circuits.
SCADA Industrial Process Control Expert Profile
Engineer with thirty five years of energy industry experience primarily in the areas of industrial process design, safety and control systems integration, and plant operations.
Neural / Spinal Cord Stimulator Expert Profile
Biomedical scientist with decades of experience with the central and peripheral nervous system, clinical and non-clinical research, and computational modeling.
End-to-End Network Architecture Expert Profile
Wireless communications consultant specializing in network performance analysis, radio network coverage and capacity planning, spectrum management, and traffic modeling.
High-Speed Communication Interfaces Expert Profile
Internationally recognized expert in high-speed communications and computing as well as semiconductor device development.
Advanced Military Radar Systems Expert Profile
Professor with significant expertise including in advanced radar, software-defined radio, and broadband powerline communications.
Digital Cellular Mobile Radio Expert Profile
Leading expert in the field of digital cellular mobile radio communications who was involved in the development of the earliest GSM standard.
Cloud / Network Storage Device Expert Profile
Subject matter expert in HDD and SDD storage devices with two decades of industry experience in storage system design as well as software development.
Physical Layer Communications Expert Profile
Consultant with two decades of experience in wireless protocols and standards, including all generations of the IEEE 802.11 “WiFi” and GSM cellular standards.
Industrial Automation Robots Expert Profile
Professor of mechanical and computer engineering with two decades of industry and academic experience in automation, mechatronic, and robotic system design.
Augmented Reality Wearables Expert Profile
Computer scientist who has spent twenty five years consulting at the leading edge of wearable augmented reality systems.
Wireless Power Transfer Expert Profile
Professor of electrical engineering with experience in power electronics, including low power circuits, solar cells, wireless power transfer, and high voltage systems.
Spread Spectrum Communications Expert Profile
Consulting electrical engineer with thirty-five years of experience in cellular standards including GSM, UMTS, and LTE and other wireless communication protocols.
Computer Music and Multimedia Expert Profile
Software developer and professor with extensive experience designing/developing/deploying advanced multimedia on platforms including handheld devices.
Wireless and Cellular Standards Expert Profile
Cellular and wireless communications expert with experience in military radio and mesh networks who has also been a leader in protocol standards development.
Electronic Warfare and SIGINT Expert Profile
Professor of electrical and computer engineering who consults and specializes in secure waveform design, electronic warfare, and satellite communications.
Parallel Processing Architectures Expert Profile
Professor and researcher specializing in computer systems architecture, performance measurement, parallel processing, and high-performance computing.
Internet and Cellular Standards Expert Profile
Scientist and leading expert in communications standards and protocols, including TCP/IP, 802.11 WiFi and cellular/LTE.
Electronics Cooling and Heat Transfer Expert Profile
Mechanical engineering professor and expert in thermofluid issues with extensive expertise in heat transfer, combustion, energy systems, and thermal management.
Data Science and Database Expert Profile
Professor with three decades of experience in data modeling, schema design summarization, form generation, and natural language queries.
Semiconductor Fabrication Expert Profile
Consultant with over two decades of experience in semiconductor design and testing, including foundry process evaluation and selection.
Electronic Vehicle Controls Expert Profile
Engineering consultant with forty years of experience in the automotive electronic subsystems sector and transportation systems including hybrid vehicles.
Electric Power Conditioning Expert Profile
Professor and expert with twenty five years of experience in power electronics, including power quality and conditioning as well as renewable energy generation.
Software Design Review Expert Profile
Professor and industry consultant specializing in software design reviews, systems design and analysis, and the optimization of computer systems.
Handheld Operating Systems Expert Profile
Computer science expert with decades of experience designing software and electronics, including handheld, IoT, and wearable devices as well as video games and apps.
Mixed-Signal Electronics Design Expert Profile
Consulting former professor with expertise in mixed-signal electronics design, including for physical-layer communications, memories, and smart cards.
Optical Engineer and Telematics Expert Profile
Electrical and optical engineer with demonstrated experience leading global, cross-functional engineering teams in the automotive and other industries.
Fingerprint Biometric Systems Expert Profile
Former professor of computer engineering with expertise in biometric systems and technologies and a leading authority in fingerprint identification technologies.
Video Game & Casino Gaming Expert Profile
Engineering consultant with twenty-five years of experience in systems for gaming and gambling including the design and analysis of casino games.
Adaptive Control Systems Expert Profile
Mechanical and electrical engineering professor with significant expertise in intelligent transportation systems and vehicle dynamics and control.
Online and Casino Gaming Expert Profile
Computer engineering consultant with four decades of experience in the casino gaming industry, including development of gaming and related technologies.
Vehicle Informatics & Safety Expert Profile
Consulting electrical engineer with decades of experience in advanced technology development and project management in automotive and spacecraft electronics.
Satellite and Cellular Base Station Expert Profile
Engineering consultant specializing in wireless cellular mobile technology who has written real-time software for products from automotive and medical to mobile handsets.
Cellular Wireless Air Interface Expert Profile
Professor of electrical engineering and computer science with decades of R&D experience in communications networks and wireless signal detection and estimation.
Aircraft Avionics Software Expert Profile
FAA-certified DER, flight instructor, commercial pilot, and former engineering director software architect for next generation cockpit flight displays.
Drone and UAV Navigation Expert Profile
USAF researcher in image processing and GPS-denied navigation with decades of experience in control systems including for aerial drones and UAVs.
Acoustics and Audio Processing Expert Profile
Professor of electrical engineering who spent two decades researching and inventing algorithms at the intersection of acoustics, digital signal processing, and machine learning.
Medical Image Processing Expert Profile
Researcher and consultant with a PhD in electrical engineering and specialized expertise in signal, image and video processing, and data compression.
Nanoelectronic & MEMS Sensors Expert Profile
Engineering professor with decades of experience at the forefront of the design and fabrication of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and nano devices.
FDA Medical Software Quality Expert Profile
Former director of software engineering with deep experience in medical products and the FDA 510(k), ISO-13485, and IEC-62304 software quality systems.
Security and Surveillance Camera Expert Profile
Stanford-educated professor, whose industry career began at AT&T Bell Labs, with specialized expertise in cyber-physical systems and computer vision.
Manufacturing Automated Test Expert Profile
Professional Engineer (PE) with several of hands-on experience developing products and software for industrial, consumer, enterprise, military, and medical applications.
Industrial PLC and SCADA System Expert Profile
Registered PE and licensed electrical contractor with forty years of hands-on experience in UL and NEC-compliant electrical system design.
Semiconductor Design Tools Expert Profile
Consulting electrical engineer with decades of experience in design of integrated circuits and software systems for electronic design automation (EDA).
Virtual Reality Worlds & Gaming Expert Profile
MIT-educated electrical engineer with decades of industry experience designing software and electronics including for computer graphics, video games, and virtual worlds.
Flash Memories & Filesystems Expert Profile
Computer software and electronics consultant with three decades of extensive experience with storage technologies and filesystems, including Flash memory.
Energy Storage and Transfer Expert Profile
Professor of electrical and computer engineering with over twenty-five years of experience in materials science, systems engineering and design of microelectronics.
Vehicle Sensor & Electronics Expert Profile
Independent consultant and former professor of technical product management with decades of industry experience in automotive sensors, electronics, and systems.
Naval and Underwater Drones Expert Profile
Consultant with thirty years of software development experience designing products from autonomous underwater robots to cable modems and set-top boxes.
Video Encoding & Streaming Expert Profile
PhD electrical engineer and data communications expert with three decades of industry and research experience in DSP, video and image encoding, and data compression.
Optical Systems and Interfaces Expert Profile
Innovative physicist with decades of experience in electro-optical systems design and significant expertise in low noise circuits and optical instruments and measurements.
High-Performance Computing Expert Profile
Professor of electrical and computer engineering and expert in architectural paradigms and technologies for high-performance computing and distributed computing.
Lithium Battery Ultracapacitor Expert Profile
Chemist and portable power expert with thirty years of industry experience at the leading edge of lithium battery and ultracapacitor technology development.
Analog and Digital Electronics Design Expert Profile
Electrical engineer with more than thirty years of hands-on experience designing real-time systems and embedded software for commercial and military applications.
Fault Tolerant Computing Expert Profile
Professor with decades of experience in systems design and and expertise in bio-robotics, medical devices, actuators, and fault tolerant computing.
DSP and Data Compression Expert Profile
Consultant and professor of electrical and computer engineering with twenty issued U.S. patents on digital signal processing and digital receiver technologies.
Global Positioning Systems Expert Profile
Electrical engineer with substantial experience in the design of GPS and navigation systems, including DSP and image processing, in military and civilian applications.
ASIC FPGA and SoC Design Expert Profile
Consulting computer engineering expert with significant expertise and experience in both software and digital electronics, including design of ASICs, FPGA and SoCs.
Medical Device Software Safety Expert Profile
Specialist in safety-critical product development certified in regulatory requirements and twenty-five years of experience in software design for medical devices.
Autonomous Robot Navigation Expert Profile
Professor and robotics lab director specialized on civilian and military navigation technologies for GPS-deprived scenarios including indoor and underground.
Smart Grid Electrical Power Expert Profile
Director of one university research lab that supports NASA and another that prototypes smart grid / energy, smart roads, and other smart city projects.
Mechanical-Electrical-Software Expert Profile
Engineering consultant with hands-on industry experience in mechanical and electrical design as well as software and firmware development and testing.
Settop On-Screen Guide & DVR Expert Profile
Embedded computing pioneer with thirty years of experience designing electronics and firmware, notably for DVR-capable satellite TV receivers.
Electronic Casino Games Expert Profile
Expert in compliance testing for regulated casino gaming devices with significant experience with Indian Gaming Regulatory Act and Johnson Act regulations.
Cybersecurity & Cyber-Warfare Expert Profile
Prolific author of books and papers on cybersecurity, cyberwarfare, and digital forensics, as well as cryptography and other forms of applied mathematics.
Ultrasound Medical Imaging Expert Profile
Former professor and materials scientist whose areas of specialized expertise includes electronics and MEMS sensor design as well as signal processing.
E-commerce SaaS Software Expert Profile
Computer scientist with industry experience managing development of a range of computer systems from e-commerce and SaaS websites to set-top boxes.
Video Game Computer Graphics Expert Profile
Computer science professor and consultant with thirty years of experience in the software industry and hands-on video game design experience.
GPS & Navigation Systems Expert Profile
Engineer and product manager with twenty five years of work at the leading-edge of agriculture, automotive, and marine navigation and geolocation technologies including GPS/GNSS.
Magnetic and Optical Storage Expert Profile
Electrical engineer with broad industry experience in development and manufacturing of optical and magnetic storage products including RAID disks and SCSI interfaces.
Microprocessor Design Expert Profile
Professor of electrical and computer engineering with years of industry experience in the design of microprocessors for infotainment and multimedia systems.
FPGA and Semiconductor Design Expert Profile
Electrical engineering consultant specializing in the design of microcontroller-based systems, especially embedded control systems utilizing wireless communications.
Electronic Circuit Design Expert Profile
Storage and memory expert with more than thirty years of experience in all phases of design and implementation of semiconductor devices including memory devices.
Battery and Power Electronics Expert Profile
Electrical engineer and expert in battery and power electronics technology with special technical expertise in motor drives and inverters.
Medical Device Design Expert Profile
Computer engineer with over thirty-five years of experience designing electronics and software for safety-critical medical devices and consumer electronics.
Communications System Expert Profile
Electrical engineering professor with extensive experience in industry and specialized knowledge in error-correcting codes, image processing, and audio data compression.
Handheld Devices Design Expert Profile
Electrical engineer with two decades of experience in the design of embedded systems with a particular emphasis on the internals of Linux and its filesystems.
Telecommunication Systems Expert Profile
Electrical engineer and consultant in telecommunications, information technology, media, electronics, and e-business with thirty years of industry experience.
Laser Printer Engines Expert Profile
Consultant and trainer with over thirty years of hands-on professional experience in the design and testing of software, firmware, and electronics.
Military Systems Design Expert Profile
Industry veteran and former member of NASA's Super Problem Resolution Team who built or managed the development of over one hundred computer products.
Electronic Safety Systems Expert Profile
Electrical engineer with over thirty years of experience in the development and deployment of automotive electronic systems, including safety systems.
Secure Computer Systems Expert Profile
Electrical engineer with extensive electronics and software product development experience across a broad range of industries and platform architectures.
Cellular Communications Expert Profile
Independent engineering consultant in the design of both electronics and software with a formal education in electrical and mechanical engineering.
Expert in compliance testing for regulated casino gaming devices with significant experience with Indian Gaming Regulatory Act and Johnson Act regulations.
Storage and memory expert with more than thirty years of experience in all phases of design and implementation of semiconductor devices including memory devices.
Consulting electrical engineer with decades of experience in design of integrated circuits and software systems for electronic design automation (EDA).
Engineering consultant with twenty-five years of experience in systems for gaming and gambling including the design and analysis of casino games.
Electrical engineer with over thirty years of experience in the development and deployment of automotive electronic systems, including safety systems.
Professor of electrical and computer engineering with over twenty-five years of experience in materials science, systems engineering and design of microelectronics.
Consultant and trainer with over thirty years of hands-on professional experience in the design and testing of software, firmware, and electronics.
Professor of electrical engineering who spent two decades researching and inventing algorithms at the intersection of acoustics, digital signal processing, and machine learning.
Professor with decades of experience in systems design and and expertise in bio-robotics, medical devices, actuators, and fault tolerant computing.
Former director of software engineering with deep experience in medical products and the FDA 510(k), ISO-13485, and IEC-62304 software quality systems.