Lester Ingber

Lester Ingber

Physicist with interdisciplinary expertise and interests <ingber at alumni.caltech.edu> [12K+]

Medford, Oregon Area

Current
  • Physicist at Lester Ingber Research (LIR)
Past

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Education
  • University of California, San Diego
  • Niels Bohr Institute
  • California Institute of Technology
  • Brooklyn Technical High School (BTHS)

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Connections
500+ connections
Industry
Information Technology and Services
Websites

Lester Ingber’s Summary

LinkedIn Direct (Degree 1) Connections 12,000+

http://www.ingber.com ->
ASA: Adaptive Simulated Annealing, Optimization, Importance Sampling, Nonlinear Systems, Stochastic Systems.
COMBAT: Statistical Mechanics of Combat and Simulations.
KARATE: Art and Science of Karate.
MARKETS: Statistical Mechanics of Financial Markets, Options, Risk, Portfolios, Trading.
NEOCORTEX: Statistical Mechanics of Neocortical Interactions, Applications to Intelligent Systems.
NUCLEAR: Nucleons, Nuclear Matter, Riemannian Interactions.
PATH-INTEGRAL: Path Integrals in Nonlinear Stochastic Systems.

A current project is Ideas by Statistical Mechanics (ISM) described in http://www.ingber.com/smni06_ism.pdf. ISM is a generic program to model evolution and propagation of ideas/patterns throughout populations subjected to endogenous and exogenous interactions. This product can be used for decision support for projects ranging from diplomatic, information, military, and economic (DIME) factors of propagation/evolution of ideas, to commercial sales, trading indicators across sectors of financial markets, advertising and political campaigns, etc. (A short version appears in Encyclopedia of Artificial Intelligence (2008), and details appear in J Integrated Systems Design and Process Science (2007), Special Issue: Biologically Inspired Computing.)

These tools also are being applied to price complex projects as financial options with alternative schedules and strategies, as described in Real Options for Project Schedules (ROPS), http://www.ingber.com/markets07_rops.pdf (using methods in http://www.ingber.com/path01_pathtree.pdf).

Work in 2009 has used my work in brain modeling to establish local generators of EEG, in Statistical mechanics of neocortical interactions: Nonlinear columnar electroencephalography
http://www.ingber.com/smni09_nonlin_column_eeg.pdf .

Lester Ingber’s Specialties:

My projects have been in theoretical nuclear physics, statistical mechanics of neocortical interactions (short-term memory and EEG correlates), statistical mechanics of combat (baselining simulations to training), and statistical mechanics of financial markets (options, bond futures, risk management, and trading systems).

I have developed algorithms for nonlinear stochastic systems, including ASA/VFSR & PATHINT/PATHTREE, a full suite of options code, and copula risk management.

Lester Ingber’s Experience

  • Physicist

    Lester Ingber Research (LIR)

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    1989 — Present (20 years )

    I have worked through LIR intermittently between various positions I have held in academia, government and business. These are described in http://www.ingber.com/ingber_CV.pdf .

    Some publications and code can be downloaded from http://www.ingber.com/ .

    A URL to personal references may be given on request.

  • Director R&D

    DUNN Capital Management

    (Investment Management industry)

    January 2002 — July 2003 (1 year 7 months)

    I developed copula risk-management algorithms, and helped with analysis of other trading-related projects.

  • Director R&D

    DRW Trading

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Investment Management industry)

    1997 — December 2001 (4 years )

    I led teams developing multi-factor nonlinear stochastic models of markets, directly applied to options, bond futures, and various trading systems.

  • Research Professor of Mathematics

    George Washington University (GWU)

    (Educational Institution; Research industry)

    1989 — 1990 (1 year )

  • Professor of Physics

    US Army Concepts Analysis Agency (CAA)

    (Government Agency; Research industry)

    1989 — 1989 (less than a year)

  • Senior Research Associate

    National Research Council (NRC)

    (Government Agency; Research industry)

    1989 — 1989 (less than a year)

  • Professor of Physics

    Naval Postgraduate School (NPS)

    (Government Agency; Research industry)

    1986 — 1989 (3 years )

  • Consultant

    ANSER

    (Non-Profit; Think Tanks industry)

    1986 — 1988 (2 years )

  • Senior Research Associate

    National Research Council (NRC)

    (Government Agency; Research industry)

    1985 — 1986 (1 year )

  • Research Associate, Physics

    UC San Diego (UCSD)

    (Educational Institution; Research industry)

    1980 — 1986 (6 years )

    Research with Physics Department and Institute for Pure and Applied Physical Sciences (IPAPS)

  • President

    Physical Studies Institute (PSI)

    (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Research industry)

    1970 — 1986 (16 years )

    PSI via UCSD/IPAPS agency account 1970-1986: Published research in physics, neuroscience, and finance. Paper in 1981 led to Physical Review's (premier physics journal's) first paper on the brain in 1983. Paper in 1984 led to Physical Review's first paper in finance in 1990.

    Institute for Study of Attention (ISA) (educational branch of PSI) alternative school 1970-1978: Founded, funded, directed, instructed, and managed instructors in over 30 courses. ISA karate classes 1970-1986: Instructed thousands of students and wrote three karate texts.

    Conservatory of Ballet Arts Company (CBAC) from 1976-1985 was another branch of PSI directed by Louise Ingber (http://louise.ingber.com).

  • Research Associate, Music

    UC San Diego (UCSD)

    (Educational Institution; Research industry)

    1972 — 1974 (2 years )

    Research with Music Department with Pauline Oliveros

  • Director Learning To Learn

    UC San Diego (UCSD) Extension

    (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

    1973 — 1973 (less than a year)

  • Asst Professor of Physics

    State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook

    (Educational Institution; Research industry)

    1969 — 1970 (1 year )

  • National Science Foundation Postdoc Fellow

    UC Los Angeles (UCLA)

    (Educational Institution; Research industry)

    1968 — 1969 (1 year )

  • Sensei

    Japan Karate Association (JKA)/All America Karate Federation (AAKF)

    (Sports industry)

    January 1968 — December 1968 (1 year )

    I was the first graduate of the Japan Karate Association (JKA)/All America Karate Federation (AAKF) Sensei/Instructor's School, taught by Hidetaka Nishiyama in 1968. My thesis was Physics of Karate Techniques.

  • National Science Foundation Postdoc Fellow

    UC Berkeley (UCB)

    (Educational Institution; Research industry)

    1967 — 1968 (1 year )

  • Consultant

    RAND Corporation

    (Non-Profit; Think Tanks industry)

    1965 — 1966 (1 year )

  • Reader, Mathematical Physics (graduate level)

    California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

    (Educational Institution; Education Management industry)

    1961 — 1962 (1 year )

  • Research Assistant Metallurgy

    California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

    (Educational Institution; Research industry)

    1960 — 1962 (2 years )

  • Reader, Algebra (undergraduate level)

    California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

    (Educational Institution; Education Management industry)

    1960 — 1961 (1 year )

Lester Ingber’s Education

  • University of California, San Diego

    PhD , Theoretical Nuclear Physics , 1962 — 1966

    Thesis: One-Meson-Exchange Potentials and Properties of Nucleon-Nucleon Scattering and of Nuclear Matter. Thesis Advisor: Keith Brueckner.

    Activities and Societies:
    President, Organization Of Organizations.
    Founder, Karate Club/Classes. Karate Instructor: Hidetaka Nishiyama.

  • Niels Bohr Institute

    Nuclear Physics 1964 — 1964

  • California Institute of Technology

    B.S. , Physics , 1958 — 1962

    Kelman Scholar, 4 years Caltech

    Activities and Societies:
    Captain, Caltech Karate Club. Karate Instructors: Tsutomu Ohshima and Hidetaka Nishiyama.

  • Brooklyn Technical High School (BTHS)

    Diploma , college prep , 1954 — 1958

    I am the Manager of the Brooklyn Technical High School LinkedIn Group, for alumni and frirends of BTHS. Go to http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/53791
    to join.

    Activities and Societies:
    Chief Justice, Student Court

Additional Information

Lester Ingber’s Websites:

Lester Ingber’s Interests:

100+ publications -> ASA: Adaptive Simulated Annealing, Optimization. COMBAT: Statistical Mechanics of Combat and Simulations. KARATE: Art and Science of Karate (8th Dan). MARKETS: Statistical Mechanics of Financial Markets. NEOCORTEX: Statistical Mechanics of Neocortical Interactions. NUCLEAR: Nuclear Physics. PATH-INTEGRAL: Path Integrals in Nonlinear Stochastic Systems.

Lester Ingber’s Groups:

Scientific Journals (25+), Reviewer

Academia.edu
Amer Inst Physics
Amer Physical Society
BuzzAnalytics.com/board.htm
CircleOfExperts.com
Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
EMT (CA 1978)
Fortnight-Solutions.com
GuidepointGlobal.com
GLGcouncils.com
GARP.com
Innocentive.com, Solver
Mensa
NetworkOfExperts.com
PRMIA.org
RoundTableGroup.com
Scholarpedia.org
SocietyOfIndustryLeaders.com
TechCast.org, Expert
www.NetworkOfAdvisors.com
YourEncore.com, Expert

All-America Karate Federation (AAKF)/Japan Karate Assoc (JKA) 1960-1970
Founded/Instructed Karate Classes/Clubs: Caltech, UCSD, UCB, Stanford, UCLA, SUNY SB, PSI, NPS 1958-1985
Amer. JKA Karate Associations (AJKA), Director of Scientific Studies, 1989-1991

Manager, Brooklyn Technical High School Group, http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/53791

  •    Mensa
  •    Caltech Alumni Association
  •    University of California Alumni (Berkeley)
  •    UCSD Alumni
  •    Brooklyn Technical High School
  •    InvitesWelcome.com (Open Networkers)
  •    APS Physics

Lester Ingber’s Honors:

Brooklyn Technical HS 1955-1958: Justice -> Chief Justice, Student Court.
Honorable Mention, New York Science Exam 1957.
New York State Merit Scholar 1958.
Caltech, Kelman Scholar 1958-1962.
Sigma Pi Sigma, Physics Honor Society 1961-.
Sigma Xi, Scientific Research Society 1963-.
UCSD, President, Organization of Organizations 1965.
Security Clearances: Secret -> Top Secret/SCI/CNWDI 1965-1966, 1986-1990.
National Science Foundation (NSF), Postdoctoral Fellow, UCB & UCLA 1967-1969.
Japan Karate Association (JKA), First Westerner to receive Instructor's degree, Thesis: Physics of Karate Techniques 1968.
UCSD Honorary Researcher: Music Department 1972-1974.
National Research Council (NRC), Senior Research Assoc, NPS & NOSC 1985-1986 & 1989.
U.S. Senior Executive Service (SES) 1988; Selected as JTC3A/DCA Asst Director (declined).
Mensa 2008-.

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