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Knuth has published peer reviewed literature on UAP phenomena,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Knuth |first=Kevin H. |last2=Powell |first2=Robert M. |last3=Reali |first3=Peter A. |date=2019-10-01 |title=Estimating Flight Characteristics of Anomalous Unidentified Aerial Vehicles |url=https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/21/10/939 |journal=Entropy |language=en |volume=21 |issue=10 |pages=939 |doi=10.3390/e21100939 |issn=1099-4300}}</ref> and serves as vice president of UAPx, a non-profit organization that conducts [[field research]] about UAP.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dr. Kevin Knuth, Ph.D. |url=https://www.uapexpedition.org/kevin-knuth |access-date=2022-07-20 |website=UAPx |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Grossman |first=David |date=2019-10-30 |title=Ex-Military, NASA Veterans Form UFO Research Group |url=https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/a29628228/military-nasa-veterans-form-ufo-group/ |access-date=2022-07-20 |website=Popular Mechanics |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2022, Knuth appeared in a documentary film that followed a UAPx expedition to [[Santa Catalina Island (California)|Catalina Island]]. The film, ''A Tear in the Sky'', was released in May 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kevin Knuth - Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/kevin_knuth |access-date=2022-07-21 |website=www.rottentomatoes.com |language=en}}</ref> Knuth is also a member of the [[Harvard University]] [[Avi_Loeb#The_Galileo_Project|Galileo Project]] and the [[Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies|Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies (SCU).]] In reference to these groups, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense [[Christopher Mellon]] stated, “Two serious groups of scientific researchers, the Galileo Project and the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies (SCU), have gathered able groups of scientists who are seeking to advance our collective understanding of UAP anomalies”.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mellon |first=Christopher |date=2022-03-06 |title=How government over-classification may hide UFO videos and harm our security |url=https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/597039-how-government-over-classification-may-hide-ufo-videos-and-harm-our/ |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=The Hill |language=en-US}}</ref> |
Knuth has published peer reviewed literature on UAP phenomena,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Knuth |first=Kevin H. |last2=Powell |first2=Robert M. |last3=Reali |first3=Peter A. |date=2019-10-01 |title=Estimating Flight Characteristics of Anomalous Unidentified Aerial Vehicles |url=https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/21/10/939 |journal=Entropy |language=en |volume=21 |issue=10 |pages=939 |doi=10.3390/e21100939 |issn=1099-4300}}</ref> and serves as vice president of UAPx, a non-profit organization that conducts [[field research]] about UAP.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dr. Kevin Knuth, Ph.D. |url=https://www.uapexpedition.org/kevin-knuth |access-date=2022-07-20 |website=UAPx |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Grossman |first=David |date=2019-10-30 |title=Ex-Military, NASA Veterans Form UFO Research Group |url=https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/a29628228/military-nasa-veterans-form-ufo-group/ |access-date=2022-07-20 |website=Popular Mechanics |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2022, Knuth appeared in a documentary film that followed a UAPx expedition to [[Santa Catalina Island (California)|Catalina Island]]. The film, ''A Tear in the Sky'', was released in May 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kevin Knuth - Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/kevin_knuth |access-date=2022-07-21 |website=www.rottentomatoes.com |language=en}}</ref> Knuth is also a member of the [[Harvard University]] [[Avi_Loeb#The_Galileo_Project|Galileo Project]] and the [[Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies|Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies (SCU).]] In reference to these groups, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense [[Christopher Mellon]] stated, “Two serious groups of scientific researchers, the Galileo Project and the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies (SCU), have gathered able groups of scientists who are seeking to advance our collective understanding of UAP anomalies”.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mellon |first=Christopher |date=2022-03-06 |title=How government over-classification may hide UFO videos and harm our security |url=https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/597039-how-government-over-classification-may-hide-ufo-videos-and-harm-our/ |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=The Hill |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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Writer [[Jason Colavito]] criticized Knuth's belief that the U.S. government is covering up encounters with aliens. According to Colavito, Knuth "leaned heavily on his credentials as a former NASA employee" but "provided no “insider” knowledge, nor any indication that he had firsthand evidence of a government conspiracy".<ref name="JC">{{cite web |last1=Colavito |first1=Jason |title=UFO Researcher Publicizes Another Piece of the Mysterious "Alien" Metal Handled by Bigelow Advanced Aerospace Space Systems and Hal Puthoff |url=https://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/ufo-researcher-publicizes-another-piece-of-the-mysterious-alien-metal-handled-by-bigelow-advanced-aerospace-space-systems-and-hal-puthoff |website=jasoncolavito.com |publisher=Jason Colavito |access-date=26 July 2022}}</ref> |
Writer [[Jason Colavito]] criticized Knuth's belief that the U.S. government is covering up encounters with aliens. According to Colavito, Knuth "leaned heavily on his credentials as a former NASA employee" but "provided no “insider” knowledge, nor any indication that he had firsthand evidence of a government conspiracy". Colavito wrote that "Knuth merely reiterates standard ufology claims, there is little to say except to note that he has committed a logical fallacy. He asks us to accept at face value the claim that “all of the data” about UFOs are linked to a singular phenomenon, namely spaceships from another world".<ref name="JC">{{cite web |last1=Colavito |first1=Jason |title=UFO Researcher Publicizes Another Piece of the Mysterious "Alien" Metal Handled by Bigelow Advanced Aerospace Space Systems and Hal Puthoff |url=https://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/ufo-researcher-publicizes-another-piece-of-the-mysterious-alien-metal-handled-by-bigelow-advanced-aerospace-space-systems-and-hal-puthoff |website=jasoncolavito.com |publisher=Jason Colavito |access-date=26 July 2022}}</ref> |
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== References == |
== References == |
Revision as of 01:40, 28 July 2022
Prof. Dr. Kevin H. Knuth Ph.D. | |
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File:Kevin Knuth profile.webp | |
Citizenship | United States |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Information Physics, Information Theory, Astrophysics, Probability Theory, Quantum Foundations |
Institutions | |
Website | knuthlab.org |
Kevin H. Knuth is a physicist in the Department of Physics at the University at Albany (SUNY), a former employee at NASA Ames Research Center in the Intelligent Systems Division, and a ufologist.
Education
Knuth has a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Physics and Mathematics from the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh (1988), a Master of Science (MS) in Physics from Montana State University (1990), and a PhD in Physics (Minor in Mathematics) from University of Minnesota (1995). Knuth also attended the Complex Systems Summer School at the Santa Fe Institute (1996).[1]
Academic career
Research interests
Knuth specializes in applying Bayesian and maximum entropy methods to the design of machine learning algorithms for data analysis applied to the physical sciences.[2][3] He has also researched extensively within the fields of autonomous experimental design[4][5][6] and question-asking machines.[7][8][9]
Appointments
Knuth's academic career spans several disciplines[1] where he has taught and researched in the fields of neuroscience (Departments of Speech & Hearing Sciences at Graduate School of the City University of New York; Departments of Otolaryngology & Neuroscience at Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Department of Physiology & Biophysics at Cornell University Medical Center; Center for Advanced Brain Imaging at Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research), astrophysics (Intelligent Systems Division at NASA Ames Research Center), and physics (Departments of Physics and Informatics at University at Albany).
Knuth Lab
In his position as Associate Professor in the Departments of Physics and Informatics at University at Albany (SUNY),[1] Knuth runs a research lab specializing in the Foundations of Physics, Astrophysics, Bayesian Data Analysis, Source Separation and Maximum Entropy,[10][9] quantum information,[11] autonomous robotics,[8] and the search for and characterization of extrasolar planets.[12]
Knuth Algorithm
Knuth developed the Knuth Algorithm for histogram binning that is used in Wolfram Mathematica to calculate the "balance likelihood and prior probability of a piecewise uniform mode".[13] The algorithm was detailed in Knuth's 2019 paper, published in the journal Digital Signal Processing, on optimal data-based binning for histograms and histogram-based probability density models.[14]
Entropy journal
Knuth is Editor-in-Chief of Entropy,[15][16] an international, interdisciplinary, peer reviewed, open access scientific journal of entropy and information theory.
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) research
Knuth has held an interest in UAP since childhood[17] and is known internationally for his willingness to publicly engage[18][19] with a topic that has historically been subject to ridicule.[20] In an article for Cosmos magazine, Knuth stated: “A scientist must consider all of the possible hypotheses that explain all of the data, and since little is known, the extraterrestrial hypothesis cannot yet be ruled out".[21] Knuth has also said that "many governments around the world have covered up" UFO encounters and that "we need to face the possibility that some of the strange flying objects [...] may indeed be visitors from afar."[22]
Knuth has published peer reviewed literature on UAP phenomena,[23] and serves as vice president of UAPx, a non-profit organization that conducts field research about UAP.[24][25] In 2022, Knuth appeared in a documentary film that followed a UAPx expedition to Catalina Island. The film, A Tear in the Sky, was released in May 2022.[26] Knuth is also a member of the Harvard University Galileo Project and the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies (SCU). In reference to these groups, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Christopher Mellon stated, “Two serious groups of scientific researchers, the Galileo Project and the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies (SCU), have gathered able groups of scientists who are seeking to advance our collective understanding of UAP anomalies”.[27]
Writer Jason Colavito criticized Knuth's belief that the U.S. government is covering up encounters with aliens. According to Colavito, Knuth "leaned heavily on his credentials as a former NASA employee" but "provided no “insider” knowledge, nor any indication that he had firsthand evidence of a government conspiracy". Colavito wrote that "Knuth merely reiterates standard ufology claims, there is little to say except to note that he has committed a logical fallacy. He asks us to accept at face value the claim that “all of the data” about UFOs are linked to a singular phenomenon, namely spaceships from another world".[28]
References
- ^ a b c "Kevin Knuth | University at Albany". www.albany.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
- ^ Knuth, Kevin H. (2005-08-01). "Lattice duality: The origin of probability and entropy". Neurocomputing. Geometrical Methods in Neural Networks and Learning. 67: 245–274. doi:10.1016/j.neucom.2004.11.039. ISSN 0925-2312.
- ^ "Kevin Knuth". The Conversation. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
- ^ Malakar, N. K.; Knuth, K. H. (2011-03-14). "Entropy‐Based Search Algorithm for Experimental Design". AIP Conference Proceedings. 1305 (1): 157–164. doi:10.1063/1.3573612. ISSN 0094-243X.
- ^ Knuth, Kevin H.; Erner, Philip M.; Frasso, Scott (2007-11-13). "Designing Intelligent Instruments". AIP Conference Proceedings. 954 (1): 203–211. doi:10.1063/1.2821263. ISSN 0094-243X.
- ^ Wynne, Kevin B.; Knuth, Kevin H.; Petruccelli, Jonathan (2017-12-01). "Enhanced optical alignment of a digital micro mirror device through Bayesian adaptive exploration". AIP Advances. 7 (12): 125207. doi:10.1063/1.5002539.
- ^ Knuth, Kevin H. (2003-11-03). "Intelligent machines in the twenty-first century: foundations of inference and inquiry". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 361 (1813): 2859–2873. doi:10.1098/rsta.2003.1268. ISSN 1364-503X.
- ^ a b Knuth, Kevin H.; Center, Julian L. (2010-06-01). "Autonomous science platforms and question-asking machines". 2010 2nd International Workshop on Cognitive Information Processing: 221–226. doi:10.1109/CIP.2010.5604217.
- ^ a b Malakar, N. K.; Knuth, K. H.; Lary, D. J. (2012-05-03). "Maximum joint entropy and information-based collaboration of automated learning machines". AIP Conference Proceedings. 1443 (1): 230–237. doi:10.1063/1.3703640. ISSN 0094-243X.
- ^ Malakar, N. K.; Knuth, K. H. (2011-03-14). "Entropy‐Based Search Algorithm for Experimental Design". AIP Conference Proceedings. 1305 (1): 157–164. doi:10.1063/1.3573612. ISSN 0094-243X.
- ^ Knuth, Kevin H. (2014-01-02). "Information-based physics: an observer-centric foundation". Contemporary Physics. 55 (1): 12–32. doi:10.1080/00107514.2013.853426. ISSN 0010-7514.
- ^ Knuth, Kevin H.; Placek, Ben; Richards, Zachary (2012-10-01). "Detection and characterization of non-transiting extra-solar planets in Kepler Data using reflected light variations". 2012 Conference on Intelligent Data Understanding: 31–38. doi:10.1109/CIDU.2012.6382198.
- ^ "Histogram—Wolfram Language Documentation". reference.wolfram.com. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
- ^ Knuth, Kevin H. (2019-12-01). "Optimal data-based binning for histograms and histogram-based probability density models". Digital Signal Processing. 95: 102581. doi:10.1016/j.dsp.2019.102581. ISSN 1051-2004.
- ^ "Entropy". www.mdpi.com. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
- ^ "Kevin Knuth". sciprofiles.com. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
- ^ "Why we should take UFO sightings seriously". cosmosmagazine.com. 2018-07-10. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
- ^ published, Leonard David (2022-01-21). "2022 could be a turning point in the study of UFOs". Space.com. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
- ^ Jacobson, Linda (2021-06-09). "The truth about UFOs is out there, and US students are trying to find it". the Guardian. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
- ^ "Perspective | UFOs exist and everyone needs to adjust to that fact". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
- ^ "Why we should take UFO sightings seriously". cosmosmagazine.com. 2018-07-10. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
- ^ Herbert, Tom. "Ex-NASA scientist says aliens exist but encounters are covered up by governments". Metro. Associated Newspapers Limited. Retrieved 2022-07-26.
- ^ Knuth, Kevin H.; Powell, Robert M.; Reali, Peter A. (2019-10-01). "Estimating Flight Characteristics of Anomalous Unidentified Aerial Vehicles". Entropy. 21 (10): 939. doi:10.3390/e21100939. ISSN 1099-4300.
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: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ^ "Dr. Kevin Knuth, Ph.D." UAPx. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
- ^ Grossman, David (2019-10-30). "Ex-Military, NASA Veterans Form UFO Research Group". Popular Mechanics. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
- ^ "Kevin Knuth - Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
- ^ Mellon, Christopher (2022-03-06). "How government over-classification may hide UFO videos and harm our security". The Hill. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
- ^ Colavito, Jason. "UFO Researcher Publicizes Another Piece of the Mysterious "Alien" Metal Handled by Bigelow Advanced Aerospace Space Systems and Hal Puthoff". jasoncolavito.com. Jason Colavito. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
External links
- Kevin Knuth publications indexed by Google Scholar
- Knuth Lab
- UAPx UAP research organization of which Knuth is Vice President
- Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies (SCU)
- Galileo Project