David Messinger

• National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency - Best Research Demonstration, NARP (2010)
• RIT - RIT Million Dollar Club – for securing more than 1 Million dollars in external grants and contracts (2010)
• US Geospatial-Intelligence Foundation - Best Paper, NARP (2010)

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

van Aardt, J.A.; McKeown, D.; Faulring, J.W.; Raqueno, N.G.; Casterline, M.V.; Renschler, C.; Eguchi, R.; Messinger, D.W.; Krzaczek, R.; Cavillia, S.; Antalovich, J.; Philips, N.; Bartlett, B.D.; Salvaggio, C.; Ontiveros, E.M.; Gill, S., Geospatial disaster response during the Haiti earthquake: A case study spanning airborne deployment, data collection, transfer, processing, and dissemination, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 77, 9, pp. 943-952 (2011)

Bartlett, B.D.; Gartley, M.G.; Messinger, D.W.; Salvaggio, C.; Schott, J.R., Spectro-polarimetric bidirectional reflectance distribution function determination of in-scene materials and its use in target detection applications, Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 4, 043552, pp. 1-21 (2010)

Canham, K.; Schlamm, A.; Ziemann, A.; Basener, B.; Messinger, D.W., Spatially adaptive hyperspectral endmember selection and spectral unmixing, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing , submitted to (2010)

Messinger, D.W.; Ziemann, A.; Basener, B.; Schlamm, A., A complexity metric for spectral imagery based on spatially local convex hull volume estimation, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing , submitted Nov 2010 (2010)

Schlamm, A.; Messinger, D.W.; Ziemann, A.; Basener, B., Change detection in multi- and hyperspectral image tiles based on quantitative measures of point density, Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, submitted to (2010)

Schlamm, A.; Messinger, D.W.; Basener, B., Geometric estimation of the inherent dimensionality of single and multi-material clusters in hyperspectral imagery, Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 3, 033527 (2009)

Foster, M.S.; Schott, J.R.; Messinger, D.W., Spin-Image Target Detection Algorithm Applied to Low Density 3D Point Clouds, Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 2, 023539, pp. 1-15 (2008)

West, J.E.; Messinger, D.W.; Schott, J.R., A comparative evaluation of background characterization techniques for hyperspectral unstructured matched filter target detection , Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 1, 013520, pp. 1-15 (2007)

Messinger, D.W.; Salvaggio, C.; Sinisgalli, N.M., Detection of gaseous effluents from airborne LWIR hyperspectral imagery using physics-based signatures, International Journal of High Speed Electronics and Systems (IJHSES), 17, 4, pp. 801-812 (2007)

Salvaggio, C.; Boonmee, M.; Sinisgalli, N.M.; Messinger, D.W., Three-band temperature extraction from airborne imagery with imprecise atmospheric knowledge, Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, D13107, doi:10.1029/2005JD006770 (2006)

Messinger, D.W.; Whittet, D.C.; Roberge, W.G., Interstellar Polarization in the Taurus Dark Clouds: Wavelength Dependent Position Angles and Cloud Structure Near TMC - 1, Astrophysical Journal, 487 (1997)

Hough, J.H.; Chrysostomou, A.; Messinger, D.W.; Aitken, D.K.; Roche, P.F., Moderate Resolution Spectropolarimety of the 3 µm Ice Band Toward the BN Object, Astrophysical Journal, 461 (1996)

Roberge, W.G.; Hanany, S.; Messinger, D.W., Grain Alignment by Ambipolar Diffusion in Molecular Clouds, Astrophysical Journal, 453 (1995)

REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Schlamm, A.; Messinger, D.W., A Euclidean Distance Transformation for Improved Anomaly Detection in Spectral Imagery, Proceedings of the 2010 Western New York Image Processing Workshop, IEEE, Rochester, New York, United States, November (2010)

Mercovich, R.; Harkin, A.; Messinger, D.W., Utilizing the graph modularity to blind cluster multispectral satellite imagery, Proceedings of the 2010 Western New York Image Processing Workshop, Rochester, New York, United States, November (2010)

Messinger, D.W.; Ziemann, A.; Basener, B.; Schlamm, A., Spectral Image Complexity Estimated Through Local Convex Hull Volume, WHISPERS 2010, WHISPERS, Reykjavik, Iceland (2010)

Schlamm, A.; Messinger, D.W.; Basener, B., Interest segmentation of hyperspectral imagery, WHISPERS 2010, WHISPERS, Reykjavic, Iceland (2010)

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Basener, W.; Schlamm, A.; Messinger, D.W.; Ientilucci, E.J., A detection identification process with geometric target detection and subpixel spectral visualization, Workshop on Hyperspectral Image and Signal Processing – Evolution in Remote Sensing, WHISPERS, WHISPERS 2011, HYPERSPECTRAL METHODS FOR DIFFICULT TARGET DETEDTION(2), Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal, June (2011)

Bartlett, B.D.; Schlamm, A.; Salvaggio, C.; Messinger, D.W., Anomaly detection of man-made objects using spectro-polarimetric imagery, Proceeding of SPIE, Defense and Security Symposium, Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery XVII, Spectral Data Analysis Methodologies I, 8048, Orlando, Florida, United States (2011)

Messinger, D.W.; van Aardt, J.A.; McKeown, D.; Casterline, M.V.; Faulring, J.W.; Raqueno, N.G.; Basener, B.; Velez-Reyes, M., High Resolution and LIDAR Imaging Support to the Haiti Earthquake Relief Effort, Imaging Spectrometry XV, Optics & Photonics, Imaging Spectrometry XV, 7812, San Diego, California, United States, August (2010)

Weiner, A.; Messinger, D.W., An End-to-End Airborne FTS Simulation for Evaluating the Performance Trade Space in Fugitive Gas Identification, Imaging Spectrometry XV, Optics & Photonics, Imaging Spectrometry XV, 7812, San Diego, California, United States, August (2010)

Schlamm, A.; Resmini, R.; Messinger, D.W.; Basener, B., A comparison study of dimension estimation algorithms, SPIE, Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery XVI, 7695, Orlando, Florida, USA (2010)

Schlamm, A.; Messinger, D.W.; Basener, B., A novel method for change detection in spectral imagery, SPIE, Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery XVI, 7695, Orlando, Florida, USA (2010)

Ziemann, A.; Messinger, D.W.; Basener, B.; Schlamm, A., Iterative convex hull volume estimation in hyperspectral imagery for change detection, SPIE, Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery XVI, 7695, Orlando, Florida, USA (2010)

Sarrazin, D.; van Aardt, J.A.; Messinger, D.W.; Asner, G.P., Fusing waveform LIDAR and hyperspectral data for species-level structural assessment in savanna ecosystems, SPIE, Laser Radar Technology and Applications XV, 7684, Orlando, Florida, USA (2010)

Hagstrom, S.; Messinger, D.W.; Brown, S.D., Feature extraction using voxel aggregation of focused discrete LIDAR data, SPIE, Laser Radar Technology and Applications XV, 7684, Orlando, Florida, USA (2010)

Basener, B.; Messinger, D.W., Enhanced Detection and Visualization of Anomalies in Spectral Imagery, Proceedings of SPIE, Defense and Security Symposium, Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery XV, 7334, Orlando, Florida, United States, April (2009)

Montanaro, M.; Salvaggio, C.; Brown, S.D.; Messinger, D.W.; Garrett, A.J.; Bollinger, J.S., Radiometric modeling of mechanical draft cooling towers to assist in the extraction of their absolute temperature from remote thermal imagery, Proceedings of the SPIE, SPIE Defense and Security, Thermosense XXXI, Infrared Sensors and Systems, 7299, 8, Orlando, Florida, United States, April (2009)

Higbee, S.; Messinger, D.W.; Tra, Y.; Voelkel, J.; Chilton, L., A Bayesian Approach to Identification of Gaseous Effluents in Passive LWIR Imagery, Proceedings of SPIE, Defense and Security Symposium, Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery XV, 7334, Orlando, Florida, United States, April (2009)

Doster, T.; Ross, D.; Messinger, D.W.; Basener, B., Anomaly Clustering in Hyperspectral Images, Proceedings of SPIE, Defense and Security Symposium, Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery XV, 7334, Orlando, Florida, United States, April (2009)

Schlamm, A.; Messinger, D.W.; Basener, B., Effect of manmade pixels on the inherent dimension of natural material distributions , Proceedings of SPIE, Defense and Security Symposium, Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery XV, 7334, Orlando, Florida, United States (2009)

Kwong, J.; Messinger, D.W.; Middleton, W.D., Hyperspectral Clustering and Unmixing for Studying the Ecology of State Formation and Complex Societies, Proceedings of SPIE, SPIE Optics and Photonics, Imaging Spectrometry XIV, 7457, San Diego, California, United States (2009)

Bishoff, J.; Messinger, D.W.; Ientilucci, E.J., Oblique Hyperspectral Target Detection, Proceedings of SPIE, SPIE Optic and Photonics, Imaging Spectrometry XIII, 7086, San Diego, California, United States, August (2008)

Montanaro, M.; Salvaggio, C.; Messinger, D.W.; Brown, S.D.; Garrett, A.J., Apparent temperature dependence on localized atmospheric water vapor, Proceedings of the SPIE, SPIE Defense and Security, Sensor Data Exploitation and Target Recognition, Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery XIV, 6966, 696618, Orlando, Florida, United States of America, pp. 1505-1516, April (2008)

Gillis, D.; Bowles, J.; Ientilucci, E.J.; Messinger, D.W., A generalized linear mixing model for hyperspectral imagery, Proceedings of SPIE, Defense and Security Symposium, Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery XIV, 6966, Orlando, Florida, United States, April (2008)

Foster, M.S.; Schott, J.R.; Messinger, D.W.; Raqueno, R.V., Use of LIDAR data to geometrically constrain radiance spaces for physics-based target detection, Proceedings of the SPIE, SPIE, Imaging Spectrometry XII, 6661, 66610J, San Diego, California, United States, August (2007)

Montanaro, M.; Salvaggio, C.; Brown, S.D.; Messinger, D.W.; Goodenough, A.A.; Garrett, A.J.; Villa-Aleman, E., Radiometric modeling of cavernous targets to assist in the determination of absolute temperature for input to process models, Proceedings of the SPIE, SPIE Defense and Security, Sensor Data Exploitation and Target Recognition, Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery XIII, 6565, 656511, doi:10.1117/12.718666, Orlando, Florida, United States of America, pp. 656511/1-656511/10, April (2007)

Basener, B.; Ientilucci, E.J.; Messinger, D.W., Anomaly Detection using Topology, Proceedings of SPIE, SPIE Defense and Security, Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery XIII, Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery XIII, 6565, Orlando, Florida, United States, April (2007)

Williams, D.J.; Wadsworth, W.; Salvaggio, C.; Messinger, D.W., A hybrid thermal video and FTIR spectrometer system for rapidly locating and characterizing gas leaks, Proceedings of the SPIE, SPIE Optic and Photonics, Remote Sensing of Aerosol and Chemical Gases, Model Simulation, Assimilation, and Applications to Air Quality, 6299, 62990O, San Diego, California, United States of America, pp. 62990O/1-62990O/4, August (2006)

Messinger, D.W.; West, J.E.; Schott, J.R., Improving Background Multivariate Normality and Target Detection Performance using Spatial and Spectral Segmentation, Proceedings of IEEE, IEEE, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARRS), 2006, Denver, Colorado, United States, August (2006)

Messinger, D.W.; Salvaggio, C.; Sinisgalli, N.M., Detection of gaseous effluents from airborne LWIR hyperspectral imagery using physics-based signatures, Proceedings of the ISSSR, 2006 International Symposium of Spectral Sensing Research, Frontier Sensing and Monitoring, Novel Hyperspectral Sensors and Algorithms, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America, pp. 712-723, June (2006)

Zhang, H.; Messinger, D.W.; Montag, E.D., Perceptual display strategies of hyperspectral imagery based on PCA and ICA., Proceedings of SPIE, Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery XII, 6233, Orlando, Florida, April (2006)

Boonmee, M.; Schott, J.R.; Messinger, D.W., Land surface temperature and emissivity retrieval from thermal infrared hyperspectral imagery, Proceedings of the SPIE, SPIE, Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery XII, Emissive Remote Sensing, 6233, 62331V, Orlando (Kissimmee), Florida, United States, April (2006)

Kerekes, J.P.; Messinger, D.W.; Lee, P.; Simmons, R.E., Comparisons Between Spectral Quality Metrics and Analyst Performance in Hyperspectral Target Detection, Proceedings of the SPIE, SPIE Defense and Security, Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery XII, Spectral Methodologies and Applications II, 6233, Orlando, Florida, United States, April (2006)

O'Donnell, E.M.; Messinger, D.W.; Salvaggio, C.; Schott, J.R., The invariant algorithm for identification and detection of multiple gas plumes and weak releases, Proceedings of the SPIE, SPIE Defense and Security, Sensor Data Exploitation and Target Recognition, Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery XI, 5806, Orlando, Florida, United States of America, pp. 206-217, March (2005)

Pogorzala, D.R.; Messinger, D.W.; Salvaggio, C.; Schott, J.R., Gas plume species identification in overhead LWIR imagery using constrained stepwise regression analyses, Proceedings of the SPIE, SPIE Defense and Security, Sensor Data Exploitation and Target Recognition, Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery XI, 5806, Orlando, Florida, United States of America, pp. 194-205, March (2005)

Raqueno, N.G.; Smith, L.E.; Messinger, D.W.; Salvaggio, C.; Raqueno, R.V.; Schott, J.R., Megacollect 2004: Hyperspectral collection experiment of terrestrial targets and backgrounds of the RIT Megascene and surrounding area (Rochester, New York), Proceedings of the SPIE, SPIE Defense and Security, Sensor Data Exploitation and Target Recognition, Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery XI, 5806, Orlando, Florida, United States of America, pp. 554-565, March (2005)

Grimm, D.C.; Messinger, D.W.; Kerekes, J.P.; Schott, J.R., Hybridization of hyperspectral imaging target detection algorithm chains, Proceedings of SPIE, SPIE, Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery XI, 5806, Orlando, Florida, United States, pp. 753-763, March (2005)

West, J.E.; Messinger, D.W.; Ientilucci, E.J.; Kerekes, J.P.; Schott, J.R., Matched filter stochastic background characterization for hyperspectral target detection, Proceedings of SPIE, SPIE, Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery XI, Detection and Identification I, 5806, Orlando, Florida, United States, pp. 1-12, March (2005)

Pogorzala, D.R.; Messinger, D.W.; Salvaggio, C.; Schott, J.R., Gas plume species identification by regression analyses, Proceedings of the SPIE, SPIE Defense and Security, Sensor Data Exploitation and Target Recognition, Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery X, 5425, Orlando, Florida, United States of America, pp. 583-591, April (2004)

O'Donnell, E.M.; Messinger, D.W.; Salvaggio, C.; Schott, J.R., Identification and detection of gaseous effluents from hyperspectral imagery using invariant algorithms, Proceedings of the SPIE, SPIE Defense and Security, Sensor Data Exploitation and Target Recognition, Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery X, 5245, Orlando, Florida, United States of America, pp. 573-582, April (2004)

BOOK CHAPTERS

Messinger, D.W.; Salvaggio, C.; Sinisgalli, N.M., Detection of gaseous effluents from airborne LWIR hyperspectral imagery using physics-based signatures, Spectral Sensing Research for Water Monitoring Applications and Frontier Science and Frontier Science, and Technology for Chemical, Biological and Radiological Defense, 1st Edition, Dwight Woolard and Janet Jensen, World Scientific Publishing Company, 48, Selected Topics in Electronics and Systems, Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (2008)

SEMINAR ABSTRACTS

Messinger, D.W., Detection of Gaseous Plumes in LWIR Hyperspectral Imagery Using Physics-Based Signatures, Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science Seminar Series, March (2007)

CONFERENCE PRESENTATION (NO PROCEEDINGS)

Paul, S.E.; Nilosek, D.R.; Messinger, D.W.; Salvaggio, C., Derivation of radiometric temperature for sub-pixel targets from thermal infrared imagery using three-dimensional physical modeling techniques, University and Industry Technical Interchange Review Meeting, UITI 2008, Park City, Utah, United States, December (2008)