Ed (wlawson@gmu.edu) received an M.S. in Computer Science from George Mason University in Fairfax, VA in 2004.  He currently works at the Naval Center for Applied Research in Artificial Intelligence as a biometrics researcher and has also consulted in video surveillance and biometrics at VideoNext and Blue Shift.  He is currently enrolled in the PhD program at George Mason University working on Human Gait Analysis and their applications with his advisor Dr. Zoran Duric.  He anticipates to graduate in 2008.