Presentations

Invited lectures, panels, tutorials, and courses (up to 5 days in person). Also see Publications for presentations associated with formal publications.

I am willing to travel to locations for presentations. I am an IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Distinguished Lecturer, and IEEE will help sponsor the event. Please reach out to me at kzhaigh@gmail.com to make arrangements.

UPCOMING

• 1. Cognitive EW, San Antonio, TX, 3-day class, week of Jan 2026. Hosted by AOC and SwRI.

  2. Assuring Embedded Cognitive Systems, Medtronic, Mounds View, MN, 17 Dec 2025.

  3. Cognitive EW : Using AI to Solve Complex Problems, IEEE AESS Distinguished Lecture, INHA University, Incheon, South Korea, 17 Oct 2025.

  4. Cognitive EW Tutorial. Seoul, South Korea. 16 Oct 2025. Hosted by AOC.

  5. Cognitive EW: More than Just Machine Learning, AOC Asia, Seoul, South Korea, 16 Oct 2025.

  6. Cognitive EW, Minot AFB, ND, 3 Oct 2025.

  7. Cognitive EW, Grand Forks AFB, ND, 26 Sep 2025.

  8. Cognitive EW, Eglin AFB, OH, 2-day class, week of 22 Sep 2025.

PAST

• 9. Cognitive EW, Edwards AFB Test Pilot School, CA, 2-day class, 20-21 Aug 2025.

  10. Cognitive EW, EMSO School, NAS Pensacola, FL, 18 Aug 2025.

  11. Cognitive EW, AFRL Dayton, OH, 3-day class, 11-13 Aug 2025.

  12. Cognitive EW, NATO Summer School for Young EW Engineers, Loughborough, UK, 24 Jul 2025.

  13. Cognitive EW: Data Requirements for AI, IEEE AESS Distinguished Lecture, Webinar, 9 Jul 2025.

  14. Assuring Cognitive EW, Nashua, NH. 5 June 2025. Hosted by AOC and Rohde & Schwarz. Registration.

  15. Assuring Cognitive EW, Aberdeen, MD, 3 June 2025. Hosted by AOC and Rohde & Schwarz. Registration.

  16. Cognitive EW, Rome, Italy, 12-14 May 2025. Elettronica.

  17. Assuring Cognitive EW, Coppell, TX, 17 Apr 2025. Hosted by Rohde & Schwarz. Registration.

  18. Assuring Cognitive EW, Denver, CO, 16 Apr 2025. Registration. Co-hosted by Rohde & Schwarz, IEEE Denver High Plains joint chapter of AESS / Signal Processing Society.

  19. Cognitive EW: An AI Approach, Salt Lake City, UT, 15 Apr 2025. IEEE AESS Distinguished Lecture at the University of Utah. Co-sponsored by IEEE Utah Joint Section, the University of Utah Electrical Engineering, and Rohde & Schwarz.

  20. Cognitive EW, Stockholm, Sweden (hosted by Saab), 14 March 2025

  21. Unlocking the Power of Embedded AI, Lecture to Army Program Executive Office Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI), 4 Feb 2025. Orlando, FL.

  22. The Cognitive EW Test & Evaluation Roadmap, RF Configuration Control Board (RF CCB), Nellis AFB, NV, 30 Jan 2025.

  23. Assuring Cognitive EW Systems, 4-hour tutorial, 22 Jan 2024. Ottawa, Ontario. Hosted by Rohde & Schwarz. Registration.

  24. Assuring Cognitive Systems, UMN Code Freeze. Minneapolis, MN, 16 Jan 2024.

  25. Cognitive Electronic Warfare, 4-hour tutorial, AOC International Symposium, National Harbor, MD, 10 Dec 2024.

  26. Cognitive Electronic Warfare, 2-day course, Singapore, 5-6 December 2024. Hosted by NanYang ENC.

  27. Cognitive Electronic Warfare, Lecture to EUCOM, Minneapolis, MN. 16 Nov 2024.

  28. Assuring In-mission Learning for Electronic Warfare, IEEE AESS Distinguished Lecture, Madison, WI, 8 Nov 2024. Registration 

  29. Cognitive Electronic Warfare, EMSO School, NAS Pensacola, FL, 4 Nov 2024.

  30. Assuring Cognitive EW Systems, 4-hour tutorial, 30 Oct 2024, Baltimore, MD. Hosted by Rohde & Schwarz.

  31. Assuring Cognitive EW Systems, 4-hour tutorial, 29 Oct 2024, Owego, NY. Hosted by Rohde & Schwarz.

  32. Cognitive Electronic Warfare, EMSO School, NAS Pensacola, FL, 30 August 2024

  33. Using AI+RF to Track Poaching and Terrorism, IEEE AESS Distinguished Lecture at IEEE Tech Ignite Summer School on Sustainable Technologies, Nairobi, Kenya, 19 August 2024. Announcement.

  34. Cognitive Communications Electronic Warfare, NIWC Atlantic. 3-day course, co-taught with the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI). Charleston, SC, 6-8 Aug 2024

  35. Cognitive Electronic Warfare, Tutorial, ITEA Multi-Domain Operations Workshop, Alexandria, VA, 16 July 2024.

  36. Panel Moderator, Cognitive EW Testing, Washington DC, July 2024.

  37. Speed of AI in EW, Washington DC, July 2024.

  38. Testing Cognitive EW, Distinguished Speaker, AOC 2024, Crane, IN, 25-27 June 2024. Registration.

  39. Assuring Cognitive EW Systems, 4-hour tutorial, Newark, NJ, 6 June 2024. Hosted by Rohde & Schwarz.

  40. Assuring Cognitive EW Systems, 4-hour tutorial, Syracuse, NY, 5 June 2024. Hosted by Rohde & Schwarz. Registration.

  41. Assuring Cognitive EW Systems, 4-hour tutorial, Clifton, NJ, 4 June 2024. Hosted by Rohde & Schwarz. Registration.

  42. Cognitive Electronic Warfare, Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI), Kjeller, Norway, 16 May 2024.

  43. Facing and Embracing the Challenges of Deploying Cognitive EW Systems, AOC Europe, Oslo, Norway, 14 May 2024

  44. Cognitive Electronic Warfare, EMSO School, NAS Pensacola, FL, 10 May 2024.

  45. Cognitive Electronic Warfare, Distinguished Guest Speaker. Electromagnetic Warfare Warrant Officer Basic Course, Ft. Eisenhower, Augusta, GA. 9 May 2024.

  46. Assuring In-Mission Learning, IEEE AESS Distinguished Lecture, Webinar, 23 Apr 2024.

  47. Assuring Cognitive EW Systems, 4-hour tutorial, Smyrna, GA. 12 Apr 2024. Registration (GTRI employees only). Hosted by Rohde & Schwarz.

  48. Assuring Cognitive EW Systems, 4-hour tutorial, Warner Robins (off base), GA, 11 Apr 2024. Registration. Hosted by Rohde & Schwarz.

  49. Assuring Cognitive EW Systems, 4-hour tutorial, Warner Robins (on base), GA, 11 Apr 2024. Registration  Hosted by Rohde & Schwarz.

  50. Assuring Cognitive EW Systems, 4-hour tutorial, Dayton, OH. Registration, 10 Apr 2024. Hosted by Rohde & Schwarz.

  51. Cognitive EW, 4-hour tutorial for Fleet Integrated Synthetic Technology Testing Facility (FIST2FAC), Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, HI, 7 March 2024.

  52. Cognitive RF Systems, IEEE AESS Distinguished Lecture, Honolulu, HI, 4 March 2024. Registration.

  53. Assuring Cognitive EW Systems, 4-hour tutorial, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD, 15 Feb 2024. Hosted by Rohde & Schwarz. Registration.

  54. Assuring Cognitive EW Systems, 4-hour tutorial, Fredericksburg, VA, USA, 14 Feb 2024. Hosted by Rohde & Schwarz. Registration.

  55. Assuring Cognitive EW Systems, 4-hour tutorial, Suffolk, VA, USA, 13 Feb 2024. Hosted by Rohde & Schwarz. Registration.

  56. Cognitive Electronic Warfare, EMSO School, NAS Pensacola, FL, 6 Feb 2024.

  57. Machine Learning in Embedded, Data-deprived Devices. IEEE AESS Distinguished Lecture.  Huntsville, AL.  5 Feb 2024. Registration. Recording.

  58. Tutorial, Cognitive Electronic Warfare. Missile and Space Intelligence Center (MSIC). 3-day course, Huntsville, AL, 30 Jan - 1 Feb 2024.

  59. Tutorial, (Part A: Assuring In-Mission Learning for EW) and (Part B: Data Requirements for Cognitive EW). Huntsville, AL, 29 Jan 2024. Hosted by Rohde & Schwarz

  60. Webinar, Assuring Cognitive EW Systems, AOC Webinar. Registration. 11 Jan 2024. (Recorded on-demand)

  61. Webinar, Cognitive Electronic Warfare, Defense Research and Development Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 10 Jan 2024.  Registration for DRDC personnel only.

  62. Panelist, Cognitive EW Fight Club, AOC International, National Harbor, MD, 12 Dec 2023.

  63. Panel Moderator, Testing Cognitive Systems, 40th annual International Test & Evaluation Symposium 2023, Destin, FL, 6 Dec 2023.

  64. Tutorial, (Part A: Assuring In-Mission Learning for EW) and (Part B: Data Requirements for Cognitive EW). Niceville, FL, 7 Dec 2023. Registration. Hosted by Rohde & Schwarz.

  65. Tutorial, Cognitive Electronic Warfare, 40th annual International Test & Evaluation Symposium, Destin, FL, 5 Dec 2023

  66. Cognitive Electronic Warfare, 2-day course, Canberra, Australia, 28-29 Nov 2023. Registration.

  67. Cognitive Electronic Warfare, 1-day course, Adelaide, Australia, 17 Nov 2023. Registration.

  68. Cognitive Electronic Warfare, Lunch lecture, AOC Networking Lunch, Brisbane, Australia, 15 Nov 2023.

  69. Cognitive Electronic Warfare, 1-day course, Brisbane, Australia, 14 Nov 2023.  Registration.

  70. Challenges of Testing Cognitive EW, IEEE AutoTestCon, National Harbor, MD, 29 Aug 2023. Slides.

  71. Panel moderator, Testing Cognitive EW, IEEE AutoTestCon, National Harbor, MD, 29 Aug 2023. Slides.

  72. Tutorial, (Part A: Assuring In-Mission Learning for EW) and (Part B: Data Requirements for Cognitive EW), JT4 LLC, Las Vegas, NV, 25 Aug 2023. Hosted by Rohde & Schwarz.

  73. Tutorial, (Part A: Assuring In-Mission Learning for EW) and (Part B: Data Requirements for Cognitive EW), Joint Center for EW Readiness, Nellis AFB, NV, 24 Aug 2023. Hosted by Rohde & Schwarz.

  74. Tutorial, (Part A: Assuring In-Mission Learning for EW) and (Part B: Data Requirements for Cognitive EW), Aurora, CO, 22 Aug 2023, (Registration). Hosted by Rohde & Schwarz.

  75. Tutorial, (Part A: Assuring In-Mission Learning for EW) and (Part B: Data Requirements for Cognitive EW), Colorado Springs, CO, 21 Aug 2023, Hosted by Rohde & Schwarz. (Registration)

  76. Tutorial, Cognitive Electronic Warfare. National Air and Space Intel Center (NASIC). 4-day course with hands-on component, Dayton, OH, 20-23 June 2023.

  77. Tutorial, Cognitive Electronic Warfare. Naval Air Station Patuxent River (NAVAIR Pax). 5-day course with hands-on component. Patuxent River, MD, 12-16 June 2023.

  78. EW Data Pipeline Working Group Update, JMETC Tech Exchange, Oxnard, CA, 7 June 2023

  79. AI for EMSO, GTRI EMSO workshop, Atlanta, GA, 2 June 2023.

  80. Cognitive Electronic Warfare: Using AI to Solve EW Problems, IEEE AESS Distinguished Lecture, Webinar, 31 May 2023.

  81. Cognitive EW Opportunities and Challenges, MIT Lincoln Labs Air Vehicle Survivability Workshop, Lexington, MA. 9-11 May 2023.

  82. Tutorial, Cognitive Electronic Warfare. IEEE Radar Conference, San Antonio, Texas. 5 May 2023.

  83. Panelist, Learning on the Fly: A Cognitive Approach to Electronic Warfare. IEEE RadarConference, San Antonio, TX. 4 May 2023. (Announcement)

  84. IEEE AESS Distinguished Lecture, Cognitive EW: Assuring In-Mission Learning for EW. San Antonio, TX. 1 May 2023. (Registration)

  85. IEEE AESS Short Course (2 days), Cognitive EW. San Antonio, TX. 27-28 April 2023. (Registration)

  86. Invited talk, Cognitive RF Systems: Using AI to Solve Complex Problems. University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 4pm GDC 6.302. 

  87. Tutorial, Assuring In-Mission Learning for EW, Coppel, TX. 26 Apr 2023. Hosted by Rohde & Schwarz, presentation to Boeing.

  88. Tutorial, (Part A: Assuring In-Mission Learning for EW) and (Part B: Data Requirements for Cognitive EW), Coppel, TX. 25 Apr 2023. Hosted by Rohde & Schwarz. (Registration)

  89. IEEE AESS Distinguished Lecture, Cognitive RF Systems: Using AI to Solve Complex Problems. At the Kikai-Shiko-Kaikan, located opposite the Tokyo Tower, Tokyo Japan. 19 Apr 2023. (Registration and 申込方法) 

  90. Cognitive EW. Mitsubishi Electric Communication Systems Works. Kansai, Japan, 17 Apr 2023.

  91. Cognitive Electronic Warfare: Using AI in a New Combat Domain. Lecture to the Japanese technical community, with interpreter. Hosted by the Electromagnetic Shield Laboratory (電磁シールド研究所). Tokyo, Japan. 13 Apr 2023. (Registration)

  92. Real-time Decision Making for Electromagnetic Warfare. Japan Self-Defense Forces, Tokyo, Japan. 12 Apr 2023. Hosted by National Security Research (株式会社エヌ・エス・アール), with interpreter.

  93. Cognitive Electronic Warfare: Using AI in a New Combat Domain. Lecture at the National Defense Academy (防衛大学校), Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan, 11 Apr 2023.

  94. Cognitive EW: Using AI to Solve EW Problems. Information Sciences Institute, Marina del Rey, CA. 23 March 2023. (Registration)

  95. Tutorial, (Part A: Assuring In-Mission Learning for EW) and (Part B: Data Requirements for Cognitive EW), China Lake AFB, CA, 21 March 2023. Hosted by Rohde & Schwarz. (Registration)

  96. Collaborative EW Mission Data Portal. Pt Mugu, AOC Collaborative EW Symposium. Pt Mugu, CA.  14-16 March 2023. With Andrew Christianson.

  97. Tutorial, (Part A: Assuring In-Mission Learning for EW) and (Part B: Data Requirements for Cognitive EW), Oxnard, CA. 13 March 2023. Hosted by Rohde & Schwarz. (Registration)

  98. TRMC's Sensors/Seekers, Ground, and Cognitive EW Test & Evaluation Roadmaps. RF CCB, Hosted by TETRA, a joint duty between DOT&E and DIA. Patrick AFB, FL, 2 March 2023.

      • (TRMC = The OSD's Test Resource Management Center; TETRA = Test and Evaluation Threat Resources Activity, a joint duty between DOT&E and DIA; DOT&E = Director Operational Test and Evaluation; DIA = Defense Intelligence Agency)

  99. IEEE AESS Distinguished Lecture. Cognitive EW: Assuring In-Mission Learning. Melbourne, FL.  27 Feb 2023. (Announcement)

  100. IEEE AESS Distinguished Lecture. Cognitive EW: Using AI to Solve EW Problems. Boca Raton, FL.  27 Feb 2023. (Announcement)

  101. Cognitive EW: Motivation and Key Technologies, National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC), Charlottesville, VA. 7 Feb 2023.

  102. IEEE AESS Distinguished Lecture. Cognitive EW: Using AI to Solve EW Problems. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.  4 Jan 2023. (Announcement)

  103. Cognitive EW: Using AI to Solve EW Problems, AOC Granite State Roost, Nashua, NH, 1 Dec 2022. (Announcement)

  104. Panelist: Cognitive EW , AOC International Symposium, Washington, DC, 26 Oct 2022 (LinkedIn Post by AOC) 

  105. Cognitive EW: An AI Approach, IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society, London UK, 7 Oct 2022. (Announcement)

  106. Cognitive EW: An AI Approach, AOC Recorded / On-demand, 18-hours of course material plus exercises, Sept 2022. 

  107. Cognitive EW, Keynote speaker at NATO SCI-326 Task Group on Electronic Support (ES) Enabling Cognitive Electronic Warfare (EW), London, UK, 5-6 Oct 2022

  108. Cognitive EW, Invited speaker to the 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing, Eglin Air Force Base, FL, 24 Aug 2022

  109. Cognitive EW, AOC Webinar, 1-hour lecture. 28 July 2022.

  110. Cognitive EW, keynote presentation at AOC Japan (Webinar), Association of Old Crows, 24 May 2022. (Abbreviated Abstract)

  111. Decision Making for Unified EMS Effects, invited presentation at AOC Europe, Association of Old Crows, Montpellier, France, 12 May 2022.

  112. Cognitive RF Systems, presentation to IEEE Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, 21 April 2022.

  113. Cognitive RF Management, invited presentation to Minnesota State University, Minneapolis, MN, Feb 2022.

  114. Cognitive Electronic Warfare, presentation to RAND corporation, Los Angeles, CA, Feb 2022.

  115. Tutorial (with Julia Andrusenko), Cognitive Electronic Warfare, An AI Approach, MilCom, San Diego, CA, 1 Dec 2021.

  116. Cognitive EW: An Artificial Intelligence Approach, Invited presentation at the AOC Asia Virtual Summit, Sept 2021. Video  (25 minutes webinar)

  117. Webinar (with John Brynildson), AI at the Tactical Edge: Protecting Machine Learning with Data Security, Feb 2021

  118. Karen Zita Haigh, AI for the perplexed: How does AI apply to you?, Underwater Intervention, New Orleans, LA, Feb 2020. 

  119. Cognitive Electronic Protect, invited talk at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments workshop on the “Changing Role of Data in Military Systems”, Washington, DC, July 2019.

  120. AI for the Perplexed: An L3 Perspective, invited presentation to the L3 WESCAM Drone Swarm Hackathon #hackWESCAM, Burlington, Ontario, Canada, 4 May 2019.

  121. Introduction to ML Applications for RF Systems, in the Workshop ML Applications for RF Systems at GNU Radio Conference, Sept 2018.

  122. Cognitive Technologies for the ElectroMagnetic Spectrum, invited talk at the OSD Study on Implications of Treating the Electromagnetic Spectrum (EMS) as a Domain, Workshop #8: Trends and Implications of Cognitive, Adaptive and Intelligent EM Systems and Capabilities for Informationized Warfare, hosted by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, Washington, DC, November 2017.

  123. Cognitive Learning and Decision Making for Communications, invited talk to the IEEE Twin Cities Section Fall Workshop, Minneapolis, MN, September 2017.

  124. Cognitive Learning and Decision Making for EW, invited talk to The Capital Club, Association of Old Crows, Washington, DC. August 2015.

  125. Learning to choose communication strategies to mitigate interference, keynote presentation to Georgia Tech Research Institute Technical Series: “Cognitive-Adaptive Processing,” Atlanta, GA. May 2014.

  126. Learning to choose communication strategies to mitigate interference, invited presentation at 2012 Cognitive RF Workshop, Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, NM. September 2012.

  127. Panelist, Machine Learning: A primer for CogSpectrum, panel discussion on Challenges, in 2012 Cognitive RF Workshop, Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, NM. September 2012.

  128. Artificial Intelligence for Cognitive DSA. Invited talk in the session "Cognitive and Machine Learning in DSA Environment" at the Waveform Diversity conference, Kauai, Hawai'i, January 2012.

  129. Can AI Meet the Cognitive Network Challenge? invited talk to University of Minnesota Digital Technology Center, Minneapolis, MN, Oct 2011. Slides.

  130. Can AI Meet the Cognitive Network Challenge? invited talk to AFRL-sponsored Cognitive Radio Frequency Workshop, Dayton, OH, Sept 2011. Slides.

  131. Can AI Meet the Cognitive Network Challenge? invited talk to AFRL Sensor Systems, Dayton, OH, July 2011. Slides.

  132. Karen Zita Haigh, “AI Technologies for Tactical Edge Networks,” invited talk to MobiHoc 2011 Workshop on Tactical Mobile Ad Hoc Networking, May 2011. Paris, France. Slides.

  133. Rethinking Network Architectures for Cognitive Support. Keynote address, ACM/SigMetrics workshop on Learning for Networking, Seattle, June 2009. Slides.

  134. Honeywell’s LifeCare Research Directions, an invited presentation to the The AAAI 2005 Fall Symposium on Caring Machines. Washington, DC, 3-5 November 2005.

  135. Technology for Eldercare, invited presentation to University of Washington Institute on Aging, Seattle, October 2005.