Mr. Swears has performed research in motion pattern learning, anomaly detection, track analysis and characterization using footage from building security cameras, satellite imagery, and various ground based sensors. He has also used solid state radar detections to research multi-object tracking, track linking, genealogy, and event detection.

After completing his BS at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2001, he joined the Discrimination Group at Lockheed Martin in Moorestown, NJ where he designed and developed algorithms for the Aegis system inter-continental ballistic missile tracker. In parallel, he earned his MS from Drexel University in Philadelphia PA in early 2005 and progressed to the Tracker Team Lead in late 2005. In 2006 he joined the GE Global Research Center as a contractor, where he spent 18 months researching motion pattern learning and anomaly detection.

Mr. Swears has been employed at Kitware Inc. since September 2007 as a member of the Research Staff with a focus on Computer Vision.