David Martinez

David R. Martinez is a Laboratory Fellow in the Cyber Security and Information Sciences Division at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. In this capacity, he is focusing on research and technical directions in the areas of artificial intelligence (AI), high-performance computing, and digital-enterprise transformation. Previously, Mr. Martinez served as an Associate Head in the Cyber Security and Information Sciences Division. He was also a member of Lincoln Laboratory's Steering Committee.

Mr. Martinez has held many past MIT Lincoln Laboratory leadership roles, including Leader of the Embedded Digital Systems Group and Head of the ISR Systems and Technology Division. Mr. Martinez also served in a leadership role as President and Chairman of Mercury Federal Systems.

Early in Mr. Martinez' career at the Laboratory, he led major accomplishments through the development of a series of unique high-performance embedded computing processors for multiple Laboratory programs. The signal processor work for these programs was successfully transitioned to major defense acquisition programs. He was elected an IEEE Life Fellow "for technical leadership in the development of high-performance embedded computing for real-time defense systems."

In 2008, he and his co-authors released a successful book titled High Performance Embedded Computing Handbook, which is highly referenced within the embedded computing research community. Recently, Mr. Martinez co-authored the book Artificial Intelligence: A Systems Approach from Architecture Principles to Deployment. This book is used in his MIT course called “AI System Architecture and Large Language Model Applications.”

Mr. Martinez had a significant role in growing the Laboratory's AI portfolio, and he has worked to develop strong relationships with the AI technology development community outside of the Laboratory. Mr. Martinez developed some of the Laboratory's early roadmaps for decision support, and later he and his co-authors wrote a milestone Laboratory AI Report.

He also established and chaired the workshops on Robustness of AI Systems, and Artificial Intelligence for Cyber Security. He was awarded the Eminent Engineer Award from the College of Engineering at New Mexico State University (NMSU) and was elected to the NMSU Klipsch Electrical and Computer Engineering Academy.

Prior to joining MIT Lincoln Laboratory, he was employed as a principal research engineer at ARCO Oil and Gas Company, specializing in adaptive seismic signal processing. He received the ARCO special achievement award. He holds three U.S. patents based on his work in signal processing for seismic applications.

Mr. Martinez holds a BS degree from NMSU, an SM degree from MIT, and an EE degree jointly from MIT and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in electrical engineering and oceanographic engineering. He completed an MBA degree at the Southern Methodist University.