My interests span areas in physics, mathematics, philosophy, computer science, and complex systems. My early work focused on nonlinear electrohydrodynamics in liquid crystals, underwater acoustics, and phenomena like bubble populations in the ocean. I took a small detour for about five years evaluating and improving designs commercial nuclear power plants as well as Princeton's Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR)
In the 1990s, I pioneered work in memetic science and knowledge representation, developing frameworks for understanding how information and cultural units ("memes") replicate and spread through populations. This led to publications on replicator dynamics, metasystem transitions, and cybernetic immortality - exploring how complex systems can evolve higher levels of organization and consciousness.
I was engage for several decades in researching and developing technology for military applications, particularly unmanned systems and mine countermeasures. I contributed to enhancing naval capabilities through modeling and simulation, designing and advancing sensors and concepts for minimizing risks to human operators. I contributed to developing modular unmanned systems concepts and frameworks for platforms that can support a wide range of missions using standardized components and deployment methods. A fair amount of that work has been put actual fleet use.
I am currently in researching machine learning and AI with particular focus on use of Large Language Models (LLMs). I am also involved in revisiting foundations of physics and mathematics, in particular history of development of and the roles of probability and quantum mechanics.
Publications
Shaping the future of naval warfare with unmanned systems
D. Summey, R. R. Rodriguez, David P. Demartino, H. Portmann, Elan Moritz
Challenges and issues in mine countermeasures modeling and simulation
Elan Moritz
Defense, Security, and Sensing 1996
Replicator based knowledge representation and spread dynamics
Elan Moritz
1990 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Conference Proceedings 1990
Inferring Bubble Populations in the Ocean from Acoustic Measurements
K. W. Commander, Elan Moritz
Proceedings OCEANS 1989
Solving the inverse scattering problem to obtain acoustic bubble spectra
Elan Moritz, K. W. Commander
Reverberation Research Overview.
Elan Moritz
Level crossing statistics and Hausdorff‐Besicovitch similarity dimension of generalized rough surfaces
Elan Moritz, A. Kenton
Memetic Science: I-General Introduction
Elan Moritz
Flow-related heating/cooling problems in the TFTR vacuum vessel
P. Materna, Elan Moritz
a Class of Nonlinear Electrohydrodynamic Effects in Nematic Liquid Crystals.
Elan Moritz