Mahendra Mallick (Life Senior Member, IEEE) received an M.S. degree in computer science from The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA, in 1987, and a Ph.D. degree in quantum solid-state theory from the State University of New York, Albany, NY, USA, in 1981. He is currently an independent Consultant in Cambria, CA, USA. He is a coeditor and a co-author of the book entitled Integrated Tracking, Classification, and Sensor Management: Theory and Applications (New York, NY, USA:Wiley/IEEE, 2012). His research interests include nonlinear filtering, multisensor multitarget tracking, multiple hypothesis tracking, random finite-set-based multitarget tracking, space object tracking, and distributed fusion.

Dr. Mallick was the Associate Editor-in-Chief of the online journal of the International Society of Information Fusion (ISIF) in 2008–2009. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the ISIF in 2008–2010. He was the Lead Guest Editor of the special issue on Multitarget Tracking in the IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing in June 2013. He was the Lead Guest Editor of the Sensors 2021-2022 Special Issue on Advances in Angle-Only Filtering and Tracking in Two and Three Dimensions. He was an Associate Editor for target tracking and multisensor systems of the IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 2018-2024.

He worked at Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) on the NASA (Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland) programs on satellite orbit and attitude determination during 1981-1985. He worked at the Analytic Sciences Corporation (TASC, Reading, MA), ALPHATECH Inc., and Lockheed Martin ORINCON. He was a Chief Scientist at Lockheed Orincon, Toyon Research Corporation, and SAIC, San Diego, CA.