学术报告第201811期

报告题目：Challenges and Opportunities in Neural Networks

报告人：Donald Wunsch教授（Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA）

报告时间：2018年5月3日星期四上午9：00至10：00

报告地点：南一楼中311

Abstract: For newcomers entering the field, neural networks offer exciting challenges, more than can be addressed in one or even several presentations. This talk will present challenges related to automated negotiations and games, describing how there has been much progress yet still many opportunities remaining. Not all challenges are scientific, however, so this presentation will also contain advice for newcomers to graduate studies or academic positions.

Biosketch Donald Wunsch is the Mary K. Finley Missouri Distinguished Professor at Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T). He is the Director of the Applied Computational Intelligence Laboratory, a highly multidisciplinary research group. Earlier employers were: Texas Tech University, Boeing, Rockwell International, and International Laser Systems.  His education includes: Executive MBA - Washington University in St. Louis, Ph.D., Electrical Engineering - University of Washington (Seattle), M.S., Applied Mathematics (same institution), B.S., Applied Mathematics - University of New Mexico, and Jesuit Core Honors Program, Seattle University.  Key research contributions are: Clustering/Unsupervised Learning; Biclustering; Adaptive Resonance and Reinforcement Learning architectures, hardware and applications; Neurofuzzy regression; Traveling Salesman Problem heuristics; Games; Robotic Swarms; and Bioinformatics. He is an IEEE Fellow and previous INNS President, INNS Fellow, NSF CAREER Awardee, and 2015 INNS Gabor Award recipient.  He served as IJCNN General Chair, and on several Boards, including the St. Patrick’s School Board, IEEE Neural Networks Council, International Neural Networks Society, and the University of Missouri Bioinformatics Consortium, Chaired the Missouri S&T Information Technology and Computing Committee as well as the Student Design and Experiential Learning Center Board. He has produced 20 Ph.D. recipients in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering and Computer Science; has attracted over $10 million in sponsored research; and has over 450 publications including nine books.  His research has been cited over 15,000 times.