Resume
Academic Achievements
- Recipient of a prestigious INSPIRE grant from the National Science Foundation in 2012; President of the International Neural Network Society for 2015-16; General Chair for IJCNN 2011, ICCS 2011, ICCS 2018, and General Co-Chair for ICCS 2020; co-editor of several books in the area of complex systems; action editor for the journal Neural Networks, associate editor of the IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, and academic editor for the journal Complexity.
Research Experience
- Professor, EECS Department, University of Cincinnati (2011 - present); Associate Professor, ECECS Department, University of Cincinnati (2000 - 2011); Assistant Professor, ECECS Department, University of Cincinnati (1994 - 2000); Research Assistant Professor, ECECS Department, University of Cincinnati (1993 - 1994).
Education
- M.S. in Electrical Engineering from University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 1987; Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 1991.
Background
- Research interests include AI, neural networks, NeuroAI, complex systems and networks, computational models of cognition and behavior, and distributed multi-agent systems. His current research focuses on bio-inspired models of spatial mapping and navigation, and the relationship between natural and artificial intelligence.
Miscellany
- Senior member: IEEE and International Neural Network Society; Member: Society for Neuroscience.