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Keynote Speakers
Madan M. Gupta
University of Saskatchewan, Canada
IEEE Fellow
Biography: Dr.
Madan M. Gupta is a professor (Emeritus) and holds the
position of Distinguished Research Chair in the College
of Engineering and is the director of the Intelligent
Systems Research Laboratory at the University of
Saskatchewan.
Dr. Gupta's current research interests are in the areas
of neuro-vision systems, neuro-control systems,
integration of fuzzy-neural systems, neuronal morphology
of biological vision systems, intelligent and cognitive
robotic systems, cognitive information, new paradigms in
information processing, chaos in neural systems, and
fuzzy-neural logic in law. He is also developing some
new architectures of computational neural networks and
computational fuzzy neural networks for application to
advanced robotics, aerospace, medical, industrial, and
business systems and law. His interest also lies in
signal and image processing with applications to medical
systems.
Dr. Gupta has authored or co-authored over 825 published
research papers. He has recently co-authored the seminal
book Static and Dynamic Neural Networks: From
Fundamentals to Advanced Theory. Dr. Gupta has
previously co-authored Introduction to Fuzzy Arithmetic:
Theory and Applications (the first book on fuzzy
arithmetic) and Fuzzy Mathematical Models in Engineering
and Management Science. Both of these books have
Japanese translations. Also, Dr. Gupta has edited or
co-edited 19 other books as well as many conference
proceedings and journals in the fields of his research
interests such as adaptive control systems, fuzzy
computing, neuro-computing, neuro-vision systems, and
neuro-control systems.
Dr. Gupta received his B.E. (Hons.) and M.E. degrees in
electronics-communications engineering from the Birla
Engineering College (now the Birla Institute of
Technology & Science), Pilani, India, in 1961 and 1962,
respectively. As a commonwealth scholar, he received his
Ph.D. degree from the University of Warwick, United
Kingdom, in 1967 in adaptive control systems. In the
fall of 1998, for his extensive contributions in neuro-control,
neuro-vision, and fuzzy-neural systems, Dr. Gupta was
awarded an earned doctor of science (D.Sc.) degree by
the University of Saskatchewan.
Dr. Gupta was elected fellow of the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for his
contributions to the theory of fuzzy sets and adaptive
control systems and for the advancement on the diagnosis
of cardiovascular disease. He was elected fellow of the
International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) for
his contributions to the field of neuro-control and
neuro-fuzzy systems. He was also elected fellow of the
International Fuzzy Systems Association (IFSA) for his
contributions to fuzzy-neural computing systems.
In 1998, Dr. Gupta was honored by the III- Kaufmann
Prize and Gold Medal for his research in the field of
fuzzy logic. This Gold Medal was presented by the
Foundation FEGI (Fundacio per a l'Estudi de la Gestio en
la Incertesa: Fuzzy Management Research Foundation) and
SIGEF (Sociedad Internacional de Gestion Economia:
Fuzzy, International Association for Fuzzy Set
Management and Economy) in Reus, Spain. In 1991, Dr.
Gupta was the co-recipient of the Institute of
Electrical Engineering Kelvin Premium. He was elected as
a visiting professor and a special advisor in the area
of high technology to the European Centre for Peace and
Development (ECPD), University for Peace, which was
established by the United Nations. In 1991, he was
invited by the ECPD to visit and lecture at about five
industrial and research centers in India.
Dr. Gupta is or has been on the editorial board of over
fifteen journals in the field of fuzzy- neural and
intelligent systems. Also, he has participated in the
initiation of some of these journals. He has also served
as a founding member of some of the international
societies such as International Fuzzy Systems
Association (IFSA), North American Fuzzy Information
Processing Society (NAFIPS) and Canadian Fuzzy
Information and Neural Society (CAN-FINS).
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Duc Truong Pham
University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15
2TT, UK
OBE, FREng, FLSW, FSME, BE, PhD, DEng, CEng, FIET,
FIMechE
Biography: Duc
Truong Pham has made wide-ranging contributions to the
theory and practice of mechanical, manufacturing and
systems engineering.
His academic output includes more than 500 technical
papers and 15 books. He has supervised over 100 PhD
theses to completion. He has won in excess of £30M in
external research grants and contracts.
In addition to pursuing and leading research, he has
also been very active with knowledge transfer to
industry, applying the results of his work to help
multinational companies and SMEs to generate wealth and
create and safeguard jobs.
He has lectured extensively abroad on his research and
has acted as a consultant to several major companies. He
was Professeur Invit¨¦ at École Centrale de Paris,
Consulting Professor at HUST (China), Erskine Visiting
Fellow at the University of Canterbury (New Zealand),
Visiting Professor at the Universit¨¦ Paul Verlaine
(France) and Visiting Professor at King Saud University
(Saudi Arabia). He is currently a Strategic Scientist at
Wuhan University of Technology.
He is the recipient of several prizes including the Sir
Joseph Whitworth prize awarded by the Institution of
Mechanical Engineers in 1996 and 2000 and the
Institution's Thomas Stephens Group Prize in 2001 and
2003 and Donald Julius Groen Prize in 2004, and the 5th
ICMR Best Paper Prize in 2007.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering,
Learned Society of Wales, Society of Manufacturing
Engineers, Institution of Engineering and Technology,
and Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
He was made an OBE in the 2003 New Year's Honours List
for his services to Engineering.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/mechanical/pham-duc.aspx
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Konghui Guo
Jilin University
Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering
Biography: Konghui Guo is a
famous automotive engineering expert, a professor and a
Ph.D. advisor. He was a visiting professor with
University of Michigan, chairman of the Technical
Committee of the fifth annual meeting of the
International Pacific Conference of Society of
Automobile Engineering, and chairman of the Technical
Committee of the 25th annual meeting of the FISITA. He
once served as chief engineer of the Research Center of
FAW and vice-president of Jilin University of
Technology. Now, he serves as Honorary Dean of the
Department of Automobile Engineering at Jilin
University, member of the Academic Evaluation Group of
the State Council, member of the standing committee of
the Chinese Association of Science and Technology,
Vice-President of the Chinese Society of Automobile
Engineering, Deputy Director of the Department of
Education Committee of Experts for Disciplinary
Development and Programming, expert consultant of the
International Association of Transportation and Safety
Science (IATSS), and member of the editorial committee
of International Vehicle System Dynamics.
He has great attainments in automobile system dynamics
and related fields. He has presided over a number of new
automobile development and significant research
projects, published two monographs and more than 240
papers, and gained seven prices of the National and
Ministry scientific and technological progress awards.
He is a pioneer and leader in the academic field of
automobile system dynamics, tire mechanics automobile
dynamic simulation and related fields in China. Guo
Konghui was named the top-class model worker of Jilin
Province and won the national ""May First"" labor medal
in 1986, and was chosen as one of the 50 influential
persons of Chinese automobile industry in the past 50
years. In 1994, he was elected member of the Chinese
Academy of Engineering (CAS) .
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