Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems

by Mircea Gh. Negoita, Robert J. Howlett (Editor), Lakhmi C. Jain (Editor)

We were very pleased to once again extend to the delegates and, we are pleased to th say, our friends the warmest of welcomes to the 8 International Conference on Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems at Wellington - stitute of Technology in Wellington, New Zealand. The KES conferences attract a wide range of interest. The broad focus of the c- ference series is the theory and applications of computational intelligence and em- gent technologies. Once purely a research field, intelligent systems have advanced to the point where their abilities have been incorporated into many conventional appli- tion areas. The quest to encapsulate human knowledge and capabilities in domains such as reasoning, problem solving, sensory analysis, and other complex areas has been avidly pursued. This is because it has been demonstrated that these abilities have definite practical applications. The techniques long ago reached the point where they are being exploited to provide commercial advantages for companies and real beneficial effects on profits. KES 2004 provided a valuable mechanism for delegates to obtain a profound view of the latest intelligent systems research into a range of - gorithms, tools and techniques. KES 2004 also gave delegates the chance to come into contact with those applying intelligent systems in diverse commercial areas. The combination of theory and practice represents a uniquely valuable opportunity for - preciating the full spectrum of intelligent-systems activity and the “state of the art”.

906 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Prof. Mircea Gh. Negoita received his M.Sc. degree from the Technical University of Bucharest (TUB), Romania and then his Ph.D. from TUB in 1985.

He is currently a Professor in The School of Information Technology, Wellington Institute of Technology (WelTec), New Zealand and the Director of Centre for Computational Intelligence at WelTec. He was a visiting professor at York University, Toronto, Canada , at University of Dortmund, Department of Computer Science, Germany, at RWTH- Aachen, Germany and to other 7 Universities in NZ, Germany, Canada, Japan, Serbia& Montenegro. He was a professor at Department of Applied Informatics, University of Galatzi, Romania and an associate professor at Department of Electronics and Information Engineering, TUB, Romania. He was HoD and co-founder of Department for Computational Intelligence at National Research Institute for Microtechnology, Romania and a senior scientific researcher at National Institute for Thermal Engines, Romania.

Prof. Negoita has over 30 years of R&D and technology development in electronic equipments, electronic integrated circuits and intelligent hybrid systems. He has reference pioneering works in the following areas: intelligent hybrid systems (Fuzzy – Genetic Algorithms and applications); evolvable hardware (EHW); applied fuzzy logic for intelligent cars. His actual areas of research: theoretical developments and applications of Hybrid Intelligent Systems in different area of social-economic life; evolvable hardware; intelligent tutoring systems; artificial immune systems. Prof. Negoita has led bilateral international research projects in Canada and Germany , and different national research projects for MICMUE ( Ministry of Machine Industry, Electrotechnique Industry and Electronics Industry of Romania) and MCT (Romanian Ministry of Research and Technology)

Prof. Negoita has internationally published 7 books in the area of Computational Intelligence, has authored more than 90 papers, was keynote speaker at several conferences, is a member of editorial board of 3 international journals, taught conference tutorials and short courses, and has chaired invited sessions to different international conferences in USA, Europe, Japan , Australia, NZ. His most recent published books: Negoita et al., “Computational Intelligence. Engineering of Hybrid Systems” Springer Verlag, 2005 ISBN3-540-23219-2 ; Negoita and Reusch (eds) “Real World Applications of Computational Intelligence” Springer Veralg, 2005 ISBN 3-540-25006-9.

He is a member of KES International Advisory Committee and was the General Chair of KES’2004 conference.

His actual areas of research: theoretical developments and applications of Hybrid Intelligent Systems in different area of social-economic life; evolvable hardware; intelligent tutoring systems; artificial immune systems. Prof. Negoita has led bilateral international research projects in Canada and Germany , and different national research projects for MICMUE ( Ministry of Machine Industry, Electrotechnique Industry and Electronics Industry of Romania) and MCT (Romanian Ministry of Research and Technology)