2010  (1 Keynote talk, 1 Tutorial, 1 Seminar, 2 Panels)                                                                                                                                        

  1. Tutorial Speaker: “Fusion for PHM models”, PHM 2010, Portland, OR, Oct 10-Oct 14, 2010.
  2. Keynote Speaker: “Soft Computing in Anomaly Detection”, Conference on Intelligent Data Understanding (CIDU 2010), Mountain View, CA, Oct. 5-7, 2010.
  3. Seminar Speaker: “Multi-Criteria Decision Making: The Intersection of Search, Preference Tradeoff, and Interaction Visualization Processes”, IEEE Distinguished Lecture, IEEE Waterloo Section, Waterloo CA, Sept. 17, 2010.
  4. Panel Speaker: “Computational Intelligence Applications at GE”, Panel on Computational Intelligence in Industry, 2010 IEEE Word Congress on Computational Intelligence (WCCI 2010), Barcelona, Spain, July 18-23, 2010.
  1. Panel Speaker: “The need for Interpretability in SC models”, Panel on Computational Intelligence and Knowledge based System Interpretability, 2010 IEEE Word Congress on Computational Intelligence (WCCI 2010), Barcelona, Spain, July 18-23, 2010.

2009 (1 Invited talk, 1 Tutorial, 3 Seminar)                                                                                                                                                          

  1. Keynote Speaker: “Soft Computing PHM Applications”, 9th International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications (ISDA 2009), Pisa, Italy, Nov 30-Dec. 2, 2009.
  2. Seminar Speaker: “The role of Soft Computing in Multi-Criteria Decision Making”, CS Dept. University of Murcia, Spain, Nov 25, 2009
  3. Seminar Speaker: “Multi-Criteria Decision Making: The Intersection of Search, Preference Tradeoff, and Interaction Visualization Processes”, DLP, IEEE Schenectady Section, Oct 23, 2009.
  4. Seminar Speaker: “Multi-Criteria Decision Making: The Intersection of Search, Preference Tradeoff, and Interaction Visualization Processes”, DSES Dept., RPI, Troy, NY, April 14, 2009.
  5. Tutorial Speaker: “Multi-Criteria Decision Making: The Intersection of Search, Preference Tradeoff, and Interaction Visualization Processes”, IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (IEEE MCDM 2009), Nashville, TN, Mar. 30-Apr. 2, 2009

2008 (4 Keynote Speeches, 1 Invited talk, 2 Seminar, 1 Panel)
  1. Keynote Speaker: “Soft Computing PHM Applications”, 5th International Conference on Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Automatic Control (CCE-2008), Mexico City, Mexico, Nov 12-14, 2008.
  2. Keynote Speaker: “Computational Intelligence in Prognostics and Health Management (PHM): Applications in Rail and Industrial Asset Management”, International Workshop on Computational Intelligence in Security for Information Systems (CISIS 2008), Genova Italy, Oct 23-24, 2008.
  3. Keynote Speaker: “Soft Computing PHM Applications”, 8th International FLINS Conference on Applied Artificial Intelligence (FLINS'08), Madrid, Spain, September 21-24, 2008
  4. Invited Talk: “PHM Activities at GE Global Research Industrial AI Laboratory”, NASA Conference for Intelligent Data Understanding (NASA CIDU), September 9-10, 2008.
  5. Panelist: Industrial Applications of Computational Intelligence, WCCI 2008 Hong Kong, China, June 1-6, 2008
  6. Seminar: “Design of Local Fuzzy Models Using Evolutionary Algorithms: An Application to Asset Utilization”, CS Dept. University of Murcia, Spain, April 3, 2008
  7. Seminar: “Soft Computing Applications to Prognostics and Health Management (PHM): Leveraging Field Data and Domain Knowledge”, AI Research Institute (IIIA-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain, March 31, 2008
  8. Keynote Speaker: “Industrial and Commercial Applications of Computational Intelligence”, 2008 IST Graduate Symposium, Penn State's College of Information Sciences and Technology, Jan 31-Feb 1, 2008.

   

2007 (4 Keynote Speeches, 3 Invited Talk, 4 Seminars)
  1. Keynote Speaker: “Industrial and Commercial Applications of Computational Intelligence”, 8th International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning (IDEAL’07), Birmingham, UK, December 16-19, 2007
  2. Seminar: “Computational Intelligence in Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) Management”, Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE), College Park, MD, October 30, 2007
  3. Invited Talk: “GE Global Research Industrial AI Activities in PHM”, 4th International HUMS User Conference, Winchester, WIN, UK, Sept 18-20, 2007.
  4. Seminar: “Knowledge, Time and Decisions: A Framework for Soft Computing Applications in Prognostics and Health Management (PHM)”, CIS Distinguished Lecture, Future Directions in Soft Computing - First Summer Course, European Center for Soft Computing, (ECSC), Oviedo, Spain, July 13, 2007
  5. Seminar: “Design of Local Fuzzy Models Using Evolutionary Algorithms”, Future Directions in Soft Computing - First Summer Course, European Center for Soft Computing, (ECSC), Oviedo, Spain July 12, 2007
  6. Keynote Speaker: “Soft Computing applications to Prognostics and Health Management (PHM): Leveraging field data and domain knowledge”, 9th International Work-Conference on Artificial Neural Networks (IWANN 2007), pp. 928-939, San Sebastián (Spain), June 20-22, 2007
  7. Invited Talk: “PHM Applications based on AI and Soft Computing Techniques”, First Prognostics and Health Management Conference at GE Global Research, Niskayuna, NY, May 30, 2007.
  8. Invited Talk: “PHM Applications at General Electric based on AI and Soft Computing Techniques”, Boeing IVHM Forum, St. Louis, MO., May 16, 2007.
  9. Seminar Speaker: “Soft Computing Applications in Prognostics and Health Management (PHM): A Time and Knowledge Framework”, (in Italian), CS Department, University of Salerno, April 2007
  10. Keynote Speaker: “Multi-Criteria Decision-Making: The Intersection of Search, Preference Tradeoff, and Interaction Visualization Processes”, First IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM 2007), Honolulu, Hawaii, April 2, 2007
  11. Keynote Speaker: “A Framework for Soft Computing PHM Applications”, V Congreso Español sobre Metaheurísticas, Algoritmos Evolutivos y Bioinspirados (MAEB 2007), (in Spanish) Puerto de La Cruz, Tenerife, Spain, February 14-16, 2007

   

2006 (4 Keynote Speeches, 2 Invited Talks, 4 Seminars, 1 Panel)                                                                 

  1. Keynote Speaker: “Design of Local Fuzzy Models Using Evolutionary Algorithms”, Third Latin-American Summer School on Computational Intelligence, EVIC 2006, Santiago de Chile, Chile, December 15, 2006
  2. Keynote Speaker: “Knowledge, Time, and Decisions: A Framework for Soft Computing Applications”, EVIC 2006, Santiago de Chile, Chile, December 13, 2006
  3. Invited Speaker: “Evolving Fuzzy Models to Identifying the Best and Worst Units in a Fleet”, INFORMS 2006, Pittsburgh, PA, Nov 6, 2006
  4. Seminar: “Evolving Local Fuzzy Models to Adapt in a Dynamic Environment: An Example in Asset Management” (in Spanish), AI Research Institute (IIIA-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain, October, 2006
  1. Keynote Speaker: “Evolving Local Fuzzy Models to Adapt in a Dynamic Environment: An Example in Asset Management”, ICNC-FSKD 2006, Xi’An, China, September 27, 2006
  2. Keynote Speaker: “Domain Knowledge and Decision Time: A Framework for Soft Computing Applications”, 2006 International Symposium on Evolving Fuzzy Systems (EFS 2006), Ambleside, Lake District, UK. September 7-9, 2006
  3. Seminar: “Soft Computing: Combining Reasoning and Search to Design and Maintain SC Models” (in Italian), CS Department, University of Salerno, June 2006
  4. Invited Speaker: “Soft Computing: Combining Reasoning and Search to Design and Maintain SC Models”, CIS Distinguished Lecture, CIS Montreal Chapter, Montreal, Canada, 2006
  5. Panelist: “Prognostics and Health management at GE”, National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA), Miami, FL, April 17, 2006
  6. Seminar: “Time, Knowledge, and Decisions: When, How, and What: A Framework for Computational Intelligence Applications” (in Spanish), CS Department, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Madrid, Spain, March 2006
  7. Seminar: “Time, Knowledge, and Decisions: When, How, and What: A Framework for Computational Intelligence Applications”, CMU Robotics Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, Feb. 23, 2006

   

2005 (4 Keynote Speeches, 1 Seminar, 1 Panel)                                                                                       

1.      Seminar: “Time, Knowledge, and Decisions: When, How, and What: A Framework for Computational Intelligence Applications”, CDS Seminar, GE Global Research, Niskayuna, NY, December 1, 2005

2.      Keynote Speaker: “Soft Computing: Combining Reasoning and Search to Design and Maintain SC Models”, MICAI 2005, Monterrey, Mexico, November 14-18, 2005

3.      Keynote Speaker: “Computational Intelligence: Combining Reasoning and Search to Design and Maintain CI Models” (in Spanish), Simposio de Inteligencia Computacional (SICO 2005) CEDI’2005 (S16), Granada, Spain, September 13, 2005

4.      Panelist: “Technology Transfer for Computational Intelligence”, EUSFLAT 2005, Barcelona, September 7-9, 2005

5.      Keynote Speaker: “Fuzzy Evolutionary Systems: First Steps Toward Supporting Model Lifecycle”, NAFIPS 2005, Ann Arbor, MI, June 22-25, 2005

6.      Keynote Speaker: “An Evolutionary Process for Designing and Maintaining a Fuzzy Instance-based Model (FIM)”, GFS 2005, Granada, Spain, March 17-19, 2005

 

2004 (2 Keynote Speeches, 1 Seminar)                                                                                                               

1.      Keynote Speaker: “Development and Maintenance of Fuzzy Models in Real-World Applications”, Second International Conference on Soft Methods in Probability and Statistics (SMPS), Oviedo, Spain, September 2-4, 2004

2.      Keynote Speaker: “Evolutionary Algorithms + Domain Knowledge = Real World Evolutionary Computation - Using Knowledge and Reasoning to Control Search and Vice-versa”, CIS Distinguished Lecture, 7th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing (ICAISC'04), Zakopane, Poland, June 7-11, 2004

3.      Seminar: “Soft Computing: A Common Framework to Represent Meta-heuristics”, CIS Distinguished Lecture, IEEE CIS Chapter, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 11 March 2004

 

2003 (3 Keynote Speeches)                                                                                                                

1.      Keynote Speaker: “Soft Computing: A Common Framework to Represent Meta-heuristics, Artificial Neural Networks In Engineering (ANNIE '03) , St. Louis, MO, Nov. 2-5, 2003

2.      Keynote Speaker: “Meta-Heuristics and the No Free Lunch Theorem: Using Knowledge & Reasoning to Control Search and Vice-versa”, IEEE International Workshop on Soft Computing in Industrial Applications (SMCia/03), SUNY Binghamton, NY, June 23-25, 2003

3.      Keynote Speaker: “Soft Computing and Meta-heuristics: Using Knowledge and Reasoning to Control Search and Vice-versa”, III Congreso Español sobre Metaheurísticas, Algoritmos Evolutivos y Bioinspirados (MAEB 2003), (in Spanish), Gijón Asturias, Spain, 2003

 

2002 (3 Keynote Speeches, 1 Seminar)

1        Seminar: “Hybrid Soft Computing Systems at GE: Prediction and Classification Applications”, BISC Seminar, EECS Dept. University of California, Berkeley, Oct. 23, 2002.

2        Keynote Speaker: “Hybrid Soft Computing Systems at General Electric: Prediction and Classification Applications”, 2002 European Symp. on Intelligent Technologies, Hybrid Systems & their implementation on Smart Adaptive Systems, (EUNITE'02) Algarve, Portugal, 19-21 Sept. 2002

3        Keynote Speaker: “Hybrid Soft Computing for Classification and Prediction Applications”, Soft-Ware 2002: Computing in an Imperfect World. pp. 352-353, Belfast, Northern Ireland, April 8-10, 2002.

4        Keynote Speaker: “Development and Maintenance of Soft Computing Models for Decision Making Applications”, 2002 IEEE World Congress Computational Intelligence (WCCI’02), Honolulu, HI, May 12-17, 2002

 

2000 (1 Keynote Speech)

1.      Keynote Speaker: “Hybrid Soft Computing Systems: Where Are We Going?” 14th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI 2000), Berlin, Germany, 20-25 August 2000

 

1998 (1 Keynote Speech)

1.      Keynote Speaker: “Soft Computing: The Synergistic Interaction of Fuzzy, Neural, and Evolutionary Computation”, 5th International Workshop Fuzzy-Neuro-Systems ‘98 (FNS '98), Munich, Germany, March 19-20, 1998

 

1994 (1 Keynote Speech)

1.      Keynote Plenary Speaker: “Fuzzy Logic Controllers: An Industrial Reality”, 1st Word Congress on Computational Intelligence (WCCI’94), Orlando, FL, 1994

   

1993 (1 Keynote Speec, 1 Panel)

1.      Keynote Plenary Speaker: “Fuzzy Logic Controllers: From Development to Deployment”, International Conference on Neural Networks (ICNN ’93), San Francisco, CA, March 28-April 1, 1993

2.      Panelist: “Fuzzy Logics and AI”, International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI’93), August 1993

 

1991 (1 Keynote Speech)

1.      Keynote Plenary Speaker: “Approximate Reasoning Systems: A Personal Perspective”, American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI’91), Anaheim, CA, July 1991

 

 

Author: Piero P. Bonissone        Email: bonissone@crd.ge.com

 

 
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