ExCom Workshop on Computational Intelligence

The IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS) held an ExCom Workshop on Computational Intelligence on the 9th of April, which was hosted by Distinguished Professor Jie Lu, the Associate Dean (Research Excellence) in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology (FEIT) in UTS. Over 120 academic staff, industry partners and Ph.D. students from UTS, UNSW, Sydney University, University of Wollongong, and Melbourne University have attended this workshop, including the IEEE CIS members in the NSW chapter. The UTS IEEE Student Board was also involved in the event and was available on hand to answer any questions about IEEE.

Six IEEE CIS ExCom members and world-renowned scholars from Universities in America, France, Taiwan, India, Chile, and Australia presented their latest theoretical and applications developments in Computational Intelligence:

• Prof. Nikhil R. Pal, Indian Statistical Institute & current President of IEEE CIS spoke on ‘The Open World Class Classification Problem: Making Neural Networks Say Don’t Know’.
• Prof. Bernadette Bouchon-Meunier, Emeritus Director of Research, at the National Centre for Scientific Research, Sorbonne University, spoke on ‘Fuzzy Approaches of Information Quality’.
• Prof. Pablo A. Estévez, Universidad de Chile & Co-Founder of the Millennium Institute of Astrophysics, spoke on ‘Big Data Challenges and Deep Learning Applications for Astronomy’.
• Dist. Prof. James M Keller, R.L Tatum Professor, University of Missouri, spoke on ‘Recognition Technology: Lofti’s Look to the Future from the Late 1990s’.
• Dist. Prof. Pau-Choo (Julia) Chung, Director General of the Department of Information and Technology Education, Ministry of Education, Taiwan, gave ‘An Overview of Deep Learning Development’.
• Prof. Hussein Abbass, University of NSW, Canberra, spoke on ‘Characterising Human and Autonomous Systems Behaviour in Deceptive and Noisy Environments’.

The speakers were able to cover many areas on the applications of computational intelligence, such as Neural Networks, Classifications, Fuzzy Systems, Autonomous Behaviour, Astronomy, and bushfires. These presentations by academics who are at the top of their fields, allowed the audience to gain insightful information about the significant contributions and new cutting-edge applications within the field of Computational Intelligence. The audience was inspired, captivated and delighted by these distinguished professors, which encouraged lively debates and interesting questions.