Óbuda University, Budapest, Portugal
Dr. Robert Kozma (Fellow IEEE; Fellow INNS). He holds a Ph.D. in Applied Physics (Del University of Technology, The Netherlands), two M.Sc. degrees (Mathematics, Eotvos University, Hungary; and Power Engineering, Moscow, MEI, Russia). He is Professor of Mathematics, funding Director of Center for Large‐Scale Intelligent Optimization and Networks (CLION), FedEx Institute of Technology, University of Memphis, TN, USA. He is also Professor at Research and Innovation Center, Obuda University, Budapest, Hungary. Past visiting positions include Professor of Computer Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA; US Air Force Research Laboratory, Sensors Directorate, WPAFB, OH; NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Robotics Division, Caltech, Pasadena, CA; Sarnoff Co., Princeton, N.J. Previous affiliations at University of California at Berkeley, EECS and Division of Neurobiology; Otago University, Informa on Sciences, New Zealand; Tohoku University, Quantum Science and Engineering, Japan. He has 40 years of experience in intelligent signal processing, autonomous systems, large‐scale networks and graphs, distributed sensor systems, cognitive computing, and biomedical applications. Published 9 books/edited volumes, over 350 papers, has 3 patents. Gave over 200 presentations at conferences, about half of them are plenary, keynote, and invited talks. Received research funding of over $7M, by agencies NASA, DARPA, AFRL, AFOSR, NSF, ONR, and others. Dr. Kozma has been the President of the International Neural Network Society, served on the AdCom of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, on the Governing Board of IEEE SMC Society, and Internatitional Neural Network Society. He is presently Editor‐In‐Chief of IEEE Transactions of Systems, Man, and Cybernetics – Systems. He received various awards, including the INNS Dennis Gabor Award.
University of Memphis, TN, USA
Dr. Robert Kozma (Fellow IEEE; Fellow INNS). He holds a Ph.D. in Applied Physics (Del University of Technology, The Netherlands), two M.Sc. degrees (Mathematics, Eotvos University, Hungary; and Power Engineering, Moscow, MEI, Russia). He is Professor of Mathematics, funding Director of Center for Large‐Scale Intelligent Optimization and Networks (CLION), FedEx Institute of Technology, University of Memphis, TN, USA. He is also Professor at Research and Innovation Center, Obuda University, Budapest, Hungary. Past visiting positions include Professor of Computer Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA; US Air Force Research Laboratory, Sensors Directorate, WPAFB, OH; NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Robotics Division, Caltech, Pasadena, CA; Sarnoff Co., Princeton, N.J. Previous affiliations at University of California at Berkeley, EECS and Division of Neurobiology; Otago University, Informa on Sciences, New Zealand; Tohoku University, Quantum Science and Engineering, Japan. He has 40 years of experience in intelligent signal processing, autonomous systems, large‐scale networks and graphs, distributed sensor systems, cognitive computing, and biomedical applications. Published 9 books/edited volumes, over 350 papers, has 3 patents. Gave over 200 presentations at conferences, about half of them are plenary, keynote, and invited talks. Received research funding of over $7M, by agencies NASA, DARPA, AFRL, AFOSR, NSF, ONR, and others. Dr. Kozma has been the President of the International Neural Network Society, served on the AdCom of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, on the Governing Board of IEEE SMC Society, and Internatitional Neural Network Society. He is presently Editor‐In‐Chief of IEEE Transactions of Systems, Man, and Cybernetics – Systems. He received various awards, including the INNS Dennis Gabor Award.
Osaka Prefecture University, Japan
Bio: Tadahiko Murata (IEEE Fellow) received his B.S., M.S., and Ph. D degrees from Osaka Prefecture University, Osaka, Japan in 1994, 1996, and 1997, respectively. He joined the Department of Industrial Engineering in Ashikaga Institute of Technology in 1997, then moved to Department of Informatics in Kansai University in 2001. He became a full professor at Kansai University in 2009. He then moved to Osaka University in 2023 as a full professor. In Osaka University, he is working for Cybermedia Center that is a supercomputing center not only for university researchers but also for public usages. He is giving classes at Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, and Undergraduate School of Engineering. His interests include multi-objective optimization, social simulations, digital twin, and high-performance computing. He was a member of Board of Governors in IEEE SMC Society from 2015 to 2020, President of Japanese Society for Evolutionary Computation from 2020 to 2022, currently Vice President for Organization and Planning, IEEE SMCS from 2022 to 2025, and Vice President of Japan Society for Fuzzy Theory and Intelligent Informatics from 2023 to 2026.