Bart Kosko

Dr. Kosko received his bachelor's degrees in Economics and Philosophy from the University of Southern California, the master's degree in Applied Mathematics from the University of California, San Diego, and a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Irvine. His research interests include Adaptive Systems, Fuzzy Theory, Neural Networks, Dynamical Systems, Nonlinear Signal Processing, Intelligent Agents, Smart Materials, and Stochastic Resonance.

He has written seven books, including Heaven in a Chip, Random House, 2000, Nano time, Avon Books, 1997, Fuzzy Engineering, Prentice Hall, 1996, Fuzzy Thinking, Hyperion/Disney Books, 1993, Neural Networks for Signal Processing (editor), Prentice-Hall, 1991, and Neural Networks and Fuzzy Systems, Prentice-Hall, 1991 (ISBN 0-13-611435-0). He has published over one hundred technical papers.

Dr. Kosko’s technical activities include Advisory Board: IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, Associate Editor: of Information Sciences, Associate Editor: of Neural Networks, Associate Editor: of Soft Computing Research Journal, Governing Board, of International Neural Network Society, Managing Editor, Lecture Notes in Neural Computing (Springer-Verlag monograph series), Co-editor of November 1998 IEEE Proceedings special issue on Intelligent Signal Processing, Program Chairman, 1987 IEEE International Conference on Neural Networks (ICNN-87), Program and Organizing Chairman, ICNN-88, Program Co-Chairman, 1990 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN-90), Program Co-Chairman, 1990 International Fuzzy-Neural Conference (Iizuka-90), Program Co-Chairman, Iizuka-92, Program Co-Chairman, INNS WCNN-93, Program Co-Chairman, INNS WCNN-96, and a former Director of USC’s Signal and Image Processing Institute.