- Delft University of Technolgy, MSc (Phys. Eng.), Jan. 1970
- University of Ghent, PhD (Computer Sci.), June 1986
Position at Delft University of Technology
Associate Professor of Knowledge Engineering and Neurocomputing
Adjunct Position
Part-time adjunct Professor at the University of Ghent,
SCS Chair in Simulation
Sciences, October 1993 - present
Teaching
AI, Neurocomputing, Simulation
Research Interests
- Knowledge engineering, Neural computing
- Conjoint numeric, symbolic and neural computing
- Modelling and simulation
Activities in Professional Societies en Working Groups
- Secretary of DBSS, a member society of EUROSIM (1980-1990)
- Member of SCS Board of Directors (1986-1998)
- SCS Vice-President Europe ( 1992-1994)
- Director SCS Europe (1994-present)
- Vice-chair of Esprit Basic Research Working Group SiE (Simulation in Europe), Dec. 1993 - Dec. 1996.
Activities for International Scientific Conferences
- Secretary of 8th and 9th IMACS World Congress (Delft 1976; Sorrento 1979)
- (General/program) chair in ESS (Eur. Sim. Symp.) series: Ostend 1988, Ghent 1990, Ghent 1991, Delft 1993, Genoa 1996, Nottingham 1998
Editorial Activities
- Assoc. Ed., "Simulation", 1993 - present
- Assoc. Ed., "Neural Network World", 1992 - present
- Assoc. Ed., "Simulation News Europe, 1998- present
- Assoc. Ed., "Syst. Analysis, Mod. & Sim.", 1982 - 1992
- Ed.-in-Chief, "Advances in Simulation" (bookseries), 1994- present
- Ed.-in-Chief, "Frontiers in Simulation" (bookseries), 1994 - present
- Co-Ed. of 10 (Simulation) Conference Proceedings
Honors and Awards
- Fellow Society for Comp. Sim. Int. (SCS), July 1993
- Distinguished Service Award SCS, October 1996
Thesis Supervision
-- PhD Theses: TU-Delft: 5, University of Ghent: 2
-- MSc Theses: TU-Delft: approx. 130, University of Ghent: 2
Publications
Some 250 published
papers