Date and time:
Venue: 12.08.02 (Building 12, level 8, room 2)
Sponsors:
Chair: Xiaodong Li
Abstract:
This talk will summarise my business experience of the last four years. I will talk about (1) current trends in commercial software, (2) a growing importance of adaptive business intelligence, (3) the importance of modern heuristic techniques in general and evolutionary computation in particular. I will emphasize the connection between research and practise. The talk will be illustrated by a few real-world examples of state-of-the-art commercial applications.
About the speaker:
Zbigniew
Michalewicz is Professor at the School
of Computer Science, University of
Adelaide. He completed his MSc degree at Technical University of Warsaw in
1974 and he received PhD degree from
His current research interests are in the field of evolutionary computation.
He has published several
books, including a monograph "Genetic
Algorithms + Data Structures = Evolution Programs" (3 editions, a few
translations), and over 200 technical papers in journals and conference
proceedings. He was one of the editors-in-chief of the "Handbook
of Evolutionary Computation". He was the general chairman of the First
IEEE International Conference on Evolutionary Computation held in
In 1999 Zbigniew co-founded NuTech Solutions, which under his
scientific leadership raised $14 million in venture capital, secured more than
twenty Fortune 500 customers, and currently employs around 100 people. During
his tenure at NuTech Solutions Zbigniew
attracted several high-profile investors and board advisers to the company,
including former President of Poland and Noble Peace Prize winner, Lech Walesa; Bank
of America Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Hugh McColl;
former National Security Advisor to the President of the United States, Zbigniew Brzezinski; and
world-renown fraud expert and inspiration for the movie Catch Me If You Can,
Frank Abagnale. He also helped to secure industry
contracts valued at more than $10 million from companies such General Motors,
Ford Motor Company, Bank of America, U.S. Department of Defense,
AirLiquide, PKN Orlen,
BB&T, and Dentsu. His scientific and business
achievements have been recognized by countless invited talks and publications,
including TIME
Magazine,
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Seminar Organisation
Seminars are free and open to the general public. No booking is necessary. If you are interested in giving a presentation in this seminar series, or to make suggestions for speakers, please contact Xiaodong Li, the seminar co-ordinator.