Research interests Machine learning, cognitive vision and neural fuzzy systems with applications in biomedical, financial modeling and human-computer interface..
	Research Grant Principal Investigator: “Developmental Robot-Embeded Artificial Mind (DREAM)”. Research Centre Cluster – Pilot Project US$18,000.00.   Emily - A humanoid head. Co-Principle Investigator: “Framework for Visual Information Retrieval and Building Content-Based Visual Search Engines”.  A*STAR SERC (Singapore-Poland Joint Research) Project grant for US$428K. Funded in 1 February 2008 for 3 years. This project is about the search engine on matching images to facilitate internet access. Co-Principle Investigator: “Framework for Visual Information Retrieval and Building Content-Based Visual Search Engines”.  A*STAR SERC (Singapore-Poland Joint Research) Project  US$400,000.00. Investigator: “Image Analysis Tools for Authentication and Enhanced Classification of Hand-written forensic Script Using Forensic Techniques”. NTU Applied Research Project grant for US$53,000.00. Investigator: “A Model Based Vision for Recognising 3D Object From a Single Gray-Intensity Image”. NTU Applied Research Project grant for US$82,000.00.
	Invited Talks SERC Affect Research Closed Door Discussion Meeting – A Follow-Up of Thematic Strategic Research Workshop on Cognitive Systems, organized by Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC), Agency for Science, Technology & Research (A*STAR), 7 November 2006, Einstein Room, Matrix Building, Biopolis, Singapore. Brain Inspired Visual Perception, Thematic Strategic Research Workshop on Cognitive Systems, organized by Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC), Agency for Science, Technology & Research (A*STAR), Biopolis, Singapore, February 15-16, 2006. Developmental Robot-Embodied Artificial Mind, Intelligent Devices & Systems Cluster cluster, College Of Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, March 22, 2006. Human Centric Machine Interface to Professor Mihaela Ulieru, Canada Research Chair (NSERC), A*STAR Advisory Board, Centre for Computational Intelligence, January 20, 2007. Brain Inspired Robots, Universiti Malaysia Trengganu, December 2-4, 2007. Windows and Taxonomy of Teaching Operating Systems – A Nanyang Experience, 2008 Asia Pacific Windows Core Workshop, organized by Microsoft Research Asia, 25-26 February, 2008, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. Biomimetic Robots, Monash University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 9 May 2008.

 

Research  Activities Governing Board of Asia Pacific Neural Network Assembly (APNNA) Oct 2005-Present. APNNA, founded 1993 under the leadership of Professor S. Amari, is for promoting more active interaction of researchers, scientists, and industry professional who are working in the Neural Network and related fields in the Asia Pacific region. Chair, IEEE Singapore Computational Intelligence (formerly known as Neural Networks) chapter, USA, 2007–Present. Deputy Chair, IEEE Singapore Computational Intelligence (formerly known as Neural Networks) chapter, USA, 2006–2007. Secretary, Pattern Recognition and Machine Intelligence Association, Singapore (a member of the International Association of Pattern Recognition), September 2004–Present. Secretary, IEEE Singapore Computational Intelligence chapter, USA, 2003–Present. Service as External Examiner for PhD thesis University Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia, 2001–Present. Editorial Boards of International Journals International Journal of Computational Intelligence, International Computational Intelligence society, USA, 2004–2006. Invited Talks at Scientific meetings/Workshops SERC Affect Research Closed Door Discussion Meeting – A Follow-Up of Thematic Strategic Research Workshop on Cognitive Systems, organized by Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC), Agency for Science, Technology & Research (A*STAR), 7 November 2006, Einstein Room, Matrix Building, Biopolis, Singapore. Brain Inspired Visual Perception, Thematic Strategic Research Workshop on Cognitive Systems, organized by Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC), Agency for Science, Technology & Research (A*STAR), Biopolis, Singapore, February 15-16, 2006. Developmental Robot-Embodied Artificial Mind, Intelligent Devices & Systems Cluster cluster, College Of Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, March 22, 2006. Human Centric Machine Interface to Professor Mihaela Ulieru, Canada Research Chair (NSERC), A*STAR Advisory Board, Centre for Computational Intelligence, January 20, 2007. Biomimetic Robots, Universiti Malaysia Trengganu, December 2-4, 2007. Windows and Taxonomy of Teaching Operating Systems – A Nanyang Experience, 2008 Asia Pacific Windows Core Workshop, organized by Microsoft Research Asia, 25-26 February, 2008, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. Service as a Reviewer Book Reviewer Nikola Kasabov, Evolving Connectionist Systems: Methods and Applications in Bioinformatics, Brain Study and Intelligent Machines. Springer-Verlag (New York), 2003, ISBN 1852334002, Paperback, 109 USD, done on February 17, 2004 D. M. Dhamdhere, Operating Systems: A Concept Based Approach, McGraw-Hill, Singapore, done on October 1, 2002. Journal Paper Reviewer  IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, October 2005-Present.  ACM Communication, April 2007-Present IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, April 2007-Present. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part B, 1997-Present. International Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems, July 2005-Present. Pattern Recognition Letters, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1998-Present. Neurocomputing, Elsevier Science, The Netherlands, February 2004-Present. International Journal on Computers, Systems and Signals, April 2007-Present. Conference Paper Reviewer International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, Orlando, Florida, USA, August 12-17, 2007. IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, New Orleans, USA, May 27-30, 2007. The Fourth International Symposium on Neural Networks Mandarin Garden Hotel, Nanjing, China, June 3-7, 2007. IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, July 16-21, 2006. 18th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, Hong Kong, August 20-24, 2006. International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, July 16-21, 2006. 13th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, Hong Kong, October 3-6, 2006. 9th International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Computer Vision, Singapore, December 6-8, 2006. IEEE International Workshop on Digital InfoTainment and Visualization, Singapore, November 27, 2006. International Conference on Biomedical and Phamaceutical Engineering, Singapore, 362-367, December 11-14, 2006. IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, Edinburgh, UK, September 2-5, 2005. 8th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision, Kunming, China, December 6-9, 2004. 9th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, Singapore, November 18-21, 2002. 4th International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition, Ulm, Germany, August 18-20, 1997. Joint Pacific Asian Conference on Expert Systems/Singapore International Conference on Intelligent Systems, Singapore, February 24-27, 1997. Second Asian Conference On Computer Vision, 1995. Second Singapore International Conference on Intelligent Systems, Singapore, 1994. Session Chairman/(Special) Session Organizer in Conferences Social Chair International Conference on Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Singapore, December 11-14, 2006. Track Chair On track topic Soft Computing, International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision, Singapore, December 5-8, 2006. Sponsorship/Exhibits Chair International Conference on Natural Computation–International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery, Changsha, China, August 27-29, 2005. Invited Special Session Organizer on Focused Topic On focused topic Neural and Fuzzy Computation in Cognitive Computer Vision, International Conference on Natural Computation–International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery, Changsha, China, August 27-29, 2005. On focused topic Evolving Connectionist Systems, Ninth International Conference on Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems, Melbourne City, Australia, September 14-16, 2005. Organizing Committee Technical Chairperson, International Conference of Image Processing, 1992, Singapore. Program Committee 9th Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Guilin, China, August 7-11, 2006. 4th International Conference on Information Technology in Asia 2005: Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, December 12-15, 2005. Cybergames 2005 Workshop Organization, Singapore, March 28, 2005. 11th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, Science City, Calcutta, India, November 22-25, 2004. Invited Session Chair Session topic Computational Neuroscience, 12th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, Taipei, Taiwan, October 30 – November 2, 2005. Session topic Fuzzy Systems, Eighth International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision, Kunming, China, December 6-9, 2004. Real Time Interpreter, Sixth Real Time Linux Workshop, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, November 3-5, 2004. 9th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, Singapore, November 18-21, 2002. 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