Włodzisław Duch

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Talks abroad and talks on science in Poland and talks on popularization of science

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  1. Microsymposium on Quantum Chemistry
    October 1977, Stary Smokovec, Czechoslovakia
    Contribution: The direct CI from molecular integrals (with J. Karwowski)
    Contribution: Generalization of the Roos scheme.
  2. School on diagramatic methods in quantum chemistry
    September 1978, Bachotek, Poland
  3. Quantum Chemistry Symposium
    September 1978, Orenas, Sweden
    Contribution: Calculation of the coupling constants in
    the direct CI method (presented by J. Karwowski)

  4. Symposium on Quantum Chemistry
    April 1979, Janowice, Poland
    Contribution: Generalization of the Roos scheme
  5. Unitary Group for Calculation of Electronic Energy Orbitals
    September 1979, Bielefeld, Germany
    Contribution: Symmetric group graphical approach to the
    configuration interaction method (presented by J. Karwowski)
  6. X-th Congress of the Polish Chemical Society
    September 1979, Wrocław, Poland
    Contributions: Calculation of the coupling constants in
    the direct CI method (with J. Karwowski)
    Generalization of the Roos scheme.
  7. XXVI-th Congress of the Polish Physical Society
    September 1979, Torun, Poland
    Contribution: Direct determinantion of eigenvectors and
    eigenvalues (with J. Karwowski).
  8. School of computational methods in theoretical physics
    September 1979, Roznov, Czechoslovakia
    Contribution: Large-scale N-fermion calculations.

  9. XI-th Congress of the Polish Chemical Society
    September 1980, Wrocław, Poland
    Contribution: New approach to the CI method
  10. Third West Coast Theoretical Chemistry Conference
    April 1981, NASA-Ames Center, California
    Contributions: Symmetric group graphical approach to the
    configuration interaction method (talk)
    Direct CI program based on symmetric group approach (poster)
  11. Fourth West Coast Theoretical Chemistry Conference
    April 1982, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
  12. XXIII Congres of Theoretical Chemistry
    June 1982, Uppsala, Sweden
    Contribution: Jahn-Teller distorted states in cyclopropane (presented by G. Segal).
  13. XIV-th Congress of the Polish Chemical Society
    September 1983, Katowice, Poland
    Contribution: Group-theoretical approaches to the configuration interaction method.
  14. Microsymposium on Quantum Chemistry
    September 1983, Liblice, Czechoslovakia
    Contribution: Group-theoretical approaches to the configuration interaction method (presented by J. Karwowski.
  15. Europhysics Conference on Software Engineering, Methods and Tools
    August 1984, Brussels, Belgium.
  16. School on advanced methods of quantum chemistry
    May 1985, Bachotek, Poland
    Contribution: Graphical representation of model spaces.
  17. Conference "Microphysical reality and quantum formalism"
    October 1985, Urbino, Italy
    Contribution: The great Quantum Poll.
  18. Quantum Chemistry Microsymposium
    October 1986, Garching, W.Germany
    Contribution: Living and dying with graphs.

  19. XIV Arbeitstagung über Probleme der Quantenchemie,
    March 1987, Ostseebad Kühlungsborn, DDR
    Contribution: Symmetric Group Approach to CI method.
  20. School on advanced methods of quantum chemistry
    May 1987, Bachotek, Poland
    Contribution: SGGA CI Program
    Contribution: Application of GRMS in many-body theories
    Contribution: Holism in Physics.
  21. First International Conference on the Industrial and Applied Mathematics
    June 1987, Paris, France
    Contribution: Fixed-slope graphs in physics and mathematics.
  22. MPA Garching Lectures Series
    August 1987, Garching, W.Germany
    Contribution: How deeply can we understand quantum mechanics.
  23. World Congres of Organic Theoretical Chemistry (WATOC)
    August 1987, Budapest, Hungary
    Contribution: Structure of many-particle model spaces, p.94.
  24. Open Problems in Physics
    September 1987, Gdansk, Poland
    Contribution: Violation of Bell's inequalities in interference experiments.
  25. Third International Meeting on Epistemology: The Concept of Probability
    October 1987, Delphi, Greece
    Contribution: Schrödinger's thoughts on perfect knowledge.

  26. Workshop on Quantum Chemistry
    June 1988, Girona, Spain
    Contribution: Application of GRMS in variational and perturbational methods.
  27. Workshop on Algebraic Methods in Molecular Physics
    August 1988, Jerusalem, Israel
    Contribution: Graphical representation of algebraical problems.

  28. Sixth school of advanced methods of quantum chemistry
    June 1989, Bachotek, Poland
    Contribution: EPR Paradox and Local Realism
    Contribution: Open-shell MBPT in the spin eigenfunction basis
    Contribution: A method for localizing errors in CI programs
    (with J. Karwowski and G.H.F. Diercksen
    Contribution: Large matrix diagonalization (with O. Styp-Rekowski)
  29. MPA Molecular Physics Seminars
    August 1989, Garching, W.Germany
    Contribution: Superdirect methods in quantum chemistry

  30. 30th Sannibel Conference
    March 1990, Ponce de Leon, Florida
    Contribution: Two new approaches to CI
  31. Super! 1990 supercomputer conference
    April 1990, Gainesville, Florida

  32. Molecular Physics Seminar Series 1992
    May 1992, Garching, Germany
    Contribution: Size Consistency Corrections in Configuration Interaction Methods.
  33. NATO ASI on Correlation and Relativistic Effects in Atoms and Molecules
    August 1992, Vancouver, Canada
    Contribution: Multireference size-extensivity corrections.
  34. Quantum Chemistry Symposium 1992
    September 1992, Katowice, Poland
    Contribution: What's new in configuration interaction methods (invited talk).
  35. Workshop on Coupled Clusters in the Theory of Atoms and Molecules. October 1992, Warsaw, Poland
    Contribution: Perturbation and variation-perturbation methods for open-shell systems (invited talk).
  36. Seminar on Bioinformatics: Psychological and neurophysiological bases of new computer technologies.
    November 1992, Warsaw, Poland
    Contribution: Modeling neural networks - a physicist's point of view. (invited talk)
  37. Potential of Maple for teaching. December 1992, Birmingham, UK
  38. Do the computational sciences exist?
    May 1992, Kraków, Cyfronet (invited talk)
  39. Computational sciences: what is it?
    December 1992, Cyfronet, Swierk near Warsaw, Poland (this talk was also given twice at UMK, Torun).

  40. IX Konferencja ,,Informatyka w szkole": Metody i Środki Informatyki w Zmieniajacej się Szkole.
    September 1993, Toruń
    Contribution: Przyszłość komputerów w edukacji (invited talk)
  41. NEURONET'93
    September 1993, Prague, Czech Republic
    Contribution: Floating Gaussian Mapping: a new model of adaptive systems.
  42. The 26th symposium on mathematical physics,
    December 1993, Torun
    Contribution: Graph-theoretical Concept of Information
  43. Hity'93, Symposium in quantum chemistry.
    December 1993, Warsaw, Poland

  44. Academic Programs in Computational Science and Engineering Education, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA 10-12.02.1994.
    Contribution: Cerebrations on computational science (invited)
  45. Computer physics school
    Kraków, Poland, February 1994
    Contribution: Modeling adaptive systems (invited talk)
  46. I Ogólnopolskie Seminarium Interdyscyplinarne: Jezyk i Kultura Japonii.
    Torun, Poland, March 1994
  47. Torun Unix Center - Quo vadis?.
    Torun, Poland, March 1994
    Contribution: Cerebrations on computational science (invited talk)
  48. Open systems and information dynamics.
    Torun, Poland, April 1994
    Contribution: Information theory and neural networks (invited talk)
  49. First conference on neural networks and applications.
    Kule, Poland, April 1994 (member of the scientific committee).
    Contribution: Towards Artificial Minds (invited talk, plenary session chairman, session chairman)
    Contribution: What can you teach neural networks (short talk)
    Contribution: Complex systems, information theory and neural networks (short talk, with Norbert Jankowski)
  50. International symposium on electron correlation in atoms and molecules.
    Smolenice Castle, Slovak Republic, 14.06-18.06.1994
    Contribution: Superdirect configuration interaction method
  51. Academy of Consciousness.
    Princeton, New Jersey, USA, 24.06-10.07.1994
    Contribution: Artificial minds and the mind/body problem
  52. Japanese Neural Networks Society.
    Tsukuba Japan, November 1994
    Contribution: Mind space approach to neurofuzzy systems
  53. Parallel Processing Workshop, International Center for Molecular Science, Okazaki, Japan, 24-25.11.1994
    Contribution: Towards massively parallel CI algorithms: superdirect method (invited talk, 1 hour)
  54. International Symposium on Fifth Generation Computer Systems 1994, ICOT (Institute for New Generation of Computer Technology), Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 12-16, 1994

  55. COST meeting "Intelligent software for chemistry" (invited), Bad Windsheim, Germany 24-27 Jan 1995
  56. TRM meeting "Excited states in atoms and molecules" (invited), Bad Windsheim, Germany 27-31 Jan 1995
  57. Eastern School on "Computational methods in psychology", Kings College, Cambridge, UK, 26-28.03.1995
  58. Language and Technology, Poznan, Poland, 12-13.04.1995 (organized by Univ. of Adam Mickiewicz and European Community DG 13)
  59. ESANN'95, 3rd European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks. Brussels, Belgium, 19-21.04.1995 (member of the scientific committee, session chairman).
  60. SMC, System Modelling Control, Zakopane, Poland, 1-5.05.1995
    Contribution: From cognitive models to neurofuzzy systems (session chairman).
  61. IV Krajowa Konferencja "Modelowanie Systemów Biologicznych", Kraków, Poland, 2-3.06.1995.
    Contribution: Physics of consciousness.
  62. EANN'95, Engineering Applications of Neural Networks. Helsinki, Finland, 21-28.08.1995 (member of the scientific committee, (session chairman).
    Contribution: Feature Space Mapping: a neurofuzzy network for system identification.
  63. Phare-Tessa-Tempus workshop "Computer-aided education" Nicolaus Copernicus University, 21-25.8.1995 (co-organizer).
  64. European Physical Society (EPS) Computational Physics Summer School. Skalský Dvur, Czech Republic, 5-14.9.1995 (lecturer, plenary session chairman).
    Contribution: Psychophysics.
  65. III Internationaler Kongress, Societas Humboldtiana Polonorum "Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft im Dialog", Torun, 21-24 Sept. 1995
  66. I Krajowa Konferencja Użytkowników Matlaba, AGH Kraków, 14-15.11.1995 (member of the scientific committee).
  67. The 28th symposium on mathematical physics,
    5-8 December 1995, Torun
    Contribution: Self-organization and visaulization of multidimensional data

  68. ESANN'96, 4th European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks. Bruges, Belgium, 19-21.04.1996 (member of the scientific committee, session chairman).
    Contribution: Multidimensional scaling and Kohonen's self-organizing maps (with A. Naud)
  69. Open systems and information dynamics. (session chairman)
    Torun, Poland, 19-22 March 1996
    Contribution: Dynamical systems approach to models of mind. (invited talk)
  70. Recent Advances in Computational Quantum Chemistry, Munich, 28-31.03.1996 (session chairman)
    Contribution (invited): Artificial intelligence support for quantum chemistry. (invited talk)
  71. "Neural networks and their applications", Orle Gniazdo, kwiecien 1996, (member of the scientific committee, session chairman)
    Contribution: Tutorial "Cognitive and neural brain function modeling"
    Contribution: On simplifying brain functions
    Contribution: Feature Space Mapping network for classification (with R. Adamczak)
    Contribution: Duch W, Naud A, Multidimensional scaling and Kohonen's self-organizing maps (with A. Naud)
    Contribution: On optimal network processing functions (with N. Jankowski)
  72. EANN'96, Engineering Applications of Neural Networks. London, UK, 21-28.08.1996 (member of the scientific committee, session chairman).
    Contribution: Improved memory-based classification.
  73. W. Duch, 34th ICM Seminar: Statistic and Clinical Practice, 24-28 June, 1996, Warsaw Poland,
    Invited talk: Neural-Based Classification and Visualization Methods with Applications to Psychometry (with R. Adamczak, N. Jankowski, A. Naud, J. Gomuła and T. Kucharski).
  74. Physics Computing'96, Kraków 9/1996 (member of the scientific committee, organization of neural computing session).
    Contribution: Simplexes, Multi-Dimensional Scaling and Self-Organized Mapping
  75. International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP'96), Hong Kong, Sept. 24-27, 1996
  76. Colloquia in Artificial Intelligence, Łódz, 19-21.12.1996 (member of the scientific committee)
    Contribution: Extraction of logical rules from neural networks (with R. Adamczak and K. Grabczewski).
  77. International Conference on Fuzzy Logic and Neural Systems, Iizuka, Sept. 29-Oct. 5, 1996
    Contribution: Categorization, prototype theory and neural dynamics (invited paper, cognitive science session, session chairman)
  78. Sympozjum Kognitywne 1996: Świadomość a percepcja, Poznań, 6-7.12.1996
    Contribution: From brain to mind to consciousness - without hard problems.
  79. International Workshop on Brainware (IWB'96), Tokyo, 10-11.12.1996

  80. 5th European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks (ESANN'97), Bruges, Belgium, 16-18.04.1997
    Contribution: Extraction of crisp logical rules using constrained backpropagation networks (member of the scientific committte, paper with R. Adamczak, K. Grabczewski, Masumi Ishikawa and Hiroki Ueda)
  81. International Conference on Neural Networks (ICNN'97), Houston, 9-12.6.1997
    Contribution: Extraction of crisp logical rules using constrained backpropagation networks (with R. Adamczak and K. Grabczewski, invited, special session organizer)
  82. Engineering Applications of Neural Networks (EANN'97), 16-18 June 1997, Stockholm
    Contribution: Logical rules for classification of medical data using ontogenic neural algorithm (member of the scientific committee, paper with R. Adamczak and K. Grabczewski)
  83. Workshop on Biology as a Source of Inspiration for Technology, 19-20.06.1997, Sigtuna
    Contribution: Neurofuzzy system inspired by a model of mind (invitated talk)
  84. 4th European Transpersonal Conference, Warsaw 17-22.08.1997
    Contribution: Transpersonal theories of consciousness (invited plenary talk), and discussion panel.
  85. Fechner's Days 97, 13th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Psychophysics, Poznań, 16-19.08.1997
  86. Congress of Analytical Philosophy, Munich, 16-18.08.1997
    Contribution: Platonic theory of mind - some philosophical questions (invited talk)
  87. XVI Ogólnopolska Konferencja Zastosowań Matematyki, Zakopane 25-29.09.1997
    Contribution: Optimalization of structures and parameters of neural networks and global minimization methods, (invited talk, in polish)
  88. Neural networks and their applications, Kule, 14-18.10.1997 (member of the scientific committee, chairman of two planary sessions)
    Six contributions: New developments in the Feature Space Mapping model (with R. Adamczak); Initialization of adaptive parameters in density networks (with R. Adamczak and N. Jankowski); Initialization and optimization of multilayered perceptrons (with R. Adamczak and N. Jankowski); Extraction of logical rules from medical datasets (with R. Adamczak and K. Grąbczewski); Scaling properties of neural classifiers; Neural minimal distance methods.
  89. Intelligent Software in Computational Chemistry, The Open Moll Project, Munich 23-26.10.1997
    Contribution (invited): Intelligent recommendation in computational chemistry: how to do it?
  90. International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP'97), Dunedin, New Zealand, November 24-28, 1997 (member of the scientific committee, organizer of special seesion "From neural networks to logical rules")
    Contribution (invited): Constraint MLP and density estimation for extraction of crisp logical rules from data

  91. Fourth International Conference on Neural Networks and their Applications, March 11-12-13, 1998, Marseilles, France.
    Contribution: Rule extraction from linguistic rule Networks and from Fuzzy Neural Networks: Propositional versus Fuzzy Rules (paper with N. Kasabov and R. Kozma, presented by N. Kasabov)
  92. The 8th Workshop on Open Systems and Information Dynamics, March 3-5, 1998, Torun, Poland (organizer of a special session "Neural networks and machine learning")
    Contribution: Initialization of Adaptive Parameters in Neural Networks (invited talk, also papers with R. Adamczak and K. Grąbczewski)
  93. Fizyka u progu trzeciego tysiąclecia, 27-28.02,1998, Inst. of Physics, Toruń Poland
  94. 6th European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks (ESANN'98), Bruges, Belgium, April 1998
  95. 1998 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence, WCCI'98, Anchorage, Alaska, 4-9 May 1998 (organizer of a special session "Machine Learning and Neural Networks")
    Contribution (invited): Neural minimal distance methods
  96. Engineering Applications of Neural Networks (EANN'97), 10-12 June 1998, Gibraltar
    Contribution: Medical diagnosis support using neural and machine learning methods (member of the scientific committee, paper with R. Adamczak, K. Grabczewski, N. Jankowski N and G. Żal)
  97. Intelligent Information Systems VII, Malbork, Poland, 15-19 June 1998
    Contributions: A framework for similarity-based classification methods, and: Hybrid neural-global minimization logical rule extraction method for medical diagnosis support (with Adamczak R, Grąbczewski K, Żal G)
  98. Third International Seminar on Statistics and Clinical Practice, Warsaw, 24-25 June 1998
    Contributions: Hybrid neural-global minimization logical rule extraction method for medical diagnosis support (invited talk, with Adamczak R, Grąbczewski K, Żal G)
  99. American Neopragmatism. A conference honoring Hilary Putnam's philosophy, 8-11 Sept. 1998
    Contribution (invited): What constitutes a good theory of mind?
  100. Colloquia in Artificial Intelligence (CAI'98), Łódź, Poland, 28-30 Sept. 1998
    Contributions: A hybrid method for extraction of logical rules from data (invited, paper with Adamczak R, Grąbczewski K, Żal G) and A framework for similarity-based methods. (with Grudziński K)
  101. Symulacja w badaniach i rozwoju, Jelenia Góra, Poland, 7-9 Oct. 1998
    Contributions: member of the scientific commmittee, co-organizer of data mining special session; papers presented:
  102. International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP'98), Kitakyushu, Japan, 21-23 Oct. 1998
    Contributions: special session "Selection and optimization of neural architectures", Statistical methods for construction of neural networks. (invited talk, with R. Adamczak)
  103. Neural Network and the Brain, Beijing, 27-30 Oct. 1998
    Contribution: On neural implementation of psychological spaces.

  104. International Conference on Computational Intelligence for Modelling Control and Automation (CIMCA'99), Vienna, February 1999 (member of the scientific committee)
    Contribution: Distance-based Multilayer Perceptrons (with Adamczak R, Diercksen GHF).
  105. European Transpersonal Conference, Oslo, 31.04-3.05
    Contribution: Consciousness and the transpersonal (invited talk, plenary discussion panel).
  106. 4th Polish Neural Network Society Conference, Zakopane, Poland, 18-22.05.1999 (member of the scientific committee)
    Contribution: Alternatives to gradient-based neural training and optimization,
    Searching for optimal MLP (with K. Grąbczewski),
    The weighted k-NN method with selection of features and its neural realization (with K. Grudziński),
    A general purpose separability criterion for classification systems (with K. Grąbczewski)
  107. ESM'99, International Conference on Qualitative Information, Fuzzy Techniques, and Neural Networks in Simulation, Warsaw, 01-04 June 1999 (member of the scientific committee)
  108. Komputerowe Systemy Rozpoznawania, KOSYR'99, Trzebieszowice, 24 -27.05.1999
    Member of the scientific committee
  109. IJCNN'99, International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, Washington, 10-16.07.1999
    Contribution: Neural networks in non-Euclidean metric spaces (with R. Adamczak),
    Optimization of logical rules derived by neural procedures (with Adamczak R, Grąbczewski K, Żal G),
    Search and global minimization in similarity-based methods (with K. Grudziński)
  110. 7th European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks, ESANN'99, Brugge, Belgium
    Member of the scientific committee
  111. Intelligent Information Systems VIII, Ustroń, Poland, 4-18.06.1999
    Contribution: Methodology of extraction, optimization and application of logical rules (with Adamczak R, Grąbczewski K, Żal G),
    Weighting and selection of features in Similarity Based Methods (with K. Grudziński)
  112. Mini Symposium, Molecular Physics Group, Max-Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Garching, 19-20.08.1999
    Contribution: Knowledge Discovery in Science and Technology.
  113. FAMO, Toruń, September 1999
  114. 5th Engineering Applications of Neural Networks EANN'99, Warsaw, 13-15.09.1999 (general chair)
    Contribution: Neural methods for analysis of psychometric data (with Adamczak R, Grąbczewski K).
  115. International Interdisciplinary Conference on Metaphor and Cognition, Toruń, 25-27.10.1999
  116. IV konferencja Internetu Medycznego, Toruń, 12-13.11.1999 (member of the scientific board)
    Contribution: Metody sztucznej inteligencji w zastosowaniu do szukania informacji medycznej w Internecie.
  117. International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP'99), Perth, Western Australia, 16-20.11.1999
    Contribution: Neural optimization of linguistic variables and membership functions.
    Member of the scientific committee

  118. 8th European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks, ESANN'2000, Brugge, 23-26.04.2000
    Member of the scientific committee, organizer of a special session
  119. Integracyjne mechanizmy kory mózgowej, VII Wiosenna Szkoła Neurobiologii Polskiego Towarzystwa Badań Układu Nerwowego (PTBUN), Warszawa 5.05.2000
    Contribution: Consciousness and the dynamic models of the brain. (invited)
  120. Sympozjum kognitywne "Subiektywność a świadomość", Obrzycko k. Poznania, 4-6.05.2000
    Contribution: Kognitywna Teoria Świadomości (zaproszony).
  121. V Krajowa Konferencja "Modelowanie cybernetyczne systemów biologicznych", Kraków 19-20.05.2000
    Member of the scientific committee.
  122. 5th Conference on Neural Networks and Soft Computing, Zakopane 5-10.06.2000
    Contributions: Naud A and Duch W, Interactive data exploration using MDS mapping.
    Grąbczewski K and Duch W, The separability of split value criterion.
    Duch W, Grudziński K and Stawski G, Symbolic features in neural networks.
    Adamczak R and Duch W, Neural networks for structure-activity relationship problems.
    Duch W, Adamczak, R, Grąbczewski K, Grudziński K, Jankowski N, Naud A - tutorial: Extraction of knowledge from data using Computational Intelligence methods.
    Duch W, How does the brain work? (2 hours, special lecture)
  123. Intelligent Information Systems IX, Bystra, Poland, 12-16.06.2000
    Contributions: Duch W, Grąbczewski K, Jankowski N, Adamczak R, Optimization and interpretation of rule-based classifiers.
    Grudziński K, Duch W, SBL-PM: A Simple Algorithm for Selection of Reference Instances for Similarity Based Methods.
    Duch W, How does the brain work? (2 hours, special lecture)
  124. 4th International Seminar on Statistics and Clinical Practice, 26-20.06.2000, Warsaw.
    Contribution: Naud A, Duch W, Interactive data exploration with MDS.
  125. 6th Engineering Applications of Neural Networks, EANN 2000, Kingston upon Thames, 17-19.07.2000
    Committee member
  126. International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, IJCNN2000, Como, Italy, 24-27.07.2000
    Contribution: Jankowski N, Duch W, Taxonomy of neural transfer functions.
    Duch W, Adamczak, R, Grąbczewski K, Grudziński K, Jankowski N, Naud A - tutorial on understanding the data.
  127. International Symposium on Computational Intelligence, Kosice, Slovakia 30.08-01.09.2000
    Committee member, plenary lecture: Computational intelligence methods and data understanding.
  128. XXIX Ogólnopolska Konferencja Zastosowań Matematyki, Zakopane, 25.09.2000
    Contribution: Metody inteligencji obliczeniowej oceniające podobieństwo do wzorców (zaproszony)
  129. Colloquia in Artificial Intelligence CAI'2000 Łódź, 5-7.10.2000
    Committee member
  130. IEEE International Conference on Industrial Electronics, Control and Instrumentation - 21st Century Technologies and Industrial Opportunities, Nagoya Congress Center, Nagoya, Japan 22- 28.10.2000
    Technical Program Committee member in the area of Emerging Technologies
  131. Medical Informatics and Technologies, Ustroń 8-10.11.2000
    Plenary lecture: Therapeutic implications of computer models of brain activity.
    Committee member
  132. International Conference on Neural Information Processing ICONIP'2000, Teojon, Korea 13-18.11.2000
    Contributions: Duch W, Adamczak R, Hayashi Y, Eliminators and classifiers
    Duch W, Adamczak R, Diercksen GHF, Feature space mapping neural network applied to structure-activity relationship problems..
    Duch W, Adamczak, R, Grąbczewski K, Grudziński K, Jankowski N, Naud A - tutorial on understanding the data.
  133. Ogólnopolska Konferencja Kognitywna, Toruń, 8-9.12.2000
    Contribution: Czas zamknąć Chiński Pokój (zaproszony)

  134. 9th European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks (ESANN), Brugge, Belgium, 25-27.04.2001
    Contribution: 3 papers, special session, scientific committee member
  135. II Krajowa Konferencja "Technologia informacyjna w zmieniającej się edukacji", 14 - 16 maja 2001 - Toruń,
    Contribution: Zastosowania kognitywistyki (plenary talk).
  136. Komputerowe Systemy Rozpoznawania, KOSYR 2001, 28-31.05.2001
    Contribution: member of the program committee, + paper: Rules for melanoma skin cancer diagnosis (paper with K. Grabczewski, R. Adamczak, K. Grudzinski, Z. Hippe).
  137. The Tenth International Symposium on Intelligent Information Systems, Zakopane 18-22.06.2001, .
    Contributon: Ensembles of Similarity-Based Models (with K. Grudziński).
  138. 5th Congress of Societas Humboldtiana Polonorum, "Information Society", Wrocław 23-24.06.2001,
    Contribution: Future of the information society and information technology (invited).
  139. International Conference on Computational Intelligence for Modelling, Control and Automation - CIMCA'2001, 9-11.07.2001, Las Vegas.
    Contributions: member of the Scientific Committee
  140. International Conference on Intelligent Agents, Web Technologies and Internet Commerce - IAWTIC'2001, 9-11.07.2001, Las Vegas, USA
    Contributions: member of the Scientific Committee
  141. International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN), 14-19.07.2001, Washington D.C.
    Contributions: tutorial "Extraction of knowledge from data using computational intelligence methods", (2 h) + paper: Prototype based rules - new way to understanding the data.
  142. 7th International Conference on Engineering Applications of Neural Networks (EANN), Cagliari, Italy, 16-18 July 2001.
    Contributions: member of the Organizing Committee
  143. Towards a better understanding of genomic data: computational approaches. Children's Hospital Research Foundation, Cincinnati, Ohio, 23.07.2001
    Contribution: Understanding medical data (invited talk).
  144. International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN), Vienna, 21-25.08.2001
    Contribution: tutorial (2h), "Extraction of Knowledge from Data using Computational Intelligence Methods", + member of the scientific committee
  145. 5 congress of the Polish Neuroscience Society, 6-9.09.2001,
    Contribution: Creation of topographical maps and modeling of brain plasticity (invited talk).
  146. Polskie Towarzystwo Fizyczne, Toruń, 17-20.10.2001,
    Contribution: Fizyka umysłu (invited, plenary talk).
  147. Int. workshop on complex systems in natural and social sciences (CSNSS'01), Torun, Poland, 18-21.10.2001
    No contributions.
  148. Medical Information Technologies, Ustroń, 8-10.11.2001
    Contribution: member of the Scientific Committee
  149. International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP), Shanghai, 14-18.11.2001
    Contribution: member of the Scientific Committee, + paper: Meta-learning: searching in the model space (with K. Grudziński)
  150. Podsumowanie programu "Librarius", Biblioteka Główna UMK, Toruń, 19-20.11.2001
    Contribution: Przyszłość technologii informacyjnych i przyszłość książki (plenary talk).

  151. April 8-10, 2002, Bayer Diagnostic Lab Symposium, Berlin.
    Neural networks as an aid in medical diagnostics, talk + running workshop.
  152. April 22-26, 2002, Mexican International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (MICAI'2002), Yucatan, Mexico, member of the program committee.
  153. April 24-26.04.2002, 11th European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks (ESANN), Brugge, Belgium
    Contribution: scientific committee member
  154. May 12-17, 2002, World Congress of Computational Intelligence, Honolulu, member of the International Joint Conference on Neural Information Processing (IJCNN) program committee.
    Contribution: tutorial "Computational intelligence for data mining", and paper "Heterogeneous adaptive systems".
  155. June 3-5, 2002, European Simulation Multiconference organised by The Society for Computer Simulation International, Darmstadt, member of the program committee.
  156. June 3-6, 11th International Symposium on Intelligent Information Systems, Sopot, Poland.
    Contributon: Meta-learning (with K. Grudziński).
  157. June 5-7, BIT'2002 - BioInformatyka Toruń, workshop
    Organizer (with W. Nowak)
  158. June 10, New trends in knowledge management, IBS and WSZMiI, Warsaw.
    Contribution: panel discussion
  159. June 11-15, 2002, ICNNSC'2002, Sixth International Conference on Neural Networks and Soft Computing, Zakopane, Poland
    General co-chair, plenary talk + 6 papers
  160. June 13, 2002, Krakow, Q.Ch. Symposium.
    Contribution: short talk
  161. June 17-20, 2002, 15 International Conference on Industrial & Engineering Application of Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems. Cairns, Australia (IEA2002AIE)
    Contribution: invited plenary talk
  162. July 8-12, Neural networks in supervised classification and regression school, Porto, Portugal
    Contribution: lecturer
  163. August 27-31, ICANN, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, member of the program committee.
    Contribution: paper on tree forests
  164. September 16-17, Polskie Towarzystwo Kognitywistyczne
    Member of the committee
  165. September 18-21, Z technologią informacyjną przez wszystkie lata w szkole.
    Member of the committee
  166. September 23-24, 2002, Bio-inspired Computational Models of Learning and Memory, Lejondal castle in Stockholm, Sweden.
    By invitation only, talk: Attractor neural networks and concept formation in psychological spaces.
  167. November 18-22, ICONIP, Singapore.
    Contribution: member of the program committee, talk, 2 plenary panel discussions
  168. Nov. 13-15.11.2002, 3rd Symposium on Methods of Artificial Intelligence, Gliwice, Poland
    Contribution: member of scientific committee.

  169. 2003.02.12-14, International Conference on Computational Intelligence for Modelling, Control and Automation (CIMCA 2003), Vienna, Austria
    Contribution: member of the program committee
  170. 2003.03.26-28, Signals, Systems, Decision &Information Technology (SSD'2003), Sousse, Tunisia
    Contribution: member of the program committee
  171. 2003.04.26-28, European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks (ESANN 2003) Brugge, Belgium.
    Contribution: member of the program committee
  172. 2003.05.26-29, 4th Computer Pattern Recognition Systems (Komputerowe Systemy Rozpoznawania, KOSYR 2003), Milkow, Poland
    Contribution: member of the program committee
  173. 2003.05.11-12, II Polish Cognitive Science Society Assembly (II Zjazd Polskiego Towarzystwa Kognitywistycznego), Torun, Poland.
    Contribution: member of the program committee, short talk and panel discussion via teleconference media.
  174. 2003.06.2-5, New Trends in Information Processing and Web Mining, Warsaw, Poland.
    Contribution: member of the program committee
  175. 2003.06.11-13, V National conference on Knowledge Engineering and Expert Systems, Wroclaw, Poland.
    Contribution: member of the program committee
  176. 2003.06.23-27, Joint International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN) and International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP), Istanbul, Turkey.
    Contribution: member of the program committee, 3-hour tutorial "Computational intelligence tools for data understanding" + statistical data analysis track chair + co-author of 5 papers
  177. 2003.07.02-04, The Twelvfth Turkish Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Neural Networks (TAINN 2003), Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Çanakkale.
    Contribution: International Program Committee member.
  178. 2003.07.14-17, International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2003), Portland, Oregon, USA
    Contribution: member of the Board of Governors; one paper.
  179. 2003.09.8-10, 8th International Conference on Engineering Applications of Neural Networks (EANN), Malaga, Spain.
    Contributions: member of the Organizing Committee
  180. 2003.09.17-21, South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists Conference, Pretoria
    Contribution: plenary talk "Conscious mind as a limit of brain-like computing".
  181. 2003.09.30-1, First International Workshop on Socio-Cognitive Engineering Foundations (SCEF-2003), Inst. of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, Rome, Italy
    Contribution: member of the scientific board, discussion (virtual), short paper.
  182. 2003.12.3-5, CyberWorlds, Marina Mandarin Hotel, Singapore.
  183. 2003.12.12, Workshop: Bioinformatics and generation of hypothesis in biomedical studies, BioInformatics Research Center, Singapore.
  184. 2003.12.15-18, CIRAS 2003, 2nd International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, NUS, Singapore.

  185. 2004.01.4-7, International Conference on Intelligent Sensing and Information Processing (ICISIP - 2004), Chennai, India.
    Contribution: tutorial, discussion panel, one paper.
  186. 2004.02.11-13: International Conference on Computational Intelligence (ICCI '2004), Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, in Canakkale, Turkey, committee member.
  187. 2004.04.28-30, 13th European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks (ESANN'04), Brugge, Belgium, committee member.
  188. 2004.05.15-16, Lublin, Forum Filozoficzne, invited talk "Swiadomosc tworów sztucznych: odwrócony argument" ("Consciousness in artificial systems: reversed argument").
  189. 2004.05.17-20, New Trends in Intelligent Information Processing and Web Mining (IIPWM'04), Zakopane, Poland, committee member.
  190. 2004.05.17-20, First Warsaw International Seminar on Intelligent Systems , Warsaw, "hidden secrets of neural networks", committee member, invited talk.
  191. 2004.06.7-11, The 7th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing (ICAISC), Zakopane, Poland, June 7-11, 2004, general co-chair, plenary talk.
  192. 2004.07.2-3, The 4th Bioinformatics in Torun, workshop (BIT'04), Torun, Poland, co-organizer (with W. Nowak).
  193. 2004.07.25-28: International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2004), and International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN), Budapest, Hungary
  194. 2004.08.19-21: International Symposium Neural Networks (ISNN 2004), Dalian, China, member of the program committee.
  195. 2004.08.25-28: International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO), Portugal.
  196. 2004.10.11-13, "Informacja - Reprezentacja - System Poznawczy", III Zjazd Polskiego Towarzystwa Kognitywistycznego. Plenary Talk: 3 Projects that will change the world.
  197. 2004.11.22-25: International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP 2004), Calcutta, Chair of "Time series prediction and data analysis" track; one paper.

  198. 2005.01.7: First NTU Cognitive Science Workshop, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
    Two talks: "What is Cognitive Science", and "Introducing Humanized Interfaces".
  199. 2005.01.27-28, Gapfill, Euro-Singapore 2005, Regent Hotel, Singapore
    Meta-learning and information selection
  200. 2005.03.27-31, SETIT 2005, International Conference: Sciences of Electronic Technologies Of Information and Telecommunications, Tunisia; member of the Program Committee.
  201. 2005.03.28, CyberGames2005 workshop, NTU, Singapore; member of the Program Committee.
  202. 2005.04.18-21: KIMAS, Integration of Knowledge-Intensive Multi-Agent Systems, Waltham, MA.
  203. 2005.04.11-14: PD Forum-Conference on Computer Science'2005, Sulejów Lake, Bronislawow, Poland; member of the Program Committee, plenary talk.
  204. 2005.04.27-29, 13th European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks (ESANN'05), Brugge, Belgium, committee member.
  205. 2005.05.13-16, Bachotek workshops on NLP, information selection and metaleanring, general chair.
  206. 2005.05.22-25, CORES, 4th Int Conf on Computer Recognition Systems, Rydzyna Castle, member of the Program Committee.
  207. 2005.05.23-25, IV Krajowa Konferencja Kognitywistyczna, "Znak, znaczenie, kontekst w badaniach kognitywistycznych", Toruń; member of the Program Committee, dyskusja panelowa "Naturalizowanie świadomości".
  208. 2005.05.25, Sztuka – Mózg – Emocje, Toruń; member of the Program Committee, referat zaproszony "Neuroestetyka".
  209. 2005.05.30-1, International Symposium on Neural Networks, Chongqing, China; member of the Program Committee.
  210. 2005.06.30-2, International Symposium on Neural Networks and Soft Computing in Engineering, NNSC-2005, organized by ECCOMAS, European Community for Computational Methods in Applied Sciences, Krakow, Poland; member of the Program Committee.
  211. 2005.07.1-10, 4th conference on information and management sciences, Kunming, China 1-10.07.05, plenary talk, member of the committee.
  212. 2005.08.31-3, REI'05, 9th International Conference on Research in Electrotechnology and Applied Informatics. Member of the programm committee.
  213. 2005.09.03, EU COST Action B27 Group, Electric neuronal oscillations and cognition (ENOC), Istanbul meeting, report on activities in Poland.
  214. 2005.09.11-14, International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN'05), Warsaw, Poland, general co-chair (with Janusz Kacprzyk) + two presentations.
  215. 2005.09.15, workshop "Building Brains" organized in Torun (with John Taylor), talks: Large-scale projects to build artificial brains: review; and Large-scale projects to build artificial brains: ABACCUS.
  216. 2005.09.14-17: International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO), Barcelona; member of the Program Committee.
  217. 2005.09.26-27, Cognitive Science Symposium "Building Tomorrow’s Cognitive Systems", Aspiration Theatrette, Level 2M, Matrix Building, Biopolis, Singapore, plenary talk.
  218. 2005.10.30-11.2: International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP 2005), Taipei, member of the Program Committee.
  219. 2005.11.23-25, International Conference on Cyberworlds, Nanyang Executive Centre, Singapore; member of the Program Committee.
  220. 2005.11.28-30, International Conference on Computational Intelligence for Modelling Control and Automation (CIMCA'05), Vienna, (member of the international program committee)
  221. 2005.12.5-9, XXI Autumn Meeting of Polish Information Processing Society (21 Jesienne Spotkania Polskiego Towarzystwa Informatycznego), member of the Program Committee.

  222. 2006.01.14-15, First IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Intelligent Systems (ICEIS'2006), Islamabad, Pakistan (member of the Int. Program Committee)
  223. 2006.04.26-28, 14th European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks (ESANN'06), Bruges, Belgium, committee member.
  224. 2006.05.12-13, EU COST Action B27 Group, Electric neuronal oscillations and cognition (ENOC), Skopie meeting, report on activities in Poland.
  225. 2006.05.29-31, Third International Symposium on Neural Networks, Chengdu, Sichuan, China (member of the international program committee).
  226. 2006.06.7-9, CIS-RAM 2006, IEEE Cybernetics and Intelligent Systems Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, member of the International Program Committee.
  227. 2006.06.16-18, VI Krajowa Konf. Inżynieria wiedzy i systemy ekspertowe", Wrocław. Member of the Program Committee.
  228. 2006.06.6-8, Neurocognitive days, member of the organizing committee, 2 plenaries (Neurocognitive science, A machine that creates).
  229. 2006.06.19-22, 24 Konf Polioptymalizacja i Komputerowe Wspomaganie Projektowania, Sabrinowo, Poland (2 plenaries).
  230. 2006.06.19-22, Intelligent Information Processing and Web Mining (IIPWM) 2006, Ustron, Poland (member of the scientific committee).
  231. 2006.06.25-29, The 8th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing, Zakopane, Poland (co-chairman).
  232. 2006.06.30, Homo automaticus, Homo sapiens, experimental psychology conference, Jadwisin/Warsaw, Discussion: Homo sapiens: w poszukiwaniu autonomii podmiotu.
  233. 2006.07.1-5, The Fifth International Conference on Information and Management Sciences, Chengdu, China (member of the international program committee).
  234. 2006.07.16-21 World Congress on Computational Intelligence (WCCI/IJCNN), Sheraton Vancouver; technical co-chair; special session and discussion panel "How to reach human level intelligence".
  235. 2006.08.24-26, International Symposium on Artificial Brain with Emotion and Learning (ISABEL) - Bio-Inspired Models and Hardware for Brain-like Intelligent Functions. Seoul, Korea, invited plenary talk.
  236. 2006.09.10-14, International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN'06), Athens, Greece, program co-chair (with Erkki Oja).
  237. 2006.10.03-06, International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP2006, Hong Kong, publicity co-chair, plenary talk.
  238. 2006.10.9-11, 10th International Conference on Knowledge-Based & Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems (KES2006), Bournemouth International Conference Centre, UK (member of the international program committee).
  239. 2006.10.10-14, Brain Inspired Cognitive Systems Island of Lesvos, Greece (member of the scientific committee).
  240. 2006.11.06-10, Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Applications (AIA’06) Wisla, Poland, Program Committee Member.
  241. 2006.11.16-18, Embodied and situated cognition: From phenomenology to neuroscience and artificial intelligence. Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland; organizing committee member.
  242. 2006.11.21-24, First International Conference on Neural Networks and Associative Memories (NNAM 2006), Mexico City, Program Committee Member.
  243. 2006.12.5-8, 9th Int. Conf. on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision ICARCV 2006, Grand Hyatt, Singapore.
  244. 2006.12.11-14, The International Conference in Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Engineering 2006 (ICBPE 2006), Orchard Hotel, Singapore; PC member.
  245. 2006.12.14-15, Human emotions in voice and Body. Approaches from the affective sciences and virtual reality. Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore.



Invited Lectures Abroad
  1. Bochum University, 28.08.1984.
    Jahn-Teller Effect and MCD spectra of cyclopropane (Prof. V. Staemler).
  2. Pisa University, 3.10.1985.
    Graphical visualisation of model spaces with some applications (Prof. R. McWeeny)
  3. Stockholm University, 5.03.1986.
    On the graphical representation of model spaces (Prof. P.E.M. Siegbahn)
  4. Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Munich, 08.1986.
    Living and dying with graphs (Prof. G. Diercksen)
  5. Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Munich, 20.08.1987.
    How deeply can we understand Quantum Mechanics? (Prof. G. Diercksen)
  6. Bolognia University, 15.06.1988.
    Applications of GRMS (Prof. P. Palmieri)
  7. Toulouse P. Sabatier University, 24.07.1988.
    Applications of GRMS (Prof. Durand)
  8. Odense University, 2.07.1989.
    On the superluminal telegraph (Prof. Oddershedde)
  9. Copenhagen H.C. Oersted Institute, 3.07.1989.
    Applications of GRMS (Dr. S. Rettrup)
  10. Quantum Theory Project, Univ. of Florida, 24.04.1990.
    Variational methods and perturbative corrections (Prof. M. Zerner)
  11. Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Munich, 24.05.1991.
    Towards flexible configuration interaction method (Prof. G. Diercksen)
  12. Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Munich, 14.07.1993.
    Floating Gaussian Mapping (Prof. G. Diercksen)
  13. Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Munich, 24.08.1993.
    What can you teach neural networks (Prof. G. Diercksen)
  14. University of Arizona, Physical Chemistry Seminar, Tucson, Az, 14.02.1994.
    Neural networks in physics and chemistry (Prof. L. Adamowicz)
  15. Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Munich, 5.08.1994 (part I), 8.08.1994 (Part II).
    Mind-body problem (Prof. G. Diercksen)
  16. Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Munich, 9.08.1994.
    Neurofuzzy systems (Prof. G. Diercksen)
  17. Department of Engineering, University of Tokyo, 24.10.1994.
    State of the art and the future of CI methods (Prof. Hirao)
  18. Department of Engineering, University of Tokyo, 15-18.11.1994.
    A course in Symmetric Group Methods (15 hours) (Prof. Hirao)
  19. Department of Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science, Chukyo University, Nagoya, Japan, 26.11.1994
    From mind models to neurofuzzy systems (profs. Miyake and Miyata)
  20. Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, 28.11.1994
    Superdirect configuration interaction (prof. Nakastsuji)
  21. Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, 19.12.1994
    State of the art and the future of CI methods (Prof. Miyoshi)
  22. Kyushu University of Technology, Iizuka, Japan, 20.12.1994
    From mind models to neurofuzzy systems (profs. Yasui and Ishikawa)
  23. Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, 21.12.1994
    On applications of neural networks in physics and chemistry (prof. E. Miyoshi)
  24. Institute of Physics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, 22.3.1995
    Towards a plausible theory of mind (prof. J. Karwowski).
  25. Birmingham University, UK, 30.3.1995
    Dynamical system approach to models of mind (prof. Aaron Sloman).
  26. Inst. of Biology, Neurophysiology and Biophysics Dept, NCU, 19.05.1995
    Neural models of consciousness (prof. Janiszewski).
  27. Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu, Japan, 11.10.1996
    Neurophysiology and a Platonic model of mind (Prof. T. Yanaru)
  28. Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, 22.11.1996
    Extraction of logical rules and selection of features using neural networks (Prof. E. Miyoshi)
  29. Department of Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science, Chukyo University, Nagoya, Japan 5.12.1996
    Models of memory and learning (Prof. Y. Miyata)
  30. Biological and Physiological Engineering Laboratory, Toyohashi University, Toyohashi, Japan, 7.12.1996
    Extraction of logical rules and selection of features using neural networks (Prof. S. Usui)
  31. Department of Engeneering, University of Tokyo, 12.12.1996.
    Extraction of logical rules and selection of features using neural networks (Prof. K. Hirao)
  32. The University of Electrocommunications, Chofu, 13.12.1996.
    Neurophysiology and a Platonic model of mind (Profs. K. Tanaka, T. Kambara)
  33. Kyushu University of Technology, Iizuka, Japan, 17.12.1996
    Extraction of logical rules and selection of features using neural networks (Prof. M. Ishikawa)
  34. Department of Artificial Intelligence, Louis Pasteur Universite, Strasbourg, France, 1.07.1997
    Extraction of logical rules using neural networks (prof. J. Korczak)
  35. Department of Artificial Intelligence, Louis Pasteur Universite, Strasbourg, France, 3.07.1997
    Initialization of adaptive parameters in density networks and multilayered perceptrons (prof. J. Korczak)
  36. Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Munich, 12.08.1997
    Nearest neighbor methods and case-based reasoning (Prof. G. Diercksen)
  37. Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Munich, 13.08.1997
    General minimal-distance methods of classification (Prof. G. Diercksen)
  38. Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Munich, 18 & 19.08.1997
    Extraction of logical rules I: theory, II: Results (Prof. G. Diercksen)
  39. Psychiatrische Klinik Rechts der Isar, Technische Universitat  Munchen, 10.08.1997
    Computational models in psychiatry (prof. P. Fostrl)
  40. Max Planck Institut for Psychological Research, Munich, 22.08.1997
    Neuroscience and the Platonic model of mind (dr Harold Bekkering)
  41. Brain Science Institute, RIKEN, Wako-shi, Saitama, Japan, 4.11.1998
    Hybrid neural/global minimization methods of feature selection and rule extraction from training data. (Prof. Amari/Cichocki)
  42. Tokyo University of Technology, Ookayama - Tokyo, Japan, 5.11.1998
    A framework for similarity based methods (Prof. T.Ogawa/Y.Kosugi)
  43. Department of Computer Science, Meiji University, Ikuta - Tokyo, Japan, 6.11.1998
    Hybrid neural/global minimization methods of feature selection and rule extraction from training data. (Prof. Hayashi)
  44. Biological and Physiological Engineering Laboratory, Toyohashi University, Toyohashi, Japan, 11.11.1998
    Extraction of logical rules and selection of features using neural networks (Prof. S. Usui)
  45. Department of Information Electronics, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, 13.11.1998
    Psychological spaces and neuroscience (Prof. T. Furuhashi)
  46. Department of Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA, 19.07.1999
    Neural methods of knowledge discovery (Prof. J. Zytkow)
  47. Swinburn University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia 17.11.1999
    Neural methods in knowledge discovery (prof. T. Hendtlass)
  48. La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia 19.11.1999
    Neural methods in knowledge discovery (prof. J. Zeleznikov)
  49. Tokyo University, Tokyo, Japan, 14.04.2000
    How does the brain work (Prof. K. Yamanouchi)
  50. Brain Science Institute, RIKEN, Wako-shi, Saitama, Japan, 28.04.2000
    Understanding the data: extraction, optimization and interpretation of logical rules. (Prof. Amari/Cichocki)
  51. University of Konstanz, Germany, 20.07.2000
    Neurophilosophical solution to the hard problem of consciousness.
  52. Starlab, Brussels, 8.05.2001
    Mind from brain: psychological spaces and neuroscience.
  53. Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Munich, 28.08.2001
    Some new ideas in computational intelligence (Prof. G. Diercksen)
  54. Chinese University of Hong Kong, HK, 12.11.2001
    Hybrid neural/global minimization methods of feature selection and logical rule extraction from the training data (Prof. I. King)
  55. Bayer Diagnostics, Terrytown, NY, 3.05.2002
    Neural networks as an aid in medical diagnostics.
  56. Children's Hospital Research Foundation, Cincinnati, 9.05.2002
    GhostMiner approach to data mining.
  57. School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 1.07.2002
    Understanding of data using Computational Intelligence methods.
  58. Department of Computer Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa, 16.09.2003
    Computational Intelligence Methods for Data Understanding.
  59. School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 3.11.2003
    Avatars, lingubots and machine consciousness.
  60. Center for Computational Intelligence, Nanyang Technological University, 1.11.2004
    Humanized InTerfaces (also short presentations on Oct 6).
  61. Children's Hospital Research Foundation, Cincinnati, 5.02.2005
    The Semantic Retrieval System: Real-time System for Classifying and Retrieving Unstructured Pediatric Clinical Annotations.
  62. Children's Hospital Research Foundation, Cincinnati, 24.06.2005
    Total cognitive care for development of perfect baby brains
  63. School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 17.11.2005
    Creativity, Intuition, Emotions and Perceptual Learning.
  64. Brain Science Institute, RIKEN, Wako-shi, Saitama, Japan, 4.01.2006
    Creativity, Intuition and Perceptual Learning.
  65. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA, Feb. 2006
    Neurocognitve NLP. Towards human-level competence.
  66. National Institute of Education (NIE), 29.11.2006
    Infant Development. Summary of relevant science.
    Total cognitive care for development of perfect brains ...
  67. Brain Science Institute, RIKEN, Wako-shi, Saitama, Japan, 10.01.2007
    Automatic Discovery of Shared Interest Minimum Spanning Trees Displaying Semantic Similarity.
  68. Brain Science Institute, RIKEN, Wako-shi, Saitama, Japan, 11.01.2007
    I-Do-Care Project: Developing Perfect Babies.


Invited lectures given in Poland (różne referaty wygłoszone w Polsce, niektóre w języku angielskim).

  1. Zjazd studenckich kół naukowych, Wojskowa Akademia Techniczna 1975
    O logikach kwantowych (On quantum logics).
  2. Physical Chemistry Group, UMK, Toruń, 1979
    Stałe sprzężenia w metodzie bezpośredniego oddziaływania konfiguracyjnego (Coupling Constants in Direct CI).
  3. Polish Physical Society, UMK Toruń, 11.11.1982
    Jahn-Teller effect
  4. Zakład Fizyki Chemicznej (Physical Chem. Group), UMK, Toruń, 26.11.1982.
    Variational-perturbational CI Method
  5. Zakład Fizyki Chemicznej (Physical Chem. Group), UMK, Toruń, 30.11.1982.
    Theory of Jahn-Teller effect
  6. Zakład Fizyki Chemicznej (Physical Chem. Group), UMK, Toruń, 6.12.1982.
    Vibronic Spectra and MCD Spectra of Cyclopropane
  7. Zakład Fizyki Chemicznej (Physical Chem. Group), UMK, Toruń, 2.05.1983.
    Introduction to AI.
  8. Zakład Fizyki Chemicznej (Physical Chem. Group), UMK, Toruń, 9.05.1983.
    Philosophical problems of AI.
  9. Congres of Polish Chem. Soc. Katowice, 22. 09.1983.
    Group-Theoretical Approaches to CI.
  10. W O S, Planetarium Grudziądz, 1983
    Czarne dziury i Natura Buddy (Black holes and Budda Nature)
  11. Zakład Fizyki Chemicznej (Physical Chem. Group), 6.10.1983.
    Construction of the symmetric group representation matrices
  12. Zakład Fizyki Chemicznej (Physical Chem. Group), 8.11.1983.
    EPR paradox, Bell's theorem and superluminal communication
  13. Seminarium Polskiego Towarzystwa Fizycznego, Inst. Fizyki UMK, Toruń, 16.02.1984.
    Quantum Mechanics and superluminal communication.
  14. Zakład Fizyki Chemicznej (Physical Chem. Group), UMK Toruń 9 & 23.10.1984.
    Unitary Group: Beautiful Mathematics but is it necessary ?
  15. Zakład Fizyki Chemicznej (Physical Chem. Group), 3.03.1987.
    Kwantowa Zasada Macha (Quantum Mach Principle)
  16. Wrocław Technical University, 24.05.1987.
    GRMS, or graphical representation of model spaces
  17. Seminarium Polskiego Towarzystwa Fizycznego, Szczecin, 24.04.1987.
    Holism in Physics
  18. Seminarium międzyzakładowe, IF UMK, 16.11.1987.
    Math, Chemistry & Physics
  19. Seminarium międzyzakładowe, IF UMK, 15.12.1987.
    Superluminal Telegraph
  20. Seminarium międzyzakładowe, IF UMK, 8.03.1988.
    Application of GRMS to open-shell RSPT
  21. Seminarium Polskiego Towarzystwa Fizycznego, Inst. Fizyki UMK, Toruń, 17.11.1988.
    Komputery w nauce i nie tylko
  22. Seminarium międzyzakładowe, IF UMK, 25.04.1989.
    Zabawa w Monte-Carlo
  23. Instytut Fizyki Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, 8.05.1989.
    Symulacje komputerowe w fizyce molekularnej
  24. Seminarium międzyzakładowe, IF UMK, 10.10.1989.
    Superbezpośrednie CI
  25. Seminarium międzyzakładowe, IF UMK: Part I (20.04.1993)
    Complex systems, information theory and neural networks
  26. Seminarium międzyzakładowe, IF UMK, Part II (27.04.1993)
    Complex systems, information theory and neural networks
  27. Seminarium Polskiego Towarzystwa Fizycznego, Inst. Fizyki UMK, Toruń, 21.10.1993.
    Poprawianie Boga: modele neuronalne.
  28. Seminarium międzyzakładowe, IF UMK, 11.01.94
    Neural networks in Physics and Chemistry
  29. Inst. of Biology, Neurophysiology and Biophysics group (prof. Janiszewski), UMK, 19.05.1995
    Neuronowe modele świadomości.
  30. Konwersatorium kognitywne UMK, Torun 23.05.1995
    Fizyka i metafizyka świadomości (Physics and metaphysics of consciousness).
  31. Lubelskie Towarzystwo Naukowe, Lublin 5.6.1995
    Fizyka i metafizyka świadomości (Physics and metaphysics of consciousness) (prof. W. Kaminski)
  32. Wydział Psychologii Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, Warsaw, Poland, 23.01.1997
    Neurobiologia i Platoński model umysłu (Marek Drogosz)
  33. Konwersatorium Kognitywne UMK, Toruń, Poland, 22.04.1997
    Neurobiologia i Platoński model umysłu.
  34. Seminarium czwartkowe, Instytut Fizyki UMK (Department of Physics, Nicolaus Copernicus University), 18.12.1997
    Nauki informatyczne na Antypodach
  35. Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza, Kraków, Poland, 21.05.1998
    Modele umysłu i modele mózgu (prof. R. Tadeusiewicz)
  36. Politechnika Krakowska, Kraków, Poland, 22.05.1998
    Inicjalizacja parametrów sieci neuronowych.
  37. Konwersatorium Kognitywne, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika, Toruń, Poland, 4.06.1998
    Integracja sensomotoryczna i modele mózgu
  38. Konwersatorium Kognitywne, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika, Toruń, 24.02.1999
    Czy komputery mogą być świadome?
  39. International Center of Information Management, Systems and Services, Toruń, 04.03.1999
    Artificial Intelligence and intelligent search techniques.
  40. Instytut Psychologii Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego (Department of Psychology, Jagiellonian University), Kraków, 8.03.1999
    Czy komputery mogą być świadome?
  41. Seminarium czwartkowe, Instytut Fizyki UMK (Department of Physics, Nicolaus Copernicus University), Toruń, 18.03.1999
    Duch w maszynie.
  42. Instytut Informatyki Politechniki Białostockiej (Dept. of Computer Science, Bialystok Technical University), 26.05.1999
    Hybrydowe metody selekcji cech oraz wydobywania reguł z danych oparte na sieciach neuropodobnych oraz globalnej minimalizacji.
  43. Międzynarodowe Towarzystwa Układów Otwartych i Dynamiki Informacyjnej, Toruń, 2.03.2000
    Koncepcja duszy i umysłu w świetle neurobiologii.
  44. Międzynarodowe Towarzystwa Układów Otwartych i Dynamiki Informacyjnej, Toruń, 23.03.2000
    Komentarz do wykładu "Modelowanie cybernetyczne systemów biologicznych" prof. R. Tadeusiewicza.
  45. Polskie Towarzystwo Filozoficzne, UAM Poznań, 5.02.2001
    Neurofilozoficzne rozwiązanie trudnego problemu świadomości.
  46. Komitet Fizyki PAN, Sekcja Fizyki Komputerowej, Warszawa 14.02.2001
    O symulacjach dynamicznych sieci neuronowych, modelach pamięci i jej zaburzeń.
  47. Polskie Towarzystwo Akustyczne i Polskie Towarzystwo Fizyczne, UAM Poznań, 23.03.2001
    Pamięć i jej neuronowe modele.
  48. Instytut Fizyki UMK, Toruń, 29.03.2001
    Symulacje ludzkiej pamięci.
  49. Instytut Filozofii UAM, Poznań, 6-7.04.2001
    Jak działa mózg? 10 godzin wykładów.
  50. Inst. Filozofii i Socjologii PAN, Warszawa, 9.06.2001
    Szkic teorii umysłu i neurofizjologiczne rozwiązanie trudnego problemu świadomości.
  51. Towarzystwo Dynamiki Informacyjnej i Układów Otwartych, Toruń, 11.06.2001
    Modele umysłu i neurobiologia.
  52. Instytut Fizyki Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, Kraków, 28.02.02
    Symulacje własności pamięci biologicznej.
  53. Wydział Fizyki i Techniki Jądrowej AGH, ul. Reymonta, Kraków, 01.03.02
    W strone fizyki umysłu.
  54. Poznańskie Seminarium Kognitywistyczne, Poznań 30.11.2003 (telekonferencja)
    Różne oblicza kognitywistyki.
  55. Polskie Towarzystwo Akustyczne, Fizyczne i Kognitywistyczne, UAM Poznań, 23.02.2006
    Twórczość, Mózgi i Komputery.
  56. Tydzień Mózgu, Szkoła Wyższa Psychologii Społecznej, 18.03.2006:
    dyskusja "Mózg-Maszyna-Świadomość-Dusza".
  57. Polskie Towarzystwo Neurologiczne, UM Gdańsk, 19.04.2006
    Komputerowe modele problemów neurologicznych i demencji.


Popular lectures given in Poland (referaty popularne wygłoszone w Polsce).

  1. Zjazd studenckich kół naukowych (Student Research Societies meeting), Lublin 1975
    Ogólna teoria cudów (General theory of miracles).
  2. Zakład Fizyki Chemicznej (Physical Chem. Group)
    ZX Spectrum Presentation, 15.01.1985.
  3. Wykład Otwarty, Polish Academy of Science series, 29.03.1985.
    Sztuczna Inteligencja (Artificial Inteligence)
  4. Seminarium Polskiego Towarzystwa Fizycznego, Inst. Fizyki UMK, Toruń, 5.02.1987.
    Model ewoluującego Boga Frank Tiplera (Frank Tipler's Model of Evolving God)
  5. Seminarium Polskiego Towarzystwa Fizycznego, Inst. Fizyki UMK, Toruń, Dni Otwarte, 29,1,2,.03.1988.
    Nagrody Nobla z fizyki w latach 80.
  6. Wykłady otwarte Polskiego Towarzystwa Fizycznego, Toruń, 1.03.1988.
    Superkomputery
  7. Seminarium Polskiego Towarzystwa Fizycznego, Inst. Fizyki UMK, Toruń, 19.10.1989.
    Neurokomputery
  8. Seminarium Polskiego Towarzystwa Fizycznego, Inst. Fizyki UMK, Toruń, 13.12.1990.
    Komputery w nauce, nauka w komputerach
  9. Dni Kultury Japońskiej 8.03.1993
    Zen w Polsce i Japonii
  10. IF UMK 20.01.94
    Sieć komputerowa IF i jej możliwości (z J. Kobusem)
  11. IM UMK, Otwarcie sieci TORMAN,
    Sieci globalne w nauce i kulturze.
  12. Seminarium Polskiego Towarzystwa Fizycznego, Inst. Fizyki UMK, Toruń, 9.11.95
    Teoria duszy i umysłu.
  13. NOT Bydgoszcz, 23.11.1995
    Sieci neuronowe - droga do sztucznego mózgu.
  14. Inst. Biologii i Ochrony Środowiska, UMK Toruń, 14.02.1996
    Sieć Internet w pracy naukowej biologa.
  15. Uniwersytet 3 wieku, Torun, 6.03.1996
    Perspektywy badań nad mózgiem i umysłem (Perspectives of research on mind and brain), [prof. W. Wincławski].
  16. III Ogólnopolskie Seminarium Interdyscyplinarne ,,Język i kultura Japonii'', 15-16.05.1997
    Zen w Japonii.
  17. Zakończenie tygodnia mózgu, Wydział Fizyki UW, 21.03.1999
    Sztuczny mózg, sztuczna inteligencja.
  18. Zebranie Polskiego Towarzystwa Psychiatrycznego, Oddział Kujawsko-Pomorski, 26.10.1999
    Komputerowe modele chorób psychicznych.
  19. Koło Naukowe Studentów Fizyki UMK, Toruń, 2.03.2000
    Czy można zrobić świadomy komputer?
  20. Koncert Orkiestry Kameralnej, Toruń 20.05.2000
    Czy umysł może zrozumieć sam siebie? Uwagi o percepcji muzyki.
  21. Trzeci Festiwal Nauki, Wrocław, 23.09.2000
    Sztuczny mózg? Sztuczna inteligencja? Dyskusja o postępach na drodze do sztucznej inteligencji,
  22. Zahcon 2000, Konwent Miłośników Fantastyki, Toruń, 7.10.2000
    Cyberprzyszłość naprawdę fantastyczna. Rozważania futurologiczne.
  23. Festiwal Nauki i Sztuki, Toruń, 16.09.2000
    Sztuczny mózg? Sztuczna inteligencja? Dyskusja o postępach na drodze do sztucznej inteligencji (prowadzący).
  24. Festiwal Nauki i Sztuki, Toruń, 17.09.2000
    Koniec nauki? (uczestnik).
  25. Czwarty Festiwal Nauki, Wrocław, 22.09.2001
    Jak działa mózg i skąd bierze się umysł? Wykład+dyskusja, 2 godz.
  26. Inst. Filozofii i Socjologii PAN, Warszawa, 16.06.2004
    Panel dyskusyjny "Buddyzm i nauka: na marginesie ksiażki "Nieskończoność w jednej dłoni".
  27. Klub Małych Ojczyzn, Kwidzyn, 16.02.2005
    Referat dla młodzieży i drugi dla mieszkańców miasta: Trzy projekty, które zmienią świat.
  28. Krajowy Fundusz na rzecz Dzieci, Świder 2.05.2005
    Kognitywistyka - zrozumienie umysłu. Referat dla stypendystów funduszu.
  29. Cincinnati, Ohio, 13.07.2006
    Brain, Mind, Consciousness and the Ghost in the Machine.
  30. Festiwal Nauki i Sztuki, Toruń, 20.04.2006
    Umysł i sztuka w świecie rzeczywistym i wirtualnym. Kreatywny sztuczny mózg. Wirtualny świat fikcji, sztuki i fantazji (współorganizator z prof. U. Żegleń, Inst. Filozofii UMK).
    Narodziny i ewolucja Wszechświata - od wielkiego wybuchu przez gwiazdy i planety do cywilizacji (panel dyskusyjny, Dwór Artusa).


Media.

  1. Program ,,Szara strefa", Radio Toruń, 26.10.1995, g. 20-21 (prof. M. Filar, rozmowa o komputerach)
  2. Wywiad dla programu I Polskiego Radia, Redakcja Popularyzacji Wiedzy, 3.11, g.18:25 (o Towarzystwie Sieci Neuronowych) M. Filar, rozmowa o komputerach)
  3. Wywiad dla TV Bydgoszcz, program ,,Sapere Aude", nakręcony 2.11.95, pokazany 10.11.95, prog. 2, g. 18:30-19.00, o książce R. Penrose ,,Nowy umysł cesarza".
  4. Dyskusja w związku z debatą o sztucznym mózgu, program z cyklu "Szok przyszłości", Program I PR, 15.04.1999, g. 20.20 - 21.00.
  5. Wywiad dla TVB z okazji Festiwalu nauki, 17.02.2001
  6. Dyskusja o sztucznej inteligencji, Program IV PR (Radio Bis), 22.02.2001, g. 23.00 - 23.40.
  7. Dyskusja o sztucznej inteligencji, Radio PiK, 8.03.2001 nagranie, wystawione w Internecie.
  8. Wykłady "Jak działa mózg", Poznań, marzec 2001, nagrane na taśmę wideo (10 godzin).
  9. Wykład "Towards a better understanding of genomic data: computational approaches", Childrens Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, 23.07.2001, nagrany na wideo.
  10. "Lato z Internetem", program Marka Hołyńskiego, nagrany 14.07.2001, Program I TVP.
  11. ORT radio interview, Vienna, Austria, 21.08.2001
  12. Focus, August 2001, based on my WWW pages.
  13. Wyklad "Przyszłość technologii informacyjnych i przyszłość książki" 19-20.11.2001, na wideo.
  14. Wywiad o sztucznej inteligencji dla "Przekroju" 29.01.2002.
  15. Interview for "Computer Times", Singapore, articles “Artificial Intelligence: Still a man's world”, and “When AI runs your life”, appeared in the Nov 26, 2003 issue.
  16. Ann Thompson interviews me for public radio WVXU Cincinnati, Sunday, July 23, 2006 "Focus on technology".


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