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Kurosh Madani
University of Paris-EST Créteil (UPEC)
France
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Brief Bio
Kurosh Madani is graduated in fundamental physics in June 1985 from PARIS 7 – Jussieu University. He received his MSc. in Microelectronics and chip architecture from University PARIS 11 (PARIS-SUD), Orsay, France, in September 1986. Received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from University PARIS 11 (PARIS-SUD), Orsay, France, in February 1990. In 1995, he received the DHDR Doctor Hab. degree (senior research doctorate degree) from University PARIS 12 – Val de Marne. He works as Chair Professor in Electrical Engineering of Senart-FB Institute of Technology of University PARIS-EST Creteil (
UPEC), France. From 1992 to 2000 he has been creator and head of DRN (Neural Networks Division) research group. From 2001 to 2004 he has been head of Intelligence in Instrumentation and Systems Laboratory (I2S / JE 2353) of UPEC. Co-creator of Images, Signals and Intelligent Systems Laboratory (LISSI / EA 3956) of UPEC in 2005, head of Intelligent Machines & Systems” research team of LISSI, he is also Vice-director of this laboratory. He has worked on both digital and analog implementation of massively parallel processors arrays for image processing, electro-optical random number generation, and both analog and digital Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) implementation. Author and coauthor of more than 250 publications (in international journals, books, conferences’ and symposiums’ proceedings), he has been regularly invited as key-note and invited lecture by international conferences and symposiums. His current research interests include: - Complex structures and behaviors modeling, - self-organizing, modular and hybrid neural based information processing systems and their real-world and industrial applications, - humanoid and collective robotics - intelligent fault detection and diagnosis systems. Member of IEEE, permanent member of “Awareness Science and Technology” technical committee of IEEE-SMC and member of ACM, since 1996 he is a life-member (elected Academician) of International Informatization Academy. In 1997, he was also elected as permanent Academician (life-member) of International Academy of Technological Cybernetics.
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Janan Zaytoon
University of Reims Champagne Ardennes
France
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Brief Bio
Janan Zaytoon received the PhD degree from the National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA) of Lyon, France in 1993. From 1993 to 1997 he was an assistant professor, and since 1997 he has been a Professor at the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne. He is the Director of the CReSTIC Research Centre of the University of Reims, the Deputy-Director of French GDR MACS of CNRS, the leader of the French national group on hybrid dynamical systems, the Chairman of the IFAC French National Member Organizer, and the Co-Chair of the IFAC Technical Committee on Discrete Event and Hybrid Systems.
Janan Zaytoon has publi
shed more than 150 journal papers, books, book chapters, and communications in international conferences. His main research interests are in the fields of Discrete Event Systems and Hybrid Dynamical Systems. He is the Chair (or Co-Chair) of 7 international conferences, 6 of which are IFAC events, 2 national conferences and 1 International School. He is also an Associate Editor of Control Engineering Practice, the Keynote speaker for 3 conferences, and the Guest Editor for 8 special issues on Discrete Event Systems and/or Hybrid Dynamical Systems in the following journals : Control Engineering Practice (2), Discrete Event Dynamic Systems, European Journal of Automation, JESA (3), e-STA, and "Revue d'Elecrtronique et d'Electrotechnique".
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Oleg Gusikhin
Ford Motor Company
United States
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Brief Bio
Oleg Gusikhin is a Technical Leader at Ford Research and Advanced Engineering. He received his Ph.D. from the St. Petersburg Institute of Informatics and Automation of the Russian Academy of Sciences, MS in Electrical Engineering from St. Petersburg State Technical University, and an MBA from the Ross Business School at the University of Michigan. For over 20 years, he has been working at Ford Motor Company in different functional areas. During his tenure at Ford, Dr. Gusikhin has been involved in the design and implementation of advanced information technology and intelligent controls for manufacturing and vehic
le systems. Dr. Gusikhin is a recipient of two Henry Ford Technology Awards, 2009 Institute of Industrial Engineers Transactions Best Application Paper Prize in Scheduling and Logistics, and 2011 INFORMS Daniel H. Wagner Prize finalist. He is an Industry Vice-Chair of IFAC Technical Committee "Manufacturing Modeling for Management and Control,” and a Lecturer in the Industrial and Operations Engineering department at the University of Michigan.
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