Elected and Appointed Positions in Professional Organizations

  • Candidate for 2020 IEEE President
  • Candidate for 2019 IEEE President
  • Member, IEEE Computational Intelligence Society ADCOM, 2016-18
  • Member, IEEE Members and Geographic Activities Board, 2016-17
  • Chair, TAB Strategic Planning Committee, 2015
  • Member, IEEE Strategic Planning Committee, 2015
  • IEEE Vice-President – Technical Activities (TAB Chair) 2014, (Elect 2013), (Past 2015)
  • Member, IEEE Collabratech Steering Committee, 2014-15
  • Member, IEEE Board of Directors, 2014
  • Chair, IEEE TAB Management Committee, 2014
  • Member, IEEE TAB Nominations Committee, 2014
  • Member-Elect, IEEE Board of Directors, 2013
  • Chair, IEEE TAB Strategic Planning AdHoc on Education Committee, 2013
  • Chair, IEEE TAB Strategic Planning AdHoc on Globalization Perspectives Committee, 2013
  • Chair, IEEE TAB Nominations Committee, 2013
  • Member, IEEE Nominations Committee, 2013
  • Member, TAB Management Committee, 2013, 2015
  • Member, TAB Strategic Planning Committee, 2013-14
  • Chair, IEEE TAB Periodicals Review and Advisory Committee, 2012-13
  • Member, IEEE Technical Activities Board, 2010-15
  • Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, 2013-15
  • Chair, IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Bylaws and Constitution Committee, 2012
  • Awards Committee Member, International Neural Networks Society, 2010-12
  • ADCOM Member at Large, IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, re-elected for 2012-14
  • IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Representative at Research and Development Policy Committee with IEEE-USA Government Relations Council, 2010-13
  • BoD Member at Large, International Neural Networks Society, 2009-12
  • Vice-Chair, IEEE PSPB, 2011; Member, 2010
  • IEEE CIS Subcommittee: Women in Computational Intelligence, 2006-11
  • IEEE CIS Outstanding Computational Intelligence Organization Award Subcommittee, 2010
  • IEEE CIS Representative at Research and Development Policy Committee with IEEE-USA Government Relations Council, 2010
  • Task Force on Complex-valued Neural Networks of IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, Member, 2009-12
  • Chair, IEEE TAB Periodicals Committee, 2010-11
  • Member, IEEE PSPB Strategic Planning Committee, 2010-11
  • Member, IEEE TAB Finance Committee, 2010-11
  • Member, IEEE Computational Intelligence Society�s ADCOM, 2009-11
  • Member, Board of Governors of Int�l Neural Networks Society, 2009-11
  • Member, IEEE CIS Distinguished Lecturers Program Committee, 2007-08
  • Member, IEEE Frank Rosenblatt Award Committee, 2007-08
  • Member, IEEE Ethics and Member Conduct Committee Hearing Panel, 2007-08
  • Member, IEEE TAB Transactions Committee, 2007-09
  • Chair, IEEE TAB Newsletters Committee, 2005-06
  • Member, IEEE TAB Periodicals Committee, 2005-09
  • Member, IEEE TAB Periodicals Review and Advisory Committee, 2005-11
  • Chair, IEEE CIS Nominations Committee, 2006-07
  • Chair, IEEE Submissions in Poor English Subcommittee of the IEEE TAB PC, 2005-06
  • Member, IEEE Education Society Administrative Committee, 2005-06
  • Member, IEEE Technical Activities Board, 2004-2005
  • President, IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (formerly Neural Networks Society), 2004-05, President-Elect, 2003, Past President, 2006
  • IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Representative to IEEE Nanotechnology Council, 2004-06
  • Member, Publications Committee, IEEE Neural Networks Society, 2001-05
  • Member, Awards Committee, IEEE Neural Networks Society, 2001-05
  • Member, Conferences Committee, IEEE Neural Networks Society, 2001-07
  • Member, IEEE Fellows Committee, IEEE Neural Networks Society, 2001-07
  • Executive Vice President, IEEE Neural Networks Council, 1997-1998
  • Chair, IEEE Neural Networks Council Committee that developed Guidelines for IEEE NNC Conference Organizers, April 6, 1998 (June 1997 – June 1998)
  • Representative of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society in the Neural Networks Council, 1995-96, 1999-2000, 2002
  • Treasurer, Sigma Xi, University of Louisville Chapter, 1995-1998
  • Chair, Neural Networks Technical Committee, IEEE Neural Networks Council, 1994-1996
  • Member, IEEE Globalization Task Force, 1992-1995
  • Awards Committee Member, IEEE Neural Networks Council, 1990-2000
  • Chair, Neural Systems & Applications Technical Committee, IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, 1991-92 Chairman-Elect, 1990-91