Honors and Awards since 1997

2017- Honorary Chair of the Conference Series ICAISC Zajopane, Poland
2016-17 Certificate of Recognition for service as a Member of MGA Board
2015-18 Member of the Board of Overseers, Polish Academy of Science (re-appointed)
2016-17 Distinguished Speaker for IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society
2015- Fellow Award by the International Neural Networks Society
2015 Honorary Professor Award by Obuda University, Budapest, Hungary
2015 Outstanding Contribution Award by China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, China
2015 Certificate of Appreciation, for services and contributions as IEEE Technical Activities Board Member
2014 Decorative Gavel and Resolution by IEEE Technical Activities Board for service as Board’s Chair-Elect (2013), Chair (2014), and Past-Chair (2015)
2014 Plaque of Recognition, by IEEE Technical Activities Board for service as Board’s Chair
2014 Distinguished Service Award for Service to the Profession, by the President of the University of Louisville
2014 Certificate of Recognition, by the President of IEEE Computational Intelligence Society for service on the Society’s Board
2014 Outstanding Polish American, Science Category, by Pangea Network, Chicago, May 3, 2014
2014 IEEE Life Fellow Elevation
2013 Joe Desch Innovation Award in Recognition of Exceptional Insights and Achievements which Advanced the Horizons of Digital Technologies, by the Engineers Club of Dayton
2013 Certificate of Appreciation, for Services as IEEE Technical Activities Board Member
2013-15 Distinguished Speaker for IEEE Computational Intelligence Society
2010-14 Member of the Board of Overseers, Polish Academy of Science
2012 Honorary Professorship Awarded by the China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, China, April 6, 2012
2012 Fulbright Specialist Award for project with University of Catania, Italy, May 8 – June 6, 2012
2011 Certificates of Appreciation, for Services as IEEE Technical Activities Board Member
2011 Certificates of Appreciation, for Services IEEE Publication Services and Products Board member
2011 IES Prestigious Engineering Award 2011, in recognition of an outstanding engineering project which made significant contributions to Singapore’s development, November 2011
2010 Honorary Doctorate Awarded by the Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
2010 Certificate of Appreciation for services as the IEEE TAB Member
2010 Certificate of Appreciation for services as the IEEE Publication Services and Products Board
2008 Meritorious Service Award by IEEE Computational Intelligence Society
2007- University Scholar, by the University of Louisville
2006-11 Awarded the Distinction of Fulbright Senior Specialist for 2006-11
2006 Awarded the Title of an Honorary Professor, by the Chinese University of Electronic Science and Technology, Chengdu, China
2005- Awarded the Distinction of a Foreign Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences
2004 Certificate of Recognition as IEEE Technical Activities Board Member, by the President of IEEE
2003- Awarded the Title of an Honorary Professor, by the Hebei University, China
2003- Awarded the Title of a National Professor, by Mr. Aleksander Kwasniewski, President of Poland
2003 Certificate of Appreciation, by the IASTED International Conference on Neural Networks and Computational Intelligence, Cancun, Mexico
2001 Distinguished Service Award for Service to the Profession, by the President of the University of Louisville
2000 3rd Faculty Prize in the Innovation in Biotechnology for the Poster Paper at the Research!Louisville Conference (shared with three co-authors)
2000 Certificate of Nomination in Recognition of Distinguished Service, Awarded by the President of the University of Louisville
1999 IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Golden Jubilee Medal
1999 Best Poster Paper Session Award, International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (two awards for one paper co-authored each), Washington, DC, July 10-16, 1999
1998-11 Distinguished Speaker for IEEE Computational Intelligence Society
1998 Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding Performance in Support of the 1998 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence, Anchorage, Alaska
1997 Certificate of Appreciation for Services Rendered as Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, 1992-97
1997 Certificate of Appreciation for Services Rendered as Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, Part II: Analog and Digital Signal Processing, 1995-97
1997 Polish Ministry of National Education Award
1997 Certificate of Appreciation for Services Rendered as Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, Part II: Analog and Digital Signal Processing, 1993-95