Invited Presentations

•    Will present a plenary talk during Fifth International Conference on Soft Computing, Computing with Words and Perceptions in System Analysis, Decision and Control: ICSCCW - 2009, Famagusta,  North Cyprus, Sept. 2-4, 2009.

•    Will present a plenary talk during FIRA RoboWorld Congress, Incheon, Korea, 16-18 August 2009.

•    Presented a keynote talk at International Conference on Mechatronics, - ICOM 2008, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 18-20 December 2008.

•    Presented a keynote talk at 2nd Int. Symp. on Systems and Control in Aeronautics and Astronautics- ISSCAA 2008, Shenzhen, China,10 -12 December 2008.

•    Presented an invited talk at XV Congreso Internacional de Ingeniería Eléctrica, Electrónica y de Sistemas, “INTERCON 2008,” Trujillo-Peru, 4-8 August 2008.

•    Conducted a mechatronics training course on mechatronics in Rabat, Morocco on invitation from Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), during Feb. 11-15, 2008.

•    Conducted a mechatronics training course on mechatronics in Jakarta, Indonesia on invitation from Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), during Dec. 15-19, 2007.

•    Presented a keynote talk during the International Conference on Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, ICMEM2007, November 5-7, 2007 in Wuxi, P. R. China.

•    Presented seminars on mechatronics at various universities in Malaysia within the Distinguished Lecturer Program of IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, 7-11 August 2007.

•    Presented a plenary talk during the 2nd IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2007, 23-25 May 2007, Harbin, China.

•    Presented a plenary talk during 2nd Asia International Symposium on Mechatronics (AISM 2006), December, 11-14, 2006, Hong Kong, China.

•    Presented a plenary talk during 2006 International Conference on Intelligent Computing, August 16–19, 2006, Kunming, China.

•    Presented a plenary talk during IEEE 7^th Int. Conf. On Information Technology Based Education and Training, ITHET 2006, 10-13 July 2006, Sydney, Australia.

•    Presented an invited talk during National Instruments Academic Day, 6-7 July 2006, Beirut, Lebanon.

•    Presented seminars on intelligent systems at Xian Jiaotong University and Shenyang Northeastern University China on invitation by the stated universities during June 28 - July 3, 2006.

•    Presented a plenary talk at The First International Conference on Engineering of Intelligent Systems, Islamabad, Pakistan, April 22-23, 2006.

•    Presented seminars on mechatronics at Pachuca, Mexico on invitation by Universidad Politénica de Pachuca during Feb. 13-14, 2006.

•    Presented an invited seminar at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennesse, USA titled “Intelligent Systems: An Assesment of the Past and the Prospects for the Future” on February 7, 2006.

•    Presented a plenary talk at 1st International Symposium on Systems and Control in Aerospace and Astronautics: ISSCAA 2006, Jan. 19-21, 2006, Harbin, China.

•    Presented a plenary talk at International Conference on Computational Intelligence for Modelling Control and Automation - CIMCA'2005, Nov. 28-30, 2005, Vienna - Austria.

•    Presented an invited “research lecture” at the Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology  (one of the research institutes of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research: A*STAR), titled, “Industrial Informatics in 21^st Century” on August 15, 2005.

•    Presented a tutorial during the International Syposium on Neural networks (ISNN 2005), Chongqing, China, May 30-June 2, 2005.

•    Presented a seminar as an ARRI Distinguished Lecturer at University of Texas at Arlington, USA titled “Mechatronics in 21^st Century” on February 27, 2004.

•    Presented an invited seminar at Auburn University, Alabama, USA titled “Mechatronics in 21^st Century” on February 27, 2004.

•    Presented two seminars on mechatronics and VSS thory based learning at Tebriz University, Iran during December 2-5, 2004.

•    Presented a plenary talk during the Joint 2nd International Conference on Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems and 5th International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems - SCIS & ISIS 2004, titled “Intelligent Systems: An Assesment of the Past and the Prospects for the Future,” September, 21-24, 2004, Yokohama, Japan.

•    Presented a plenary talk during the 6th IASTED Conference on Intelligent Systems and Control – ISC 2004, titled “Evolution of Intelligent Systems,” August 23-25, 2004, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.

•    Presented a plenary talk during the First AUS (American Universty of Sharjah) International Symposium on Mechatronics, titled “Mechatronics in 21^st Century,” May 25-27, 2004, Sharja, UAE.

•    Presented a keynote speech during the opening session of IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics: ISIE 2004, titled “Industrial Electronics in the 21st Century,” May 4-7, 2004, Ajaccio, France.

•    Presented an invited lecture, titled “Mechatronics in 21^st Century” at Pusan National University, Pusan, Rep. of Korea, on Sept. 24, 2003.

•    Presented invited lectures and seminars on “Variable Structure Systems Theory and its Applications in Intelligent Systems” at Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, during Sept. 15-20, 2003.

•    Presented a tutorial during 2003 IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, ISIE 2003; June 9-12, 2003, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

•    Presented a keynote speech during 2002 IEEE Conference on Industrial Technology, titled “Mechatronics in the 21^st Century” Dec. 11-14, 2002, Bangkok, Thailand.

•    Presented invited lectures and seminars on “Responding to Issues and Trends in Mechatronics in the 21st Century” at AMA Computer University, Manilla, Phillipines, during Sept. 23-24, 2002.

•    Presented a tutorial during the International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks – ICANN 2002, August 27-31 2002 , Madrid, Spain.

•    Presented a tutorial during The 27th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society: IECON’01, Nov. 29 - Dec. 2, 2001, Denver, USA.

•    Presented an invited talk during the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Limitations and Future Trends in Neural Computation, Oct. 22-24, 2001, Siena, Italy.

•    Presented an invited talk during the 2nd International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training 2001: ITHET 2001, July 4-6, 2001, Kumamoto City, Japan.

•    Presented the keynote talk during the First International Conference on Mechatronics – ICOM’01; 11-12 February 2001, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.

•    Presented a tutorial during the IEEE 26th Int. Conf. on Industrial Electronics, Control and Instrumentation; IECON 2000, 22-28 October 2000, Nagoya, Japan.

•    Presented a plenary talk during the 2000 International Symposium on Mechatronics and Intelligent Mechanical System for 21 Century (ISIM2000), 4-6 October 2000, KyongSangNam-Do, South Korea.

•    Directed a workshop during the IEEE 25th Int. Conf. on Industrial Electronics, Control and Instrumentation; IECON'99, 29 Nov.  – 3 December 1999, San Jose, U.S.A.

•    Presented a plenary (opening) talk during the Jubilee Conference of Banki Donat Polytechnic, 1-3 September 1999, Budapest, Hungary.

•    Presented a tutorial during the IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE'99), 12-16 July, 1999, Bled, Slovenia.

•    Presented a tutorial during the IEEE 24th Int. Conf. on Industrial Electronics, Control and Instrumentation; IECON'98, Aug. 31 – Sept. 4, 1998, Aachen, Germany.

•    Presented a public lecture on invitation from National University Singapore, during the Singapore Robotics Games '98, on 22 May 1998

•    Presented the keynote address during the IEEE 23rd Int. Conf. on Industrial Electronics, Control and Instrumentation; IECON'97, Nov. 10-14, 1997, New Orleans, USA.

•    Presented an invited talk during the Spring Conference of Korean Mechanical Engineers, Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea, April 18, 1996.

•    Presented an invited paper during IEEE Int. Workshop on Neuro-Fuzzy Control, Muroran, Japan, March 22-23, 1993.

•    Presented an invited paper during IEEE Int. Workshop on Advanced Motion Control, AMC '92, Nagoya, Japan, March 15-18, 1992.