Donald Wunsch
Donald Wunsch is the M.K. Finley Missouri Distinguished Professor at Missouri University of Science & Technology (Missouri S&T).
Earlier employers were: Texas Tech University, Boeing, Rockwell International, and International Laser Systems.
His education includes:
Executive MBA - Washington University in St. Louis,
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering - University of Washington (Seattle),
M.S., Applied Mathematics (same institution),
B.S., Applied Mathematics - University of New Mexico.
Key research contributions are: Clustering, including hierarchical clustering and biclustering; Adaptive resonance and Reinforcement Learning architectures, hardware and applications; Neurofuzzy regression; Traveling Salesman Problem heuristics; Smart Grid; Robotic Swarms; and Bioinformatics. He has produced 18 Ph.D. recipients in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Computer Science; and has over 400 publications including nine books.
He is an IEEE Fellow and previous INNS President, INNS Fellow and Senior Fellow 07 - present, and served as IJCNN General Chair, and on several Boards, including the IEEE Neural Net Council, International Neural Networks Society, and the University of Missouri Bioinformatics Consortium. He chaired the Missouri S&T Information Technology and Computing Committee, a Faculty Senate Standing Committee. He received the 2015 INNS Gabor Award for neural networks in engineering.