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Dr. Ali A. Minai
Associate Professor
Associate Head of Electrical Engineering

Deptartment of Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH 45221-0030

Voice: 513-556-4783
Fax: 513-556-7326
E-Mail: ali.minai@uc.edu

Other Appointments:
Faculty Member: Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Cincinnati.

I joined the University of Cincinnati as an Assistant Professor in 1993. Before that, I spent eight years at the University of Virginia, first as a graduate student in Electrical Engineering (MS '87, PhD '91; Advisor: Dr. Ronald D. Williams), and then as a Research Associate in the Department of Neurosurgery, working on computational models of learning and memory in Dr. William B Levy's laboratory. My research is in the areas of complex and biomorphic systems, including:

Dynamic neural models of cognition.
Computational biology.
Artificial life.
Self-organizing sensor networks.
Swarms and self-organizing structures.

I direct the Complex Adaptive Systems Laboratory, and teach graduate courses in complex systems, biomorphic systems, neural systems, and random processes.

Professional Affiliations:
Senior Member, IEEE.
Senior Member, International Neural Network Society (INNS)
Member, Society for Neuroscience (SfN)
Member, International Society for Artificial Life (ISAL)
Affiliate, New England Complex Systems Institute
Member, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, Sigma Xi.

Professional Service:
Secretary, International Neural Network Society (2006 - ).
Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks
Executive Committee Member: International Conference on Complex Systems (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007).
Workshops Chair: 2007 INNS/IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, Aug 12-18 2007, Orlando, FL.
Tutorials Chair: 2009 INNS/IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, June 14-19 2009, Atlanta, GA.

Edited Books:
Complex Engineered Systems: Science Meets Technology Dan Braha, Ali A. Minai and Yaneer Bar-Yam (eds.), Springer-Verlag/NECSI.
Unifying Themes in Complex Systems Volume 2 Yaneer Bar-Yam and Ali A. Minai (eds.), Westview Press/NECSI
Unifying Themes in Complex Systems Volume IIIA: Overview Ali A. Minai and Yaneer Bar-Yam (eds.) Springer-Verlag/NECSI
Unifying Themes in Complex Systems Volume IIIB: New Research Ali A. Minai and Yaneer Bar-Yam (eds.) Springer-Verlag/NECSI



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