Dr. Masoud Nikravesh: Short-Bio: 1990-2012
University of California-Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory
Email: Nikraveshucb@gmail.com
Current Title: Presently, I am the Director of Computational Science and Engineering
at the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) with special Principal
Investigator status, Executive Director of Designated Emphasis- Computational Science and Engineering at
the University of California (UC) Berkeley, and Visiting Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
(LBNL) - Computing Sciences Directorate. Prior to joining CITRIS, I was the Executive Director of BISC
(Berkeley Initiative in Soft Computing), and British Telecom Senior Research Fellow in the Computer
Sciences Division at the University of California. BISC is a world-leading center for basic and applied
research in soft computing (Computational Intelligence and Machine Learning) with over 5,000 members
worldwide.
Skill and Leadership: Over the past 20 years, I have demonstrated experience in building collaborations
between academia, industry and government agencies as well as developed road maps for implementing
new technologies at National and International levels. Fostering cooperation between students, faculty,
researchers, and among chairs, deans, and directors in different disciplines and the ability to lead projects
across multiple disciplines are among my greatest strengths in leveraging relationships. Collaborating for
over 30 years with leading corporations and Universities, including with my ~20 years at UC Berkeley and
US Department of Energy’s National Lab, provided me with enriching professional and managerial
experience at increasingly complex levels. One of the most important things, I have experienced is that
listening, participating, and having experiential perspective to appreciate different points of view are key
abilities to ensure success. I value academic quality, recognize the importance of integrating teaching,
research, innovation, scholarship, and outreach, as well as the need to work closely with faculty governance,
Deans, and others to assure that student achievement and academic quality are continuously improved,
assessed and documented.
Research Focus: During the past ~20 years, my research has been focused on development of novel and
complex algorithms for pattern recognition, feature creation, selection and extraction, advanced predictive
analytics and statistical analysis, complex multi-level aggregator operators, and applications of soft
computing (fuzzy logic and computing with words and perceptions, neuro computing, DNA-based genetic
and evolutionary computing, genetic algorithm, and genetic programming) and machine learning for data
fusion and mining with uncertain and incomplete information, and advanced expert systems and crowd
sourcing techniques.
I have applied computational intelligence techniques in a wide variety of fields such as intelligent
data and decision analysis and support systems (such as personalized date matching, user profiling and
social behavior prediction, university admission, and credit card ranking), personalized-targeted advertising
and the customer satisfaction and marketing strategy, fault diagnosis and anomaly detection such as
automated sensory inspection systems with application to medical diagnosis and prognosis and predictive
and personalized medicine, fraud detection and detection and analysis of the anomaly and rare events,
hybrid expert systems and crowd sourcing, improvement of capabilities of internet and search engines and
personalization, signal processing, building dynamic ontology from data and expert knowledge, advanced
control systems, oil and gas exploration, earth sciences, and geophysical analysis such as reservoir
modeling and characterization to decide where to drill the next economically viable oil well.
I have published 9 books and over 200 papers, book chapters, and presentations on a wide range of
topics in artificial intelligence and soft computing, big data, computational science & engineering, and their
applications to scientific, social and economic problems. I have also initiated a series of large scale programs
that have been a source of major attention within Berkeley faculties and researchers, Center for Data-Driven
Scientific Computing (CDISC), Center for Accelerating Environmental Synthesis and Solutions (ACCESS) &
Environment Quality and Security (ACCESS), and “Sustainable California” – a return to the Golden State.I
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am an active contributor in many societies including: SEG, SPE, AAPG, AGU, IEEE, SIAM, ACS, ACC,
IFSA, NAFIPS, and AICHE. I am member of SEG Research Committee and served as SEG, SPE, and
AAPG speaker, invited speaker, workshop and special session organizer. I have led teams of scholars and
interacted with private and Government funding institutions to develop strategic research plans.
CSE Director/Role-Job Description and Responsibilities: In my role as the Director of Computational
Science and Engineering (CSE), I am key in providing high level executive support to the CITRIS
Director and LBNL Associate Laboratory Director- Computing Sciences Directorate, and am responsible
for program development and management of all aspects of the program’s operations, including its
budgetary matters. As Director, I provide intellectual leadership in curriculum development and judgment
in defining outreach services as well as develop and maintain liaison with the advisory board and
coordinate fund raising in consultation with the program’s constituent organizations and LBNL. I also
have a highly interactive and integrative role with our multidisciplinary team of researchers whereby I
identify potential synergy among them, leverage our facility at LBNL, and advocate CITRIS funded
programs to a broader community. I am also responsible for the genesis, cultivation, and maintenance of
interactions with these sponsors, extend existing research programs or develop new ones, and oversee
execution of these programs once funded. In this capacity, I am also the key team member who takes
the lead on industrial and government interactions and negotiations.
CSE Program: Our CSE program is an integrative and rapidly evolving collaborative UC centric (UC
Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Merced, and UC Santa Cruz) one that has led 120 faculty from 22 departments and
graduate programs to join together to create a new Designated Emphasis in CSE, essentially a “graduate
minor” for PhD students enrolled in these 22 programs to become fluent in modeling, simulation, and data
analysis tools. The participating departments are extraordinarily diverse and include Computer Science,
Mathematics, Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Astronomy, Neuroscience and Political Science, among
many others. As a multidisciplinary field that encompasses real-world complex applications (scientific,
engineering, social, economic, policy), computational mathematics, and computer science and engineering.
Our new High Performance Computing (HPC) graduate program was developed and is interactively
supported by CITRIS, the Computing Sciences Directorate at LBNL (Berkeley Lab), and the College of
Engineering, the College of Letters and Science, the College of Chemistry, and the office of the Vice
Chancellor for Research at the UC Berkeley. This effort has been very rewarding for me and I look forward to
leveraging these skills and operational learning in my future work.
Credentials: My credentials have allowed me opportunities that have led to front-page news at Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory News and headline news at the Electronics Engineering Times. I am the
member of distinguished Hall of Fame (HOF) judges, the Silicon Valley Engineering HOF which includes also
Steve Wozniak (Apple Founder). I have also received an Honorary Doctoral Degree from Economic
Department, Economic University, Baku- Azerbaijan. I continue to advise the Maxeler Technologies
Company and am a member of the international advisory board of ITFoM in the ICT work package. ITFoM is
one of the EU pilot funded project to compete for $1BB Euro/10 years EU Moonshot Flagship project
(submitted May 2012). In addition, I am invited speaker at the “Baky International Humanitarian Forum”, a
forum which is by special invitation only. The roundtable meetings will bring together prominent scholars,
including Noble Prize laureates, and cultural figures from different countries (UN Secretary General Ban KiMoon has also received an invitation). The Forum is chaired by the Honorable Vladimir Putin, the President
of the Russian Federation and the Honorable Ali Ilham Aliyev, the President of the Azerbaijan Republic.
Aside from Scientific Life: Dr. Nikravesh has great passion for soccer including coaching younger kids. Dr.
Nikravesh is Member of US National and NSCAA-Premier Soccer Coaches (the highest Coaching Diploma in
US and similar licenses and diplomas from around the world). He holds many National and State Licenses
and Diploma.
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Resume: Table of Content
EDUCATION
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ABOUT CSE
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ABOUT CITRIS
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RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2000-PRESENT
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ROLE OF THE CSE DIRECTOR
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ASIDE FROM SCIENTIFIC LIFE
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REFERENCES
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PROGRAMS MANAGED 2000-PRESENT
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PROJECT FUNDED OR SUBMITTED: 2009-PRESENT
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THE MOST 10 RECENT INVITED LECTURES
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PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS (JOB DESCRIPTIONS)
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PROPOSAL/WHITE PAPERS
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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (SELECTED)
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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PATENTS
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NEWS AND MEDIA
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BOOKS EDITED/PUBLISHED
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CHAPTERS IN BOOK
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SPECIAL ISSUES
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JOURNAL PUBLICATION (SELECTED PAPERS)
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INVITED LECTURES
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REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
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TECHNICAL REPORTS
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BISC VISITORS/STUDENTS- INTERACTED-SUPERVISED 2000-2007
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APPENDIX I: CITRIS-CSE UPDATE- SOME HIGHLIGHTS
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Dr. Masoud Nikravesh
University of California-Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab.
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From 1994-2012
Email: Nikraveshucb@gmail.com
Phone: Home (510) 528-4494
Physical Address: 555 Pierce St., Apt.# 645, Albany, CA 94706
NAME
POSITION TITLE:
CITRIS DIRECTOR for
Computational Science and Engineering
with special PI status @ Berkeley
Masoud Nikravesh (US Citizen)
EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as nursing, and include postdoctoral training.)
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION
Economic University, Baku- Azerbaijan
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
DEGREE
Honorary Doctoral Degree
YEAR(s)
2008
FIELD OF STUDY
Economic Department
Executive Certificate Degree
2006
Global BioExecutive Program
Haas School of Business
Executive Certificate Degree
2004
BioEnterpreneurship Program
Haas School of Business
Berkeley Project Leadership
Program , Business and
Technology Interdisciplinary
Program
University of California, Berkeley
Leadership Certificate Degree
2004
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
University of California, Berkeley
Postdoctoral
Postdoctoral
1995-1998
1995-1998
Earth Sciences
Material Sciences and Mineral
Engineering Department
University of California, Berkeley
Ph.D. Student
Fall 1994
Material Sciences and Mineral
Engineering Department
Ph.D.
1994
University of South Carolina
Chemical Engineering
Control and Computational
Intelligence)
University of South Carolina
M.S.
1993
Chemical Engineering
(Control and Computational
Intelligence)
Abadan Institute of Technology
B.S
1985
Chemical Engineering
(M.S.E Eqv. 160 Credits)
About CSE: Graduate Program in Computational Science and Engineering (CSE): The Designated
Emphasis in Computational Science and Engineering (DE CSE) is a recently established graduate
program developed and supported by the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of
Society (CITRIS), the Computing Sciences Directorate at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
(LBNL), and the College of Engineering, the College of Letters and Science, the College of Chemistry,
and the office of the Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of California, Berkeley.
The goal of our program is to train future leaders in CSE, who will not only be experts in their chosen
field, but also conversant with important techniques, opportunities and limitations arising from the
multiple disciplines underlying CSE. Participating students will benefit from leading-edge training in
research techniques, working in interdisciplinary teams with research leaders across the campus and at
LBNL. They will also gain a competitive edge for the most desirable jobs in academia and in the industry.
(http://cse.berkeley.edu)
About CITRIS: The State of California has created a group of four California Institutes for Science and
Innovation. As one of these institutes, the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of
Society (CITRIS) is a university, industry, and state partnership charged with having, through its research in
information technology, a highly-visible, profound impact on the quality of life of the people, the growth of
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industry, and the effectiveness of many agencies of the State. CITRIS is a four-campus institute comprising
the Berkeley, Davis, Santa Cruz, and Merced campuses of the University of California. (http://citris-uc.org/)
RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2000-PRESENT
2012-Present: Advisor to Maxeler Technologies Company
2011-Present: Member of Distinguished Hall of Fame (HOF) judges (Board
Member), the Silicon Valley Engineering HOF. (2011-2014)
2011-2012: Distinguished Professorial Fellow / Adjunct Prof. @ DEBI Institute,
University of Western Australia (Curtin University, 2011-2012), Australia (2012Present)
2009-2012: University of California, Berkeley; CITRIS Director for Computational
Science and Engineering with Exceptional PI Status, (September 2009- Present).
2000-2012 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Visiting Staff Scientist at Computing Sciences
Directorate-CRD, 2000-Present
2007-2009: University of California, Berkeley; Executive Director for Computational Science and
Engineering, (September 2007- 2009).
2000–2008 Visiting Staff Scientist; Imaging and Informatics Group,
2000-2008: Member of Executive Committee and member of Research Council-UC Discovery program.
A state funded $30M/year program, supporting research at University of California through matching
fund through Industry. LBNL-NERSC (National Energy Research Scientific Computing Division)
representative to the DiMI- UC Discovery Program
2000-2007: BISC Executive Director, Computer Science Department, EECS, University of California,
Berkeley and Member of the Industrial Relations Advisory Board in the EECS Department. British
Telecom Senior Research Fellow in the Computer Science Division (2000-September 2007).
Role of the CSE Director: The Director of Computational Science and Engineering provides high level
executive support to the CITRIS Director and LBNL Associate Laboratory Director. Responsibilities of
the Director for Computational Science and Engineering include program development and management
of all aspects of the program’s operations, including budget matters. The Director will also provide
intellectual leadership in curriculum development and judgment in defining outreach services. The
Director will develop and maintain liaison with the advisory board and coordinate fund raising in
consultation with the program’s constituent Schools and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL). With
direct reporting responsibility to the Director of CITRIS and the Associate Lab Director of Computing
Sciences at LBNL, the incumbent will interact with highly multidisciplinary team of researchers, identify
potential synergy among them, leverage user’s facility at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
advocate CITRIS and DOE-SciDac funded programs to a broader community. CITRIS is supported by a
large number of industrial and government sponsors, and the Director of Computational Science and
Engineering (CSE) will interact with their respective representatives. The Director will interact with these
sponsors, extend existing research programs or develop new ones, and oversee execution of these
programs once funded. In this capacity, the Director of CSE will interact significantly with CITRIS Chief
Scientist, who takes the lead on industrial and government interactions and negotiations.
CSE is an important academic enterprise; it develops and applies advanced computational
methodologies to solve large-scale scientific and engineering problems. CSE plays an important role in
the future of scientific discovery by extracting novel, unprecedented scientific phenomena and
engineering design. It also focuses on the integration of scientific and engineering knowledge with
computer science and engineering methodologies to create a powerful problem solving environment for
a wide range of problems. With applications ranging from scientific computing, science and knowledge
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discovery from large scientific data, energy, environmental and climate change, engineering design,
neurosciences and cognitive computing, IT, and health care.
Aside from Scientific Life: Dr. Nikravesh has great passion for soccer including coaching younger
kids. Dr. Nikravesh is Member of US National and NSCAA-Premier Soccer Coaches. He holds many
National and State Licenses and Diploma, including:
National Soccer Coaches Association of America
U.S. Soccer Federation
Attended USSF A National License Coaching June 2NSCAA Premier Diploma- 2010 (the Highest NSCAA
11-2012 (the Highest USSF Coaching License in US)
Coaching Diploma in US, by Invitation only)
USSF Audit A National License- 2011
NSCAA Advance National Diploma- 2009
USSF B National- 2010
NSCAA National Diploma- 2008
USSF C-National-2009
NSCAA National Goal Keeping Diploma 2008
USSF D-National-2007
NSCAA Regional Goal Keeping Diploma 2008
CAYS D-State License, 2007
NSCAA State Goal Keeping Diploma 2008
CAYS E-D CAYS License, 2007
NSCAA Director of Coaching Diploma 2009
CAYS E License, 2007
NSCAA Director of Coaching Diploma 2008
CAYS F License, 2006
NSCAA-Advance Regional Diploma, 2008
CAYS Goal Keeping Diploma, 2006
NSCAA- Regional Diploma, 2008
NSCAA –State Diploma
Referee Grade: Refree-8, Ref. and Assistant Ref., Youth, Co-Ed, and Woman League, 2007-Present.
REFERENCES (PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT DIRECTLY. PLEASE CONFIRM BEFORE CONTACTING):
1- Prof. Horst Simon, Deputy Laboratory Director at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
http://www.lbl.gov/LBL-PID/LBL-Directors.html
Phone: 510-486-7377 | Fax: 510-486-4300
Location: 50B-4241 | Mail Stop: 50B4230
Email: HDSimon@lbl.gov
2- Prof. Kathy Yelick, Associate Laboratory Director for Computing Sciences,
NERSC Division Director & Professor of Computer Science
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) & University of California at Berkeley
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
One Cyclotron Rd., MS 50B-4230
Berkeley, CA 94720
Email: kayelick@lbl.gov
Phone: 510-495-243
3- Prof. Lotfi A. Zadeh
Director, Berkeley Initiative in Soft Computing (BISC)
729 Soda Hall #1776
Computer Science Division
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-1776
zadeh@eecs.berkeley.edu
Tel.(office): (510) 642-4959
Tel.(home): (510) 526-2569
4- Prof. Mark Richards, Executive Dean of the College of Letters and Science
Dean of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
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Professor of Earth and Planetary Science
University of California, Berkeley
210B Durant Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720
Phone: 510-642-5872
Email: Mark_Richards@berkeley.edu
5- Prof. Shankar Sastry, Dean of the College of Engineering
Director, Richard C. Blum Center for Developing Economies
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Professor of Bioengineering.
Roy W. Carlson Professor
Dean's Office- 320 McLaughlin Hall # 1700
University of California - Berkeley, CA 94720-1700
Phone: 510-642-5771
Email: sastry@coe.berkeley.edu and sastry@eecs.berkeley.edu
6- Prof. Jim Demmel, Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science
Dr. Richard Carl Dehmel Distinguished Professor
Former Chief Scientist of CITRIS, the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of
Society
Chair, Computational Science and engineering Program, 2007-2012
564 Soda Hall
Computer Science Division
University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley CA 94720-1776
Email: demmel@cs.berkeley.edu
Office: (510) 643-5386
FAX: (510) 642-3962
7- Prof. Paul Wright, CITRIS Director
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Berkeley
Director of the Center for Information Technology Research
in the Interest of Society (CITRIS)
NAE Section 08 - Industrial, Manufacturing & Operational Systems
University of California, Berkeley
330C Sutardja Dai Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720-1764
Phone: (510) 643-2200
Email: pwright@citris-uc.org
8- Prof. Fred Aminzadeh
Professor of Petroleum and Electrical Engineering Executive Director,
USC Reservoir Monitoring Consortium (RMC) University of Southern
California
925 Bloom Walk HED 310
Los Angeles, CA 90089-1211
Tel. 213 821-4268
Email fred.aminzadeh@usc.edu
9- Dr. Bahram Parvin
Staff Scientist, Life Science Division
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
M.S. 977R225A
Imaging and Bioinformatics
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Berkeley, CA 94720
Phone: 510-486-6203
Email: B_Parvin@lbl.gov
10- Prof. Mihaela Ulieru
President, IMPACT Institute for the Digital Economy
Director, Adaptive Risk Management Laboratory
Professor (on leave), Faculty of Computer Science
The University of New Brunswick
P.O. Box 4400 Fredericton, New Brunswick
E3B 5A3 Canada
Tel. +1-506-458-7277
Fax. +1-506-453-3566
http://www.cs.unb.ca/~ulieru/
11- Prof. Josh Bloom, Associate Professor
Astronomy Department
447 Campbell Hall
jbloom@astro.berkeley.edu
http://astro.berkeley.edu/~jbloom/
PROGRAMS MANAGED 2000-PRESENT:
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2007-Present- Computational Science and Engineering Program (CSE) at UC Berkeley
(Large Scale Simulation and Big Data): Takes leadership role in independently managing and
developing the CSE Program, which is a large, complex academic or and research program of
high visibility. Develops vision and establishes agenda to achieve research objectives. Oversees
all elements of program administration. Collaborates across multiple research groups, including
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL), the College of Engineering (COE) and the College of
Letters and Sciences to create a postdoctoral research fellow and a graduate student program
made up of roughly equal numbers from UC Berkeley Engineering and Sciences disciplines.
Also creates a CSE Designated Emphasis (A Ph.D Program) and an associated CSE certificate
program which will enable both graduate students and Postdoctoral Fellows to specialize in
computational science and engineering as they complete their degrees or post graduate work.
At UC Berkeley, DE-CSE was approved on June 2008.
The new graduate program was developed and is supported by the Center for Information
Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS), the Computing Sciences Directorate at
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), and the College of Engineering, the
College of Letters and Science, the College of Chemistry, and the office of the Vice Chancellor
for Research at the University of California (UC) Berkeley. CSE is a multi-UC-campus program
(UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Merced, and UC Santa Cruz).The excitement generated from
these opportunities has led 120 faculty members, from 22 departments, and their graduate
programs to join together to create a new Designated Emphasis (DE) in CSE, which is
essentially a “graduate minor” for Ph.D. students enrolled in one of the 22 programs. This new
emphasis will allow students to become fluent in the use of modeling, simulation, and big data
analysis tools. The participating departments are extraordinarily diverse and include Computer
Science, Mathematics, Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Astronomy, Neuroscience and
Political Science, among many others. (http://cse.berkeley.edu) and
(http://citris- uc.org/about/headquarters/cse)
Driving forces for the CSE program:
o Continued exponential increase in computational power  simulation (Computing) is
becoming third pillar of science, complementing theory (Mathematic ) and experiments
(Applications)  Simulation
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Continued exponential increase in experimental, simulation, genetic devices, body sensors,
and social and health data  techniques and technology in data analysis, visualization,
analytics, networking, and collaboration tools are becoming essential in all data rich
applications  Big Data
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2009-Present- CSE in Cloud: To Conduct Large-Scale Research using Cloud Computing:
Cloud Computing will be used by a broad array of Computational Science and Engineering
faculty investigators, researchers and graduate students from social scientists and economists to
astrophysicist and bioengineers. Exciting aspects of cloud computing will be to conduct largescale research and to analyze large scale social-economical-political data by our faculty.
Furthermore, we hope to refine these target areas and to identify new ones among the vast
array of potential computational research avenues available through the CSE Program. The
breadth of this enterprise promises to create extensive new applications of interest to our
partners in high performance and cloud computing. (http://cloud.citris-uc.org/about)
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2009-Present- High Performance Computing for Oil and Gas Industry: The compute
intensive imaging paradigms such as reverse time migration, iterative and interactive model
building, and waveform inversion make High Performance Computing (HPC) more vital than
ever to the Oil and Gas Industry mission. In addition to imaging, HPC is critical for everything
from timely modeling and simulation of large-scale physical systems once thought to be
impossible, to processing, analysis and interpretation, and visualization of huge seismic data
volumes. This workshop focuses on recent advances in HPC as well as challenges due to the
end of Moore’s Law and its impact on the Oil and Gas Industry. (http://hpcoilgas.citris-uc.org/)
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2000-2007- University of California, Berkeley; BISC Executive Director (Associate
Director and Program Administrator)
BISC is a world-leading center for basic and applied research in soft computing (Computational
Intelligence and Machine Learning) with over 5,000 members worldwide. Prof. Lotfi Zadeh is the
founding Director of the BISC. (http://www.bisc.berkeley.edu) (http://cs.berkeley.edu/~nikraves)
PROJECT FUNDED OR SUBMITTED: 2009-PRESENT
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IT Future of Medicine (ITFoM): http://www.itfom.eu/: The proposal is one of the EU pilot funded
projects to compete for $1 Billion Euros/10 years EU Moonshot Flagship project. I am currently the
member of the international advisory board of ITFoM in the ICT work package. (2011-Present)
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NSF-CDI Proposal: CDI-Type II: Real-time Classification of Massive Time-series Data
Streams, Josh Bloom (PI), et.al, Masoud Nikravesh, $1,573,550 (2009-2012)
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NSF-XD Proposal, Technology Audit and Insertion Service (TAIS) for XD, Deb Agarwal (PI), et. al,
Masoud Nikravesh (~$15MM, Not funded)
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Tekes-Finald-Abo University, Knowledge Mobilization Proposal, $1MM Euro Proposal. Christer
Carlsson (Abo-University-Finland, PI), et. al, Masoud Nikravesh (2008-2010)
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Yahoo! Cloud Computing donation: Yahoo! announced that it has expanded its partnerships
with top U.S. universities to advance cloud computing research. The University of California at
Berkeley, Cornell University and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst will join Carnegie
Mellon University in using Yahoo!’s cloud computing cluster to conduct large-scale systems
software research and explore new applications that analyze Internet-scale data sets, ranging
from voting records to online news sources. The continuation of this project, effective 2012, is
through OCCY-Cloud.
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IBM HPC Cluster Hardware Donation. IBM has made a generous donation of computing
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clusters to CSE-CITRIS. During the past two years, the Cluster has been used by over 100
faculty members and researchers. Areas of the interest include, but are not limited to, the
following (with priority given to solving pressing issues with major social impacts such as Energy,
Healthcare, Adaptive Cities, Data and Democracy, and Big Data and Analytics):
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Data Enabled Discovery (Streaming Visual- Data Analytics; Insight Lab)
Cloud-Mobile Computing– Knowledge Mobilization (Services Science and HPC Cloud)
Ecosystems and Urban Metabolism (Smart Cities) (Energy and Environment)
Financial and Economic Systems and Market
ICT-Enabled Disaster Resilience (Command and Control)
Healthcare - IT, Monitoring and Life Sciences (P4- Medicine)
Intelligent Cyber-Physical Infrastructure (People, Sensors, Machine and Systems)
New Media and Data Democracy
Education and CSE
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Siemens NX Software Donation: Secure Siemens donated ~$60 million worth of NX
commercial CAD/CAM/CAE PLM software licenses to the CITRIS program, which will be
shared by four University of California campuses including UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Merced,
and UC Santa Cruz. The gift, the largest ever software donation to the CITRIS program, will be
used by over 100 faculty members and more than 20 departments throughout the four
campuses including the Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) at each campus.
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Maxeler Technologies Company: Research and Student Fellowship, MaxFlow- FPGA and
Maxeler Technology for Scientific Applications. (2012-Present)
THE MOST 10 RECENT INVITED LECTURES:
1. Invited Speaker. The Baky International Humanitarian Forum, Humanitarian problems,
prospects and challenges in the XXI century in view of the realities of a globalizing world. (By
special invitation). Conference Chairs: Honorable Ali Ilham Aliyev, President of the Azerbaijan
Republic and Honorable Vladimir Putin, the President of the Russian Federation. Oct. 2012.
2. Computation for Interdisciplinary Data, Synopsys, Conversation Central Radio Show, Recorded
on June 21, 2012, Radio Broadcast on July 21, 2012.
3. Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) @ Berkeley: The Emergence of Computation for
Interdisciplinary Large Data, Keynote speech at HSI-2012 Conference, IEEE Electronic Society
and TC on Industrial Informatics and Human Factors, Perth, Australia, 6-8 June, 2012
4. Train the Next Generation of the Brightest Researchers in the World, A CSE and
“Computational Lens on the Science” Approach- Educating Leaders, Creating Knowledge,
Serving Society, Presentation to ITFoM and prepared to be presented to the US leaders in D.C.,
toward EU-US Collaboration, June 6, 2012.(With Prof. Mihaela Ulieru)
5. The Emergence of Computation for Interdisciplinary Large Data, IEDEC-IEEE 2012, Santa
Clara, CA.
6. High Performance Computing and Computational Science and Engineering, SEG PostWorkshop, Geophysics and Engineering: Convergence of Disciplines, SEG 2011, San Antonio,
TX, 18-23, 2011.
7. Panelist- HPC and Academia- Computational Science and engineering, SEG Summer
Workshop, High Performance Computing in the Geosciences, SEG 2011, July 18-21, Berkeley,
CA
8. HPC Resources, Hardware and Software: National Lab and Government Agencies, HighPerformance Computing for Oil and Gas Industry Workshop, SEG 2009, Huston, TX, 25-30,
2009.
9. CSE @ CITRIS and LBNL, Tenth Workshop on the DOE Advanced Computational Software
Collection, Berkeley, CA, August 18-21, 2009.
10. Computational Science and Engineering @ CITRIS, SIAM-CSE Conference, SIAM Conference
on Computational Science and Engineering (CSE09), Miami, March 2-6, 2009.
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11. HPC Resources, Hardware and Software: National Lab and Government Agencies, HighPerformance Computing for Oil and Gas Industry Workshop, SEG 2009, Huston, TX, 25-30,
2009.
PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS:
University of California, Berkeley; BISC Executive Director (Associate Director and Program
Administrator): 2000- 2007
Associate Research Engineer Step IV (July 2007-September 2007)
Associate Research Engineer Step III (July 2005-June 2007)
Executive Director of BISC (Berkeley Initiative in Soft Computing),
British Telecom Senior Research Fellow in the Computer Science Division (2000-September 2007)
Dr. Nikravesh’s main focus has been on the development of computational intelligence for data
understanding and knowledge & scientific discovery from multiple scientific domains. He is a member of the
industrial relations advisory board in the EECS department. Dr. Nikravesh has published nine books and
numerous papers and presentations on a wide range of topics in artificial intelligence and soft computing
(Computational Intelligence and Machine Learning) related to real world applications and large scale
scientific data. He has led a team of scholars and interacted with private and government funding institutions
to develop strategic research plans. He has served as a reviewer and has been on the board of several
public and private IT centers of excellence. Developed lectures, seminar series, and special courses
independently and with Professor Lotfi Zadeh, and directed visiting scientists, postdocs, and graduate
students toward advancement of soft computing technologies.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
Visiting Staff Scientist at Computing Sciences Directorate-CRD, 2007-Present
Computational Sciences and Engineering program
Visiting Staff Scientist; Imaging and Informatics Group, 2000 – 2008
Research Scientist in the Imaging and Informatics Group at Life Sciences and previously at NERSC
(National Energy Research Scientific Computing Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. In
addition, Dr. Nikravesh is the LBNL-NERSC (National Energy Research Scientific Computing Division)
representative to the DiMI- UC Discovery Program and he is member of Executive Committee and member
of research council-UC Discovery program.
University of California, Berkeley, BISC Program-EECS, CS Division; 1995-2000.
BISC fellow and Visiting BISC Fellow part-time from 1995-2000. The use of Computational Intelligence
including the use of Evolutionary Computing based on DNA, Neural Network and Fuzzy Logic for knowledge
management
University of Utah, Senior Research Scientist, Energy and Geosciences Institute, 1998-2000,
Technology developer for a $6.2 MM project funded by DOE and $1.5MM project funded by GRI. He is the
recipient of the AAPG President’s Certificate of Excellence in presentation, AAPG Annual meeting in 1999.
Dr. Nikravesh worked with major oil companies during this period. He developed a joint proposal for the
Center of Excellence for NSF with Ray Levey (EGI Director) and Christopher Johnson, Director, Scientific
Computing and Imaging Institute, University of Utah.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Visiting Staff Scientist and Consultant; March 1998-Sept 1998;
Development of Computational Intelligence Methodology and Data Fusion and Mining Techniques,
supported by 35 Oil Companies, under the DeepLook Project.
University of California, Postdoctoral Fellow, Material Sciences and Mineral Engineering; 1995-1997.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Postdoctoral Fellow; Earth Sciences Division; 1995-1998
Dr. Nikravesh received a full scholarship from the University of California, Berkeley for his second Ph.D. in
the Material Sciences and Mineral Engineering Department in the Fall 1994. While he was a student at UCB
in 1994, he decided to start his scientific carrier as a postdoctoral researcher in Spring 1995 at the University
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of California-Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab as a joint appointment. He was the technology
developer for a $750K project funded by DOE based on his PhD thesis, a project ranked by DOE as the
highest ranked ACTI Project in 1997. He was responsible for the development of Computational Intelligence
Methodology and Data Mining & Fusion Techniques, and Advanced Controller for Time Varying Processes.
He has been the Principal Investigator (PI) or Co-PI of several projects funded through DOE and private
sectors. Dr. Nikravesh’s achievement as part of a collaborative effort between private sector (35 oil
companies under DeepLook project, JPL-NASA, Lawrence Livermore National and Oakridge National
Laboratories) made front page news at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in 1997.
Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI); Ph.D. Student and Pos-Doc, 1994-1995, Research in
the field of gas condensate and mathematical modeling and simulation of petroleum reservoir with
complex behaviors.
University of South Carolina, 1991-1994
Research Assistant; Process Control and Thermodynamics. Research in the field of Intelligent Systems
for Control Purposes.
PROPOSAL/WHITE PAPERS:
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CCSIP on ICT-Enabled Disaster Resilience, Towards a Joint Canada-California Center of
Excellence in Disaster Resilience, Mihaela Ulieru (PI), et.al, Masoud Nikravesh.
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Proposal to NIH and to use Yahoo! Cloud: Phylogenomic tools to predict protein 3D structure and
functional sites, Kimmen Sjölander (PI) , Andrej Sali , Michael Jordan, Ruchira Datta, Masoud
Nikravesh, James Demmel, David Skinner
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Proposal to NIH and to use Yahoo! Cloud: Bringing the power of High-End Computing to
Simultaneous Multiple Sequence Alignment and Phylogenetic Tree Construction, Kimmen Sjölander
(PI), John Huelsenbeck, David Bader, Dr. Ruchira Datta, Masoud Nikravesh, James Demmel,,
David Skinner.
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Berkeley@home: A Virtual Campus Supercomputing Center: A joint proposal with James
Demmel-Computer Science Division and Mathematics Department, UC Berkeley, Beth BurnsideVice Chancellor for Research, UC Berkeley, and David P. Anderson-Space Sciences Laboratory,
UC Berkeley
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Search and Explore the World of Knowledge: EECS, CITRIS-UCB and NERSC-LBNL
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Scientific Decision Systems: EECS-UCB
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Scientific Discovery and Global Socio-Economic Modeling for Large-scale Quantitative
Climate Change Analysis: NERSC-LBNL and UCB representative at three town hall meetings. A
white paper prepared by a group of scientists from DOE-National Labs and US-University during
three town hall meetings for US-DOE (10-year DOE vision for Exascale Computing- E3SGS
Initiative).
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Math and Algorithms for Exascale Computing: NERSC-LBNL and UCB representative at three
town hall meetings. A white paper prepared by a group of scientists from DOE-National Labs and
US-Universities during three town hall meetings for US-DOE (10-year DOE vision for Exascale
Computing- E3SGS Initiative).
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Cognitive Computing: CITRIS-UCB and NERSC-LBNL and in collaborate with EECS-UCB, IBM,
and UCSD.
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Computational Machine Intelligence and Systems Science: Life Sciences and NERSC-LBNL
and EECS and CITRIS of UCB.
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Yahoo! Cloud Computing: Cloud Computing for Perception-Based Intelligent Decision System
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (SELECTED):
1. Member of Distinguished Hall of Fame (HOF) judges (Board Member), the Silicon Valley
Engineering HOF. (2011-2014)
2. General Chair, 2011, SEG Summer Workshop, High Performance Computing in the
Geosciences, SEG 2011, July 18-21, Berkeley, CA
3. Local Chair, 2011 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, San Jose, California
July 31 - August 5, 2011
4. Co-Chair-Workshop Organizer, SEG-RC post workshop, MetaWorkshop, Geophysics and
Engineering: Convergence of Disciplines SEG 2011, San Antonio, TX, 2011.
5. Chair-Special Session Organizer, Recent Advances and the Road Ahead, SEG 2011, San
Antonio, TX, 2011.
6. Workshop Organizer, High-Performance Computing for Oil and Gas Industry, SEG-RC Summer
Workshop 2011, Berkeley, CA, 18-21, 2011.
7. Associate Editor: Applied Soft Computing Journal, 2009-Present.
8. Workshop Organizer, High-Performance Computing for Oil and Gas Industry, SEG 2009,
Huston, TX, 25-30, 2009.
9. Special Session Organizer, Recent Advances and the Road Ahead, SEG 2009, Huston, TX, 2530, 2009.
10. Workshop Co-Organizer, Tenth Workshop on the DOE Advanced Computational Software
Collection, Berkeley, CA, August 18-21, 2009.
11. Workshop organizer: HPC for oil and Gas, SEG Annual Conference, 2010
12. Member of Industrial Relations Advisory Board, EECS, UC Berkeley, 2005-2009.
13. Member of Executive Committee; UC Discovery (Appointed by Provost and Senior Vice
President), 2003-2008
14. Member of Research Council: UC Discovery (Appointed by Provost and Senior Vice President),
2003-2008
15. LBNL-NERSC Representative in UC Discovery Program (Appointed by NERSC Director), 20032008
16. Member of SEG Research Committee/Council: SEG 2006-2007
17. Editorial Board: Journal of Multiple-Valued Logic and Soft Computing
18. Editorial Board: International Journal of Bioinformatics Research and Applications (IJBRA)
19. Symposium Organizer: Cognitive Computing, University of California, Berkeley, May 2-3 2007
20. Symposium Organizer: The Future of Search, University of California, Berkeley, May 4-5 2007
21. Organizing Committee Member, International Conference: IEEE International Conference on
Granular Computing, 2006
22. Organizing Committee Member: 5th Atlantic Web Intelligence Conference 2007
23. Organizing Committee Member, IFSA 2007 World Congress Cancun, Mexico, 2007
24. Chair Special Track Organizer: FLINT-IFSA 2007, IFSA 2007 World Congress Cancun, Mexico,
June 18-21, 2007
25. Special Session Organizer: Fuzzy Tree IFSA 2007 World Congress Cancun, Mexico, June 1821, 2007
26. Special Session Organizer: Soft Computing in Petroleum Applications, IFSA 2007 World IFSA
2007 World Congress Cancun, Mexico, June 18-21, 2007
27. Special Session: FLINT– Search Engine and Information Processing and Retrieval, IFSA 2007
World Congress Cancun, Mexico, June 18-21, 2007
28. Panel Organizer: A Glimpse into the Future (Global Issues), Forging the New Frontiers, IFSA
2007 World Congress Cancun, Mexico, June 18-21, 2007
29. Panel Organizer: Soft Computing: Past Present and Future, Forging the New Frontiers, IFSA
2007 World Congress Cancun, Mexico, June 18-21, 2007
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30. Panel Organizer: Fuzzy Sets and Information Systems Forging the New Frontiers, IFSA 2007
World Congress Cancun, Mexico, June 18-21, 2007
31. Panel Organizer: A Glimpse into the Future (Global Issues), Forging the New Frontiers, FLINTBISCSE05, University of California, Berkeley, Nov. 2-5, 2005
32. Panel Organizer: Soft Computing: Past Present and Future, Forging the New Frontiers, FLINTBISCSE05, University of California, Berkeley, Nov. 2-5, 2005
33. Panel Organizer: FLINT and Semantic Web, Forging the New Frontiers, FLINT-BISCSE05,
University of California, Berkeley, Nov. 2-5, 2005
34. Panel Organizer: Fuzzy Sets and Information Systems Forging the New Frontiers, FLINTBISCSE05, University of California, Berkeley, Nov. 2-5, 2005
35. Chair and Conference Organizer: Forging New Frontiers, FLINT-BISCSE05, University of
California, Berkeley, November 2-5, 2005
36. Chair and Conference Organizer: Soft Computing for Internet and Bioinformatics, FLNT-CIBI,
University of California, Berkeley, 2003, 15-19 December 2003
37. Chair Special Track Organizer: FuzzIEEE-FLINT2003, St. Louis, MO, May 25-28, 2003
38. Chair Special Track Organizer: Second BISC International Conference in Fuzzy Logic and
Internet; Joint NAFIPS 2002 and FLINT 2002 International Conference, New Orleans, LA, June
27-29, 2002
39. Chair and Conference Organizer: New Direction in Enhancing the Power of the Internet, FLINT
2001, University of California, Berkeley, August 14-18, 2001
40. Co-Chair: BISC-SIG in Computational Intelligence and Bioinformatics; 2002-Present
41. Chair: BISC-SIG in Fuzzy Logic and the Internet; 2000- Present
42. Chair: BISC-SIG in Earth Sciences; 1995-Present
43. Chair: First BISC International Conference in Fuzzy Logic ad the Internet; FLINT 2001,
44. Member of DIMI Executive Committee/Research Council and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Representative in DIMI Program.
45. Reviewer for NSF and DOE STTR-SBIR program and several other national and international
funding agencies.
46. Served as chair of several national and international conferences and workshops
47. Serve as member of IEEE, SPE, SEG, ACS, AGU, and AICHE
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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External Ph.D Examiner: 4 Students (2000-2007)
6+ Undergraduate Students /year: Supervision of Student projects (2000-2007)
6+ Visitors: PostDoctoral/Researcher/ Faculty: Supervision of the research of the BISC Visitors
Organize the BISC Seminars during the academic year including summer with 30-50
lectures/year and several special events. August 2000-2007..
During the past four years (2003-2007), I had technical discussion and meeting with +50
visitors/year to the BISC Program.
Joint Lecture and Seminar Series and Special Courses with Prof. Lotfi Zadeh.
Short Courses in Reservoir Characterization, Soft Computing (Neural Network, Fuzzy Logic,
Genetic Algorithm, and DNA coding), and Intelligent Well Log Analysis, Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory and BISC Seminar-Special Course Instructor, BISC-UC Berkeley, 19971998.
Research Assistant; Summer 1992, Summer 1993, Fall 1993.
Teaching Assistant, courses thought from 1987-1994
 process control, heat transfer, thermodynamic, fluid mechanics, Jan. 92-May 94,
 chemistry, organic chemistry, physical chemistry, computer programming, numerical
analysis, mass transfer, process control, and gas conditioning, Dec. 82-Sep. 91
 process control, physical chemistry, and organic chemistry laboratories, Sep. 85-Nov. 87
 Industrial advisor and director of numerical analysis, gas conditioning, and unit operation
computerized projects, Sep. 85- Nov.87.
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PATENTS: Smart Neural Network Wellhead Control System for Oil Fields, Filed in LBNL Patent Department,
DOE, 1996.
NEWS AND MEDIA:
1- Front-page news at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory News (Researchers Use Soft
Computing Techniques to Find Hidden Oil Reserves )
2- Headline news at the Electronics Engineering Times (Fuzzy logic is proven stable).
PUBLICATIONS (Selected Publication): Published and presented over 200 papers, book chapters,
reports, and presentations
BOOKS EDITED/PUBLISHED:
1. M. Nikravesh, L.A. Zadeh and J. Kacprzyk, “Forging New Frontiers: Fuzzy Pioneers I”,
Springer-Verlag in the series Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing (Publication date:
October 2007)
2. M. Nikravesh, L.A. Zadeh and J. Kacprzyk, “Forging New Frontiers: Fuzzy Pioneers II”,
Springer-Verlag in the series Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing (Publication date:
Marchr 2008)
3. Isabelle Guyon, Steve Gunn, Masoud Nikravesh, and Lofti Zadeh, “Feature Extraction,
Foundations and Applications”, Series Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, PhysicaVerlag, Springer, (2006)
4. M. Nikravesh, L.A. Zadeh and J. Kacprzyk, “Soft Computing for Information Processing and
Analysis”, Springer-Verlag in the series Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing (2005)
5. Masoud Nikravesh, Lotfi A. Zadeh and Victor Korotkikh “Fuzzy Partial Differential Equations and
Relational Equations” Reservoir Characterization and Modeling, published in the Series Studies
in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, Physica-Verlag, Springer, Jan 2004.
6. Vincenzo Loia, Masoud Nikravesh and Lotfi A. Zadeh, "Fuzzy Logic an the Internet", published
in the Series Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, Physica-Verlag, Springer, Jan 2004
7. Masoud Nikravesh, B. Azvine, R. Yagar, and Lotfi A. Zadeh, "New Directions in Enhancing the
power of the Internet", published in the Series Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing,
Physica-Verlag, Springer. Jan 2004
8. Masoud Nikravesh, Fred Aminzadeh, and Lotfi A. Zadeh, “Intelligent Data Analysis for Oil
Exploration”, Developments in Petroleum Science, 51; ISBN: 0-444-50685-3, Elsevier, March
2003.
9. Patrick Wong, Fred Aminzadeh, and Masoud Nikravesh, “Soft Computing for Reservoir
Characterization and Modeling, Series Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, Vol 80,
Physica-Verlag, Springer, 2002.
CHAPTERS IN BOOK:
Chapters in: M. Nikravesh, L.A. Zadeh and J. Kacprzyk, “Forging the New Frontiers: Fuzzy Pioneers I”,
Springer-Verlag in the series Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing (Publication date: October 2007)
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Evolution of Fuzzy Logic: From Intelligent Systems and Computation to Human Mind
G. Resconi and M. Nikravesh, Morphic Computing: Concept and Foundation
Concept-Based Search and Questionnaire Systems
Computational Intelligence for Geosciences and Oil Exploration
Chapters in: M. Nikravesh, L.A. Zadeh and J. Kacprzyk, “Forging the New Frontiers: Fuzzy Pioneers II”,
Springer-Verlag in the series Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing (Publication date: March 2008)
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G. Resconi and M. Nikravesh , Morphic Computing: Quantum and Field
Decision-Based Query and Questionnaire Systems
Soft Computing for Intelligent Reservoir Characterization and Decision Analysis
Zhiheng Huang, Masoud Nikravesh, Tam´as D. Gedeon, and Ben Azvine, Pattern Trees: An
Effective Machine Learning Approach
9. Enhancing the Power of the Internet using Fuzzy Logic-Based Web Intelligence: Beyond the
Semantic Web, in Fuzzy Logic and the Semantic Web, ed. Elie Sanchez, Elsevier (62 pages), 2006
10. Beyond the Semantic Web: Fuzzy Logic-Based Web Intelligence, in Soft Computing in Ontologies
and Semantic Web, Springer-Verlag in the series Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing (60
pages, 2006)
11. Concept-Based Semantic Web Search and Q&A, E-service Intelligence, Springer-Verlag in the
series Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing (30 pages), 2006
Chapters in: M. Nikravesh, L.A. Zadeh and J. Kacprzyk, “Soft Computing for Information Processing and
Analysis”, Springer-Verlag in the series Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing (2005)
12. Masoud Nikravesh and Dae-Young Choi, Perception Based information processing (54 pages)
13. Masoud Nikravesh and Souad Bensafi., Soft Computing for Perception-Based Decision Processing
and Analysis: Web-Based BISC-DSS (110 pages)
14. Masoud Nikravesh et al. Soft Computing for Enhancing the Power of Search Engines and
Navigations: Perception-Based Web Intelligence (58 Pages)
15. Chris Loer, Harman Singh, Allen Cheung, Sergio Guadarrama, and Masoud Nikravesh, Evaluating
Ontology Based Search Strategies (14 pages)
16. Martine De Cock, Segio Guadarrama and Masoud Nikravesh, Fuzzy Thesauri for and from the
WWW (10 pages)
17. F. Olcay, Sema Alptekin, and Masoud Nikravesh, Consumer Profiling Using Fuzzy Query and Social
Network Techniques (10 pages)
18. Kazushi Kawase, Tomohiro Takagi, and Masoud Nikravesh, A Trial to Represent Dynamic Concepts
(8 pages)
Chapters in "New Directions in Enhancing the power of the Internet", Editors: Masoud Nikravesh, B.
Azvine, R. Yagar, and Lotfi A. Zadeh, published in the Series Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing,
Physica-Verlag, Springer (Jan 2004)
19. Masoud Nikravesh, Ronal Yager and Ben Azvin, Past, Present, and Future; Intelligent Information
Processing, (2 pages)
20. Masoud Nikravesh, Enhancing the Power of the Internet, pp. 1-20
Chapters in "Fuzzy Logic an the Internet", Editors: Vincenzo Loia, Masoud Nikravesh and Lotfi A.
Zadeh, published in the Series Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, Physica-Verlag, Springer (Jan
2004)
21. Masoud Nikravesh, Vincenzo Loia and Ben Azvine, Fuzzy Logic and The Internet (FLINT), Internet,
World Wide Web, and Search Engines
22. . Masoud Nikravesh and Ben Azvine, Fuzzy Queries, Search, and Decision Support System
Chapters in Masoud Nikravesh, Fred Aminzadeh, and Lotfi A. Zadeh, “Intelligent Data Analysis for Oil
Exploration”, Elsevier, March 2003
23. Masoud Nikravesh and Fred Aminzadeh, Soft computing for intelligent reservoir characterization
and modeling, pp. 3-32.
24. Masoud Nikravesh and Fred Aminzadeh, Soft computing for mining and fusion of petroleum data,
pp. 119-142.
25. Masoud Nikravesh, Ray Levey, and Roy Adams, Intelligent reservoir characterization (IRESC) for
optimum well placement (OWP), pp. 471-498.
26. Intelligent computing techniques for complex systems, pp. 651.672.
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Chapters in Computational Web Intelligence: Intelligent Technology for Web Applications: Editors: YanQing Zhang, Abraham Kandel, T.Y. Lin and Yiyu Yao (Expected Date; March 2004)
27. Masoud Nikravesh and Tomohiro Takagi, Web Intelligence: Concept-Based Web Search (Chapter
2, pp. 29-62)
28. Gamil Serag-Eldin, Masoud Nikravesh, et al., Web Intelligence: Web-Based BISC Decision Support
System (WBISC-DSS) (Chapter 19, pp. 405-444)
SPECIAL ISSUES
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Special Issues, Forging new Frontiers I, International Journal of Soft Computing (Jan 2008)
Special Issues, Forging new Frontiers II, International Journal of Soft Computing (Feb 2008)
Special Issue, Fuzzy Frontiers, Applied Soft Computing Journal, June 2008)
Vincenzo, Loia , M. NikRavesh, Lotfi A. Zadeh, Journal of Soft Computing, Special Issue; fuzzy
Logic and the Internet, published by Springer Verlag, Vol 6, No. 5, August 2002.
5. M. Nikravesh, F. Aminzadeh and L.A. Zadeh, Soft Computing and Earth Sciences (Part 2), Journal
of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Volume 31, Issues 2-4, January 2001
6. M. Nikravesh, F. Aminzadeh and L.A. Zadeh, ), Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Soft
Computing and Earth Sciences, Volume 29, Issue 3-4, May 2001
7. P.M. Wong and M. Nikravesh (2001), A thematic issue on “Field Applications of Intelligent
Computing Techniques,” Journal of Petroleum Geology, 24(4), 379-476.
JOURNAL PUBLICATION (SELECTED PAPERS)
1. Evolution of Fuzzy Logic: From Intelligent Systems and Computation to Human Mind, International
Soft Computing Journal (Jan 2008)
2. G. Resconi and M. Nikravesh, Morphic Computing, Applied Soft Computing Journal (June 2008)
3. Concept-Based Search and Questionnaire Systems, International Soft Computing Journal (Feb
2008)
4. Editorial Note, Special Issue I, International Soft Computing Journal (Jan 2008)
5. Editorial Note, Special Issue II, International Soft Computing Journal (Feb 2008)
6. Editorial Note, Special Issue, Applied Soft Computing Journal (June 2008)
7. Soft Computing-Based Computational Intelligent for Reservoir Characterization, Special Issue:
Intelligent Computing in the Petroleum Industry; published in the Vol. 26 No. 1 of Expert System with
Applications, 2004, pp. 19-38.
8. Masoud Nikravesh, Vincenzo Loia and Ben Azvine, Fuzzy Logic and The Internet (FLINT), Internet,
World Wide Web, and Engines Search, Journal of Soft Computing, Vol. 6, No. 5, August 2002. pp.
287-299.
9. Masoud Nikravesh and Ben Azvine, Fuzzy Queries, Search, and Decision Support System, Journal
of Soft Computing Vol. 6, No. 5, August 2002. pp. 373-399.
10. Vincenzo Loia Masoud Nikravesh, and Lotfi A. Zadeh, Fuzzy Logic and the Internet, Journal of Soft
Computing Vol. 6, No. 5, August 2002. pp. 285-286.
11. Masoud Nikravesh and Fred Aminzadeh, Editorial comments, Journal of Petroleum Science and
Engineering, Volume 31, Issues 2-4, Nov 2001, Page 67-79,
12. Masoud Nikravesh, Roy D. Adams and Raymond A. Levey, Soft computing: tools for intelligent
reservoir characterization (IRESC) and optimum well placement (OWP), Journal of Petroleum
Science and Engineering, Volume 29, Issues 3-4, May 2001, Pages 239-262
13. Masoud Nikravesh and Fred Aminzadeh, Mining and fusion of petroleum data with fuzzy logic and
neural network agents, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Volume 29, Issues 3-4, May
2001, Pages 221-238
14. Masoud Nikravesh, Fred Aminzadeh and Lotfi A. Zadeh, Editorial comments, Journal of Petroleum
Science and Engineering, Volume 29, Issues 3-4, May 2001, Page 151
15. M. Nikravesh, A.E. Farell,T.G. Stanford, Control of nonisothermal CSTR with time varying
parameters via dynamic neural network control (DNNC); Chemical Engineering Journal 76 (2000) 1–
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16. Valluri, S., M. Soroush, and M. Nikravesh, Shortest-Prediction-Horizon Nonlinear Model Predictive
Control, the Journal of Chemical Engineering Science, (2) 53 (1998) 273-292.
17. M. Nikravesh, A.E. Farell, T.G. Stanford, Dynamic Neural Network Control for Non-linear Systems:
Optimal Neural Network Structure and Stability Analysis, Chemical Engineering Journal, 68 (1997)
41-50.
18. Nikravesh, M., A. E. Farell, T.G. Satnford, Model Identification of Nonlinear Time-Variant Processes
Via Artificial Neural Network, Computer and Chemical Engineering, Vol. 20, No. 11, pp. 1277-1290,
1996.
19. Nikravesh, M., A. E. Farell, C.T. Lee, J.W. Van Zee, Dynamic Matrix Control of Diaphragm-Type
Chlorine/Caustic Electrolyzers, Journal of Process Control, June 1995, vol.5, (no.3):131-6.
INVITED LECTURES
1. Invited Speaker. The Baky International Humanitarian Forum, Humanitarian problems,
prospects and challenges in the XXI century in view of the realities of a globalizing world. (By
special invitation). Conference Chairs: Honorable Ali Ilham Aliyev, President of the Azerbaijan
Republic and Honorable Vladimir Putin, the President of the Russian Federation. Oct. 2012
2. Computation for Interdisciplinary Data, Synopsys, Conversation Central Radio Show, Recorded
on June 21, 2012, Radio Broadcast on July 21, 2012.
3. Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) @ Berkeley: The Emergence of Computation for
Interdisciplinary Large Data, Keynote speech at HSI-2012 Conference, IEEE Electronic Society
and TC on Industrial Informatics and Human Factors, Perth, Australia, 6-8 June, 2012
4. Train the Next Generation of the Brightest Researchers in the World, A CSE and
“Computational Lens on the Science” Approach- Educating Leaders, Creating Knowledge,
Serving Society, Presentation to ITFoM and prepared to be presented to the US Leader in D.C.,
toward EU-US Collaboration, June 6, 2012.(With Prof. Mihaeal Ulieru)
5. The Emergence of Computation for Interdisciplinary Large Data, IEDEC-IEEE 2012, Santa
Clara, CA.
6. High Performance Computing and Computational Science and Engineering, SEG PostWorkshop, Geophysics and Engineering: Convergence of Disciplines, SEG 2011, San Antonio,
TX, 18-23, 2011.
7. Panelist- HPC and Academia- Computational Science and engineering, SEG Summer
Workshop, High Performance Computing in the Geosciences, SEG 2011, July 18-21, Berkeley,
CA
8. HPC Resources, Hardware and Software: National Lab and Government Agencies, HighPerformance Computing for Oil and Gas Industry Workshop, SEG 2009, Huston, TX, 25-30,
2009.
9. CSE @ CITRIS and LBNL, Tenth Workshop on the DOE Advanced Computational Software
Collection, Berkeley, CA, August 18-21, 2009.
10. Computational Science and Engineering @ CITRIS, SIAM-CSE Conference, SIAM Conference
on Computational Science and Engineering (CSE09), Miami, March 2-6, 2009.
11. HPC Resources, Hardware and Software: National Lab and Government Agencies, HighPerformance Computing for Oil and Gas Industry Workshop, SEG 2009, Huston, TX, 25-30,
2009.
12. CSE @ CITRIS and LBNL, Tenth Workshop on the DOE Advanced Computational Software
Collection, Berkeley, CA, August 18-21, 2009.
13. Computational Science and Engineering @ CITRIS, SIAM-CSE Conference, SIAM Conference
on Computational Science and Engineering (CSE09), Miami, March 2-6, 2009.
14. Computational Science and Engineering (CSE), UC Davis, 2008.
15. Computational Science and Engineering (CSE), UC Merced, 2008
16. Morphic Computing, BISC Program- EECS, University of California-Berkeley, Dec. 5, 2006
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17. Recent Breakthroughs and Future Anticipation-Reality or SciFi; Year is 2020: Trends and Future
Challenges for Soft Computing, BISC Program- EECS, University of California-Berkeley,
September 12, 2006
18. Searching for the Next Search Engine: The Future of the Advertising, BISC Program- EECS,
University of California-Berkeley, September 20th, 2005.
19. HUMAN MIND, INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS AND COMPUTATION: EVOLUTION OF FUZZY
LOGIC AND LOGIC OF VAGUENESS, IEEE Chapter, Reno-Neva. University of Reno,
September 19, 2005.
20. Intelligent Decision Support and Information Systems: Neuro-Fuzzy-Evolutionary ComputingBased Recognition Technology, CS Seminar, Reno-Neva. University of Reno, September 19,
2005.
21. Theory of Natural Language Computing and Computing with Words and Perception, Intelligent
Systems Research Laboratory, College of Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Canada.
22. Theory of Natural Language Computing: ORIGIN, CONCEPTS, TRENDS, APPLICATIONS;
Computing with Words and Perception, and Precisiated Natural Language, University of
Science and technology Beijing, July 28, 2005, Beijing-China
23. Fuzzy Theory: Origin, Trend, Application, Brief Introduction to BISC Program, University of
Science and technology Beijing, July 28, 2005, Beijing-China
24. Fuzzy Theory: Origin, Trend, Application, Brief Introduction to BISC Program, Chinese Academy
of Science, July 29, 2005, Beijing-China
25. The Application of Natural Language Computing : Decision Making and Analysis Under
Uncertainty Using Computational Intelligence, Chinese Academy of Science, July 29, 2005,
Beijing-China
26. The Application of Natural Language Computing; Decision Making and Analysis Under
Uncertainty Using Computational Intelligence; Invited Lecture Series, Natural Language
Computing: Intelligent Decision Support and Analysis Tool based on Computing with Words and
Perceptions, June 16, 2005; City University of Hong Kong
27. The Application of Natural Language Computing; NeuFCSearch Conceptual Based Text Search
Based on PNL and Neuroscience, Invited Lecture Series, Natural Language Computing:
Intelligent Decision Support and Analysis Tool based on Computing with Words and
Perceptions, June 16, 2005; City University of Hong Kong
28. Theory of Natural Language Computing: ORIGIN, CONCEPTS, TRENDS, APPLICATIONS,
Invited Lecture Series, Natural Language Computing: Intelligent Decision Support and Analysis
Tool based on Computing with Words and Perceptions, June 16, 2005; City University of Hong
Kong
29. Theory of Natural Language Computing, , June 15, 2005; Culturecom Holdings Limited, Hong
Kong
30. Decision Support System & Information Systems in Enterprise: Decision Making and Analysis
Under Uncertainty Using Computational Intelligence, Fall Advanced Information-Based
Modeling (AIBM) Seminar, Chevron-Texaco-October 7, 2004, "New Directions in Knowledge
Discovery from Textual, Visual, and Multimedia Data”.
31. Panel Session FlintPnl: Fuzzy Logic and the Internet, The IEEE International Conference on
Fuzzy Systems, St. Louis, MO May 25-28, 2003
32. Google™ and Yahoo! Concept-Based Intelligent Search Engine, CS Colloquium, University of
Central Florida, Nov 2002
33. Perception-Based Computational Intelligent for Reservoir Characterization, IMP, CIC 2002;
Mexico City, Mexico, Nov 2002
34. Computational Intelligence for Concept Based Search Engines, BISC, University of California,
Berkeley, Dec 2002
35. Web Intelligence: Google™ and Yahoo!-Concept Based Search Engines, CIT, ECE, University
of Calgary, Canada, Dec 2002
36. Computational Intelligent for Reservoir Characterization, Department of Chemical and Oil & Gas
Engineering, University of Calgary, Dec 2002
37. Intelligent Data Analysis for Oil Exploration, BISC, University of California, Berkeley, Dec 2002
38. Reservoir Characterization, Chevron-Texaco, California, Feb 2002.
39. Intelligent Computing Techniques (ICT) for Intelligent Reservoir Characterization, Lawrence
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Berkeley National Laboratory, May 2002
40. Concept-Based and Perception-Based Intelligent Search Engine and its application to
Google™-Based and Yahoo!-Based Search Engines, University of Vienna, Medical School,
Austria, September 2002.
41. Conceptual Fuzzy Sets and its application to Google™-Based and Yahoo!-Based Search
Engines, BTExact Technology; British Telecom, London, UK, Oct 2002
42. Intelligent Reservoir Characterization, Upstream Oil and Gas Industry Workshop, Houston,
Texas, Oct 2002
43. Artificial Intelligence for Data Analysis (Reservoir Characterization), Energy and Geoscience
Institute, University of Utah, May 1998.
44. Mining and Fusion of Petroleum Data with Integrated Neuro-Fuzzy Agents, Petroleum
Engineering Department, Stanford University, April 1998.
45. Mining and Fusion of Petroleum Data with Integrated Neuro-Fuzzy-Genetic Agents, 1998 BISCSIG-ES Workshop, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley,
March 3-6 1998.
46. “Estimation of Permeability Based on 2-D Pore Level Information and Pattern Recognition
Techniques”, BISC-SIG-ES’98 Workshop, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of
California, Berkeley, March 2-6 1998.
47. Industrial Implementation of ANN Techniques for Control Purposes, Invited Lecture, NATO
Advanced Study Institute on Nonlinear Model Based Process Control, 10-20 August 1997,
Antalya, Turkey.
48. The Role of Soft Computing In Earth Sciences, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory, Berkeley CA, 1997.
49. The Role of Soft Computing In Reservoir Characterization, BISC, Computer Sciences Division,
University of California, Berkeley, CA, 1996.
50. Modeling Flow Behavior in Gas-Condensate Reservoirs, Reservoir Engineering Research
Institute, Sixth Workshop, May 4-5, 1995.
REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
1. G. Resconi and M. Nikravesh, Morphic Computing Part I: Foundation, IFSA 2007 World Congress
Cancun, Mexico, June 18-21, 2007,
2. G. Resconi and M. Nikravesh, Morphic Computing Part II: Web Search, IFSA 2007 World Congress
Cancun, Mexico, June 18-21, 2007,
3. Concept-Based Questionnaire System, IFSA 2007 World Congress Cancun, Mexico, June 18-21,
2007
4. Zhiheng Huang, Masoud Nikravesh, Ben Azvine, and Tam´as D. Gedeon, Weighted pattern trees: a
case study with customer satisfaction dataset, IFSA 2007 World Congress Cancun, Mexico, June
18-21, 2007
5. Decision-based questionnaire systems, IFSA 2007 World Congress Cancun, Mexico, June 18-21,
2007
6. IRESC: Reservoir Characterization, IFSA 2007 World Congress Cancun, Mexico, June 18-21, 2007
7. Recent Breakthroughs and Future Anticipation: Reality or SciFi; Year is 2020; World Congress in
Computational Intelligence, WCCI- July 16-21, 2006, Vancouver, Canada
8. , Decision-Based Query and Questionnaire Systems, 7th International Conference on Application of
Fuzzy Systesm and Soft Computing, Sept. 13-14, 2006, Siegen, Germany
9. Concept-Based Search and Questionnaire Systems, 7th International Conference on Application of
Fuzzy Systesm and Soft Computing, Sept. 13-14, 2006, Siegen, Germany.
10. G. Resconi and M. Nikravesh, Computing with Words by Superposition and Decomposition of words
(Fields) International Conference on Cognitive and Neural Systems, May 16–19, 2006, ICCNS06.
11. G. Resconi and M. Nikravesh, Field Theory and Computing with Words, , FLINS 2006, 7th
International FLINS Conference on Applied Artificial Intelligence, August 29-31, 2006 Italy
12. Natural Language Computing Computation and Reasoning with Information Presented in Natural
Languages, Forging the New Frontiers, 40th of Fuzzy Pioneers, BISCSE05, Nov. 2-5, 2005, UC
Berkeley, USA.
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13. Soft Computing, Past, Present and Future, Forging the New Frontiers, 40th of Fuzzy Pioneers,
BISCSE05, Nov. 2-5, 2005, UC Berkeley, USA.
14. Flint and Semantic Web, , Forging the New Frontiers, 40th of Fuzzy Pioneers, BISCSE05, Nov. 2-5,
2005, UC Berkeley, USA.
15. Fuzzy Sets and Information Systems, , Forging the New Frontiers, 40th of Fuzzy Pioneers,
BISCSE05, Nov. 2-5, 2005, UC Berkeley, USA.
16. A Glimpse into the Future, Forging the New Frontiers, 40th of Fuzzy Pioneers, BISCSE05, Nov. 2-5,
2005, UC Berkeley, USA.
17. Natural Language Computing and Computing with Words and Perception: ORIGIN, CONCEPTS,
TRENDS, APPLICATIONS, Forging the Frontiers, University of California-Berkeley, Nov 2-5, 2005
18. , BISC-DSS-Based Recognition Technology: Monitoring and Automation of Fault Detection and
Diagnosis, 3rd US-European Workshop on Logistics and Supply Chain Management - An
International Research Perspective - October 12 & 13, 2005, Claremont Resort & Spa.
19. NeuSearch™: Conceptual-Based Text Search and Question Answering System Using Structure and
Unstructured Text based on PNL, Neuroscience, ICSCCW-2005, Antalya, Turkey.
20. M. Nikravesh and B. Parvin, , "Knowledge Mobilization and Intelligent Augmentation (KnowMIA):
Application to Homeland Security" Paper ID #1448, Poster Presentation, Working Together: R&D
Partnerships in Homeland Security, Boston, Massachusetts, April 27-28, 2005
21. M. Nikravesh and B. Parvin, "Knowledge Mobilization and Intelligent Augmentation (KnowMInA):
Application to Homeland Security, Working Together: R&D Partnerships in Homeland Security,
Boston, Massachusetts, April 27-28, 2005 (Proceeding paper, 12 pages)
22. Intelligent Information Systems in Enterprise, 8th Joint Conference on Information Sciences, Salt
Lake City, Utah, July 21-26, 2005.
23. M. Nikravesh, Intelligent Reservoir Characterization and Modeling, 8th Joint Conference on
Information Sciences, Salt Lake City, Utah, July 21-26, 2005.
24. Soft Computing for Reservoir Characterization and Management, The IEEE International
Conference on Granular Computing, IEEE GrC-2005, Beijing, China, July 25-27, 2005.
25. Intelligent Decision Support and Information Systems in Enterprise: Evolutionary-Based
Optimization, The IEEE International Conference on Granular Computing, IEEE GrC-2005, Beijing,
China, July 25-27, 2005.
26. Neuroscience and Precisiated Natural Language-Based Search and Question Answering System:
NeuSearch, The IEEE International Conference on Granular Computing, IEEE GrC-2005, Beijing,
China, July 25-27, 2005.
27. NeuSearch™: Conceptual-Based Text Search and Question Answering System Using Structure and
Unstructured Text based on PNL, Neuroscience, and BISC-DSS, 2005 IEEE International
Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, IEEE SMC HAWAII 05, The Big Island, Hawaii,
USA, October 10-12, 2005
28. BISC-Decision Support System and Information Systems in Enterprise: Evolutionary ComputingBased Optimization Multi–Aggregator Fuzzy Decision Trees, 2005 IEEE International Conference on
Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, IEEE SMC HAWAII 05, The Big Island, Hawaii, USA, October 1012, 2005
29. Neuro-Fuzzy-Evolutionary Computing (NeF-ECom), Genetic and Evolutionary Computation
Conference, Washington DC, June 25-29, 2005.
30. Human Mind, Intelligent Systems, and Computation: Evolution of Fuzzy Logic, IFSA2005, Beijing,
China, July 28-31, 2005
31. NeuSearch Engine: Concept-Based Search Engine, FUZZIEEE 2005: IEEE International
Conference on Fuzzy Systems, Reno (Nevada, USA) May 22-25, 2005
32. M. Nikravesh, BISC-Decision Support System, FLINT-CIBI2003, p. 23.
33. G. Serag-Eldin and M. Nikravesh, Web-Based BISC Decision Support System, FLINT-CIBI2003,
p.24
34. S. Souafi-Bensafi and M. Nikravesh, BISC-DSS: Evolutionary Computing-based Multi-Aggregator
Fuzzy Decision Trees and Optimization, FLINT-CIBI2003, p. 25.
35. F. Olcay Citrit, S. Alptekin, and M. Nikravesh, Automated Consumer Profiling Using Fuzzy Query
and Social Network Techniques, FLINT-CIBI2003, p. 44.
36. Y. Asfaw, M. DeCock, and M. Nikravesh, Performing Region Detection Using Fuzzy Agents, FLINTCIBI2003, p. 46.
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37. T. Takagi and M. Nikravesh, BeMySearch: Conceptual-Based Information Retrieval and Search
Engine, FLINT-CIBI2003, p. 64.
38. BeMySearch, Conceptual Search Engine and Navigation for Google™ and Yahoo!, Web
Intelligence, FLINT-CIBI2003, p.64.
39. M. De Cock, S. Guadarrama, and M. Nikravesh, Constructing Fuzzy Thesauri for the WWW:
Application to BeMySearch, FLINT-CIBI2003, p. 67.
40. A. Kolobov, D. Kuo, M. DeCock, and M. Nikravesh, On Similarity Measures and Pruning Strategies
for Fuzzy Ontologies, FLINT-CIBI2003, p. 67.
41. *FLINT-CIBI2003: 2003 BISC FLINT-CIBI International Joint workshop on Soft Computing for
Internet and Bioinformatics, Dec 15-19, 2003, UC Berkeley, California, USA, Memo-ERL/UCB
M03/47.
42. Masoud Nikravesh, A Coordinated Intelligent DNA (IntelDNA)-Based Computing, a Biologically
Inspired Computational Intelligence (BISCI): Application to Distributed Control of Collaborative
Robots" AINS 2003, SRI, California.
43. Masoud Nikravesh, Reservoir Characterization and Management, Quantifying Uncertainty in
Reservoir Properties Prediction, August 24-29, 2003, San Luis Resort and Conference Center
Galveston, Texas
44. Masoud Nikravesh and T. Takagi-; Concept-Based Search Engine, INDIN03, Calgary, Canada,
August 2003.
45. Masoud Nikravesh, Reservoir Characterization and Management, INDIN03, Calgary, Canada,
August 2003.
46. Masoud Nikravesh, M. Hassibi, Intelligent Reservoir Characterization (IRESC), INDIN03, Calgary,
Canada, August 2003.
47. Masoud Nikravesh, M. Hassibi, Intelligent Computing Techniques for Evaluating the Mass and
Volume of Contaminants, INDIN03, Calgary, Canada, August 2003.
48. Gamil Serag-Eldin and Masoud Nikravesh, Web-Based BISC-DSS Software, INDIN03, Calgary,
Canada, August 2003.
49. Masoud Nikravesh, B. Azvine; BISC Decision Support System, INDIN03, Calgary, Canada, August
2003.
50. Souad Bensoafi and Masoud Nikravesh, Multi–Aggregator Fuzzy Decision Trees: EC–based
optimization, INDIN03, Calgary, Canada, August 2003.
51. Tomoe Tomiyama, Ryosuke Ohgaya, Akiyoshi Shinmura, Takayuki Kawabata, Tomohiro Takagi,
and M. Nikravesh, Concept-based web communities for Google search engine, The IEEE
International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, St. Louis, MO May 25-28, 2003.
52. Ryosuke Ohgaya, Tomohiro Takagi, Kouta Fukano, Koji Taniguchi, Akiko Aizawa, Masoud
Nikravesh, Conceptual Fuzzy Sets-Based Navigation System for Yahoo!, NAFIPS-FLINT 2002
International Conference, June 2002, New Orleans, LA, USA
53. Akiyoshi Shinmura, Koji Taniguchi, Kazuyosi Kawahara, Tomohiro Takagi, Akiko Aizawa, Masoud
Nikravesh, Exposure of Illegal Web Sites Using Conceptual Fuzzy Sets-Based Information Filtering
System, NAFIPS-FLINT 2002 International Conference, June 2002, New Orleans, LA, USA
54. BISC Decision Support System: Fuzzy Logic-GA Based Decision and Risk Analysis, NAFIPS-FLINT
2002 International Conference, June 2002, New Orleans, LA, USA
55. Fuzzy Conceptual-Based Search Engine using Conceptual Semantic Indexing, NAFIPS-FLINT 2002
International Conference, June 2002, New Orleans, LA, USA
56. Billions of Transaction for an Industry Worth Hundreds of Billion of Dollars, IPMM2001, July 29 August 3, 2001, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
57. Credit Scoring for Billions of Financing Decisions, IFSA/NAFIPS 2001 "Fuzziness and Soft
Computing in the New Millennium" Joint 9th IFSA World Congress and 20th NAFIPS International
Conference, July 25 - July 28, 2001, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
58. Nikravesh, M., and F. Aminzadeh, Neuro-Statistical Technique for Characterization of Contaminant
Sites Using Sparse Well Data, JCIS'98, The Fourth Joint Conference on Information Sciences,
October 23-28, 1998, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA.
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59. Nikravesh, M., F. Aminzadeh, and B. Novak, Data Mining and Fusion with Integrated Neuro-Fuzzy
Agents: Rock Properties and Seismic Attenuation, The Fourth Joint Conference on Information
Sciences, October 23-28, 1998, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA.
60. Novak, B., and M.Nikravesh, Comparison of two Methods for Non-linear Identification, JCIS'98, The
Fourth Joint Conference on Information Sciences, October 23-28, 1998, Research Triangle Park,
North Carolina, USA.
61. Nikravesh, M., A.E. Farell, T.G. Stanford, Control of Nonisothermal CSTR with Time Varying
Parameters via Dynamic Neural Network Control (DNNC), published in 1999, the Journal of
Computers and Chemical Engineering.
62. “Neural Network Knowledge-Based Modeling of Rock Properties Based on Well Logs Databases”,
SPE# 46206, 1998 SPE Western Regional Meeting, 10-13 May 1998, Bakersfield, California, USA.
63. “An Intelligent Approach for Prediction of the Waterflood Performance and the Infill Drilling”, SPE#
46207, 1998 SPE Western Regional Meeting, 10-13 May 1998, Bakersfield, California, USA.
64. Nikravesh, M., M. Soroush, M., and R. Michael Johnson, Nonlinear Model-Based Control of
Petroleum Reservoirs, 1997 AICHE Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, Nov 16-21, 1997.
65. Nikravesh, M., Industrial Implementation of ANN Techniques for Control Purposes, Invited Lecture,
NATO Advanced Study Institute on Nonlinear Model Based Process Control, 10-20 August 1997,
Antalya, Turkey.
66. Dynamic Neural Network Control (DNNC): Smart Wellhead Controller for Water and Steam Injector,
SPE# 38275, 1997 Western Regional Meeting 25-27 June, Long Beach, California.
67. Soroush, M., and M. Nikravesh, Shortest-Prediction-Horizon Nonlinear Model Predictive Control,
Proceedings of the IFAC World Congress, 13th Triennial World Congress, San Francisco, USA,
1996.
68. Nikravesh, M., M. Soroush, A.R. Kovseck, T.W. Patzek, Identification and Control of Large-Scale
Processes via Neural Networks, CPC-V Conference Tahoe City, California, Jan 1996.
69. Nikravesh, M., C. Dobie, and T. W. Patzek, Field-Wise Waterflood Management in Low
Permeability, Fractured Oil Reservoirs: Neuro-Fuzzy Approach, SPE # 37523, 1997 International
thermal Operations and Heavy oil Symposium, Bakersfield, California.
70. Nikravesh, M, Theoretical Methodology for Prediction of Gas-Condensate Flow Behavior, SPE
#36704, The 71st Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (ATCE), Denver Convention Center,
October 1996.
71. Nikravesh, M., A.R. Kovscek, T.W. Patzek, Dividing Oil Fields into Regions with Similar
Characteristic Behavior Using Neural Network and Fuzzy Logic Approaches, Paper # NF-96103,
Biennial Conference of the North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society, NAFIPS'96,
University of California, Berkeley, CA, June 19-22, 1996.
72. Nikravesh, M., A.R. Kovscek, T.W. Patzek, Prediction of Formation Damage During Fluid Injection
into Fractured Low Permeability Reservoirs via Neural Network, The 1996 SPE Formation Damage
Control Symposium, Lafayette, LA, Feb. 1996, SPE paper No. 31103.
73. Nikravesh, M., A.R. Kovseck, A.R. Murer, T. W. Patzek, Field-Wise Waterflood Management Using
Neural Network, 66th Western Regional Meeting, Alaska, USA, May. 1996, SPE paper No. 35721.
74. Garg, A., M. Nikravesh, A.R. Kovseck, L. M. Castainer, T.W. Patzek, CT Scan and Neural Network
Technology for Construction of Detailed Distribution of Residual Oil Saturation During
Waterflooding., 66th Western Regional Meeting, Alaska, USA, May 1996, SPE paper No. 35737.
TECHNICAL REPORTS
1. The Role of Soft Computing Techniques and Geosciences for Intelligent Reservoir Characterization
and Oil Exploration, Memo No. UCB/ERL M04/24, July 1, 2004
2. Soft Computing-Based Modeling for Intelligent Reservoir Characterization and Geosciences
Applications, Memo No. UCB/ERL M04/23, July 1, 2004
3. BISCSE05; Forging New Frontiers, Memo No. UCB/ERL M05/31, November 2, 2005
4. Masoud Nikravesh, et al, Soft Computing for Internet and BioInformatics, UCB/ERL, M03/47, Dec
2003 (93 pages).
5. Masoud Nikravesh, et al., Perception-Based Decision Processing and Analysis, UCB/ERL Memo
03/21, June 2003 (118 pages)
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6. Masoud Nikravesh, et. al, Perception-Based Information Processing, MemoUCB/ERL M03/20, June
2003 (68 pages)
7. Masoud Nikravesh et al., Web Intelligence: Conceptual-Based Model, UCB/ERL M03/19, June 2003
(72 pages)
8. FUZZY LOGIC AND THE INTERNET; PERCEPTION-BASED INFORMATION PROCESSING AND
RETRIEVAL
Fuzzy Query, Fuzzy Search, and Fuzzy Decision Support system
BISC Internal Reports, Edited : Masoud Nikravesh, Report No. 2002-1-SI-BT, September 2002.
9. BISC and the New Millennium; Perception-Based Information Technology, Computing with Words
(CW), Computational Theory of Perception, Precisiated Natural Languages, Perception-Based
Decision Analysis, Perception-Based Information Processing and Retrieval
BISC Internal Reports, Edited : Masoud Nikravesh, Report No. 2001-1-SI, September 2001
10. Fuzzy Logic and the Internet, Perception-Based Information Processing and Retrieval
BISC Internal Reports, Edited : Masoud Nikravesh, Report No. 2001-2-SI-BT, September 2001
11. FLINT 2001- NEW DIRECTIONS IN ENHANCEING THE POWER OF THE INTERNET
PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2001 BISC INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON FUZZY LOGIC AND THE
INTERNET
BY: Masoud Nikravesh and Ben Azvine, UCB/ERL M01/28, August 2001
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Marcin Detyniecki; PostDoc, France, Aggregation and Decision Tree; Jan 2001-Dec 2001
Virginia Johnson; LLNL Staff, USA, Decision Analysis, Jan 2001-June 2001.
Andreas Nuernberger; PostDoc; Germany, April 2001-Dec 2001; Fuzzy Logic and Internet
Prof. Wheyming Song; Prof., Taiwan, Operation Research and Management; April 2001- Jan
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Prof. Tomohiro Takagi; Prof.; Japan, Fuzzy Logic and the Internet; August 2001
Tru Cao; Visitor, UK, Semantic Web, August 2001-September 2001
Mana Haeri; Visistor, USA, E-Business, August 2000-August 2001
Fred Aminzadeh, Fact CEO; USA, Reservoir Characterization and Modeling, August 2000August 2001
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Marcin Detyniecki; PostDoc, France, Aggregation and Decision Tree; Jan 2001-Dec 2001
Virginia Johnson; LLNL Staff, USA, Decision Analysis, Jan 2001-June 2001.
Andreas Nuernberger; PostDoc; Germany, April 2001-Dec 2001; Fuzzy Logic and Internet
Prof. Wheyming Song; Prof., Taiwan, Operation Research and Management; April 2001Jan 2002
Prof. Tomohiro Takagi; Prof.; Japan, Fuzzy Logic and the Internet; August 2001
Tru Cao; Visitor, UK, Semantic Web, August 2001-September 2001
Mana Haeri; Visistor, USA, E-Business, August 2000-August 2001
Fred Aminzadeh, Fact CEO; USA, Reservoir Characterization and Modeling, August 2000August 2001
Prof. Anvari; Visitor/Staff, USA, Knowledge Management, Jan 2001-Dec 2001
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Prof. Christin Wahmkow; Professor, Germany; March 2002-July 2002; Increase Driving
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Prof. Soon Hak Kwon; Professor; South Korea; March 2002-Jan 2003; Similarity and
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Dr. Andreas Nuernberger; Post Doc, Germany; 2001-April 2003; Web Data Mining
Prof. Christin Wahmkow; Professor, Germany; March 2002-July 2002; Increase Driving
Safety of Cars
Prof. Dr. Mihai Nadin; Professor; Germany; March 2002-August 2002; CTP and PNL
Prof. Tomohiro Takagi Takagi; Professor; Japan, June 2002 and August-September 2002;
Internet; Search Engine Software Development
Shinmura; Student; Japan; August-September 2002; Internet; Search Engine Software
Development
Ogaya; Student; Japan; August-September 2002; Internet; Search Engine Software
Development
Prof. V.Korotkich; Professor; Australia; Nov 2002-Feb 2003; Optimization and Fuzzy Partial
Differential Equation
Dr. Aynur Unal; USA; June 2002-June 2003; Supply Chain
Tero Joronen; Ph.D. Student; Finland; Sept 2002-Dec 2002; Advanced Control
Shuangyu Chang; BISC Post Doc; Sept 2002-Sept 2003; Speech
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Research: Web intelligence and conceptual search engine and navigation
 Sema Alptekin (9/1/03-5/31/04; extended time: 6/1/04-6/30/05)
Research: Development of Embedded Soft Computing Applications for Micro Platforms"
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Research: Fuzziness and Uncertainty Modeling
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Research: Knowledge Discovery and Fuzzy Rule Systems in Economics
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Research: Search Engines and Soft Computing
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Souad BenSoafi (France) Signal Processing 2/03-8/04
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Shuhua Liu (Finland) Natural Languages 4/04-8/04
Seyed Shahrestani (Australia) Soft Computing 6/04-7/04
Kaj-Mikael Bjork (Finland) Soft Computing 4/04-4/05
Mahnaz Hassibi (USA) Signal Processing 2/04-8/04
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Research: Knowledge Discovery and Fuzzy Rule Systems in Economics
 Tomohiro Takagi (Japan) Soft Computing and Search Engines (6/03-9/05)
 Kaj-Mikael Bjork (Finland) Supply Chains and Soft Computing (4/04-4/05)
 Mirza Beg, IIT- India, Search Engine and Question Answering 11/05-10/06)
 Zengchang Qin – UK, Search Engine and Question Answering (2/06-1/07)
 Ramon Leonato; Spain, Agents and Soft Computing (9/05- 03/06),
 Prof. Sanguk Noh , Korea, Decision Analysis and Soft Computing, (12/05-12/07)
 Prof. M.-R. Akbarzadeh (USA), Multi Agents and Soft Computing (12/05-12/06)
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 Dr. Zhiheng Huang, UK, BISC-DSS and Decision Trees (03/06-04/07)
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