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Abraham Kandel

A. Kandel

Distinguished University Emeritus Professor

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Biography

Dr. Abraham Kandel received a BSc, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, a MS, University of California, both in Electrical Engineering, and a PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of New Mexico. Dr. Kandel, a Distinguished University Research Emeritus Professor and Endowed Eminent Scholar in Computer Science and Engineering at the University of South Florida (Chairman 1991 - 2003), is the Executive Director of the National Institute for Applied Computational Intelligence, Founding Chairman of the Computer Science Department at Florida State University (1978 - 1991), Director of the Institute of Expert Systems and Robotics, and Director of the State University System Center for Artificial Intelligence at FSU. He is Editor of the Fuzzy Track-IEEE MICRO; Area Editor on Fuzzy Hardware for "Fuzzy Sets and Systems", Associate editor of "IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics", "Control Engineering Practice", and "International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence" (IJPRAI). Dr. Kandel has published over 500 research papers and is author, co-author, editor or co-editor of 46 text books and research monographs in the field. Dr. Kandel is a Fellow of: ACM, IEEE, New York Academy of Sciences, AAAS, IFSA, and a member of NAFIPS, IAPR, ASEE, and Sigma-Xi.

Honors and Awards

  • Fulbright Senior Specialist (2005)
  • Fulbright Senior Research Fellow Award at Tel-Aviv University (2003 - 2004)
  • President's Award for Faculty Excellence, USF (2002)
  • Honorary Scientific Advisor, Romanian Academy of Sciences (2000)
  • Medalist of the Year, Florida Academy of Sciences (1999)MOISIL International
  • Foundation Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievements (1996); Distinguished Researcher Award, USF (1997)
  • Professional Excellence Program Award, USF (1997)
  • Sigma-Xi Outstanding Faculty Researcher Award (1995)
  • Theodore and Venette-Askounes Ashford Distinguished Scholar Award, USF (1995)
  • College of Engineering Outstanding Research Award, USF (1993 - 1994)