Tutorials and Special Sessions

List of Tutorials and Special Sessions

Organized and presented tutorials at major international conferences:

on Interpretable Deep Learning Algorithms, 22nd International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications, ICMLA 2023, Jacksonville, FL, USA, 15-17 December 2023
on From Hyper-parametric towards Prototype-based Deep Learning, IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence, SSCI 2022, 4-7 December 2022, Singapore
on Explainable-by-Design Deep Learning: Fast, Highly Accurate, Weakly Supervised, Self-evolving, at IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence, WCCI2020, Glasgow, Scotland, 19-24 July 2020
on Beyond Deep Learning: How to get Fast, Interpretable and Highly Accurate Classifiers, at 2019 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, IJCNN-2019, Budapest, Hungary, 9-14 July, 2019.
An Empirical Approach: How to get Fast, Interpretable Deep Learning, 2018 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence , WCCI 2018, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 8-13 July, 2018
On Autonomous Learning from Big Data Streams, IJCNN-2015, Killarney, Ireland , 12 July 2015
On Autonomous Learning Systems at WCCI2014 , Beijing, China, 6 July 2014
on Autonomous Learning and Evolving Neural Networks at the 2013 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, IJCNN-2013, Dallas, TX, USA, 4-9 August, 2013
on Evolving Computationally Intelligent Systems at World Congress on Computational Intelligence, WCCI 2010, 18-23 July 2010, Barcelona, Spain
on Evolving Intelligent Systems in Real-Time: Methodology and Applications at IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence, SSCI2009, 29 March, 2009, Nashville, USA
on Evolving Intelligent Systems: The Knowledge Engineering Approach, IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence, Hilton Hotel Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 1-5 April, 2007
on Real-Time Design of Real Time Evolving Fuzzy Design of Real Time Evolving Fuzzy Systems: Systems: Methodology, Algorithms & Applications on IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, FUZZ-IEEE 2007 23-26 July, 2007, London
Invited Tutorial on Evolving Systems at the Intelligent Data Analysis Conference 2007, 7-9 Sept.,2007, Ljubljana, Slovenia
on Evolving Neural-, Fuzzy- and Hybrid Intelligent Systems, World Congress on Computational Intelligence, Vancouver, BC, Canada, July 16-21, 2006

A list of special session organised and chaired recently:

special session on Explainable Deep Neural Networks, WCCI 2020 (CDSS-21)
special session on Recent Advances in Evolving Fuzzy Systems at the 2019 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, FUZZ-IEEE2019, 23-26 June 2019, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
special session on Evolving and adaptive fuzzy models for data streams at the 11th Conf. of the European Society for Fuzzy Logic and Technology, EUSFLAT2019, Prague, Czech Republic, 9-13 September 2019.
special session on Interpretable Deep Learning, at the 2018 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence, WCCI 2018, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 8-13 July 2018
special session on Deep Learning at the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Cybernetics, CYBCONF2017, 21-23 June 2017, Exeter, UK;
special session Online Real-Time Strategies for Data Stream Mining at the 2017 IEEE International joint Conf. on Neural Networks, IJCNN2017, 14-19 May 2017, Anchorage, AL, USA
special session on Recent Advances and New Challenges in Evolving Fuzzy Systems at the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, FUZZ-IEEE2017, 9-12 July 2017, Napoli, Italy
special session on Theoretical Foundations of Deep Learning Models and Algorithms at the 2016 IEEE International joint Conference on Neural Networks, IJCNN2016 within WCCI2016, 23-29 July 2016, Vancouver, Canada
special session on Challenges in Deep Learning at the 2016 European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks, Computational Intelligence and Machine Learning, ESANN2016, 23-29 April 2016, Bruges, Belgium
special session on Recent Advances in Evolving Fuzzy Systems at the 2016 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, FUZZ-IEEE2016 within WCCI2016, 23-29 July 2016, Vancouver, Canada
special session on Computational Intelligence, Nature-Inspired Learning and Big Data at the 2016 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence, 23-29 July 2016,Vancouver, Canada
special session on Recent Advances and New Challenges in Evolving Fuzzy Systems at the 2015 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, FUZZ-IEEE2015, 2-5 August 2015, Istanbul, Turkey
special session on Autonomous Learning and Big Data at the 2015 IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, IJCNN 2015, 12-17 July 2015, Killarney, Ireland
special session on Big Data Analytics at the 2016 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, SMC2016, Budapest, Hungary, 9-12 October, 2016
special session on Autonomous Learning and Evolving Intelligence at the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics 2014, 5-8 October 2014, San Diego, CA, USA
special session on Autonomous Learning at the IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, FUZZ-IEEE 2014, 2014 World Congress on Computational Intelligence, WCCI-2014, 6-11 July 2014, Beijing, China
special session on Smart Technologies for Civil Applications of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles at the 2013 International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, SMC, Manchester, England, UK, 13-16 October, 2013
Summer School on Cybernetics at the 2012 IEEE Conference on Intelligent Systems, IS’12, Sofia, Bulgaria, 4 Sept. 2012
special session on Evolving and Adaptive Fuzzy Systems at the 2012 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence, Brisbane, Australia, 10-15 June, 2012
Evolving and Adaptive Intelligent Systems at the 2011 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, SMC2011, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, 9-12 October, 2011
Evolving and Adaptive Fuzzy Systems at the 2011 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, FUZZ-IEEE 2011, Taipei, Taiwan, 27-30 June, 2011
Evolving Fuzzy Systems at the 2010 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence, WCCI 2010, Barcelona, Spain, 18-23 July, 2010
Computational Intelligence in Machine Learning at the World Congress on Computational Intelligence, WCCI 2010, Barcelona, Spain, 18-23 July, 2010
Managing Uncertainties in Data Streams, International Conference on Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-based Systems, IMPU 2010, Dortmund, Germany, July, 2010
Fuzzy Methods for Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, Jeju, Korea, 20-24 August, 2009
Recent Advances in Evolving Fuzzy System and Methods in Machine Learning and Data Mining, 2009 IFSA World Congress, Lisbon, Portugal, 2009
Uncertainty in Machine Learning and Data Mining, 12th International Conference on Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-based Systems, IPMU-08, June 22-27, 2008, Malaga, Spain
Intelligent Systems that Evolve and Self-develop – challenges and opportunities for research and industry – Panel at 2009 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence, SSCI2009, Nashville, TN, USA
Evolving and Self-Developing Intelligence Systems, 2008 IEEE Symposium on Intelligent Systems, Varna, Bulgaria
Artificial Neural Networks Inspired by Genetic and Quantum Information Processes, 2007 IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, Orlando, FL, USA
Evolving Intelligent Systems, 2007 IEEE International Conference on SMC, Montreal, Canada
Evolving Neuro-, Fuzzy and Hybrid Systems, WCCI, 16-21 July, 2006, Vancouver, Canada
Evolving Fuzzy Systems, 24th NAFIPS Conference, June 2005, Ann Arbour, MI , USA
Adaptive Intelligent Systems, IEEE Symposium on Intelligent Systems, 10-12 September 2002, Varna, Bulgaria
Intelligent Modelling and Control, EUSFLAT-2001 Conference, 5-7 September 2001, Leicester
Intelligent Control, IEEE Conference on Industry Electronics and Control, IECON-2000, Nagoya, Japan