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Donald Wunsch is the Mary K. Finley Missouri Distinguished Professor at
Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T).
He is the Director of the Applied Computational Intelligence Laboratory, a highly
multidisciplinary research group. Earlier employers were: Texas Tech University,
Boeing, Rockwell International, and International Laser Systems.
His education includes: Executive MBA - Washington University in St. Louis,
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering - University of Washington (Seattle), M.S., Applied
Mathematics (same institution), B.S., Applied Mathematics - University of New
Mexico, and Jesuit Core Honors Program, Seattle University.
Key research contributions are: Clustering / Unsupervised Learning; Biclustering;
Adaptive Resonance and Reinforcement Learning architectures, hardware and
applications; Neurofuzzy regression; Traveling Salesman Problem heuristics;
Games; Robotic Swarms; and Bioinformatics.
He is an IEEE Fellow, previous INNS President, INNS Fellow, NSF CAREER
Awardee, 2015 INNS Gabor Award recipient, and Eta Kappa Nu member. He
served as IJCNN General Chair, and on several Boards, including the St. Patrick's
School Board, IEEE Neural Networks Council, International Neural Networks
Society, and the University of Missouri Bioinformatics Consortium, Chaired the
Missouri S&T Information Technology and Computing Committee as well as the
Student Design and Experiential Learning Center Board.
He has produced 20 Ph.D. recipients in Computer Engineering, Electrical
Engineering, Systems Engineering and Computer Science; has attracted over
$10 million in sponsored research; and has over 450 publications including nine
books. His research has been cited over 15,000 times.

Dustin Tanksley is a PhD Candidate in Computer Engineering at Missouri
University of Science and Technology.
He is a member of the Applied Computational Intelligence Laboratory, focusing
his research on game theory, reinforcement learning, and neural networks.
He has previously earned an associate's degree in Science from the Missouri
Academy, and a bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from Missouri
University of Science and Technology, as well as being the youngest person to
pass the Qualifying Exam in Computer Engineering at Missouri S&T.
He has participated in several chess AI competitions and has placed several
times in the top three. He has been recognized for his achievements on
several occasions, notable receiving both a GAANN Fellowship and Chancellor's
Distinguished Fellowship. He is an active Gamma Theta member of HKN.

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