BIOLOGY
Dr. Lawrence J. Fogel Receives Inaugural IEEE Frank Rosenblatt Award
Dr. Lawrence J. Fogel, President of Natural Selection, Inc. in La Jolla, California, became the first recipient of the IEEE Frank Rosenblatt Technical Field Award on July 19. The award was presented at the 2006 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence by IEEE Director Dr. Evangelia Micheli-Tzanakou. The IEEE is the world's largest association of professional engineers, with over 350,000 members internationally. The IEEE Frank Rosenblatt Award was established by the IEEE Board of Directors in 2004. The award is named in honor of Frank Rosenblatt, who is widely regarded as one of the founders of neural networks. His work influenced and even anticipated many modern neural network approaches. The award is presented for outstanding contributions to the advancement of the design, practice, techniques or theory in biologically and linguistically motivated computational paradigms, including but not limited to neural networks, connectionist systems, evolutionary computation, fuzzy systems, and hybrid intelligent systems in which these paradigms are contained.
Dr. Lawrence J. Fogel was presented the award for "extraordinary and pioneering achievements in computational intelligence and evolutionary computation." Dr. Fogel, who has been described as a "father of computational intelligence," began in 1960 to devise evolutionary programming, a radical approach to artificial intelligence that simulated evolution to literally evolve solutions to problems. His 1964 doctoral dissertation at UCLA on evolutionary programming was the basis for the first book on evolutionary computation, Artificial Intelligence through Simulated Evolution, which he co-authored with Alvin Owens and Michael Walsh. In 1965, Dr. Fogel, with Owens and Walsh, founded Decision Science, Inc. in San Diego, California, the first company to focus on solving real problems via evolutionary computation. As president of Decision Science, Inc., he directed its activities, guiding research in areas such as computer simulation, mathematical prediction and control systems, real-time data processing and materials handling systems. He also developed evolutionary programming methods that led to the Adaptive Maneuvering Logic, a heuristic approach to missile evasion for simulated aerial combat. His method also has been used to discover new pharmaceuticals, improve industrial production and optimize mission planning in defense applications. In 1982, Decision Science merged with and became a division of Titan Systems, Inc. in San Diego. In 1993, Dr. Fogel founded Natural Selection, Inc. in La Jolla, California, which combines evolutionary computation with neural networks, fuzzy systems, and other computational intelligence technologies. The company has addressed and solved problems in many areas, including bioinformatics, medical diagnosis, pattern recognition, data mining, perimeter security, factory optimization, route scheduling, autonomous vehicle capabilities, and risk management. Dr. Fogel is an IEEE Life Fellow and recipient of the IEEE Neural Networks Council Evolutionary Computation Pioneer Award, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Evolutionary Programming Society, and the Computational Intelligence Pioneer Award from the International Society for Optical Engineering. For additional information visit its Web site.
Dr. Lawrence J. Fogel was presented the award for "extraordinary and pioneering achievements in computational intelligence and evolutionary computation." Dr. Fogel, who has been described as a "father of computational intelligence," began in 1960 to devise evolutionary programming, a radical approach to artificial intelligence that simulated evolution to literally evolve solutions to problems. His 1964 doctoral dissertation at UCLA on evolutionary programming was the basis for the first book on evolutionary computation, Artificial Intelligence through Simulated Evolution, which he co-authored with Alvin Owens and Michael Walsh. In 1965, Dr. Fogel, with Owens and Walsh, founded Decision Science, Inc. in San Diego, California, the first company to focus on solving real problems via evolutionary computation. As president of Decision Science, Inc., he directed its activities, guiding research in areas such as computer simulation, mathematical prediction and control systems, real-time data processing and materials handling systems. He also developed evolutionary programming methods that led to the Adaptive Maneuvering Logic, a heuristic approach to missile evasion for simulated aerial combat. His method also has been used to discover new pharmaceuticals, improve industrial production and optimize mission planning in defense applications. In 1982, Decision Science merged with and became a division of Titan Systems, Inc. in San Diego. In 1993, Dr. Fogel founded Natural Selection, Inc. in La Jolla, California, which combines evolutionary computation with neural networks, fuzzy systems, and other computational intelligence technologies. The company has addressed and solved problems in many areas, including bioinformatics, medical diagnosis, pattern recognition, data mining, perimeter security, factory optimization, route scheduling, autonomous vehicle capabilities, and risk management. Dr. Fogel is an IEEE Life Fellow and recipient of the IEEE Neural Networks Council Evolutionary Computation Pioneer Award, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Evolutionary Programming Society, and the Computational Intelligence Pioneer Award from the International Society for Optical Engineering. For additional information visit its Web site. 
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