Conference and Journal organisation
- Chair of IEEE Computational Intelligence Society’s Emergent Technologies ‘Affective Computing’ Task Force, 2014/15.
- Co-organiser Special Session on Computational Intelligence and Machine Learning for Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) at IEEE Systems Man & Cybernetics 2015 BMI Workshop in conjunction with IEEE international conference on Systems Man & Cybernetics, Hong Kong, China, October 2015.
- Organiser special session on Fuzzy Systems for Physiological and Affective Computing (FSPAC) at the IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, Istanbul, Turkey, August 2015.
- Publicity chair and member of organising committee for the 2015 Conference on Technologies and Applications of Artificial Intelligence Tainan, Taiwan, November 2015.
- Guest Editor for Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments (JAISE), Thematic issue on Affect Aware Ubiquitous Computing.
- Co-chairing the special session on Brain and Physiological Computation for Affective Computing at 2014 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence, July 6th to 11th, Beijing, China 2014.
- Co-organiser special session on Computational Intelligence for Physiological and Affective Computing (CIPAC) at 2014 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence, July 6th to 11th, Beijing, China 2014.
- Organiser 2nd International Workshop on Applications of Affective Computing in Intelligent Environments (ACIE 2014), in conjunction with the 10 International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE’14), Shanghai, China, June 2014.
- Organiser 1st International Workshop on Applications of Affective Computing in Intelligent Environments (ACIE 2013), in conjunction with the 9 International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE’13), Athens, Greece, July 2013.
- Vice Chair IEEE Computational Intelligence Society’s Emergent Technologies ‘Affective Computing’ Task Force, 2013/14.
- Keynote Speaker, Speech titled: “The Need for Affect Aware Ambient Intelligence”, 1st International Workshop on Applications of Affective Computing in Intelligent Environments (ACIE 2013).
- Invited speaker at 2013 Research Collaboration Workshop for Top TW-UK Universities, Tainan, Taiwan, June 2013.
- Co-organising special session on Intelligent Agents in the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, FUZZ-IEEE 2009, Jeju Island, Korea, August 2009.
- Co-chair at Sixth Biannual World Automation Congress, Fifth International Symposium on Intelligent Automation and Control, Track on Fuzzy Systems, Seville, Spain, June 2004.
Conference program committee membership
- Member of Program Committee, 2013 Conference on Technologies and Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Taipei, Taiwan, December 2013.
- Member of the Program Committee, Special Sessions on Type-2 Fuzzy Logic, IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, Brisbane, Australia, June 2012.
- Member of the Program Committee, Special Sessions on Intelligent Agents, IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence, Brisbane, Australia, June 2012.
- Member of the Program Committee, Special Sessions on Computational Intelligence for the Digital Economy, IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence, Brisbane, Australia, June 2012.
- Member of Program Committee, 2009 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, FUZZ-IEEE 2009, Jeju Island, Korea, August 2009.
- Member of Program Committee, 2009 IEEE Symposium on Intelligent Agents, Nashville, USA, March 2009.
- Invited to participate in a panel session on: ‘Intelligent Agents and Computational Intelligence’, held at the IEEE Symposium on Intelligent Agents, Nashville, USA, March 2009.
- Member of Technical Committee, IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, Hong Kong, China, June 2008.
- Invited to participate in a panel session on: ‘Preparing academics for a business world’, held at the IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence, Hong Kong, China, June 2008.
Conference and journal review activities
- Book proposal reviewer for ELSEVIER based on expertise in computational intelligence, July 2014.
- Reviewer for the Journal of Applied Soft Computing, Elsevier 2013/14.
- Member of International Review Committee, IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, Fuzzy Systems, Beijing, China, July 2014.
- Member of International Review Committee, IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, Fuzzy Systems, Hyderabad, India, July 2013.
- Member of International Review Committee, IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence, Orlando, USA, December 2014.
- Reviewer for the Journal of Soft Computing, Springer 2013.
- Member of International Review Committee, IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, Fuzzy Systems, Brisbane, Australia, June 2012.
- Member of International Review Committee, IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, Taipei, Taiwan, July 2011.
- Member of International Review Committee, IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, London, UK. July 2007.
- Reviewer for the IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems 2015.
- Reviewer for the IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems 2005 - 2015.
- Reviewer for the IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, & Cybernetics Part A 2004.
Awards
- Jointly won Best Knowledge Transfer Partnership 2011 for the London and South East Region, based on my work as an associate and the partnership team’s achievements during the three year KTP project between Sanctuary Personnel Ltd and the University of Essex – August 2011.
- Jointly won the 2009 Lord Stafford Award for Achievement in Innovation, for the novel intelligent composite reporting and decision support tools I developed as part of a knowledge transfer partnership between Sanctuary Personnel Ltd and the University of Essex – March 2009.
Achievements
- Awarded a grade ‘A’ for Knowledge Transfer Partnership Project – March 2010.
- Interviewed on BBC’s Look East regional news programme featuring a demonstration of an ambient intelligent agent operating in the new iSpace facility at the University of Essex for research into intelligent environments – June 2005.
- Demonstrated the capabilities of ambient intelligent agents to the Mayor of Colchester and guests during the official opening of iSpace facility – June 2005.
- Presented a live demonstration of PhD work on ambient intelligent agents to her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh on their visit to mark the 40th anniversary of the University of Essex – November 2004.