Raymond Fu (CV)

As an interdisciplinary faculty and cross-domain entrepreneur, I would devote my time and effort in collaborating with other board members to support INNS through my professional knowledge, educational experiences, research passion, technology innovation and entrepreneurial spirit. I will contribute to share in the excitement and discuss with our outstanding younger generation of students, scientists, engineers and the general public from various fields about cutting-edge research topics, new innovations and pioneering technologies in our neural network community; and how to foster research innovation across widely disparate disciplines and commercialize technologies from laboratory prototypes to boost broader social impact. I will also be dedicated as a public servant to generously contribute services to our society by committing all necessary duties and responsibilities if elected to the INNS Board of Governors.

Petia Georgieva (CV)

It will be a great honour and responsibility for me to be elected to the Board of Governors and to serve the International Neural Network Society (INNS). First of all, I will support the execution of the policies established by the INNS Executive Committee and the Board of Governors. I intend to contribute to the international promotion of the INNS society, the promotion of its conferences, workshops and webinars organized by INNS. I will participate in activities devoted to attracting and retaining members and identifying potential candidates for leadership positions. I would dedicate particular attention to education activities, such as mentoring programs, research seminars for PhD students, strengthening the support for young researchers, with special focus on female researchers. Fostering the interactions between INNS and the industry will be also a priority of my commitments if I become a member of the INNS Board of Governors.

Alexander Gorban (CV)

My vision is that INNS's core mission is to bridge gaps and break down barriers between Neural Networks and many other areas of research and technology, between R&D in different countries, as well as between education and R&D activities in the field of AI and Neural Networks. If elected, I will focus in these directions: 1. Promotion of INNS activities in organizing conferences, seminars, and trainings, especially for young scientists. 2. Following my research experience, I would like to organize special projects to create reliable neural networks and develop metrology of neural AI in close contact with industry. These issues will soon get even more attention because potential AI errors will bother users more and more. To this end, I organize seminars, special sessions, schools and special issues on these and related topics. 3. I propose to use my position as a Board member to promote international cooperation, joint events and various exchange programs across national borders.

Sebastien Helie (CV) 

If I get elected to the BoG, I would like to extend outreach to scientists in psychology and neuroscience who could use neural networks as tools to better understand their research. Astechnology is moving forward, the amount of biological and psychological data is also increasing and models are critical tools to interpret the data. From an engineering perspective, modelers need data to test and validate their models, and psychologists and neuroscientists are the ones who can provide this data. While the engineering and computer scientists community is currently well–represented at IJCNN, increasing outreach to scientists in other fields can facilitate collaborations and create a synergistic research focus that can only result from direct collaborations with those in fields such as computational modeling and biophysical experimentalists. Also, women are well represented in psychology and neuroscience, so reaching out to these communities will increase membership diversity in INNS.

 Zeng-Guang Hou (CV) 

Neural networks are a fundamental pillar supporting AI and a driving force to its fast advancement. Students, young researchers and industrial practitioners are potential members of INNS. Also, biological and brain research have been contributing to the neural networks community. We need to have more people from fundamental research like neuroscientists and mathematicians join us. I have been a member of INNS for 19 years and have been serving this great community as a BOG member and an organizer of INNS’ conferences and activities. If elected, I would promote the INNS and increase its impact by organizing more activities and technical events, and by attracting more members, particularly students, the young, and also those from intelligence industries. I believe that INNS will be an active society bridging the gap between fundamental research and technological applications, and linking the interdisciplinary studies on artificial intelligence.

Khan Iftekharuddin (CV)

INNS has been in the forefront of theoretical and computational understanding of the brain and applying that knowledge to machine intelligence for over many decades. I believe that with ever increasing sensor data and expanding role of AI in solving the most complex global challenges in human health, climate, water and food security and energy among others, INNS and its membership are well equipped and poised to play a critical role. I have served INNS in various capacities by organizing IJCNN and WCCI conferences as Technical co-chair, Special Session co-chair, and Special Session and Workshop Organizer for many years. As a member of INNS BOG, I would work to make INNS the home of choice for the next generation of neural scientists and engineers who are inspired by brain sciences and brain inspired machines. I would use my experience working with other sister organizations like IEEE biology and medicine, IEEE and SPIE imaging, and Optics to collaborate and enrich INNS.

Krishnaiah Jallu (CV) 

I bring vast experience of development of solutions and deployment for various systems like Manufacturing, Mechanical, Character Recognition, Image Similarity detection, Credit Card Application Fraud Detection, Power Plant’s subsystems etc. using AI/ML/DL. This needs a good amount of domain and as well as AI/ML/DL experience. In addition, it also expects to be a good hold on programming to be able to implement. Having worked on AI/ML/DL for the last 25 years, now it is time to serve globally and help the community. The current era of Industry 4.0 expects people to be thorough in multidisciplinary domains.

Ali A. Minai (CV)

My goal as a member of the INNS Board of Governors is to promote the Society's growth as the leading professional organization for neural network researchers. I aim to enhance interaction among creative individuals through platforms, like conferences and online tutorials. Additionally, I believe INNS should collaborate with the AI industry, expand its educational mission, and build bridges to related areas such as neuroscience and robotics. It is crucial to educate the public on the benefits and concerns of neural network-based generative AI, addressing ethical and economic issues. INNS must lead this process.

 Valeri Mladenov (CV)

If elected to serve on the BoG, I will work diligently to promote INNS leadership in AI by improving the technical activities, creating new chapters, developing new programs for emerging technologies, and encouraging industry participation in INNS activities and practices. I will work to promote diversity (including age, gender, and region) among authors of publications and volunteers, to develop and expand INNS activities, and to inspire and encourage young researchers (including students). I will focus on expanding membership in the regions with fewer representatives, creating new INNS chapters, working with different communities and developing programs with them that meet their needs, expanding our activities to make INNS more attractive to industry and new communities, expanding the portfolio of publications for more innovation and interdisciplinary related topics, develop new ways of communication such as virtual conferences, virtual expert roundtables and others.

 Thomas Trappenberg (CV)

I have been a member of INNS since the mid 1990s and its annual meeting has become one of my favourite venues. I remember meeting Walter Freeman and John Taylor at INNS 1997 in Houston who encouraged me as a young researcher. Our conference is outstanding in bridging many areas. Clearly, there are now huge single-track conferences on Bayesian machine learning or deep learning, but which conference features fun progress in robotics with discussions on consciousness and a lecture by a psychiatrist that gets you thinking about the mind? We now need more than ever a broader view on the impact of AI on our society. On the board of governors, I would like to continue our tradition in bridging disciplines. I would like to be a mentor to a new generation of young researchers who do not forget the magic of science and the importance of seeing the big picture. Ultimately, I would like to bring IJCNN back to Canada, this time to the east coast which is as close to Europe as the west coast.

 Pavlo Tymoshchuk (CV)

If elected, I will work closely with the Board of Governors to ensure all traditional INNS activities are successfully performed every year and the society continues to act as the premier organization related to multi- and cross-disciplinary learning and applications of neural networks. I will collaborate with other board members to support INNS through my professional knowledge, educational experiences, research passion, technology innovation and entrepreneurial spirit. I will also work in the organization of high-quality conferences and contribute to the management of the society. I will focus on promoting the INNS to diverse researchers to ensure healthy membership. I will assist INNS to grow, considering its needs, exploring other emerging areas such as big data, artificial intelligence, biomedical engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and other relevant fields.