| Madan M. Gupta |
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| Summary of Academic Achievements |
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| The following is a summary of what I consider to be my most significant academic achievements and principal research contributions over the last four decades and half in my academic life. Details of these achievements and contributions may be found in the Classified List of Publications and Curriculum Vitae. |
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| B.Sc.1, 1957 | Faculty of Science, University of Allahabad. |
| B.E., 1961 | (Honours and Gold Medallist); Electronics & Telecommunications Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (Formerly Birla Engineering College), Pilani, India, |
| M.E., 1962 | (First Class); Control Systems; Department of Electrical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (Formerly Birla Engineering College), Pilani, India. |
| Ph.D., 1967 | Adaptive Control Systems, School of Engineering, University of Warwick, Coventry, England. |
| D.Sc. 1998 | Neuro-Control Systems, Neuro-Vision Systems, Fuzzy-Neural Systems, & Detection , Diagnosis and Prognosis of Early Cardiac Diseases; College of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. |
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| 2. OTHER CREDENTIALS |
| Fellow - | The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE) (1990); (For contributions to the theory of fuzzy sets and adaptive systems, and to the advancement of the diagnosis of cardiovascular systems). |
| Life Fellow - | The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE) (2002); |
| Fellow - | The International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) (1993); (For contributions to the field of neuro-vision, neuro-control and fuzzy-neural systems). |
| Fellow - | The International Fuzzy Systems Association (IFSA) (2001) (For contributions to the field of fuzzy mathematics and fuzzy-neural networks). |
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| 3. FOUNDATION OF & MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: |
| 3.1 Foundation of Professional Societies: |
| 1993 - | Founding President, Canadian Society for Fuzzy Information and Neural Systems (CANS-FINS); |
| 1982 - | Founding Member, NAFIP (North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society), |
| 3.2 Membership in Professional Societies: |
| 2003- present: | Life Fellow: IEEE (The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), USA; |
| 1990-2003: | Fellow, IEEE (The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); |
| 2001-present: | Fellow, International Fuzzy Systems Association (IFSA); |
| 1993-present: | Fellow, SPIE (The International Society for Optical Engineering); |
| 1995-present: | Member, Optical Society of America; |
| 1995-present: | Member, IEEE-IJCNN, |
| 1990-present: | Member, Neural Network Society, |
| 1991-present: | Member, INNS (International Neural Networks Society) Honorary Member of Japanese, Korean, Indian and Chinese Fuzzy Information Processing Societies |
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| 4. HONOURS (MEDALS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND PRIZES): |
| 1956-57 | Merit Scholarship, University of Allahabad, India. |
| 1961 | Gold Medal for Academic Excellence in the Bachelor of Engineering, Birla Engineering College, (Now, Birla Institute of Technology and Science), Pilani, India. |
| 1961-62 | Government of India Scholarship during Master of Engineering (M.E.) Studies, Birla Engineering College, Pilani, India. |
| 1964-67 | Commonwealth Research Fellowship for Ph.D. first at the Queen's University of Belfast (1964-65), and then at the University of Warwick (1965-67), U.K. |
| 1975-76 | Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC): Senior Industrial Research Fellowship, MacMillan Bloedel Research Ltd., Vancouver, B.C. |
| 1985-88 | Member of the NSERC Grant Selection Committee (Electrical Engineering). (NSERC is a Federal Research Council charged with the responsibility of distributing research funds to the academic institutions across Canada in the fields of the natural sciences and engineering). |
| 1988 | NSERC Special Merit Award for Outstanding Research Accomplishments in the field of Neuro-Vision, Neuro-Control and Neuro-Fuzzy Systems. |
| 1989 (Dec.) | Senior Fellowship: (AIST and MITI) The Society for the Promotion of Science, JSPS, Tokyo. (Vision Systems Research Laboratory, Electrotechnical Laboratory (ETL), Tsukuba, Japan). |
| 1990 | Fellow, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for contributions to the theory of fuzzy logic and adaptive control systems, and to the advancement of the diagnosis of cardiovascular disease. |
| 1990 | Visiting Professor, European Center for Peace and Development (ECPD), University for Peace, Belgrade, established by the United Nations. |
| 1990 | Special Advisor in the area of High Technology to the ECPD, University of Peace, Belgrade |
| 1990 (May-June) | Special Advisor to the United Nations Industrial Development (May ? June) Organization (UNIDO) in the area of Industrial Automation for India. |
| 1990 | Automatic Control Conference (ACC), Best paper award in the Session on Neural Networks. |
| 1990 | Distinguished lecturer at Simon Fraser University, March. |
| 1990 | Distinguished lecture at University of Philadelphia, September. |
| 1990 | Keynote Speaker at the Opening of the Korean Fuzzy Mathematical Society, December. |
| 1990 | Keynote Speaker at the ECPD Workshops on Intelligent Robotic Systems, Dubrovnik. |
| 1991 | IEE Kelvin Premium Award, for the Paper on A Class of Discrete Time Model for Continuous Time Systems, Proceeding IEE, PT. D., Vol. 135, No. 2, pp. 79-83, (shared). |
| 1992 | Honourable Mention as Pioneer Contributor in the Field of Fuzzy Sets and Systems at the 1992 - IEEE Conference on Fuzzy Systems, San Diego, March. |
| 1992 | Keynote Speaker at the Tenth International Conference on Multiple Criteria Decision Making Taiwan, July. |
| 1992 | Keynote Speaker at the Samos Conference on Intelligent Systems, June. |
| 1995 | IEEE-SMC Conference, Vancouver, Best Paper Award. |
| 1998 | IEEE-TENCON ��98, New Delhi, India, Best Paper Award. |
| 1998 | Received the second Kaufmann Award Gold Medal for Research into Fuzzy Uncertainty from the Fundacio per a l'Estudi de la Gestio en la Incertesa (Foundation for the Study of Fuzzy Uncertainty: FEGI) and Sociedad International de Gestion Economia Fuzzy (International Association for Fuzzy Set Management and Economy: SIGEF), Reus (Spain), June 8. |
| 1998 | Received the Award of D.Sc. by the College of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK., for Research in the areas of Neuro-Vision Systems, Neuro-Control Systems, Adaptive Control Systems and for the Incipient Failure Detection in Cyclic Machines as well as the Early Diagnosis of Heart Disease (PISA) - [Fall Convocation, October 24, 1998]. |
| 2000-01 | Was honoured with the election of the Fellowship of the International Fuzzy Systems Association (IFSA) for contributions to the field of fuzzy mathematics and fuzzy neural networks. |
| 2001-02 | Was elected to a Lifetime Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, U.S.A. |
| 2001-02 | Was honoured at the Fifth Biannual World Automation Conference held at Orlando, Florida, U.S.A., June 9-13, 2002 for lifetime contributions to the fields of "Neural Networks and Their Applications". |
| 2003 | Won Lifetime Achievement Award at the Fifth Biannual World Automation Congress. |
| 2003 | Exceptional Service Award at the International Symposium on Uncertainty Modeling and Analysis (ISUMA). |
| 2010 | Was appointed as a Distinguished Research Chair in the College of Engineering, University of Saskatchewan. |
| 2013 | Won University of Saskatchewan Prime of Life Achievement Award. |
| 2013 | Won NSERC Outstanding Merit Award. |
| 2014 | Won Bharat Gaurav Award (translates to Pride of India Award) in recognition of contributions and dedication to worthy causes and achievements. This award was conferred annually by the India International Friendship Society to people who have made outstanding contributions. |
| 2014 | Won Hind Rattan Award (translates to Jewel of India Award) in recognition of outstanding services, achievements, and contributions in his field. This award is conferred annually by the NRI Welfare Society of India to selected members of the worldwide Indian diaspora. |
| 2018 | Awarded Token of Honour award from the IEEE PELS-IES Delhi Chapter. |
| 2021 | Recognized by Stanford University as being within the top 1% of researchers in the world based on publications. |
| 2022 | Recognized by the International Conference on Industrial Informatics - Computing Technology, Intelligent Technology, Industrial Information Integration (ICIICII 2022) in China for significant contributions to international cooperation in science, technology, and education. There will be annual Professor Madan M. Gupta memorial lectures in the ICIICII series of conferences. |