MSPE - Western Chapter

March Dinner Meeting

March Dinner Meeting with UMKC Student Chapter

Date:               Thursday, March 21, 2019
Time:              5:00 – MSPE WC BOD Meeting
                        5:30 – Registration and Networking
                        6:00 – Dinner
                        6:15 – Presentation of LEAP Awards & Slate of Office Nominations
                        6:30 – Presentation: Machine Intelligence - Dr. Reza Derakshani
Location:        UMKC Flarsheim Hall - Room 531 (Toyota Room)
                        5100 Rockhill Road
                        Kansas City, Missouri 64110
Meal:               TBD
Cost:               $20 for Members & Non-members
                        $10 for Students

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Topic:            Machine Intelligence
Presenter:     Dr. Reza Derakshani, Ph.D.

Biopgraphy:  Dr. Reza Derakhshani, Ph.D. joined the UMKC School of Computing and Engineering as an assistant professor in 2004. He earned his Ph.D. and Master’s degrees in Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering respectively from West Virginia University. Dr. Reza Derakhshani’s research interests are in computational intelligence paradigms, especially artificial neural networks, and their applications in biomedical signal analysis, biometrics (physical and psychophysiological), and physiological system identification His interdisciplinary research has brought about close collaborations with researchers from different medical and engineering fields. Some of his recent research projects include noninvasive brain computer interfacing, a new patented biometric modality based on vasculature on the white of the eye, neural network models of human joints, and non-obtrusive psychophysiological pattern recognition using postural and ocular dynamics.