Academic and Professional Background

• Background:

  Professor Nikola Kasabov is the Founding Director and Chief Scientist of the Knowledge Engineering and Discovery Research Institute (KEDRI) based at Auckland University of Technology.

• Research:

  Prof Kasabov's main research interests are in the areas of intelligent information systems, soft computing, neuro-computing, bioinformatics, brain study, speech and image processing, novel methods for data mining and knowledge discovery. He is working with Dr Sue Worner at Lincoln University developing neural networks as techniques for processing complex ecological data for pest risk prediction.

• Publications:
  1. Prof Kasabov has published more than 400 publications including 15 books, 120 journal papers, 60 book chapters, 32 patents and numerous conference papers.