
Academic, Entrepreneur and Interdisciplinary Research Network - ajith.abraham@ieee.org
Greater Seattle Area

Academic, Entrepreneur and Interdisciplinary Research Network - ajith.abraham@ieee.org
Greater Seattle Area
Ajith's research experience includes over 18 years in the Industry and Academia spanning different countries/continents in Australia, America, Asia and Europe. He works in a multi-disciplinary environment involving computational intelligence, network security, sensor networks, e-commerce, Web intelligence, Web services, computational grids, data mining and applied to various real world problems. He has authored/co-authored over 400 research publicationsand is also the winner of 6 best paper awards. He has given more than 20 plenary lectures and conference tutorials in these areas.
He received Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from Monash University, Australia and a Master of Science degree from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Currently works in Norwegian University of Science and Technology and also
holds an Adjunct Professor appointment in Jinan University, China and Dalian Maritime University, China. He has held academic appointments in Monash University, Australia; Oklahoma State University, USA; Chung-Ang University, Seoul and Yonsei University, Seoul, Open University of Calalyunya, Spain and Rovira i Virgili University, Spain. Before turning into a full time academic, he was working with three International companies: Keppel Engineering, Singapore, Hyundai Engineering, Korea and Ashok Leyland Ltd, India where he was involved in different industrial research and development projects for nearly 8 years.
He serves the editorial board of more than 30 reputed International journals and has also guest edited 29 special issues on various topics. In 2008, he is nvolved as the General Co-chair / General Chair of AMS 2008, Malaysia; ISDA'08, Taiwan; IAS'07, Italy; HIS'08, Spain; CSTST'08, France; EMS'08, UK and the Program Chair/Co-chair of ICDIM'08, UK; ECDM 2008, Netherlands; CISIM'08, Czech Republic and the Tutorial Chair of WI-IAT'08, Australia.
For further information, please visit: http://www.softcomputing.net
Research expertise: Hybrid soft computing, neural networks, fuzzy systems, global optimization, machine learning, multi-agent systems etc.
Application areas include: information security, Web intelligence, Web services, financial modeling, weather analysis, energy management, knowledge management, multi criteria decision making, scheduling etc.
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; UTM; Education Management industry)
November 2007 — Present (9 months)
Research Consulting
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; NTNU; Education Management industry)
January 2007 — Present (1 year 7 months)
Research and development
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; DMU; Education Management industry)
January 2006 — Present (2 years 7 months)
Research Consulting
(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; JU; Education Management industry)
January 2006 — Present (2 years 7 months)
Research consulting
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; SCI; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2004 — Present (4 years 7 months)
Business consulting and management of software projects for industries, Government, policy makers and startups.
(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Research industry)
August 2004 — 2006 (2 years)
Scientific research and teaching
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)
August 2006 — December 2006 (5 months)
Research and Teaching
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; RVU; Education Management industry)
June 2005 — May 2006 (1 year)
Research consulting
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
August 2002 — July 2004 (2 years)
Teaching and research
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2002 — August 2002 (8 months)
Engaged in research and development of novel hybrid intelligent systems
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 1996 — February 1999 (3 years 2 months)
Research and development engineer for several industrial projects
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Oil & Energy industry)
March 1993 — October 1995 (2 years 8 months)
Research and development engineer for several industrial projects
Ph.D., Computer Science, February 1999 — December 2001
MS, Control and Automation, 1996 — 1998
B Tech, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 1986 — 1990
Computational intelligence, network security, web intelligence
- Senior Member -- IEEE and IEEE Computer Society
- Member, Association for Computing Machinery
- Member, Institute for Engineering and Technology, UK
- Member, Institution of Engineers Australia, Australia
- Member, World Federation on Soft Computing
- European Society for Fuzzy Logic and Technology,(EUSFLAT) Working Group on Neuro-Fuzzy Systems
- EvoNet, European Network for Excellence in Evolutionary Computing
- EU/ME, European Chapter on Metaheuristics, Working Group of the The Association of European Operational Research Societies
-- Six Best Paper Awards --
Research Awards
- Outstanding faculty, Oklahoma State University, USA
Outstanding Service Awards
- Track Chair, IEEE International Conference on Information Technology, USA.
Industrial Awards
- Engineer of the Project Award, Hyundai Engineering Ltd., South Korea
Honors and Nominations
- Who'sWho of Emerging Leaders, Marquis Who's Who, USA, 2007.
- Who's Who in America, Marquis Who's Who, USA, 2007.
- Who’s Who in the World, Marquis Who’s Who, USA, 2006.
- Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, Marquis Who’s Who, USA, 2003.
- Living Legends, International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England
- Honorary Member of Research Board of Advisors, The American Biographical Institute Inc., 2001