Ryszard Spencer Michalski
Computer science specialist, educator
Born May 7, 1937, Kalisz, Poland; came to U.S., 1971; son of Jan and Eugenia (Botulinska); married Elzbieta (Marchut).
Education: certificate, Technical University of Cracow (Poland), 1956; Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Technical University of Warsaw (Poland), 1959; Master of Science (M.S.), Technical University of Leningrad, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.), 1961; Ph.D.,Technical University of Silesia, Gliwice (Poland), 1969.
Career: research scientist, 1961-68, laboratory head, 1968-70, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw; visiting assistant prof., 1970-72, 1972-82, prof., laboratory director, 1982-87, University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign; PRC chaired prof., director, Center for Machine Learning and Inference, G. Mason University, Fairfax (VA), 1988 -.
Author, i.a.: various research projects on artificial intelligence, machine learning, database design, pattern recognition and cognitive science, i.a., on conceptual clustering, 1980, and variable precision logic, 1985; Machine Learning: An Artificial Intelligence Approach, vol. I. 1983, vol. II, 1986, vol. III, 1990, vol. IV, 1994; exhibition, ROBOTS and BEYOND: Age of Inteligent Machines, U.S., 1987-89; editor, Reports of Machine Learning and Inference Laboratory; co-founder, Machine Learning Journal; over 250 papers in professional journals.
Member of, i.a.: American Association for Artificial Intelligence; Pattern Recognition Society (executive council member, 1985-87); Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (district speaker, 1976-81); chairman and founder, Club of Polish Culture, Urbana, 1976-81.
Honors, i.a.: grants, National Science Foundation (NSF), 1973-88, Officer of Naval Research, 1980-93, Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency, 1985-93, United Nations, 1990; honorary member, Golden Key National Honorary Society, 1991; listed in: Who's Who in Frontiers of Science and Technology, American Men and Women of Science, Who's Who in Technology Today, International Book of Honor.
Affiliation: Christian.
Languages: Polish, English, Russian.
Hobbies: piano, skiing, tennis.
Office: George Mason University, Center for Machine Learning and Inference, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996