Presentations

• Speaker, "Predicting the Next Business Wave", HP Technology Forum, June 2009.
• Speaker, "TRIZ for IT", HP Technology Forum, June 2009.
• Speaker, "Multivariate Patent Similarity Detection", Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, January 2009
• Speaker, "Elements of a KM Strategy for Patents", International Conference on Knowledge Management, October 2008.
• Speaker, "Patent Mining: Discovery of Business Insights from Patent Repositories", CMU-RC, March 2007
• Speaker, "Patent Mining", Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, January 2007
• Speaker, "Knowledge Management Using Collaboration, Visualization, and Artificial Intelligence", IEEE/JPL SMC-IT, July 2006
• Speaker, "Preparedness for the Business Community", California Pandemic Flu Summit, March 2006
• Speaker, "BI Framework", CMU-RC, February 2006
• Speaker, "View of the Future", The Aberdeen Innovation Seminar, January 2006
• Session Chair, "Industrial and Applied Data Mining", INFORMS, November 2005
• Speaker, "A Data Analysis Framework for Early Detection of Warranty Events", AIAG, May 2005
• Speaker, "Improving the Engineering Processes with Text Mining", ASME-CIE Conference, Salt Lake City UT, September 2004
• Speaker, "Text Mining: Strategies for Extracting Value from Textual Documents", DAMA-Michigan, Lansing MI, August 2004
• Speaker, "Unstructured Data Management and Data Explosion", DAMA-Phoenix, Phoenix AZ, June 2004
• Speaker, "Information Technology Trends", Warren Chamber of Commerce, Warren MI, March 2004
• Speaker, "Unstructured Data Management", DAMA-Michigan, Detroit MI, March 2003
• Speaker, "Leveraging the Unstructured Data", ICE2002, Edmonton AB, October 2002
• Keynote Panelist, "AI @ EDS", YES Innovation Summit, Yale University, April 2002
• Speaker/Panelist, "Text-Mining in Engineering", Concurrent Engineering Conference 2001, Anaheim CA, July 2001
• Speaker, "Increasing Organizational Productivity with Active Knowledge Management", I/ITSEC 99, Orlando FL, December 1999
• Speaker, "Paint Defect Control using Data Mining", Coating & Appearance Testing Clinic - SME, Chicago IL, October 1999
• Chairperson, "Knowledge-Based Engineering Applications", CTS99, Detroit MI, September 1999
• Speaker, "Knowledge-Based Engineering Tutorial", CTS99, Detroit MI, September 1999.
• Speaker, "Advances in Knowledge Management - An Information Technology Viewpoint", I/ITSEC98, December 1998
• Speaker, "A Practical Guide to the Internet for Engineers", Manufacturing 98 Conference, Chicago IL, September 1998
• Instructor, "An Intelligent System for Dirt-In-Paint Analysis", Coating & Appearance Testing Clinic, Chicago IL, September 1998
• Speaker, "An Approach for Battlefield Predictive Simulation using Knowledge Discovery", I/ITSEC conference, Orlando FL, December 1997
• Speaker, "Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery in Manufacturing", Autofact ’97, Detroit MI, November 1997
• Panelist, "Knowledge-Based Engineering", Concurrent Engineering 97 Conference, Rochester MI, August 1997
• Speaker, "Innovative Trends in Automotive Industry", China Automotive Conference, Beijing China, July 1997
• Speaker, "An Intelligent System for Dirt-in-Paint Analysis", SME Finishing ’97, Chicago IL, May 1997
• Speaker, "Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Design and Manufacturing" Tutorial, Autofact ‘96, Detroit MI, November 1996
• Keynote Speaker, "Knowledge-Based Engineering in the Automotive Industry", SAE International, Dearborn MI, September 1996 and April 1997
• Speaker, "The Engineering Profession", Oakland Technology Academy, Clarkston MI, August 1996
• Guest Speaker, "Artificial Intelligence in Finance", Walsh College, Troy MI, March 1995
• Moderator, "Computer-Aided Engineering" Session, Society of Plastics Engineers, Dearborn MI, November 1987