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Under weak conditions, the proposed neural network is proved to be stable, and the state of the neural network is convergent to one of its equilibrium points. Compared with the existing neural network models for nonsmooth optimization problems, the proposed neural network can deal with a larger class of constraints and is not based on the penalty method. Finally, the proposed neural network is used to solve the identification problem of genetic regulatory networks, which can be transformed into a non-smooth convex optimization problem. The simulation results show the satisfactory identification accuracy, which demonstrates the effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed approach.

IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems Outstanding Paper Award Dongrui Wu and Jerry M. Mendel for their paper entitled “On the Continuity of Type-1 and Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Logic Systems”, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 179– 192, 2011. Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/ TFUZZ.2010.2091962 Abstract—This paper studies the continuity of the input-output mappings of fuzzy logic systems (FLSs), including both type-1 (T1) and interval type-2 (IT2) FLSs. We show that a T1 FLS being an universal approximator is equivalent to saying that a T1 FLS has a continuous input-output mapping. We also derive the condition under which a T1 FLS is discontinuous. For IT2 FLSs,

we consider six type-reduction and defuzzification methods (the KarnikMendel method, the uncertainty bound method, the Wu-Tan method, the NieTan method, the Du-Ying method, and the Begian-Melek-Mendel method) and derive the conditions under which continuous and discontinuous input-output mappings can be obtained. Guidelines for designing continuous IT2 FLSs are also given. This paper is to date the most comprehensive study on the continuity of FLSs. Our results will be very useful in the selection of the parameters of the membership functions to achieve a desired continuity (e.g., for most traditional modeling and control applications) or discontinuity (e.g., for hybrid and switched systems modeling and control).

Yaochu Jin University of Surrey, UK

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t is my great pleasure to serve as Vice President for Technical Activities of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (IEEE CIS). It is a great honor to me, and a great responsibility as well. I made my first experience with fuzzy systems during my MSc study, which were used to deal with uncertainties in control systems. Like many other researchers in the early 1990s, I was quickly attracted by the research on neurofuzzy systems thanks to their ability to learn the parameters in the fuzzy rules and fuzzy membership functions based on data. Due to limited and delayed access to international journals and conference proceedings at that time in China, I was not aware of the research on evolutionary algorithms before I accidentally came across a Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MCI.2013.2291675 Date of publication: 14 January 2014

genetic algorithm described in a book on robot trajectory planning in 1993. I was immediately fascinated by the idea of using a genetic algorithm to optimize both the structure and parameters of neurofuzzy systems. My first paper on neurofuzzy systems was published in 1992 that employed a neural network as the membership functions of fuzzy systems, and my first paper on genetic fuzzy systems appeared in 1995, both in Chinese. Even today, I am still very proud of being able to publish two papers in the IEEE Transactions in the mid-1990s during my PhD study at Zhejiang University, one on neurofuzzy systems and the other on genetic fuzzy systems, both for dynamic control of robot manipulators. The terminology of Computational Intelligence (CI) came to my attention sometime in 1995 when I read the Call for Papers of the First World Congress

on Computational Intel l ig en ce (WCCI) held in June 1994, Orlando, Florida, USA, published in a journal in 1993. In 1998, I was so lucky to be able to attend the second WCCI held in May 1998 in Anchorage, Alaska, during which I became a member of IEEE. Since then, I have been increasingly involved in activities of the IEEE. In 2004, I established a new Task Force on “Evolutionary Computation in Dynamic and Uncertain Environments” within the Evolutionary Computation Technical Committee (ECTC). I was appointed by Prof. Gary Yen, the founding Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine to be an Associate Editor of the new journal in 2006. I was invited to be a member of both the ECTC and the Emerging Technology Technical Committee ( E T T C )   i n   2 0 0 7 ,  a n d   b e c a m e Chair of the Continuing Education

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Sub-Committee in 2009 and Chair of the Industrial Liaison Committee in 2010. In 2011, I chaired the Intelligent Systems Application Technical Committee (ISATC). Currently, I am a member of Bioinformatics and Bioengineering TC, Data Mining TC, Emergent Technologies TC. By involving in various technical activities of these TCs, I had the opportunity to get to know many colleagues I respect, who not only have done excellent research but also contributed a lot to the healthy growth of IEEE CIS, which is essential for the continuous and fast growth of the CI research area. As the Vice President for Technical Activities, I will be responsible for coordinating and monitor ing the technical activities of the Society, according to the IEEE CIS Bylaws. My predecessor, Prof. Hisao Ishibuchi, has done an excellent job in promoting the technical activities of CIS, e.g., in helping set up a large number of Task Forces (TFs) within the 11 Tech-

nical Committees (TCs) of IEEE CIS. During my term, I aim to achieve the following objectives: ❏ Consolidate existing activities by promoting activities of existing TCs, especially those of the TFs. On the one hand, TFs are the main driving force for organizing special sessions, tutorials, workshops, symposiums and competitions at the major events of IEEE CIS, such as the biannual WCCI, and the annual Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI). On the other hand, a TF on a fast growing research field can potentially be fostered into a TC; ❏ Identify new emerging CIS-related interdisciplinary research areas to be included in CIS, e.g. computational neuroscience, computational systems biology and evolutionary developmental systems, and fast growing applications such as autonomous systems, big data and cyber security. I am deeply convinced that interdisci-

plinarity is the inherent nature of CI, and its ability to solve complex realworld problems is the vitality of CI; ❏ Support regional IEEE CIS activities in collaboration with other Vice Presidents by supporting national or regional CI-related workshops aiming to encourage the involvement of PhD students and young researchers and to support activities of local chapters of IEEE CIS. Finally, I strongly encourage you, in particular young researchers working in CI and other related fields to proactively participate in technical activities of IEEE CIS, for example to become a member of an existing TF or to set up a new TF. If you are interested in being involved in the activities of a particular TC, do not hesitate to contact the TC Chair. You are also more than welcome to directly contact me at [email protected] if you wish to contribute to, or have any suggestions for the technical activities of IEEE CIS.

Pauline C. Haddow The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU, Norway

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EEE CIS promotes computational intelligence research and applications through its sponsored as well as technically co-sponsored conferences. It is an honour to be given the opportunity to serve the IEEE CIS as VP Conferences, 2014–2015 and continue the work of previous IEEE CIS VP Conferences in achieving and supporting a high quality portfolio of conferences. Further, I look forward to my role as VP, contributing to the IEEE CIS Executive Committee.

In 2013, the IEEE formed the IEEE Meetings, Conferences Events (MCE) Committee. The MCE offers conference support involving numerous tools and providing input and experience drawn from conference organization across the broader IEEE network of conference portfolios. I look forward to close collaboration with the members of this team and the additional support that they will provide to our conference organizers. Sponsored Conferences

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technical, financial, publication and administrative aspects of the conference. Such responsibility provides also the opportunity to select highly experienced conference organizers and to support our conference organizers in all aspects of the organization. Our goal is not only to ensure high quality with respect to the technical contribution of an event but further, to ensure that delegates’ experience of all aspects of the event is extremely positive. Travel funding across the world these days is becoming more and more limited, in general, and it is our responsibility to