Director: KES International Research
Visiting Professor, 'Aurel Vlaicu' University of Arad, Romania
Visiting Professor, Bournemouth University
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3939-365X
- Bob Howlett is the Academic Chair of KES International a non-profit organisation which facilitates knowledge transfer and the dissemination of research results in areas including Intelligent Systems, Sustainability, and Knowledge Transfer.
- Bob's technical expertise is in the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in the solution of industrial problems. He has been successful in applying neural networks, expert and fuzzy methods, and related technology to sustainability and renewable energy systems; condition monitoring, diagnostic tools and systems; automotive electronics and engine management systems. He has made a national contribution in the fields of knowledge and technology transfer, the commercialisation of research, and the third-mission agenda.
- His current interests centre on the application of intelligent systems to sustainability, particularly renewable energy, smart / micro grids and applications in housing and glasshouse horticulture.
- Bob is Visiting Professor at 'Aurel Vlaicu' University of Arad, Romania, and Visiting Professor at Bournemouth University, UK.
He works with a number of universities on the supervision teams of PhD students, and providing technical input to projects.
News!
Call for Proposals for Chapters for a new book "Sustainability Transformation to a Circular Economy" planned to be published in Springer - see a PDF Call for Contributions .. here ..
Bob is a series co-editor of two book series published by Springer:-Smart Innovation Systems and Technologies and
Advances in Sustainability Science and Technology
We welcome high quality proposals for new volumes of conference proceedings or research monographs.
Bob is Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Knowledge Based and Intelligent Engineering Systems
abstracted/indexed in: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) and Web of Science Core Collection,
Engineering Index (EI) Compendex, SciVerse Scopus, and other places.