Kevin M. Passino
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research:
- Interdisciplinary engineering-biology research on distributed decision-making systems (e.g., with a focus on honeybees): Organizer, workshop on Systems Biology of Decision Making, in the Mathematical Bioengineering Program, NSF Mathematical Biosciences Institute, Invited speaker at Santa Fe Institute (SFI) workshop on Collective Decision Making: From Neurons to Societies, (see "Building Smart Groups" by T. Seeley in the SFI Bulletin), Keynote speaker Swarm Cognition Workshop, Invited Speaker at the NSF Workshop on Distributed Processing Over Cognitive Networks, Invited speaker, Social Biomimicry Conference, and current research projects.
- Distributed feedback control and optimization for energy systems (e.g., management of demand, optimization of supply from renewables, soon will add more details).
Service:
- Faculty Advisor to the student organization Engineers for Community Service (ECOS).
- Humanitarian Technology Challenge (IEEE/UN HTC): World-wide Education for the HTC called "we-HTC" (e.g., including a capstone design course based on a wiki platform, we-HTCwiki, for cooperative HTC solution development, with link to be posted here soon).
- Recent paper: "Educating the Humanitarian Engineer", Dec. 2009
- Guest Editor for Special Issue on Volunteerism and Humanitarian Engineering - Part I, IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, Dec. 2009.
- Talks: Invited speaker, National Academy of Engineering (NAE), Center for Engineering, Ethics, and Society, "Engineering, Social Justice, and Sustainable Community Development," Mini-conference moderator/organizer, Assoc. Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE) Annual Meeting, "Engineering Towards a More Just and Sustainable World," and other activities.