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Stan Matwin

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1. Professional Summary



Stan Matwin is an internationally recognized artificial intelligence and machine learning researcher with extensive contributions in machine learning, data mining, text analysis, privacy-preserving data mining, and electronic commerce technologies. His work spans foundational research, editorial leadership, international conference organization, and multiple professional roles in AI communities. 


He has authored/co-authored 200+ research publications and held research and faculty positions in Canada, the U.S., Europe, and Latin America. 


2. Education


  • Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Warsaw, Poland, 1977. 

  • M.Sc., Computer Science, University of Warsaw, Poland, 1972. 

  • D.Sc. (Habilitation), Computer Science, Polish Academy of Sciences, 2010. 

  • State Professorship, Republic of Poland, 2012. 



3. Professional Experience


  • Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa (since 2011). 

  • Director, Institute for Big Data Analytics, Dalhousie University (Canada). 

  • Foreign Professor, Institute of Computer Science, Polish Academy of Sciences. 

  • Visiting Professor, numerous institutions including Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (Spain), Université Paris VI & XI (France), and others. 

  • Early academic posts in Canada (University of Guelph, Acadia University) and Poland (Warsaw University). 



4. Research Interests



Stan Matwin’s research spans:

  • Machine Learning & Data Mining

  • Text Mining and Text Analytics

  • Pattern Recognition & Imbalanced Data Learning

  • Natural Language Processing

  • Privacy-Preserving Data Mining

  • Big Data Analytics

  • Electronic Commerce and E-Business Technologies 



5. Honors & Professional Roles


  • Fellow, European Coordinating Committee for Artificial Intelligence (ECCAI / EurAI). 

  • Fellow & Distinguished Service Award, Canadian Artificial Intelligence Association (CAIAC). 

  • Former President, Canadian Society for the Computational Studies of Intelligence (CSCSI). 

  • Former President, IFIP Working Group 12.2 (Machine Learning). 

  • Ontario Champion of Innovation Award. 

  • Editorial board member for journals such as Machine Learning Journal, Computational Intelligence Journal, Intelligent Data Analysis, and Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research. 



6. Scholarly Output


  • 200+ research papers in top conferences and journals in AI, data mining, and machine learning. 

  • Numerous influential articles on learning from imbalanced data, privacy in data mining, and automated text classification. 

  • Co-editor or author of multiple edited volumes and conference proceedings. 



7. Professional Service


  • Program committee chair/area chair for major conferences (e.g., AAAI, ECML, SIGKDD). 

  • Chair of NSERC Grant Selection Committee for Computer Science. 

  • Board member, Communications and Information Technology Ontario (CITO)