Director of Academic Conferences


  1. International Conference on "The Theory and Applications of Reliability with Emphasis on Bayesian and Nonparametric Methods," sponsored by U.S. Air Force of Scientific Research, USF, Dec. 1975, Tampa, FL.

  2. DMSAG, Data Management and Statistical Modeling, sponsored by Bureau of Land Management, MAFLA System, Washington, D.C., USF, Jan. 1976, Tampa, FL.

  3. Conference on Decision Information for Tactical Command and Control, sponsored by U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C., Airlie House, Airlie, Virginia, June 1979.

  4. Stochastic Systems Modeling, International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, World Congress, 1985, Oslo, Norway.

  5. First International Congress of Nonlinear Analysts, 73 countries participated, Aug. 1992, Tampa, FL, sponsored by IFNA.

  6. Recent Developments of Reliability Analysis and Modeling, First International Congress of Nonlinear Analysts, Tampa, FL, Aug. 1992.

  7. Nonlinear Stochastic Systems, First International Congress of Nonlinear Analysts, Tampa, FL, Aug. 1992.

  8. First International Conference on Nonlinear Problems in Aviation and Aerospace; Reliability Analysis and Applications, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, May 9-11, 1996.

  9. Second World Congress, International Federation of Nonlinear Analysts, IFNA, co-director; Athens, Greece; July 9-17, 1996. Highlights: 103 countries participated with 1,458 technical presentations, including two Nobel Laureates.

  10. Third World Congress, International Federation of Nonlinear Analysts, IFNA, co- director; Catania, Italy, July 19-26, 2000.

  11. Conference/Workshop: Decision Information of Tactical Command and Control, Airlie, Virginia, September 1976, U.S.Government.

  12. USF/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Workshop on GLOBAL WARMING, April 12-13, 2007, Tampa, Florida.

  13. USF/Platts Analytics – McGraw Hill, Comp. Workshop on Quantitative Modeling, Risk Analysis and Global Warming, Nov. 8-9, 2007, Tampa,Florida.

  14. Organized and directed the 6th World Congress of Nonlinear Analysts (IFNA), University of Athens, Athens Academy of Science and Athens Chamber of Commerce, Athens, Greece, June 25-July 1, 2012, more than 80 countries participated.

  15. Organized and directed the following: Special Sessions, Workshops and Round- Table Discussions at the IFNA World Congress 2012, Athens, Greece.

  16. GLOBAL HEALTH – University of Athens, June 26-27,2012.

  17. GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT – The Athens Chamber of Commerce & Industry, June 27-28, 2012.

  18. GLOBAL ENERGY – ACCI, Athens, June 28, 2012.

  19. GLOBAL ECONOMY – ACCI, Athens, June 28, 2012.

  20. IFNA, USF WORKSHOP – Analytics and Big Data Across the Disciplines,April 1-2, 2016.

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