Chairman, Computer Science and Engineering Department, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida

Abraham Kandel is a graduate of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Professor Kandel received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of New Mexico. He is the chairman of the Computer Science and Engineering Department, as well as the Endowed Eminent Scholar and Distinguished Research Professor at the University of South Florida. He is also the Executive Director of NISTP (The National Institute for Systems Test and Productivity) at USF. His research interests involve Software Testing, Computational Theory of Perception, Decision-making in Uncertain Environments, Fuzzy Logic, and Data Mining. He is the author or co-author of 19 books, over 400 scientific papers, and the editor or co-editor of 12 research volumes.