Scott Dick

Biography

Scott Dick received his B.Sc. degree in 1997, his M.Sc. degree in 1999, and his Ph.D. in 2002, all from the University of South Florida. His Ph.D. dissertation received the USF Outstanding Dissertation Prize in 2003. From 2002 to 2008 he was an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, AB. Since 2008, he has been an Associate Professor and as of July 1, 2017 is the current Program Director for Computer Engineering in ECE. Dr. Dick has published over 40 scientific articles in journals and conferences, and is a member of the ACM, IEEE, and ASEE.

Research Interest

Research Interests Dr. Dick’s research interests are broadly in the areas of computational intelligence (fuzzy logic and neural networks), machine learning, and data mining, as well as the interdisciplinary application of these technologies. His main theoretical interests are in multivalued logics (particularly the new area of "complex fuzzy logic"), and learning from imbalanced datasets, particularly for data stream mining. Some of his past applied research includes software reliability, proteomics, and livestock disease surveillance. Ongoing applied research projects include Web security and privacy, and modeling and control of cyber-physical systems.