PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Associate Editor, International Journal of Computer Science and Its Applications (1980- )

Associate Editor, Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications (1975 - )

Advisory Editor, International Journal of Fuzzy Sets and Systems (1976 - )

Guest Editor, Special Bellman Issue, International Journal of Fuzzy Sets and Systems

Guest Editor, Special Issue on The Bellman Continuum, International Journal of Computers and Mathematics with Applications

Editor, Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence,1997- Founding Member of the Editorial Board

Editor, Industrial Engineering Users Encyclopedia Project, 1997-

Associate Editor, Journal of Computational Analysis and Applications, 1998-Founding Member of the Editorial Board

National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences (Panel on Systems Analysis/Operations for Less Developed Countries; Panel on NRC Postdoctoral Fellowships

NSF Engineering Panel on Graduate Fellowships for Minorities, National Science Foundation (e.g. Panel on Research Improvement in Minority Institutions)

National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Evaluation Panel

Veterans Administration Health Services Research and Development Scientific Review and Evaluation Board

National Advisory Board, National Society of Black Engineers, Member, 1989-present

Atlanta Council of Black Professional Engineers (Member, Board of Directors) 1977-

Operations Research Society of America (ORSA) l969-present

• ORSA Health Applications Technical Section Council Member, l972-1976
• Treasurer, 1977
• Associate Editor, Newsletter, 1976
• Chair-Elect, l990-9l
• Chair, 1991-1992
• Education Committee, 1974-1978
• Chairman, Nicholson Best Student Paper Competition, 1976-1977
• Distinguished Visiting Lecturer Program Member, 1970-present
• Speakers Program
• Vice Chair, 1977-1978
• Chair, 1978-1979

Institute of Management Sciences (TIMS)

American Water Resources Association (Member of Editorial Board)

American Association for the Advancement of Science (Fellow) 1972-present

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), Senior Member

Adjunct Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia, l980-l988

Adjunct Professor of Community Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia, l979-l985.

Member, Board of External Examiners and Faculty Promotion Assessment Committee, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria (l990-present)

Chairman/Organizer, Special Bellman Session on Dynamic Programming, l990 Technical Conference, International Federation of Operations Research Societies, Athens, Greece

Chairman/Organizer, Special Invited Session on Dynamic Programming, TIMS XXX-Sobrapo XXIII Joint International Meeting, Rio de Janeiro, June 1991

North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society (NAFIPS), Member of the Board of Directors(1985-88; 1993-)

Conference Co- Chair, and Program Chair, The International Workshop on Intelligent Systems and Innovative Computations-6th Bellman Continuum, Tokyo, Japan, August 1-2, 1994.

Member, Conference Planning Committee, Fall National Meeting, The Institute For Operations Research and Management Sciences, INFORMS, Atlanta, Georgia, October 1996

Faculty Advisor, Georgia Tech Society of Black Engineers, (1976-present)

• National Society of Black Engineers Most Outstanding Chapter of the Year (1984-85, 1987-88, 1988-89,1993-94).
• Winner, Best Chapter of The Year, Region III; and 2nd Place Winners in the National Competition, (1991-92, 1992-93).

Chairman, President Bourne's Affirmative Action Task Force (Faculty Recruitment and Retention),
(1983-86)

Chairman, 3R Committee: Redesigning the Pipeline for Minorities at Georgia Tech, (1991-present)

Member, King's Week Focus '92 Planning Committee, (1991-92)