Keynote Speakers

Biography :

Bozenna Pasik-Duncan received Master's degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Warsaw, and Ph.D. and D.Sc. (Habilitation Doctorate) degrees from Warsaw School of Economics (SGH) in Poland. Before moving to the University of Kansas (KU) in 1984, she was a faculty member of Department of Mathematics at SGH. At KU she is Professor of Mathematics, Courtesy Professor of both EECS and AE, I2S and MMICC Investigator, CBC faculty affiliate, Chancellor’s Club Teaching Professor, and the KU Women's Hall of Fame member. She is a Life Fellow of IEEE, Fellow of IFAC, Fellow of AWM, member of IEEE-HKN, recipient of the IEEE Third Millennium Medal and the IEEE CSS Distinguished Member Award. She has served in many capacities in several societies including IEEE CSS Vice President, PTM- Warsaw Branch Vice President, IEEE CSS BOG member, Program Director of SIAM Activity Group on CST, Chair of IEEE CSS TC , AACC TC and IFAC TC on Control Education Committees, member of IFAC TB - Education Liaison, Chair of IFAC Task Force on Diversity and Inclusion, Chair of IEEE WIE Committee, member of IEEE SSIT BOG, Chair of SSIT Women in Engineering, CSS Representative in SSIT, SSIT Liaison in IEEE WIE and Chair of SSIT TC on Universal Access to Technology, Chair of IEEE Systems Council (SC) Committee on Diversity & Inclusion and SC Representative in IEEE TAB Committee on Diversity and Inclusion, co-founder of IEEE CSS Standing Committee on Women in Control (WIC) and its first Chair, member of Award Boards of IFAC, MAA, AMS and AWM, Chair of IEEE WIE WePOWER sub-Committee and World Bank WePOWER SAR Network Steering Committee Member, founder and faculty advisor of AWM and SIAM Student Chapters at KU, founder and coordinator of Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month Outreach Program, founder and Chair of Stochastic Adaptive Control Seminar and co-founder of Teaching Matters Seminar at KU. She is an Associate Editor of several Journals, and author and co-author of over 250 technical papers and book chapters. Her research is interdisciplinary and primarily in stochastic systems and control, stochastic modeling, and in STEM + education. She is a recipient of many awards including IREX Fellow, NSF Career Advancement, KU Women of Distinction, Kemper Fellow, IFAC Outstanding Service, Steeples Service to Kansans, H.O.P.E. , AWM L. Hay, Morrison, Max Wells, B. Price, Polish Ministry of Higher Education and Science, IEEE EAB Meritorious Achievement Award in Continuing Education, IFAC Award - Control Education Life Time Achievement and IFAC Inaugural Diversity and Inclusion Award. Her hobbies include music, art and poetry. She loves traveling. She has visited 57 countries around the world and Poland more than 120 times. She is passionate about interdisciplinary research, innovative teaching, diversity, equity and inclusion in helping and advancing others. Her husband, Tyrone Duncan, IEEE Life Fellow is an EE, and professor of mathematics; her daughter, Dominique Duncan is an EE, mathematician, assistant professor of neurology and bioengineering, and she is IEEE Senior Member.