Dr. James A. Crowder, Systems Fellow at Colorado Engineering Inc. (CEI), received the Outstanding Achievement Award for his research contributions to artificial intelligence and for serving as distinguished speaker at the 2018 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing (CSCE’18) event in Las Vegas on July 30, 2018. The award was presented to Dr. Crowder by Dr. Hamid R. Arabnia, Chair of the CSCE 2018 Steering Committee.

Dr. Crowder joined CEI earlier this year. He serves as the expert on artificial intelligence related systems and systems architect. Most recently, he was Senior Principal Systems Engineer at Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services in Aurora, Colo., and Adjunct Professor at Colorado Technical University in Colorado Springs, Colo. Dr. Crowder’s many publications include journals on systems architecture, artificial intelligence and knowledge management; and books on systems engineering, agile project management, artificial cognition architectures and artificial psychology.

CSCE’18 comprised 20 major conferences under the umbrella of the World Congress; the event hosted 122 technical presentations and many panel discussions and keynote addresses. This year’s event included ~1000 participants from 69 different countries and over 160 universities, major corporations, and government research agencies.   The World Congress facilitates communications among researchers in different fields of engineering and computer science.  Crowder has presented and served as keynote speaker and workshop/panel discussion leader for the past 11 years. Visit https://americancse.org/events/csce2018 for more information on CSCE.

CEI, founded in 2003 with engineering and production facilities in Colorado Springs, Colorado, supplies Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) high performance computing hardware and software, as well as tailored solutions, working directly with government agencies and for commercial prime contractors, offering quick turn, innovative solutions with lower cost and higher quality while minimizing risk. CEI leads or partners on new radar systems, software and hardware projects, including leading edge efforts in MOSA applications, reconfigurable RF, THz EM propagation modeling, and associated remote sensing system development. CEI is certified as a women’s business enterprise by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), the nation’s largest third-party certifier of the businesses owned and operated by women in the U.S. Visit https://coloradoengineering.com for more information on CEI.