Cezary Z. Janikow, Ph.D.

Ph.D. in  Computer Science,  University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, 1991
M.S.  in Computer Science,  University of North Carolina - Charlotte, 1987
B.A. in Computer Science,  University of North Carolina - Charlotte, 1986

Publications on Google Scholar (about 5000 citations)
Rank on ScholarGPS 2024
 top 0.5% worldwide
 #23 in decision trees
 #57 in supervised learning
 #106 in genetic algorithms

Check out some of projects I developed with students to help students

• Visual assembler Assembler IDE used in some courses
• Graduate advisor Advisor for MS-CS students with degree planner (rotations being updaed)
• Undergraduate mapping GUI-based tool to map needed courses semester-by-semeter till graduation (rotation being updated)

Main Research Interests

• Artificial intelligence and Evolutionary Computation
• Genetic and Evolutionary Algorithms
  • representation and operators
  • constraints in Genetic Algorithms and Genetic Programming
  • adaptable representation and probabilistic models
• Symbolic Machine Learning
• Fuzzy Decision Tree

Selected Research Involvements

• Author Resource Management
• Music Identification
• Statistical Methods for Recursively Partitioned Trees, Co-PI, supported by NIH.
• Fuzzy Decision Trees, supported by NSF
• Constrained Genetic Programming, in collaboration with NASA/JSC, partly funded by NASA/JSC and UMRB. This tutorial was presented at GP98
• Optimization of the Air Mobility Command (AMC) fleet, as a part of the Business Decision Model (ABDM), under Seidcon and  Unisys

Professional Activities and Teaching 

• Chaired the department from 2013
• Served as a witness expert on software-related court cases
• Served as a grant reviewer and panelist to agencies such as NRC, NSF, etc.
• Taught undergraduate/graduate computer science courses at UNC-Charlotte, MS&T and mostly UMSL
• Delivered the following corporate training to various corporate clients in TX, CA, MO, IL, and CT:
  • OOAD, OO Project Management
  • C and C++
  • JSP
  • iOS Apps Development with Objective-C and Swift

External Grants/Contracts

• "A bottom-up approach in educating Cyber AI to High School Students". NSA, coPI. 2026
• "Virtual Mentor". 2018, PI.
• "Team-Based Learning through Apps".  2017. PI.
• "Outbound Notification Administration". 2016. PI.
• "Space Planning". 2013, PI.
• "Big Data Computation". 2013. PI.
• "Social Network Integration". 2012, PI.
• "RMS Tuning Subsystem". 2012. PI.
• "Outbound Notification Administration Console". 2011, PI.
• "OpenVMS Utility". 2011, PI.
• "Member Touch Point Analysis Project". 2010, PI.
• "Member Touch Point Analysis Prototype". 2010, PI.
• "PAP Product and Program Data Access" 2010, PI.
• "PAP Product and Program Data Access". 2009, PI.
• "Professor in Residence". 2009, PI.
• "Project Release Scheduling Tool". 2009, PI.
• "Pharmacy Locator". 2009, PI.
• "Member Portal Tool". 2008, PI.
• "Network Load Testing Tool". 2007, PI.
• "Statistical methods for Recursively Partitioned Trees". NIH. 2002-2005, co-PI.
• "Optimization of the Air Mobility Command". 1998-1999, subcontractor to Unisys.
• "Improving On-Line Aircraft Safety Messaging". ATCOM (US Army), 1997, PI.
• "Fuzzy Decision Trees". NSF. 1995-1996. PI.
• "Constraints in Genetic Programming". NASA/JSC. 1995. PI.
• "Summer Research Fellowship". NASA/JSC, 1995, 1996, 2003, 2004, PI. Also supports for students: 1996, 2003.
• "Summer Research Fellowship". NCRC (Navy), 1992, PI.

UM/UMSL Grants/Contracts

• "Virtual Mentor".  2018. PI.
• "Team-Based Learning through Apps". 2017, PI.
• "Virtual Mentor". ITS 2011, PI.
• "On-line Tutoring". ITS 2011, PI.
• "Virtual Computer Lab". CAS 2011, PI.
• "Constrained Genetic Programming". UMRB 1996, PI.