Evangelos Andrew Yfantis Professor of Computer Science Howard R Hughes College of Engineering University of Nevada Las Vegas evangelos.yfantis@unlv.edu Professional Preparation University of Athens Fairleigh Dickinson University Rutgers University Teterboro FBO New Jersey Inst of Technology University of Wyoming Ocean Eng Univ of Delaware Appointments July 1987-present July 1985-1987 July 1984-1985 July 1979-1984 Greece Mathematics B.S., 1969 Teaneck, NJ Mathematics, M.S., 1972 New Brunswick, NJ Statistics M.S., 1973 NJ Pilot’s License 1974 Newark, NJ Computer Science M.S., 1975 Laramie, WY Statistical Signal Processing Ph.D., 1978 Newark, DE Ocean Waves and Forces Postdoc, 1979 University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Computer Science Depart Full Professor University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Computer Science Depart Associate Professor New Jersey Institute of Tech Computer Science Depart Associate Professor University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Depart of Math Science Assistant Professor Consulting US Army Corps of Engineers, U.S Naval Ocean Systems Center, Lockheed, U.S Air Force, Los Alamos Scientific Labs., Lawrence Livermore Labs., NASA, US EPA, US DOE, Northrop, EG&G, Exxon Corp Shell Oil Co., NSTeC, SGI, Clark County and City of Las Vegas Waste Water Management agencies, Nevada Gaming Control Board Recent Products Most Closely Related to Proposal (1) J.P Piotroski, A Campagna, Q Cornu, and E.A Yfantis, Voice Interactive Games, Proceedings of the 10th Annual Information Technology, Oct 10-12, 2019, Columbia University, N.Y N.Y (2) J Si, S L Harris, and E Yfantis, A Dynamic ReLU on Neural Networ, IEEE DCAS Vol 13, 121-2019, PP 1-6 (3) E A Yfantis, A UAV with Autonomy, Pattern Recognition for Forest Fire Prevention, and AI for Providing Advice to Firefighters Fighting Forest Fires, IEEE CCWC Conference Jan 7-9, 2019, Las Vegas, NV, pp 1-6 Vol 3, Issue 3, PP 1-6 (4) Gevand Balayan and Yfantis E A Classificatioech n of Vegetation Areas Using LImagess and AI, Journ Of Comp Sci Applic And Inform Tech., Sep 21, 2018, (5) E A Yfantis (2018) A New Cyclic Cryptographic Algorithm, The 8th IEEE Annual Computing and Communication Conference 08-10 January, 2018, Las Vegas, NV pp 19-24, ISBN: 978-15386-4648-9 Other Significant Products (1) E F Dettrey and E A Yfantis (2018) A New Elliptic Cryptographic Algorithm, The 8th IEEE Annual Computing and Communication Conference 08-10 January, 2018, Las Vegas, NV pp 530-535, ISBN: 978-1-5386-4648-9 (2) E A Yfantis (2017) An Intelligent Robots-Server System for Solar Panel Cleaning and Electric Power Output Optimization, International Robotics and Automation Journal Vol 3, Issue 5, Nov 2017 (3) E A Yfantis Harris SL (2017) An Autonomous UAS with AI for Forest Fire Prevention, Detection, and Real Time Advice and Page of Communication to and Among Firefighters J Comp Sci Appl Inform Technol 2(3): 1-5 (4) (5) E Zamora, M Nakakuni, E A Yfantis, 2017, Quantitative Measures to Evaluate Neural Network Weight Initialization Strategies, The 7th IEEE Annual Computing and Communication Conference 09-11 January, 2017, Las Vegas, NV pp 31-37, ISBN: 978-1-5090-4227-2 E A Yfantis, M Nakakuni, and E Zamora, 2017, Low Bandwidth Transmission Algorithm for Reliable Wireless Communication, The 7th IEEE Annual Computing and Communication Conference 09-11 January, 2017, Las Vegas, NV pp 38-42, ISBN: 978-1-5090-4227-2 Synergistic Activities • Key-Note Speaker, The 7th IEEE Annual Computing and Communication Conference 09-11 January, 2017 • Plenary Speaker 14th International Conference in Applied Computer Science (ACS’ 14) Jan 2931, 2014, Cambridge • Editor of Journal of Computer Science Application and Information Technology • Editor of International Robotics and Automation Journal • Organizer and Chair of the 10th IEEE-CCWC conference, January 6-8, 2020, Las Vegas, NV • Organizer and Co-Chair of the 9th IEEE-CCWC conference, January 7-10, 2019, Las Vegas, NV • Organizer and Co-Chair of the 8th IEEE-CCWC conference, January 8-10, 2018, Las Vegas, NV • Outstanding Professor of the year, 2018, for the Department of Computer Science, Tau Beta Pi Honors Society of College of Engineering • UNLV Computer Science Department, 2010 Distinguished Research • Tech Educator of the year, 2007 Technology Business Alliance of Nevada • Best Teacher Award, 2006, Department of Computer Science University of Nevada, Las Vegas • Outstanding Research Contribution Award in Multimedia Systems from the IEEE Computer Society ICIIS-99, Awards Committee • Outstanding faculty member at the University of Nevada, 1992, Faculty Senate and Board of Regents Commended for teaching, research, and for receiving over $1,000,000.00 (one million) in grants that year • Cash Award for Distinguished Research, US EPA, 1992 • Cash Award for Distinguished Research, US EPA, 1988 • • • Best Teacher Award Department of Mathematical Science, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1983 Graduate Honor book, University of Wyoming, 1978 Deming Award, University of Wyoming, 1977 • • Certifications: PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors) Airplane Pilot Certificate