Awards, Grants, Recognitions, Fund Raising and Memberships
Machine Learning Advisor for the Center for Customer Insights and Digital Marketing, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (since 2020)
NSF Grant Application (Role: Co-PI): Organic Molecular Crystal Properties Database Expansion for the Establishment of Physicochemical Trends and Unique Organic Electronic Materials (PI: with Bohdan Schatschneider, Chemistry Department at Cal Poly) California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (2019, re-submitting stage).
Participating in a Cal Poly NSF Grant Application (Role: Senior Researcher): CC* Grant to Provide a Research and Cyber Security Backbone Infrastructure to the Cal Poly Pomona Campus, PI: Deutsch, Peter, CTO Cal Poly, Pomona (2/2019)
Strategic Interdisciplinary Research Grant Program (Role: Co-PI), Use of Machine Learning for Extraction of Physicochemical Trends existing in Organic Crystals, PI: Bohdan Schatschneider, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Cal Poly, Pomona (2018).
Member of the High Performance Computing Cluster (HPC) Working Group, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (since 2017).
Member of Interdisciplinary Thematic Scholarly Community: Big Data and Machine Learning, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (since 2017).
Data Champion Award, Analyze Student Admission and Student Success for the College of Letters Arts and Social Science, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (2017).
Innovative Approaches to Instruction Award, Develop a System of Learning Outcomes for a Principles in Economics Textbook, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (2017).
The Provost’s Teacher-Scholar Award, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (2016).
The Provost’s Teacher-Scholar Award, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (2015).
Sabbatical for Fall Quarter 2014, project: Develop a Multimedia Book for Principles in Microeconomics.
The Provost’s Teacher-Scholar Award, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (2014).
Innovative Approaches to Instruction Award, Develop Short Videos for Basic Concepts In Microeconomics (2014)
The Provost’s Teacher-Scholar Award, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (2009)
Fellow of the Center for the Study of the Inland Empire, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (since 2007)
John Randolph Haynes Foundation Fellowship, Applying Geographical Information Systems and Neural Networks to Analyze Residential Housing Prices in selected cities in the Southern California Region (2008/2009)
Sabbatical for Spring and Fall Quarter 2008, research project: Applying Geographical Information Systems and Neural Networks to Analyze Residential Housing Prices in selected cities in the Southern California Region
Recognition in Who is Who in America 2009, 2010, 2011.
Siemens AG, Munich/Germany granted the license of SENN (Simulation and development Environment for Neural Networks) software for a research project to analyze the Californian housing market (2008)
Award for Innovation in Teaching and Learning, California State University Pomona (2007).
Grant Development Incentive Award, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (2007).
DOLCE Award ($4000) to develop an on-line course for a Principles in Economics course, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (2006)
Golden Leaves Award 2004, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, for my book:
Neuronale Netze in der wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Prognose und Modellgenerierung. Eine theoretische und empirische Betrachtung mit Programmierbeispielen. (Applying Neural Networks for Economic Forecasting and Model Generation. A Theoretical and Empirical Approach with Sample Programs), Physica/Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York (10/22/2004).
Fund Raising for Student Exchange (total $14,000):
University Hannover (application with Dieter Berkholz, University of Hannover) (2003)
Norddeutsche Landesbank (North German State Bank) (2003/2004/2006)
College of Letters Arts and Social Science, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (2003)
ATMUS Game Theory Project ($5000) Mini Grant to develop a computer class room tournament for a game theory course, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (2002).
Fellowship of the Lenze Foundation, Hameln/Germany ($15000 to fund a stay as a Visiting Scholar at the University of California, San Diego to research on Neural Networks) (1998)
Medium Investment Award, for a Unix workstation to run neural network software, University of Hannover/Germany (1997)