Introduction to Lattice Algebra: With Applications in Ai, Pattern Recognition, Image Analysis, and Biomimetic Neural Networks (Paperback)

Gerhard X. Ritter received both his B.A. degree with honors in 1966 and his Ph.D. degree in Mathematics in 1971 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a Florida Blue Key Distinguished Professor Emeritus in both the Department of Mathematics and the Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) of the University of Florida. He was the Chair of the CISE department from 1994 to 2001, and Acting Chair from 2011 to 2012.

Professor Ritter has written more than 140 research papers in subjects ranging from pure and applied mathematics to pattern recognition, computer vision, and artificial neural networks. He is the founding editor of the Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision, and founding member and first chair of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Activity Group on Imaging Science (SIAG-IS). He was a member of the Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Advanced Technology's advanced technology research on emerging technologies panel (1988) and a member of the advanced sensors committee on key technologies for the 1990s, formed by the same undersecretary (1989). Among other U.S. government-requested briefings attended by Professor Ritter were the annual Automatic Target Recognition Working Group (ATRWG) meetings held across the U.S. (1984-1996 and 2003). For his contribution, he was awarded the General Ronald W. Yates Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (1998). Among honors outside the realm of the Department of Defense are the Silver Core Award of the International Federation for Information Processing (1989); the Best Session Award at the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration in San Jose, CA (1996); and the Best Paper Presentation Award at the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN) sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Neural Networks Council (IEEE/NNC) and the International Neural Network Society (INNS) in Washington, DC (1999).

Gonzalo Urcid received his Bachelor degree in Communications and Electronic Engineering (1982) and his Master degree in Computational and Information Systems (1985) both from the University of the Americas in Puebla (UDLAP), Mexico. He has a Ph.D. degree (1999) in Optical Sciences from the National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics, and Electronics (INAOE) in Tonantzintla, Mexico and made a postdoctoral residence, between 2001 and 2002, as invited faculty at the CISE Department, University of Florida. Also, from 2001 to 2020 was awarded the distinction of National Researcher from the Mexican National Council of Science and Technology (SNI-CONACYT). Currently is an Associate Professor in the Optics Department at INAOE. His research interests include digital image processing and analysis, artificial neural networks based on lattice algebra, and lattice computing applied to artificial intelligence and pattern recognition.

Gerhard X. Ritter於1966年獲得威斯康辛大學麥迪遜分校榮譽學士學位，並於1971年獲得數學博士學位。他是佛羅里達大學數學系和計算機與資訊科學工程系（CISE）的佛羅里達藍鑰匙傑出名譽教授。他曾於1994年至2001年擔任CISE系主任，並於2011年至2012年擔任代理系主任。

Ritter教授在純粹和應用數學、模式識別、計算機視覺和人工神經網絡等領域撰寫了超過140篇研究論文。他是《數學成像與視覺學》期刊的創始編輯，也是工業和應用數學學會（SIAM）成像科學（SIAG-IS）活動小組的創始成員和首任主席。他曾是美國國防部副部長辦公室的新興技術高級技術研究小組（1988）和1990年代關鍵技術的先進傳感器委員會的成員（1989）。Ritter教授還參加了美國舉辦的年度自動目標識別工作組（ATRWG）會議（1984-1996和2003）。他因其貢獻而獲得了美國空軍研究實驗室頒發的羅納德·W·耶茨將軍卓越技術轉移獎（1998）。在國防部以外的榮譽中，他獲得了國際信息處理聯合會（1989）的銀核心獎、美國工程教育協會（ASEE）與工業和教育合作會議（1996）的最佳會議獎以及華盛頓特區舉辦的國際聯合神經網絡會議（1999）的最佳論文報告獎。

Gonzalo Urcid於1982年獲得墨西哥普埃布拉大學（UDLAP）的通訊與電子工程學士學位，並於1985年獲得計算機與信息系統碩士學位。他在墨西哥國家天文、光學和電子研究所（INAOE）於1999年獲得光學科學博士學位，並在2001年至2002年間作為邀請教職在佛羅里達大學CISE系進行博士後研究。此外，他在2001年至2020年期間獲得了墨西哥國家科學和技術委員會（SNI-CONACYT）的國家研究員稱號。他目前是INAOE光學系的副教授。他的研究興趣包括數字影像處理和分析、基於格代數的人工神經網絡以及應用於人工智能和模式識別的格計算。