Beatrice Ombuki-Berman

Beatrice Ombuki-Berman is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Computer Science at Brock University, Canada. She holds a PhD in Intelligent Systems Engineering from the University of the Ryukyus, Japan, along with an ME in Information Engineering and certifications in Japanese Language Studies. Her research focuses on computational intelligence, evolutionary computation, swarm intelligence, and optimization techniques, with recent work on complex networks and drug discovery applications.

Education:

• PhD, Intelligent Systems Engineering, University of the Ryukyus, Japan
• ME, Information Engineering, University of the Ryukyus, Japan
• BSc, Double Major in Mathematics and Statistics, Minor in Computer Science, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya

Research Interests: Development of efficient computational intelligence algorithms for optimization problems, including evolutionary algorithms, particle swarm optimization, and neural networks. Applications span combinatorial optimization, multi-objective optimization, network robustness, and bioinformatics.

Grants & Funding: Her research is funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and industry collaborations through Brock-Niagara VPMI and FedDev Ontario.

Professional Activities: Co-Director of the Bio-Inspired Computational Intelligence Group. She is also a publicity chair for IEEE WCCI 2024 and IEEE SSCI 2025.

Labs & Teams: Leads the Bio-Inspired Computational Intelligence Group, focusing on algorithm development and real-world applications.