Gary Bryce Fogel (born 1968) is an American biologist and computer scientist. He is the Chief Executive Officer of Natural Selection, Inc. He is most known for his applications of computational intelligence and machine learning to bioinformatics, computational biology, and industrial optimization.

Education and Research

Fogel was born and raised in La Jolla, California, graduating from

La Jolla High School La Jolla High School (LJHS) is a comprehensive high school for grades 9–12 located in the La Jolla community of San Diego, California. Opened in 1922, La Jolla High School (LJHS) is the second-oldest campus in the San Diego Unified School Distric ...

. He received a B.A. in biology with a minor in earth sciences from the

University of California, Santa Cruz The University of California, Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz or UCSC) is a public land-grant research university in Santa Cruz, California. It is one of the ten campuses in the University of California system. Located on Monterey Bay, on the edge of ...

in 1991 and a Ph.D. in biology from the

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California S ...

in 1998. Fogel has published over 150 peer-reviewed publications in conferences and journals, 2 edited books, and 5 patents. As CEO of Natural Selection, Inc., his research focuses on the application of computational intelligence, machine learning, and predictive analytics in areas not limited to:

Viral evolution Viral evolution is a subfield of evolutionary biology and virology that is specifically concerned with the evolution of viruses. Viruses have short generation times, and many—in particular RNA viruses—have relatively high mutation rates (on the ...

, cellular differentiation, drug discovery,

RNA structure Nucleic acid structure refers to the structure of nucleic acids such as DNA and RNA. Chemically speaking, DNA and RNA are very similar. Nucleic acid structure is often divided into four different levels: primary, secondary, tertiary, and quater ...

cis-regulatory elements ''Cis''-regulatory elements (CREs) or ''Cis''-regulatory modules (CRMs) are regions of non-coding DNA which regulate the transcription of neighboring genes. CREs are vital components of genetic regulatory networks, which in turn control morphogen ...

cancer Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Possible signs and symptoms include a lump, abnormal b ...

, and

evolutionary game theory Evolutionary game theory (EGT) is the application of game theory to evolving populations in biology. It defines a framework of contests, strategies, and analytics into which Darwinian competition can be modelled. It originated in 1973 with John M ...

as well as the development of evolutionary algorithms and other approaches.

Service

Between 2008-2018 Gary Fogel was editor-in-chief of the Elsevier journal

BioSystems ''BioSystems'' is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering experimental, computational, and theoretical research that links biology, evolution, and the information processing sciences. It was established in 1967 as ''Currents in Modern B ...

. He has served previously as an associate editor for IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence, IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine (2005-2010), IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation (2001-2013), IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence (2016-2018), IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (2004-2008), International Journal of Bioinformatics Research and Applications (2004-2007), International Journal of Data Mining and Bioinformatics (2005-2007), as a consulting editor for the Journal of Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics (2006-2007), and as an editorial board member of Ecological Informatics (2005-2009) and BMC Big Data Analytics (2015-2020). Within the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, Fogel founded the Bioinformatics and Bioengineering Technical Committee and established the IEEE Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology conference series, chairing the first two meetings in 2004 and 2005 in San Diego. He served on the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Administrative Committee (2004-2009, 2014-2022) and served as IEEE CIS Vice President of Conferences (2010-2013, 2019).

Teaching

Gary Fogel also serves as adjunct faculty at

San Diego State University San Diego State University (SDSU) is a public research university in San Diego, California. Founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, it is the third-oldest university and southernmost in the 23-member California State University (CSU) system ...

in the department of aerospace engineering as well as in the Computational Science Research Center. He has authored four books and numerous articles on the history of early aviation focusing on motorless flight. He is an associate fellow of the

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is a professional society for the field of aerospace engineering. The AIAA is the U.S. representative on the International Astronautical Federation and the International Council of ...

and serves on the AIAA History Committee.

Awards

*2022 - Elected Fellow of the Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association *2019 - Top 100 AI Leaders in Drug Discovery and Advanced Healthcare by Deep Knowledge Analytics *2019 - Outstanding Contribution to Aerospace Education, AIAA San Diego Section *2016 - Meritorious Service Award, IEEE Computational Intelligence Society *2016 - Outstanding Contribution to the Community Award, AIAA San Diego Section *2015 - Outstanding Enhancement of the Image of the Aerospace Profession, AIAA San Diego Section *2012 - Medal for Significant Achievement, San Diego Chapter of

Sigma Xi Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society () is a highly prestigious, non-profit honor society for scientists and engineers. Sigma Xi was founded at Cornell University by a junior faculty member and a small group of graduate students in 1886 ...

*2012 -

Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a 501(c)(3) professional association for electronic engineering and electrical engineering (and associated disciplines) with its corporate office in New York City and its operation ...

''for contributions to computational intelligence and its application to biology, chemistry, and medicine''.

Aeromodeling

Gary Fogel has established national and world records for model aircraft. He helped establish the National Model Aviation Heritage program for the

Academy of Model Aeronautics The Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA), based in Muncie, Indiana, United States at , is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of model aviation as a recognized sport as well as a recreational activity. It is the largest organizati ...

. He is a leader member, contest director, and elected fellow of the Academy of Model Aeronautics.

References

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