Biography

Dr. Babovic obtained his Ph.D. degrees from both UNESCO-IHE and Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands in 1995. In 2001 he has obtained a business degree at IMD in Lausanne (Switzerland). Prior to joining NUS, he was Head of Emerging Technologies at Danish Hydraulic Institute (1995-2002) and Senior Research Scientist at WL | Delft Hydraulics (2003-2005).

Dr. Babovic is Editor in Chief for Journal of Hydroinformatics and is currently serving as Chairman of joint IWA-IAHR-IAHS Section on Hydroinformatics. His research interests include hydroinformatics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, data mining and knowledge discovery, data assimilation and computational hydraulics. He has authored and co-authored more than 40 book chapters and papers in peer reviewed international journals and more than 40 peer reviewed conference papers. Dr. Babovic presented keynote/invited lectures in 15 international conferences and served on organizing and advisory committees for many international conferences.

 

Qualifications

• Programme for Executive Development (2001) International Institute for Management Development (IMD), Lausanne, Switzerland
• Doctor of Philosophy (1995) Delft University of Technology and UNESCO-IHE, Delft, The Netherlands
• Master of Science cum laude (1995) International Institute for Infrastructural, Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering, IHE-Delft, The Netherlands
• Diploma of Hydraulic Engineering (DipHE, cum laude) (1990) International Institute for Infrastructural, Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering, IHE-Delft, The Netherlands
• Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (Dipl. Ing, cum laude) (1986) University of Sarajevo, (former) Yugoslavia

Honours & Awards

• 1999 — Arthur Thomas Ippen Award of the International Association for Hydraulic Research
• 1998 — Talent Award of Danish Academy of Technical Sciences
• 1997 — The Best Paper Award, Danish Hydraulics, 2nd International Software Conference
• 1986 — Jaroslav Cerni Award as the best Civil Engineering graduate at the Faculty

Professional Activities

• Adjunct Professor at the University of Idaho (USA)
• Adjunct Professor at the University of Iowa (USA)
• Guest lecturer at International Institute for Infrastuctural Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering, IHE-Delft (The Netherlands)
• Guest lecturer at the European Institute for Industrial Leadership (EIIL), Brussels (Belgium)
• Chairman of the joint Hydroinformatics Section of the International association for Hydraulic Research (IAHR), International Water Association (IWA) and International Association for Hydrological Sciences (IAHS)
• Editor in Chief of the Journal of Hydroinformatics
• Member of Council of Authors of the International Society for Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (ISGEC)
• Standing Member of Core Programme Policy Committee for Genetic Programming of the International Society for Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (ISGEC)

Membership of Professional Associations

• International Association for Hydraulic Research (IAHR)
• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
• American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• International Society for Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (ISGEC)

Teaching areas

• Hydroinformatics
• Water Resources Management

Research Interest

• artificial intelligence
• machine learning
• data mining and knowledge discovery
• data-driven modelling
• data assimilation
• computational hydraulics
• hydroinformatics

Invited Keynote lectures

• 2006, International Association for Hydraulic Research, Asia-Pacific Division, 15th Congress, Chennai, India
• 2003, World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, ASCE Environmental Water Resources Institute, Philadephia, USA
• 2002, Fifth International Conference on Hydroinformatics, Cardiff, Unite Kingdom
• 1999, Second International Conference on Computing and Control for Water Industry, Exeter, United Kingdom
• 1998, Ippen Lecture, International Association for Hydraulic Research, 28th Congress, Graz, Austria
• 1996, Computation Fluid Dynamics Conference, Aachen, Germany

Invited lectures

• 2002, DHI User Conference, Orlando, USA
• 2001, NATO Advanced Research Workshop on New paradigms in river and estuary management, Sun Valley, USA
• 1999, NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Coping with Floods, Ostrava, Czech Republic
• 1999, European Science Foundation Workshop on Numerical Modelling of Hydrodynamic Systems, Zaragoza, Spain
• 1998, Danish Hydraulics, 3rd International Software User Conference
• 1996, Second International Conference on Hydroinformatics, Zurich, Switzerland
• 1995, Hydroinformatics Specialist Workshop, Wallingford, United Kingdom
• 1994, NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Hydroinformatics, Puten, The Netherlands

Selected Publications

Book chapters

1. 2005, Rainfall Runoff Modelling Based on Genetic Programming, in Mynett A. et.al (ed.) Encyclopedia of Hydrological Sciences
2. 2001, On introduction of declarative bias in knowledge discovery computer systems, in Goodwin , P. (ed.,) New paradigms in river and estuary management, Kluwer, Dordrecht (with Keijzer, M.)
3. 2000, On Computer-Aided Discovery of Knowledge in Hydrauic Engineering, in Bergmann, H., (ed.), Advances in Hydraulic Research and Engineering, Technical University Graz
4. 1999, Knowledge discovery and scientific data mining, in Navarro, P., G., and Playan, E., (eds.), Numerical Modelling of Hydrodynamic Systems, pp. 155-174
5. 1999, Sybsymbolic process description and forecasting using neural networks, in Navarro, P., G., and Playan, E., (eds.), Numerical Modelling of Hydrodynamic Systems, pp. 57-80
6. 1999, Forecasting of river discharges in the presence of chaos and noise, in Marsalek, J., (ed.) Coping with Floods: Lessons Learned from Recent Experiences, Kluwer, Dordrecht (with Keijzer, M.)
7. 1996, Hydrological Modelling in a Hydroinformatics Context, in Abbott, M.B., and Refsgaard, J.C., (eds.), Distributed Hydrological Modelling, Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 297-312 (with A.W. Minns)
8. 1996, Can water resources management benefit from artificial intelligence?, in Köngeter, J., (ed.), Computation Fluid Dynamics: Bunte Bilder in der Praxis? Meinz Verlag, Aachen, Germany
9. 1993, Evolutionary Algorithms as a Theme in Water Resources, in Scientific presentations AIO meeting ‘93, Delft University of Technology, pp. 21-36
10. 1991, A Control and Advisory System for Real-Time Applications, in Hartong H. and Lobbrecht A. (eds.), Applications of Operations Research to Real-Time Control of Water Resources Systems, pp. 51-70

Peer-reviewed journal papers

1. 2005, On Inducing Equations for Vegetation Resistance, Journal of Hydraulic Research (with Rodrigues, J., Baptist, M., Keijzer, M., Uittenbogaard, R., Mynett, A., and Verwey, A.), accepted for publication
2. 2005, Wave Forecasting Model with Spatially Distributed Error Correction Scheme, Journal of Physical Oceanography (with Sannasiraj S.A., Madsen, H. and Chen, E.S.), submitted for publication
3. 2005, Introducing Knowledge into Learning Based on Genetic Programming, Machine Learning (with Keijzer, M.), submitted for publication
4. 2005, Real Time Wave Forecasting using Family of Local Models, Coastal Engineering, accepted for publication (with Sannasiraj S.A., and Chan, E.S.)
5. 2005, Data Mining in Hydrology, Hydrological Processes, Vol 19, pp. 1-7
6. 2005, Local model approximation in the real time wave forecasting, Coastal Engineering, Vol 52, pp. 221-236 (with Sannasiraj S.A., and Chan, E.S.)
7. 2004, EC-SVM approach for real time hydrologic forecasting, Journal of Hydroinformatics, Vol 6, No 3, 209-223 (with Liong, S.Y. and Yu X.)
8. 2004, Error Correction of a Predictive Ocean Wave Model using Local Linear Approximation, Journal of Marine Systems, Vol. 53, pp. 1– 17 (with Sannasiraj S.A., and Chan, E.S.)
9. 2004, Enhancing tidal prediction accuracy in a deterministic model using chaos theory, Advances in Water Resources 27, pp. 761-772 (with Sannasiraj, Hong, Z. and Chan E.S.)
10. 2003, Velocity predictions in compound channels with vegetated floodplains using genetic programming, Journal of River Basin Management, Vol. 1, No 2 (with Harris, E, and Falconer, R.)
11. 2003, A Hybrid Appraoch for Modelling Wet Weather Response in Wastewater Systems, ASCE Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, (with Vojinovic Z. and Kecman V.) November 2003
12. 2002, Rainfall runoff modeling based on genetic programming, Nordic Hydrology, Vo. 33, No 5, pp. 331-346 (With Keijzer, M.)
13. 2002, Genetic Programming: A New Paradigm in Rainfall-Runoff Modelling, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, Vol 38, No. 3, pp. 705-718 (with Liong, S.Y., Gautam, R.J., Khu, S.T., Keijzer, M., and Nuttil, N.)
14. 2002, Data Assimilation of Local Model Error Forecasts in a Deterministic Model, Numerical Methods in Fluids, Vol 39, pp. 1-32 (with Fuhrman, D.)
15. 2002, Declarative and Preferential Bias in GP-based Scientific Discovery, Genetic Programming and Evolutionary Machines, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 41-79, (with Keijzer, M)
16. 2002, Modelling of Water Supply Assets: A Data Mining Approach, Urban Water, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 404-414 (with Drecourt, J.-P., Keijzer, M., and Hansen, P. F)
17. 2001, Towards hydraulics of the hydroinformatics era, Journal of Hydraulic Research, Vol. 39, No 4, pp. 339-349 (with Abbott, M.B., and Cunge J.)
18. 2001, Genetic Programming and Its Application in Real-Time Runoff Forecasting, Journal of American Water Resources Association, Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 439-451 (with Khu, S.T. Liong, S.Y., Madsen, H., and Nuttil, N.)
19. 2001, Neural networks as a routine for error correction of numerical models, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Vol. 127, No. 3, pp. 181-193 (with Jensen, H.R., Klinting, A.K. and Canizares, R.T.)
20. 2000, Translating data to knowledge: A case study in sediment transport, Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, Vol 15, No.1, pp. 1-7
21. 2000, Genetic programming as a model induction engine, Journal of Hydroinformatics, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 35-60 (with Keijzer, M.)
22. 1999, Hydroinfomatics: Forum Article, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Vol. 125. No 4, pp. 324-327
23. 1997, The evolution of equation from hydraulic data, Part II: Applications, Journal of Hydraulic Research, Vol. 35, No. 3, pp. 411- 430, (with M.B. Abbott)
24. 1997, The evolution of equation from hydraulic data, Part I: Theory, Journal of Hydraulic Research, Vol. 35, No. 3, pp. 397 – 410 (with M.B. Abbott)

Selected peer-reviewed conference contributions

1. 2005, Computer-Aided Knowledge Discovery: A Case Study in Vegetation Induced Resistance Coefficient, in Proceedings of Asia Oceania Geosciences Society's 2nd Annual Meeting, Singapore (with Baptist, M. and Keijzer, M.)
2. 2005, Chaos Theory in Data Assimilation, in in Proceedings of Asia Oceania Geosciences Society's 2nd Annual Meeting, Singapore (with Mynett, A.)
3. 2005, Man against Machine: Experiments in Vegetation Induced Resistance, in Proceedings of the XXXI Congress of International Association for Hydraulic Research, Seoul, (with Baptist, M. and Mynett, A.)
4. 2004, Data Assimilation Scheme for a Wave Forecast Model Using Ensemble Error Covariances, in Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Hydroinformatics, Singapore
5. 2004, Data Mining Technologies in the Sea Temperature Prediction, in Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Hydroinformatics, Singapore
6. 2002, Introducing Knowledge into Learning Based on Genetic Programming, in Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Hydroinformatics, Cardiff, UK
7. 2002, Data Assimilaton using local Models, in Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Hydroinformatics, Cardiff, UK (with Fuhrman, D.)
8. 2002, Hydrologic Forecasting with Chaotic Approach and Support Vector Machine, in Proceedings of the XIII IAHR-APD Congress (with Yu, X and Liong, S. Y.)
9. 2001, An evolutionary approach to knowledge induction: Genetic programming in hydraulic engineering., in Phelps, D. and Sehlke, G. (Eds), Proceedings of the World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, volume 111, ASCE, 20-24 May 2001. with (Harington, Aguilera and Keijzer)
10. 2001, Adaptive Logic Programming, in Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference GECCO 2001, San Francisco, July, 2001
11. 2001, Ripple Crossover in Genetic Programming, in Proceedings of the European Genetic Programming Conference (with Keijzer, M., O’Neil, C., Ryan, C., and Catolico, M.,)
12. 2000, Data Mining Approach to Pipe Burst Risk Assesment, in Savic, D., (ed.), CWS 2000 — Water Network Modelling for Optimal Design and Management (with Drecourt, J.-P.)
13. 2000, Genetic Programming within a Framework of Computer-Aided Discovery of Scientific Knowledge, in Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference GECCO 2000,, Las Vegas, July, 2000
14. 2000, Evolutionary algorithms approach to induction of differential equations, in Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Hydroinformatics, Iowa City, USA (with Keijzer, M.)
15. 2000, Optimal Embedding using Evolutionary Algorithms, in Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Hydroinformatics, Iowa City, USA (with Keijzer, M., and Gustafsson, M.)
16. 2000, From global to local modelling: A case study in error correction of deterministic models, in Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Hydroinformatics, Iowa City, USA (with Keijzer, M., and Bundzel, M.)
17. 2000, Real-Time Current Forecasts for Tunnel Element Towing in Øresund, Denmark, in Proceedings of the Øresund Link Immersed Tunnel Conference (with Jensen H. R. and Rasmussen, E.B.)
18. 2000, Genetic programming and the bias/variance dilemma, in Proceedings of the European Genetic Programming Conference (with Keijzer, M.)
19. 2000, Analysis of long term morphological changes – A data mining aproach , (with Jørgensen ,K., Elfrink, B., Keijzer, M.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Coastal Engineering, Australia
20. 1999, Forecast of water levels in Venice lagoon based on chaos theory, Proceedings of the Modelli complessi e metodi computazionali intensivi per la stima e la previsione Conference, Venice, (with Keijzer, M.)
21. 1999, Dimensionally aware genetic programming, Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, in Banzhaf, W., Daida, J., Eiben, A. E., Garzon, M. H., Honavar, V., Jakiela, M., & Smith, R. E. (eds.). GECCO-99: Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, July 13-17, 1999, Orlando, Florida, USA, Morgan Kaufmann, pp.1069-1076 (with Keijzer, M.)
22. 1999, Data to knowledge — The new scientific paradigm, in Savic, D., Walters, G., (eds.), Water Industry Systems, Exeter, United Kingdom, pp. 3-14 (with Keijzer, M.)
23. 1999, Computer supported knowledge discovery – A case study in flow resistance induced by vegetation, Proceedings of the XXVIII Congress of International Association for Hydraulic Research, Graz, (with Keijzer, M.)
24. 1998, Mining sediment transport data with genetic programming, in Proceedings of the First International Conference on New Information Technologies for Decision Making in Civil Engineering, Montreal, Canada, pp. 875-886,
25. 1998, A data mining approach to time series modelling and forecasting, in Proceeding of the Third International Conference on Hydroinformatics, Copenhagen, Denmark
26. 1998, Sediment transport data — Large knowledge mine, in Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Hydroscience and Engineering, Cottbus, Germany
27. 1997, Generic environmental impact assessment (EIA) procedures, in Proceedings of the MAFF conference (with A.G. Hooper)
28. 1997, Intelligent agent based models as answer to challenges of ecological modelling, Proceedings of the XXVII Congress of International Association for Hydraulic Research, San Francisco
29. 1997, An application of artificial neural networks in computational hydraulics, Proceedings of the XXVII Congress of International Association for Hydraulic Research, San Francisco (with N. Bartoli)
30. 1997, On the Modelling and Forecasting of Non-linear Systems, in Refsgaard, J.C. and Karalis, E.A. (eds.), Operational Water Management, Balkema, Rotterdam, pp. 195-202
31. 1996, Individual-based modelling of aquatic populations, in Müller, A., (ed.), Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Hydroinformatics, Zürich, Switzerland, pp. 771- 778 (with J. Baretta)
32. 1995, Data Mining for Hydroinformaticians, Proceedings of the Hydroinformatics Workshop, Wallingford, UK
33. 1995, Genetic Model Induction Based on Experimental Data, Proceedings of the XXVI Congress of International Association for Hydraulic Research, Hydra 2000, London 1995
34. 1994, Modelling Ecosystems with Intelligent Agents, in Proceedings of the First International Conference on Hydroinformatics, pp. 179-186 (with M.B. Abbott., L.K. Amdisen, J. Baretta. and J. Dørge)
35. 1994, Use of Computational Adaptive Methodologies in Hydroinformatics, in Proceedings of the First International Conference on Hydroinformatics, pp. 201-210 (with A.W. Minns)
36. 1994, Calibrating Hydrodynamic Models by Means of Simulated Evolution, in Proceedings of the First International Conference on Hydroinformatics, pp. 193-200 (L.C. Larsen and Z.Wu)
37. 1991, Fault Diagnosis in Real-Time Operation of Sewer Systems, in Proceedings XXIV Congress IAHR, Madrid, pp. D403-D409 (with S. Lindberg and L.K. Amdisen)

Books

1. 1996, Emergence, Evolution, Intelligence; Hydroinformatics, Balkema Publishers, Rotterdam

Proceedings

1. 2004, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Hydroinformatics, Singapore, June 2004 (editor with Liong, S.Y., and Phoon, K.)
2. 1998, Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Hydroinformatics, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 1998, Balkema Publishers, Rotterdam (editor with Larsen, Lars Chr.)
3. 1994, Proceedings of the First International Conference on Hydroinformatics, Delft, The Netherlands, September 1994, Balkema Publishers, Rotterdam (editor with with Verwey A., Minns A.W., & Maksimovic C.)

1. 2001, Data Assimilation and Error Prediction Using Local Models, D2K Technical Report 0401-2 (with Fuhrman, D.)
2. 2001, Data Mining Based Runoff Forecasting, D2K Technical Report 0401-1 (with Bojkov, V.)
3. 2000, Modelling or Water supply Assets: A Data Mining Approach, D2K Technical Report 1000-1 (with Drecourt, J.-P., Keijzer, M., and Hansen, P.F.)
4. 2000, Error Correction in Venice Lagoon using Neural Networks, Support Vector Machines and Local Linear Models, D2K Technical Report 0500-1 (with Keijzer, M., and Bundzel, M.)
5. 2000, Leakage Risk Assessment of Water Supply Network, D2K Technical Report 0400-2 (with Wu. Q. and Keijzer, M.)
6. 2000, Multivariate Time Series Analysis of Chaotic Systems, D2K Technical Report 0400-1 (with Yu. X.)
7. 2000, Reinforcement Learning Applied to Reservoir Operation, D2K Technical Report 0300-1 (with Morales, Y. and Hollenbaeck K.-J)
8. 2000, Chaos Theory, Optimal Emebbding and Evolutionary Algorithms, D2K Rechnical Report 0100-1 (with Keijzer, M., and Gustafsson, M.)
9. 1999, Seabed Recognition using Neural Networks, D2K Technical Report 0399-1 (with Gopakumar, R.)
10. 1999, Analysis and Prediction of Chaotic Time Series, D2K Technical Report 0399-2 (with Rahman, M.)
11. 1991, Applied Hydroinformatics: A control and advisory system for real-time applications, IHE Report Series 26, Delft, The Netherlands