Avelino Gonzalez
Avelino Gonzalez was born in Cuba. In 1960, his family left Cuba as a result of the communist revolution. After a two-year stay in Mexico, they settled in the Miami area, where he went to grade school, high school and college.
In 1986, Dr. Gonzalez joined the computer engineering department at the University of Central Florida (UCF) in Orlando. There he has focused his research and teaching in Artificial Intelligence and knowledge-based systems. He has served as PI in several large federal research contracts and grants and has received significant funding support from DoD, NASA and NSF. He has written three textbooks, all in the area of artificial intelligence. He is a registered professional engineer in the State of Florida and is the founding president of the Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society, currently serving as treasurer.
Dr. Gonzalez received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Miami, in 1973 and 1974 respectively. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh in 1979, also in electrical engineering.