We would like to invite all doctoral students, especially those studying management and quality studies to the next guest lectures, which will be given by Professor Waldemar Karwowski from University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA.
Grand challenges in industrial and systems engineering and future jobs prospects
Date: 29/05/2026
Time: 13.30 - 15.00
Place: Technical Library, Piotrowo 2, room 051
Language: English
Grand challenges for human factors and ergonomics and future jobs prospects
Date: 29/05/2026
Time: 15.10 - 16.40
Place: Technical Library, Piotrowo 2, room 051
Language: English
Short bio of the speaker:
Waldemar Karwowski is Pegasus Professor and Chair, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA. He holds an M.S. in Production Engineering and Management from the University of Technology, Wroclaw, Poland, and a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Texas Tech University, USA. He was awarded a D.Sc. in
management science by the Institute for Organization and Management in Industry, Warsaw, and received the National Professorship title from the President of Poland (2012).
Three Central European universities also awarded him Doctor Honoris Causa degrees. Dr. Karwowski served on the Board on Human Systems Integration, National Research Council, USA (2007–2011). He is currently Co-Editor-in-Chief of Theoretical Issues in the Ergonomics Science journal, Editor-in-Chief of the Human-Intelligent Systems Integration journal, and Field Chief Editor
of the Frontiers in Neuroergonomics journal. Dr. Karwowski has over 600 research publications, including over 270 journal papers focused on the mathematical modeling of human performance, neuro-fuzzy systems, nonlinear dynamics, human-centered AI, and neuroergonomics. He is a Fellow of the Ergonomics Society (U.K.), Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES), Institute of
Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE), and the International Ergonomics Association (IEA), and served as President of both HFES (2006-2007) and IEA (2000-2003).
He received the William Floyd Award from the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors, the United Kingdom, in 2017, and the David F. Baker Distinguished Research Award. Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, Atlanta, USA, in 2020. He was elected Member of the Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine of Florida (ASEMFL), Orlando, Florida, USA, in November 2020. He also received the Arnold M. Small and Betty Sanders President's Distinguished Service Award from the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society in October 2021. He was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS, 2023). He received the Albert G. Holzman Distinguished Educator Award from IISE (2025).
