November, 2007 .  David Davis:  Co-editor of a new book, Evolutionary Computation in Practice, scheduled to be published by Springer in November.  Author of one chapter in the book, co-author of Introduction and another chapter.  The book is a collection of cutting-edge papers on real-world applications of new optimization techniques.

October 27, 2007 .  David Davis:  Speaker at a day-long Smithsonian symposium entitled “Government and Science:  Co-evolving a Sustainable Future for theUnited States and Globalization.”  This is the fourth year of this symposium series.  In the past each session has been attended by more than a hundred Washington, DC policymakers.  The event is hosted by the Smithsonian Institute, and will take place in Smithsonian facilities.   The event’s web site address:  http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/ reserve.aspx?performanceNumber=85095 

September, 2007 .  David Davis:  Lead author on an article on optimization in World Trade magazine.  The article describes innovative techniques for improving the performance of global supply chains.  The issue’s web address:  http://www.worldtrademag-digital.com/worldtrademag/200708/

July 12, 2007.   David Davis:  Speaker on decision design in a technical speaker series at Cranfield University in the United Kingdom.

July 8-11, 2007 .  David Davis:  Track organizer and speaker at the 2007 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference in London.  Co-organizer of the Evolutionary Computation in Practice track, and participant in four of the sessions in that track.  GECCO 2007’s web site:  http://www.sigevo.org/gecco-2007/

July 8, 2007 .  David Davis:  Speaker at an energy workshop at the 2007 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference in London.

July, 2007 .  David Davis:  Began a four-year term as an elected member of the SIGEvo (Special Interest Group on Evolutionary Computation of the Association for Computing Machinery) Executive Committee.

June 11, 2007 .  David Davis:  Keynote speaker at the tenth annual conference on Evolutionary Computation and Global Optimization in Poland.  The talk was titled “Evolutionary Computation in Practice:  Twelve Lessons Learned.”  A more detailed version of this talk is a chapter in the upcoming book Evolutionary Computation in Practice.

May 3, 2007 .  David Davis:  With Rod Sipe, gave an invited presentation on “Simulation and Risk Management” for the American Petroleum Institute Risk Management Committee meeting in Chicago.

April 19, 2007.   David Davis:  Invited technical speaker on simulation and uncertainty at the Institute for Defense Analyses, located in Virginia near Washington, D.C. 

April 13, 2007 .  David Davis:  Invited panelist for a plenary lunch session in Houston at a Digital Oil Field conference of the Society of Petroleum Engineers.  The panel topic was data mining applications in the energy industry.

March, 2007.   David Davis:  An article entitled “Embracing Complexity,” written by the magazine editor, appeared in Supply and Demand Chain Executive magazine.  The article was an account of a telephone interview the editor conducted with Dr. Davis.  Web address of the article:  http://www.sdcexec.com/online/article.jsp?id=9012&siteSection=0