Prof. Dr. Robert R. Bitmead

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsAutomation, Mechatronics, Control Systems, Intelligent Technical Systems, Robotics,Systems theory; control
KeywordsSystems Theory, Control systems, State Estimation, Industrial Control, System Identification
Honours and awards

2021: IEEE Control Systems Society Distinguished Member Award

2019: President IEEE Control Systems Society

2015: IEEE Control Systems Society Transition to Practice Awad

2014: ASME Rufus Olderburger Medal

2005: Fellow International Federation of Automatic Control

1999: Fellow Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering

1991: Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityLa Jolla
InstitutionUniversity of California, San Diego
InstituteDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank AllgöwerInstitut für Systemtheorie und Regelungstechnik (IST), Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart
Start of initial sponsorship01/12/2023

Programme(s)

2023Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Bitmead is a leading international scientist in system theory and automatic control with significant impact on academia and industry from the research side and through management. He is an eminent control theorist with a long record of applications successes. His work on dynamic modeling using data from designed experiments is notable. During his stay in Germany he will strive to develop a novel framework for adaptive data-driven control with guaranteed performance improvements.