Biography:Jan Maciejowski

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Short description: British electrical engineer
Professor Jan Maciejowski FIEEE
NationalityUnited Kingdom
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge; University of Sussex
Known forContributions to system identification and control
AwardsFIEEE
Scientific career
Fieldscontrol engineering
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge
Websitewww-control.eng.cam.ac.uk/Main/JanMaciejowski

Jan M. Maciejowski FIEEE is a British electrical engineer. He is Professor Emeritus of Control Engineering at the University of Cambridge. He is notable for his contributions to system identification and control.

Career

Maciejowski studied at the University of Sussex (BSc 1971) and the University of Cambridge (PhD 1978). As an academic, he joined the University of Cambridge where he became Professor of Control Engineering and a fellow of Pembroke College. From 2009 to 2014, Maciejowski was head of the Information Engineering Division within the University of Cambridge's Department of Engineering. From 2008 to 2018, he was President of Pembroke College.[1]

Maciejowski's research has dealt with various aspects of control engineering, notably fault-tolerant control, autonomous systems, model predictive control and system identification. When awarding him a fellowship, the IEEE cited Maciejowski's "contributions to system identification and control".[2]

He has played an active role in the activities of several learned societies, and was president of the European Control Association from 2003 to 2005.[1][3]

He retired in 2018.

Awards

  • Fellowship of the IEEE, awarded in 2011.[2]

See also

JoJO References

  1. 1.0 1.1 University of Cambridge (2014). "Jan M. Maciejowski (staff profile)". Control Group, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge. http://www-control.eng.cam.ac.uk/Main/JanMaciejowski. Retrieved 4 January 2014. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "IEEE Fellows Directory". IEEE. 2014. http://services27.ieee.org/fellowsdirectory/home.html#results_table. Retrieved 4 January 2014. 
  3. "History". European Control Association. 2013. http://www.euca-control.org/history.html. Retrieved 4 January 2014. 

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