Keynote speakers
Prof. Kevin Warwick:
“Experiments into Biology-Technology Interaction”
University of Reading, United Kingdom
Kevin Warwick is Professor of Cybernetics at the University of Reading, England, where he carries out research in artificial intelligence, control, robotics and cyborgs.
Kevin was born in Coventry, UK and left school to join British Telecom, at the age of 16. At 22 he took his first degree at Aston University, followed by a PhD and research post at Imperial College, London. He subsequently held positions at Oxford, Newcastle and Warwick Universities before being offered the Chair at Reading, at the age of 33.
As well as publishing over 500 research papers, Kevin’s experiments into implant technology led to him being featured as the cover story on the US magazine, ‘Wired’.
Kevin has been awarded higher doctorates (DSc) both by Imperial College and the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, and received Honorary Doctorates from Aston University, Coventry University and Bradford University. He was presented with The Future of Health Technology Award in MIT, was made an Honorary Member of the Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, and has received The IEE Senior Achievement Medal, the Mountbatten Medal and the Ellison-Cliffe Medal. In 2000 Kevin presented the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, entitled “The Rise of the Robots”.
Kevin’s research involves the invention of an intelligent deep brain stimulator to counteract the effects of Parkinson Disease tremors. The tremors are predicted and a current signal is applied to stop the tremors before they start – this is to be trialled in human subjects. Another project involves the use of cultured/biological neural networks to drive robots around – the brain of each robot is made of neural tissue.
Perhaps Kevin is though best known for his pioneering experiments involving a neuro-surgical implantation into the median nerves of his left arm to link his nervous system directly to a computer to assess the latest technology for use with the disabled. He was successful with the first extra-sensory (ultrasonic) input for a human and with the first purely electronic telegraphic communication experiment between the nervous systems of two humans.
Prof. Maarten Steinbuch:
“Control Challenges for Smart Vehicles”
Eindhoven University of Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Control Systems Technology
Maarten Steinbuch (1960) received the M.Sc. degree and Ph.D. degree from Delft University of Technology. From 1987-1999 he was with Philips Research Labs., and Philips Center for Manufacturing Technology, Eindhoven. Since 1999 he is full professor in Systems and Control, and head of the Control Systems Technology group of the Mechanical Engineering Department of Eindhoven University of Technology. He was an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, of IFAC Control Engineering Practice, and of IEEE Control Systems Magazine. He was Editor-at-Large of the European Journal of Control. Currently, he is Editor-in-Chief of IFAC Mechatronics and Associate Editor of Int. Journal of Powertrains. He is programleader of the TU/e Master of Science Automotive Technology, member of the board of the Dutch Automotive innovationprogram HTAS and of the Dutch Automotive Campus HTAC, member of the national Formule E Team, Chairman of the Stichting Techniekpromotie, and co-founder of MI-Partners B.V. Since july 2006 he is also Scientific Director of the Centre of Competence High Tech Systems of the Federation of Dutch Technical Universities. In 2003, 2005 and 2008 he obtained the ‘Best-Teacher’ award of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, TU/e. His research interests are modelling, design and control of motion systems, robotics, automotive powertrains and control of fusion plasmas.
Prof. Haris Vikalo:
“Graphical models and message passing algorithms for communications”
University of Texas at Austin, United States
Haris Vikalo received a B.S. degree from the University of Zagreb in 1994, an M.S. from Lehigh University in 1997, and a Ph.D. from Stanford University in 2003, all in electrical engineering. In 1999, he held a short-term appointment with Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, NJ. In 2003 he was a Postdoctoral Researcher, and from 2003 until 2007 he was a Research Associate at the California Institute of Technology. Since 2007, he has been with The University of Texas at Austin, where he is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He received the United States National Science Foundation CAREER award in 2009. His research is focused on stochastic signal processing for communications, biomolecular detection systems, and biological networks.
Prof. Ljubiša Vlačić
“Co-Operative Decision Making & Control Systems”
Griffith University, Australia
Dr Ljubisa Vlacic is Professor and Director, Intelligent Control Systems Laboratory, Griffith University, Brisbane. His research interests and contributions to research span the areas of decision & control systems and the application of these theories to: industrial automation, mechatronics, intelligent robotics, knowledge management and intelligent vehicles & transport systems.
Currently, he serves on:
(i) the Editorial Board of IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems;
(ii) the Editorial Board of the Journal on Robotics and Intelligent Systems;
(iii) the Editorial Board of the Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics; and
(iv) IEEE-CSS, Conference Editorial Board.
He is also Chair of Engineers Australia’s National Committee on Automation, Control and Instrumentation.
He was named the 2010 IEEE – Transactions on ITS Editor of the Year as well as the 2003 Engineers Australia Queensland Professional Engineer of the Year. Also, he was awarded:
(i) The 2004 Sir Lionel Hooke Award, by the Australian Council of the Institution of Engineering and Technology – IET;
(ii) The 2004 IEE Achievement Medal (the Award was provided by the IEE Knowledge Board, in recognition of achievements in engineering and technology world-wide);
and a number of appreciation awards for notable services and contributions to advancement of control systems and their applications.
He graduated from the University of Sarajevo in 1973 (Control) and completed his MPhil and PhD studies in Control in 1976 and 1986 respectively. He also graduated from the Conservatorium of Music,
University of Sarajevo, and has played violin with professional orchestras.
Prof. Alper T. Erdogan:
“Convergence Analysis for a Class of Source Separation Methods”
Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey
Alper T. Erdogan received his B.S. degree from the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey in 1993, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Stanford University, Stanford, CA, in 1995 and 1999, respectively. He was a principal Research Engineer in Globespan-Virata Corporation (formerly Excess Bandwidth and Virata Corporations) from September 1999 to November 2001. He joined Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department of Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey in January 2002, where he is currently an Associate Professor.
Dr. Erdogan is the recipient of TUBITAK Career Award (2005), Werner Von Siemens Excellence Excellence Award (2007) and TUBA GEBIP Outstanding Young Scientist Award (2008) and TUBITAK Young Scientist Encouragement Award(2010) . Dr. Erdogan served as Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing and he is currently a member of IEEE Signal Processing Theory and Methods Technical Committee. His research interests include wireless, fiber and wireline communications, adaptive signal processing, optimization, system theory and control, and information theory.
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