Brian Anderson (electrical engineer)

Brian D. O. Anderson
AC FRS
Brian Anderson in 2024
Born (1941-01-15) 15 January 1941 (age 83)
NationalityAustralian
Alma materStanford University
AwardsM. A. Sargent Medal
Scientific career
InstitutionsAustralian National University

Brian David Outram Anderson AC FRS (born 15 January 1941) is Professor in the Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering at the Australian National University. His research interests include circuits, signal processing and control, and his current work focuses on distributed control of multi-agent systems, sensor network localization, adaptive and non-linear control. Professor Anderson served as President of the Australian Academy of Science from 1998 to 2002.

Anderson was elected as a member into the National Academy of Engineering in 2002 for his contributions to system and control theory, and for international leadership in promoting engineering science and technology.

Dianne Anderson is Brian's wife. They both live in Canberra.

Education

Anderson received a BS (1962) in mathematics and BE (1964) in electrical engineering from the University of Sydney and a PhD (1966) in electrical engineering from Stanford, under Robert W. Newcomb.[1][2]

Awards and honours

Membership of learned societies

References

  1. ^ "Brian D. O. Anderson". Brian D. O. Anderson. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Brian Anderson". The Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Matthew Flinders Medal and Lecture". Australian Academy of Science. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  4. ^ "Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)". It's an Honour. 26 January 1993. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2013. In recognition of service to science and to engineering
  5. ^ "IEEE Control Systems Award". IEEE Control Systems Society. Archived from the original on 29 December 2010. Retrieved 30 March 2011. List of recipients
  6. ^ "Centenary Medal". It's an Honour. 1 January 2001. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2013. For service to Australian society through science policy development
  7. ^ Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA): 2007 Autumn Conferment of Decorations on Foreign Nationals, p. 3; Award ceremony Archived 15 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine, 2008; accessed 6 October 2010.
  8. ^ "Companion of the Order of Australia (AC)". It's an Honour. 13 June 2016. Archived from the original on 29 January 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2016. For eminent service to information and communications technology, to engineering and to higher education, as an academic, researcher and author, to professional scientific associations, and as a mentor of young scientists
  9. ^ a b c d e f g CV: Brian D.O. Anderson, anu.edu.au


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