Brian David Outram ANDERSON
Current Appointments |
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Emeritus Professor,
School of Engineering,
College of Engineering and Computer Science,
The Australian National University
Telephone: (02) 6125 8667
Email:brian.anderson@anu.edu.au
Web Address: http://www.anu.edu.au
- BSc (Pure Mathematics major) (University medal), Sydney
University, 1962
- BE (Electrical Engineering major) (University medal), Sydney
University, 1964
- PhD (Electrical Engineering major), Stanford University,
1966
- DHC (Docteur honoris causa), Université Catholique de
Louvain, 1991
- Dr sc tech hc (Doctor honoris causa), ETH (Swiss
Federal Institute of Technology), Zürich 1993
- Hon DEng, University of Sydney, 1995
- Hon DEng, University of Melbourne, 1997
- Hon Professor, Harbin Institute of Technology, China, 2000
- Hon DSc, University of New South Wales, 2001
- Hon DEng, University of Newcastle,
2005
- Hon DEng, University of Technology
Sydney, 2012
- Hon Professor, Zhejiang
University, China, 2016
- Hon Professor, Shandong
University, China, 2018
Officer of the Order of Australia, 1993
Centenary Medal, Government of Australia, 2001
Japan Order of the Rising Sun with Neck Ribbon and Gold Rays, 2007
Companion of the Order of Australia, 2016
German, French, Japanese (limited), Spanish (limited)
Past Academic Appointments |
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- 2016 - 2020
- Distinguished Professor, Hangzhou Dianzi University
2006 - 2020
Distinguished Researcher, NICTA (later Data61-CSIRO)
1981 - 2016
Professor, then Distinguished Professor, The Australian National University
- 1967 - 1981
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Foundation Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of
Newcastle
- 1966 - 1967
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Acting Assistant Professor in Electrical Engineering, Stanford
University
- 1970 - Present
- Visiting appointments at universities in US, Japan, South Korea,
Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, France, Belgium, New Zealand and
Australia aggregating to several years duration (list available).
(apart from
visiting academic appointments)
- 2010-2012
- Scientific Advisory Board, Biovision Australia
- 2005-2008
- National Research Priorities (NRP) Standing Committee (Dept of
Education, Science and Training)
- 2005-2009
- Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE) Advisory
Board (an ARC funded Special Research Centre)
- 2004-2010
- Centre for Complex Dynamic Systems and Control (CDSC) Advisory
Board, University of Newcastle, NSW
- 2004-2007
- Institute for Telecommunications Research (ITR) Advisory Board,
University of South Australia
- 2005-2006
- e-Research Coordinating Committee (Dept of Education, Science
and Training)
- 2003-2006
- Chief Scientist, National ICT Australia
- 1995-2005
- Director, Cochlear Limited
- 2002-2003
- Interim CEO/President, National ICT Australia Ltd
- 2001-2003
- Member, Board of the Australian Research Council
- 2000-2002
- Consultant, Bandspeed Inc (USA)
- 1994-2002
- Director, Research School of Information Sciences and
Engineering, ANU
- 1999-2002
- Strategic Advisory Group, Pangea Resources International,
Baden, Switzerland
- 1998-2002
- Trustee, Ian Clunies Ross Memorial Foundation
- 1998-2002
- Director, Australian Foundation for Science
- 1998-2002
- President, Australian Academy of Science
- 1998-2002
- Member, Prime Minister's Science, Engineering and Innovation
Council
- 1991-2002
- Member, Encyclopaedia Britannica Australian Advisory Committee,
(Chairman 1999 - 2002)
- 2000-2001
- Member, Australian Research Council
- 1999-2001
- Member, Steering Committee, Innovation Summit
- 1999-2000
- Strategic Advisor to Australian Science Capability Review
- 2001-2001
- Chairman, PMSEIC Working Group on R&D Base for Information
Technology and Communications
- 1997-2000
- Director, ANUTECH Pty Ltd
- 1991-1999
- Member Management Board, Cooperative Research Centre for Robust
and Adaptive Systems, (Chairman 1991-1994)
- 1981-1998
- Member, CRA later Rio Tinto, Technological Advisory Board
1991-1997
Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Control Systems Society
- 1995-1997
- Member, Enabling Research & Development Advisory Group,
Department of Defence
- 1990-1993
- President, International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)
- (Vice President, President Elect, 1984-1990, Immediate Past
President, 1993-1996)
- 1989-1995
- Member, Managing Board, Nucleus Limited
- 1990-1995
- Member, Cooperative Research Centres Committee, Department of
Industry, Science and Technology
- 1989-1993
- Member, Prime Minister's Science and Engineering Council
- 1982-1991
- Head, Department of Systems Engineering, The Australian National
University
- 1983-1989
- Member, OTC Research and Development Board
- 1986-1989
- Director, Telectronics Holdings Ltd
- 1984-1986
- Member, Australian Industrial Research and Development
Incentives Board
- 1982-1987
- Member, Australian Telecommunications and Electronics Research
Board (formerly Radio Research Board) (Deputy Chairman 1986-1987)
- 1982-1983
- Member, Australian UNESCO Commission
- 1980-1983
- Member, Council of Australian Academy of Science
- 1977-1982
- Member, Australian Science and Technology Council (Working Party
member 1982-85, 1988-89)
- 1967-1982
- Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Newcastle,
Australia
- 1972-1978
- Member, Australian Research Grants Committee
- 1972-1973
- Member, Council of University of Newcastle, Australia
- 1967-1975
- Head of Department of Electrical Engineering, University of
Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia
- 1964-1967
- Research Assistant, then Acting Instructor (June 1965), then
Acting Assistant Professor (March 1966), Department of Electrical
Engineering, Stanford University, California, USA
- 1966-1967
- Staff Consultant, Vidar Corporation, Mountain View, California
(1/4 time)
- 1964-1964
- Teaching Fellow, Department of Electrical Engineering,
University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Visiting Academic Appointment |
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- September 2007
- Visiting Professor, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
- July 2007
- Visiting Professor, Tech University of Vienna
- November/December 2006
- Visiting Professor, Yale University, USA
- September 2006
- Visiting Professor, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
- April/May 2006 and September 2006
- Visiting Professor, Tech University of Vienna
- Nov/Dec 2005
- Visiting Professor, Yale University, USA
- Sept/Oct 2005
- Visiting Professor, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
- June/July 2005
- Visiting Professor, Tech University of Vienna
- February 2005
- Visiting Professor, Kyoto University, Japan
- September 2004
- Visiting Professor, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
- May 2004
- Visiting Professor, Yale University
- February 2004
- Visiting Professor, University of California, Berkeley
- December 2003
- Distinguished Visitor, Coordinated Sci Lab, University of
Illinois
- Nov 2003
- Distinguished Visiting Professor, City University of Hong Kong
- May 2002
- Visiting Professor, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
- May 2001
- Visiting Professor, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
- May 2000
- Visiting Professor, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
- Oct/Nov 1999
- Distinguished Visitor, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- May-June 1999
- Visiting Professor, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
- October 1997
- Visiting Professor, University of Florence, Italy
- June 1997
- Visiting Professor, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
- April 1997
- Visiting Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
- April/May 1996
- Visiting Professor, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
(ETH), Zürich
- May 1995
- Visiting Professor, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH),
Zürich
- April 1994
- Visiting Professor, Chiba University and Tokyo Institute of
Technology, Japan
- October 1993
- Visiting Professor, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology,
Zürich
- May 1993
- Visiting Professor, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
- December 1992
- Visiting Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara,
USA
- June 1992
- Visiting Professor, INRIA, Sophia Antipolis, France
- April 1991
- Visiting Professor, Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble
- July 1990
- Visiting Professor, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
- April-May 1990
- Visiting Professor, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology,
Zürich
- May 1989
- Visiting Professor, Kyoto University, Japan
- April 1989
- Visiting Scientist, Institute of Econometrics, Operations
Research and Systems Theory, Tech University of Vienna
- June 1988
- Visiting Professor, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology,
Zürich
- April 1988
- Visiting Scientist, Institute of Econometrics, Operations
Research and System Theory, Tech University of Vienna
- June 1987
- Visiting Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara
- March 1987
- Gastdozent, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich
- July 1987
- Visiting Professor, University of California at Santa Barbara
- June 1986
- Gastdozent, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich
- June 1984
- Gastdozent, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich
- Sept 1983
- Visiting Professor, Centre of Concentration for Dynamical
Systems, University of Bremen, Federal Republic of Germany
- May 1983
- Visiting Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of
Auckland, New Zealand
- March 1983
- Visiting Professor of Mathematics, University of Western
Australia
- May 1982
- Visiting Professor of Engineering, Brown University, Providence,
RI, USA
- Sept 80-Mar 81
- Visiting Professor of Electrical and Computing Engineering,
University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
- Sept 80-Mar 81
- Visiting Professor of Electrical and Computing Engineering,
University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
- July 77-Feb 78
- Visiting Professor of Electrical Engineering, Stanford
University, California, USA
- Oct 74-Nov 74
- Visiting Professor in Electrical Engineering, University of
California, USA
- Aug 73-Feb 74
- Visiting Professor Computer and Information Science, University
of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
- Jan 70-June 70
- Visiting Professor of Information and Control Science, Southern
Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, USA
- June 66-Aug 66
- Visiting Lecturer, San Jose State College, San Jose,
California, USA
Current Editorial Activities |
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- Editorial Board, Communications in Information and Systems (CIS)
(since
1999)
Prizes, Awards and Distinctions |
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- Fulbright Grant, 1964, 1970, 1977
- Senior Prize for Best Paper, IEEE Trans on Acoustics, Speech
and Signal Processing, 1986
- Kelvin Premium, IEE, 1989, Electrical College Eminent
Speaker 1990-1991
- Flinders Lectureship and Medal, Australian Academy of
Science, 1992
- Guillemin-Cauer Award, IEEE Circuits and Systems Society,
1992
- IEEE Control Systems Society Bode Prize, 1992
- Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, The
Australian National University, 1994
- International Award of Society for Materials Engineering for
Resources of Japan, 1994
- Life Adviser, International Federation of Automatic Control,
1996
- IEEE Control Systems Award, 1997
- Guest of Honour, World Automation Congress (WAC'98), Alaska,
USA, 1998
- Quazza Medal, IFAC, 1999
- Best Paper Prize, Automatica, 1999
- Named by ISI as one of the most highly cited scientists in
the world within the category of engineering for the period 1981-1999
- Honourable Professor, Harbin Institute of Technology, China,
2000
- Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Control Systems Society, 2001
- IEEE James H Mulligan Jr Education Medal, 2001
- Guillemin-Cauer Award, IEEE Circuits and Systems Society,
2001
- MA Sargent Medal, Institute of Engineers, Australia, 2002
- Asian Control Professors Association Education Award, 2002
- Centenary Medal, Government of Australia, 2003
- Chancellor's Special Commendation and Medal, The Australian
National University, 2004
- Commendation of Foreign Minister of
Japan, 2006
- Best Paper Prize, Asian Journal of
Control, 2009
- Best Paper Prize (Guan Zhao-Zhi
Award), Chinese Control Conference, 2015
- John R. Ragazzini Education Award,
American Automatic Control Council, 2016
- Gdansk University of Technology
Medal, 2018
- Peter Nicol Russell Medal, Engineers
Australia, 2019
Other Past Appointments and Consultancies |
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Other appointments included six and a half years service with the
RAAF Active Reserve, including over four years in commissioned rank, a
total of six months as a semiconductor applications engineer with
Philips Electrical Industries, Artarmon, New South Wales, and a
consultant to Sulphide Corporation, Newcastle; Atlantic Richfield Oil
Co, Dallas, Texas; Australian Post Office Research Laboratories,
Melbourne; Royal Dutch Shell Research Laboratories Australia; Amsterdam;
Hunter District Water Board, Newcastle; Systems Control Inc, Palo Alto;
Rockwell International, Thousand Oaks; Boeing Commercial Aircraft Co,
Seattle; Boeing Computer Services, Seattle; McAdams, Roux, O’Connor
Associates, Denver; Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles; Monier Ltd,
Sydney; Amatek Ltd, Sydney; BHP Ltd, Newcastle; Integrated Systems
Incorporated, Santa Clara; United Technologies Research Center,
Connecticut, USA; Pacific Dunlop Ltd Melbourne; Collisons Patent
Attorney, Adelaide; Austrian Government; Chilean Government; advisor to
various Australian Government agencies on frequent occasions
Other Past Activities |
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1984-1996
- Officer, International Federation of Automatic Control
(President, 1990-1993)
1998-2002
- President, Australian Academy of Science
Membership of Learned Societies |
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- Australian Academy of Science (Fellow-1974)
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
(Fellow-1975)
- Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
(Fellow-1980)
- Institution of Engineers, Australia (Honorary Fellow-1985)
- Royal Society, London (Fellow-1989)
- National Academy of Engineering, USA
(Foreign Member-2002)
- International Federation of Automatic Control (Fellow-2005)