CURRICULUM VITAE of David J Hill

 

 

 

March 2007

 

 

Basic Information

 

Address:                Department of Information Engineering

                               Building 115, RSISE

                               Australian National University

                               Canberra ACT 0200, Australia

 

Telephone:             +61 2 6125 8634

Facsimile:               +61 2 6125 8651

      

E-mail:                   David.Hill@anu.edu.au

 

Date of Birth:       12 October, 1949

 

Place of Birth:      Sydney

 

Nationality:          Australian

 

 

Present Appointments

 

Federation Fellow, Department of Information Engineering, Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia (2005-2009)

           

Member of College of Experts, Australian Research Council (2007-2009)

 

Honorary Positions

 

Honorary Professor, School of Electrical and Information Engineering, The University of Sydney, Australia (2004-2007)

 

Honorary Professor, South China University of Technology (2004-), advisary to Centre for Control and Optimization

 

Honorary Professor of Electronic Engineering, City University of Hong Kong (2005-2008)

 

Honorary Professor of Automatic Control, Northeastern University, China (2005-)

 

Honorary Professor, School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, The University of Queensland, Australia (2007-2009)

 

Honorary Guest Professor, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Wuhan University, PR China (2007-)

                       

                              

Previous Appointments

 

2003-2005    Guest Professor, Department of Control Science and Engineering, Huazhong   University of Science and Technology, China.

 

2001-2005    Chair Professor , Department of Electronic Engineering, City University of Hong                               Kong; Head of Department of Electronic Engineering,  2001-2004.

 

2001            Eminent Visiting Professor, 2001, Department of Electronic Engineering, City University of Hong Kong.

                              

1994-2004       Chair of Electrical Engineering, University of Sydney, 1994-2002; Head of School of Electrical and Information Engineering, 1996-99; part-time Professor 2002-04.

 

1991-1993       Pacific Power Chair, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Newcastle.

 

1988-1992       Assistant Director, Special Centre for Industrial Control Science, University of Newcastle.

 

1986-1987       Guest Professor, Department of Automatic Control, Lund Institute of Technol­ogy, Sweden, supported by Sydkraft (Southern Sweden Power Supply) and Vattenfall (Swedish State Power Board)

 

1982-1990       Lecturer (appointed with tenure) in Department of Electrical and Computer Engineer­ing, University of Newcastle; promoted to Senior Lecturer from 1984 and Associate Professor from 1988

 

1980-1982    Queen Elizabeth II Research Fellow in Department of Electrical and Computer Engi­neering, University of Newcastle

 

1979-1980       Research Associate in the Electronics Research Laboratory, University of California,  Berkeley supported by a U.S. Department of Energy Grant

 

1978              Held CSIRO Postdoctoral studentship; January-August at Electronics Research Lab­oratory, University of California, Berkeley and September-December at Department of Automatic Control, Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden

 

1972-1977       Part-time and temporary positions at Universities of Queensland, Newcastle and Melbourne, Australia

 

Academic Record

 

1976                    Doctor of Philosophy (Electrical Engineering), University of Newcastle; thesis title:

Stability and dissipativeness

 

1974             Bachelor of Science (Mathematics), University of Queensland

 

1972             Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical), University of Queensland

 

 

Recognition

 

2007             Elected to the Australian Academy of Science

 

2004             Australian Research Council Federation Fellowship for project: Complex Networks:                      Dynamics, Optimization and Control (25 awarded in all areas; for research at                             Australian National University)

 

1999             Elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences                      (Kungl. Ingenjrsvetenskapsakademien or IVA in Swedish)

 

1995             Elected a Foreign member of the Saint Petersburg Informatics and Control Society (SPICS)

 

1993             Elected a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (FIEEE), New York, USA: "For contributions to the stability analysis of complex interconnected

                     nonlinear dynamical systems and applications to power systems".

 

1991             Admitted to grade Fellow of The Institution of Engineers, Australia

 

1980                    Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship (5 awarded in all areas; for research at The University of Newcastle, 1980-82)

 

1977                    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO, Australia) Postdoctoral Studentship (for research at The University of California, Berkeley, 1978)

 

1972             University Medal for Electrical Engineering

        Commonwealth Postgraduate Research Award

 

1970             Thomas McIllwraith Engineering Scholarship (for top 3rd year electrical engineering student)

 

1968             Commonwealth University Scholarship

 

 

 

 

 

Interests

   

          Networks

          Automatic Control

          Stability Theory

          Power Systems

          Systems Science

 

 

 

 

Research

 

 

Research interests are currently directed to the analysis and control of complex networks and systems with emphasis on nonlinearity, hybrid dynamics and massive scale, including associated sensing, learning, analysis, control architectures, information flow and optimised performance; current work is  focussed around  the areas:

 

      Dynamics and security control of complex networks       

      Wide-area control of large power systems

      Optimized control of telecommunication networks

 

 

Specific research topics which have been worked on are as follows:

 

2004- now       Complex networks: dynamics, optimization and control

 

2003-2005       Unified power system analysis and control

 

2002-2004       Global control of complex systems

 

2001-2003       Transmission expansion in market-based systems

 

1999 -now       Nonlinear control of power systems

 

1999-2001       Prosthetic control for spinal cord-injured.      

 

1996-1998       Security in open access power systems

 

1996-1998      Global control of nonlinear systems

 

1994-1999      Control of nonlinear structured systems

 

1994-1996      Multidimensional systems stability and dissipativity

 

1993-1996       Security analysis and enhancement of large power systems

 

1988-1997      Voltage collapse analysis and control

 

1988-1991      Nonlinear differential-algebraic systems

 

1986-1993      Power system stabilisation

 

1986-1993      Direct methods for power system stability analysis

 

1983-1989      Robust adaptive control

 

1980-1982      Power system security dispatch

 

1979-1985       Energy functions for nonlinear models of power systems

 

1977-1978     Passivity concepts for nonlinear circuits and systems

 

1974-1981         Stability theory for nonlinear interconnected systems via

                       Lyapunov and functional anal­ysis methods

 

 

 

Consulting/Industrial Work (Recent)

 

2006              Load Model Parameter Sensitivity Analysis, for EPRI, USA via UniQuest

 

2000              Status Report and Options for Dynamic Security Assessment, for NEMMCO

 

                      Alternatives for Management of Generic Constraints, for NEMMCO

 

1999              Voltage stability studies on the NSW power network, for TransGrid

 

1998-1999       Advised on analytical aspects of  reactive power scheduling in New Zealand market   for Transpower, NZ.

 

1997-1998       Study for Hugh Frazer and Assoc on delivery of power to deep sea drilling equipment (with D. Popovic)

 

1995-1996    Study with Transgrid NSW (ex Pacific Power) on advanced analyt­ical features in steady-state stability software relating especially to robust damping.

 

1993-1998    Study with Sydkraft (South Sweden Power Supply) on advanced modelling and control in power supply systems

 

Research Grants

 

Dollar amounts are not converted to present values. Excludes minor grants and University allocations, set-up. Recent grants:

 

2007            Australian Research Council Discovery Project

                    Dynamics and Security Control of Complex Networks                        $410,000

 

                    Australian Research Council Linkage International Award

                     Power System Composite Load Modelling                                            $12,000

                                                                                                                                    

2006            Centre of Excellence Mathematics and Statistics of Complex Systems

                                                                                                                                   $240,000

 

2005            Australian Research Council Federation Fellowship

                    Complex Networks: Dynamics, Optimization and Control                 $1,519,710

 

2004            Hong Kong Research Grants Council ERG

                    Learning and Limitations in Approximation-based

                    Adaptive Control                                                                                HK$506,447

 

2003            Hong Kong Research Grants Council ERG

                    Unified Power System Controller                                                      HK$377,149

 

2002            Hong Kong Research Grants Council ERG

                    Global Control of Complex Systems                                                  HK$797,404 

 

2001             On Study Leave

 

2000                    Australian Research Council SPIRT Grant

Walking for The Spinal Cord-Injured

(with  RM Smith et al)                                                                          $521,812

                                                                                                                                      

1999             Australian Research Council SPIRT Grant

Development of Adaptive Control Strategies and

Techniques for  Power System Operation in a

Competitive Market Environment                                                         $ 417,461

 

1998             Australian Research Council Large Grant

                     Global Control of Nonlinear Systems                                                   $ 179,000

                       

                     Australian Research Council Large Grant

                     Security of Open Access Power Systems                                               $ 180,000                                                                                                                                            

 

 

1981-1997

 

Australian Research Council: 8 Large Grants, 3 SPIRT (Partnership Industry),   2 Institutional Grants; funded from Special Centre of Industrial Control Science 1988-92.

 

ESAA/ERDC (Electrical) Research Program, Australia: 4 Grants

 

 

Seminars/Plenary Talks/Special Lectures

 

Excluding where employed, seminars or special lectures have been presented at 37 universities and research institutes in Australia, England, Europe, USA, Canada, South America  and Asia.

 

Conference plenary presentations:

 

      Complex networks: design and control, 1st IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, Singapore, May 2006.

      Control of Complex Systems, Second International Symposium on Intelligent and Complex Systems, Wuhan, China, October, 2001.

 

Invited special lecture series given at:

    Wide-area Measurement and Control course, ETH Zrich, 30 August – 1 September 2005

 

      Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, March 8-19, 1993. (Year of Control weeks on Nonlinear Feedback Design and Systems and Control Theory for Power Systems.)

 

      Moscow Power Engineering Institute, Feb 11-16,1991.

 

      Lund University, Sweden on Dissipativeness and Stability of Nonlinear Systems, 1986.

 

      Uppsala University, Sweden on  Nonlinear Systems and Control, 1986; graduate level lecture series covering modern developments.

 

      University of California, Berkeley on Nonlinear Control Theory, 1979; series of lectures on stability theory in seminar (EECS 298-14) organised by C.A. Desoer.

 

 

 

Lecturing Experience (Recent)

 

City University of Hong Kong

EE3114              Systems and Control

University of Sydney 1994- 2000

 

ELEC1102         Foundations of Electronic Circuits

ELEC5301         Nonlinear and Adaptive Control

ELEC4301         Computer Control System Design

ELEC3201         Fundamentals of Electrical Energy Systems.

 

Short Courses

 

Nonlinear Controller Design Using Passivity and Small-Gain Techniques

                IEEE CDC Tutorial Workshop, December 1994 (with R. Ortega and A. van der Schaft).

 

Power Plant Control

                University of Newcastle and ESAA, August 1993 (with C. Maffezzoni and N. Rees).

 

Voltage Analysis of Transmission and Distribution Systems

                University of Newcastle and ESAA, September 1992 (with I.A. Hiskens and D. Sutanto).

 

Voltage Stability and Reactive Power in Electric Power Systems Ut, Sweden, June 1991 (with G. Andersson et al.).

 

Power System Dynamics

KTH, Stockholm, 13-23 February, 1989.

 

Modern Control

                University of Newcastle, August 1983, September 1990,1991 (with G.C. Goodwin et al.).

 

 

 

Postgraduate Thesis Supervision

 

Graduated 15 PhD and 6 ME students; current students are:

 

L. Blackhall     Global control of complex systems, PhD in Progress, Australian National University.

 

M. Gordon      Unified stability analysis of power systems, PhD in progress, University of Sydney.

 

H. Ma              Advanced optimisation for coordinated control of complex systems, PhD in                                  progress, City University of Hong Kong.

 

Reviewing and Editorial

 

2005-now      Associate editor of Control and Decision (China)

 

2005-2007     Editorial Board of IET Generation Transmission & Distribution  journal

 

2004-2006    Assoc Editor for journal  Dynamics of Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive Systems, Series  B

 

1994-1995    Guest editor for IEEE Proceedings Special Issue on Nonlinear Phenomena in Power Systems

 

1991-1995    Editorial panel for Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Australia.

 

1990-1998    Communicating editor for the Journal of Mathematical Systems and Control, Birkhauser Pub. Co.

 

Regularly review papers for numerous journals in the control and systems areas.

 

Also regularly review research proposals for

Australian Research Council

National Science Foundation, U.S.A.

          Hong Kong Research Grants Council

          Israel Science Foundation

National Science Foundation, China

 

 

University Service Experience

 

Recent service experience is as follows:

 

The Australian National University

 

2006                Inaugural Chair of College of Engineering and Computer Science Research Committee

                        Member of University Research Committee

 

Universities in  Hong Kong

 

2006-now        Department Academic Advisor for Dept of Electronic and Information Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

 

1999                Panel on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University Grants Committee, Hong                    Kong Research Assessment Exercise.

 

City University 2001-04

 

2004-2005       Academic Policy Committee

                        University Orator

 

2003-2004       University Task Group on Staffing Policies

                        Faculty Staffing Committee

                        Faculty WG on Internal Research Assessment Exercise

 

2001 –2004     Head of Department of Electronic Engineering

 

University of Sydney

 

2000                Vice-Chancellors Budget Advisary Committee.

                        Engineering Faculty Promotions Committee – Professor.

                        Appointment Committee for Chair of Applied Mathematics.

Convenor for Areas of Institutional Research Strength – Information and Communication Technology.      

                               

1999                Appointment Committee for Bankers Trust Chair in Computer Science.

                        Faculty submission to Review of Computer Science (with M Jabri).

Faculty Guidelines for payment of Merit and Market Salary Loadings (with Y-W Mai)

 

1998                Chair of Review Panel for Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Melbourne

 

1996-1999      Head of School of Electrical and Information Engineering

 

1996-1998      University Central Promotions Committee (Levels D,E)

 

University of Newcastle

 

1991-1993       Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies.

                        University Research Management Committee

 

1991                            Acting Dean of School of Engineering

                     

1988-1992          Assistant Director of Centre for Industrial Control Science (Universities

                        Special Research Centre); acting Director frequently.

 

 

Professional Associations

 

Fellow (elected) of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Circuits and Systems; Computer, Control Systems; Education; and Power Engineering Societies)

 

Member of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

 

Fellow (elected) of the Institution of Engineers, Australia

 

Foreign Member of the Saint Petersburg Informatics and Control Society (elected)

 

Foreign Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (elected)

 

Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science

 

 

Professional Activities

 

Australian Research Council

 

2007-now       College of Experts      

 

IEEE

 

2006-now        Member IEEE CSS Fellow Evaluation Committee.

 

2000                Finance Chair, Conference on Decision and Control, Sydney.          

 

1995-2002       Member of Joint  IEEE/Cigre Task Force on Power System Stability Terms 

 

1995                Member IEEE CSS Fellow Evaluation Committee.

 

1994                  International Advisory Committee for Stockholm Power Tech '95

 

1991-now       Member of several Automatic Control and Power Engineering Society committees    and task forces       

 

1988-1991      Member of Circuits and Systems Society Subcommittee on Power Systems and Power             Electronics.

 

IFAC

 

2005-now        Member of the National Committee (NCACI)

                                    Technical Committees of Networked Systems, Nonlinear Control

 

1994-now                   International Programme Committee of Nonlinear Control sys­tem Design Symposium (NOLCOS)

 

1994-now       Technical Committee of Power Plants and Power Systems.

 

1994-1996          Young Authors Prize Awards Committee.

 

 

Other

 

2007-now       National Committee on Complex Systems (NACOS), Australian

Computer Society 
 

2006-now        International Scientific Council for HYCON Network of Excellence

 

2006-now        Advisary Committee of Chinese Control Conference.

 

2006                Project Review for CSIRO

 

2004                Co-General Chair of Hong Kong International Symposium on Complex Systems,    October, 2004.

 

2002-now        Program Committee of International Conference on Control and Automation

 

1997- now       Asian Control Professors Association

 

1996-1997      International Program Committee, European Control Conference 1997

 

1995-now       Charter member International Institute for Research and Education in Power System Dynamics.

 

1995-now       Program Committee of Symposium on Bulk Power Systems and Control

 

1995-1996      International Advisory Committee for Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision, Singapore.

 

1993-2006      Technical Program Committee of Power Systems Computation Conference.

 

 

Referees

 

           Professor B.D.O. Anderson

Department of Systems Engineering

Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering

Australian National University

Canberra, ACT 0200

E-mail: Brian.Anderson@nicta.com.au

 

Professor G. Andersson

Power Systems Laboratory

ETH – Zentrum, ETL G26

Physikstrasse 3

CH-8092 Zrich, Switzerland

E-mail: andersson@eeh.ee.ethz.ch

 

Professor K.J. strm

Department of Automatic Control

Lund Institute of Technology

Box 118, S-221 00 Lund, Sweden

E-mail: kja@control.lth.se

 

Professor Tamer Basar

Fredric G. and Elizabeth H.Nearing Professor

Coordinated Science Laboratory

University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana

1308 W.Main St., Illinois 61801-2307, USA

E-mail: tbasar@control.csl.uiuc.edu

 

Professor Marija Ilic

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Carnegie Mellon University

Porter Hall B25

Pittsburgh, PA15213-3890, USA

E-mail: milic@ece.cmu.edu

 

Professor P.V. Kokotovic

Centre for Control Engineering and Computation

University of California

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9560, USA

E-mail: petar@seidel.ece.ucsb.edu

 

Professor Felix Wu

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

The University of Hong Kong

Pokfulam Road

Hong Kong

E-mail: ffwu@eee.hku.hk

         

Further industry and academic referees can be provided as required.

 

 

Publications

 

Total of 260 - see separate list.

 

Personal

 

Married to Gloria Sunnie Isabel Hill, ne Wright; share six sons, one grandson and three dogs; recreation includes reading, theatre and film, dancing, hiking, surfing, diving, skiing and supporting Brumbies rugby and Sydney FC.