Lennart Ljung

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name = Lennart Ljung


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birth_date = Birth date|1946|09|13
birth_place = Malmö, Sweden
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residence = Sweden
citizenship = Sweden
nationality = Swedish
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field = Control Theory
work_institutions = Linköping University
Lund University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stanford University
alma_mater = Lund University
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known_for = System Identification
prizes = IEEE Fellow
IEEE Control Systems Award
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Lennart Ljung is a Swedish Professor in the Chair of Control Theory at Linköping University since 1976. He is known for his pioneering research in system identification, and is regarded as a leading researcher in control theory. [http://www.kuleuven.ac.be/scores/12-13oct2004.html Honorary Doctoral Degree for Professor Lennart Ljung and Workshop on System Identification] ] [http://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/about/awards/pr/2007tfarecips.html IEEE Control Systems Award] ] [ [http://embeddedsystemnews.com/ieee-names-dr-lennart-ljung-for-2007-control-systems-award.html IEEE Names Dr. Lennart Ljung for 2007 Control Systems Award] ]

Education

Lennart Ljung received the B.A. in Russian Language and Mathematics 1967, the M.Sc. (first degree) in Engineering Physics 1970, and the Ph.D. in Control Theory 1974, all from Lund University.

Background, Present Appointments and Scientific Contributions

Following a position as a research associate at Stanford University 1974-1975 and a position as an Associate Professor (Docent) in Control Theory at Lund University in 1975-1976, Lennart Ljung was elected as a Professor in the Chair of Control Theory at Linköping University in 1976. He was a visiting researcher at Stanford University 1980-1981 and at Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1985-1986. He was also Department Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering, Linköping University between 1981-1990. He is currently the Director of the MOVIII Strategic Research Center at Linköping University. He has made extensive contributions to control theory, particularly in the area of system identification. He has authored 10 books, over 150 international journal articles, over 200 international conference papers, and a widely used commercial software package for MATLAB called the System Identification Toolbox. [ [http://www.control.isy.liu.se/~ljung/llcv/llcv.html/ Prof. Ljung's vita] ]

Notable Honors and Awards

* IEEE Fellow (1985)
* Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (1985)
* Member of the Swedish Academy of Sciences (1995)
* Doctor honoris causa Baltic State Technical University (1996)
* Doctor honoris causa Uppsala University (1998)
* Honary Member of the Hungarian Academy of Engineering Sciences (2001)
* Quazza Medal (2002)
* Hendrik W. Bode Lecture Prize, awarded by IEEE Control Systems Society (2002)
* Foreign Associate of the United States National Academy of Engineering (2004)
* Doctor honoris causa Universite de Technologie de Troyes (2004)
* Doctor honoris causa Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (2004)
* IEEE Control Systems Award (2007)

See also

* System Identification
* Control Theory
* Electrical Engineering

References

External links

* [http://www.control.isy.liu.se/~ljung/ Lennart Ljung's personal web page]
* [http://www.moviii.liu.se/ MOVIII Strategic Research Center at Linköping University]
* [http://www.mathworks.com/products/sysid/ System Identification Toolbox Product page at MathWorks]