Brian David Outram Anderson (born 15 January 1941) is Professor in the Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering at the

Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton encompasses seven teaching and research colleges, in addition to several national academies and ...

. His research interests include circuits, signal processing and control, and his current work focuses on distributed control of

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s, sensor network localization, adaptive and non-linear control. Professor Anderson served as President of the

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from 1998 to 2002. Anderson was elected as a member into the

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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

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and a PhD (1966) in electrical engineering from

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, under Robert W. Newcomb.

Awards and honours

* 1992 –

Matthew Flinders Medal and Lecture The Matthew Flinders Medal and Lecture of the Australian Academy of Science is awarded biennially to recognise exceptional research by Australian scientists in the physical sciences. Nominations can only be made by Academy Fellows. Recipients Sourc ...

* 1992 –

Hendrik W. Bode Lecture Prize The Hendrik W. Bode Lecture Prize is an award given by the IEEE Control Systems Society (CSS) to recognize distinguished contributions to control systems science or engineering. It was established in 1989, named after Hendrik W. Bode (1905–1982), ...

* 1993 –

Officer of the Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, on the advice of the Australian Gove ...

* 1997 –

IEEE Control Systems Award The IEEE Control Systems Award is a technical field award given to an individual by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) "for outstanding contributions to control systems engineering, science or technology". It is an IEE ...

List of recipients
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Giorgio Quazza Medal The Giorgio Quazza Medal is an award given by the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) to a distinguished control engineer, presented at each IFAC Triennial International World Congress. It was established in 1979, as a memorial to t ...

* 2001 –

IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a 501(c)(3) professional association for electronic engineering and electrical engineering (and associated disciplines) with its corporate office in New York City and its operati ...

* 2001 –

Centenary Medal The Centenary Medal is an award which was created by the Australian Government in 2001. It was established to commemorate the centenary of the Federation of Australia and to recognise "people who made a contribution to Australian society or go ...

(Australia) * 2002 –

M A Sargent Medal The M. A. Sargent Medal is awarded by Engineers Australia for longstanding eminence in science or the practice of electrical engineering. It is named in honour of Michael Anthony (Mike) Sargent, an outstanding Australian electrical engineer. The med ...

* 2007 – Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon (Japan)

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(MOFA)
2007 Autumn Conferment of Decorations on Foreign Nationals
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, 2008; accessed 6 October 2010. * 2016 –

Companion of the Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, on the advice of the Australian Gove ...

Membership of learned societies

* 1974 –

, Fellow.CV: Brian D.O. Anderson
anu.edu.au * 1975 –

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a 501(c)(3) professional association for electronic engineering and electrical engineering (and associated disciplines) with its corporate office in New York City and its operation ...

, Fellow. * 1980 –

Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering The Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE) is a learned academy that helps Australians understand and use technology to solve complex problems. It was founded in 1975 as one of Australia's then four learned academies (now five) ...

, Fellow. * 1985 –

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, Honorary Fellow. * 1989 – Royal Society, London, Fellow. * 2002 – National Academy of Engineering, USA, Foreign Associate. * 2005 –

International Federation of Automatic Control The International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), founded in September 1957, is a multinational federation of 49 national member organizations (NMO), each one representing the engineering and scientific societies concerned with automatic c ...

, Fellow.

References

External links

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1941 births Living people Australian National University faculty Companions of the Order of Australia Officers of the Order of Australia Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science Fellows of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Fellows of the Royal Society Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun Fellow Members of the IEEE Presidents of the Australian Academy of Science Recipients of the M. A. Sargent Medal Foreign associates of the National Academy of Engineering {{Australia-academic-bio-stub