Dr. Brian Anderson

Biography

Professor Anderson's research includes contributions in circuit design, signal processing, and control systems; currently, his work focuses on distributed control in multi-agent systems and econometric modelling. He earned undergraduate degrees in Mathematics and Electrical Engineering from the University of Sydney and obtained a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. He served as a Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Newcastle, Australia from 1967 to 1981, and was the Head of the Department of Systems Engineering at the Australian National University in Canberra from 1994 to 2002. He directed the Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering during the same period. Professor Anderson was the inaugural CEO of the newly formed National ICT Australia from 2002 to 2003 and served as the Chief Scientist of NICTA until June 2006. An Emeritus Professor at ANU since July 2016, he has held distinguished positions including being a Distinguished Professor at Hangzhou Dianzi University. He has received honorary doctorates from institutions such as the Catholic University of Louvain and five Australian universities. Honors include being appointed Officer of the Order of Australia in 1993 and Companion in 2016, with significant fellowships in various scientific and engineering organizations.

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