Keith Glover
| Emeritus Professor Keith Glover FRS FREng FIEEE | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Fields | control engineering |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge; University of Southern California |
| Alma mater | MIT; Imperial College London |
| Thesis | Structural Aspects of System Identification (1973) |
| Doctoral advisor | Jan C. Willems |
| Known for | contributions to robust controller design and model order reduction |
| Notable awards | FRS; FREng; FIEEE; IEEE Control Systems Award |
| Website | |
| www.eng.cam.ac.uk/profiles/kg103 | |
Keith Glover FRS, FREng, FIEEE is a British electrical engineer. He is an emeritus professor of control engineering at the University of Cambridge. He is notable for his contributions to robust controller design and model order reduction.
Career
Glover studied at Imperial College London (BSc, 1967) and MIT (PhD, 1973). From 1973 to 1976, he worked as an assistant professor at the University of Southern California. In 1976, he moved to the University of Cambridge, where he became professor of control engineering and a fellow of Sidney Sussex College.[1][2]
Glover's research has dealt with both theoretical contributions to control and practical applications in the automotive and aerospace domains. A notable contribution was the development (with Duncan McFarlane) of the 'H∞ loop-shaping' technique for robust control design. When awarding him the IEEE Control Systems Award, the IEEE cited Glover's 'pioneering and fundamental contributions to robust controller design and model order reduction'.[3]
Glover remained in post at Cambridge until his retirement. During his career there, he served a term (2002-2009) as the Department of Engineering's head.[1] His sixtieth birthday and his retirement were both celebrated with 'GloverFest' workshops in his honour.[4] He retired from his professorship in 2013, becoming an emeritus professor.
Visiting Fellowships
Glover was a visiting fellow at the Australian National University (1983-1984) and a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science fellow (1991).[2]
Awards
Glover has received the following awards:
- A Fellowship of the Royal Society, awarded in 1993.[5]
- A Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering, awarded in 2001.[6]
- A Fellowship of the IEEE, awarded in 1993.[7]
- The IEEE Control Systems Award, in 2001.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 University of Cambridge (2009). "Prof K. Glover (staff profile)". Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge. Retrieved January 4, 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sidney Sussex (2014). "Professor Keith Glover (College Fellows and Staff)". Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Retrieved January 4, 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 IEEE (2014). "IEEE Control Systems Award Recipients". Retrieved January 4, 2014.
- ↑ Francis, Bruce A.; Smith, Malcolm C.; Willems, Jan C. (2006). Control of Uncertain Systems: Modelling, Approximation, and Design: A Workshop on the Occasion of Keith Glover's 60th Birthday. Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences. Springer. ISBN 978-3540317548.
- ↑ Royal Society (2014). "Fellowship". Retrieved January 4, 2014.
- ↑ Royal Academy of Engineering (2014). "List of Fellows". Retrieved January 4, 2014.
- ↑ IEEE (2014). "IEEE Fellows Directory". Retrieved January 4, 2014.