Brian Anderson (electrical engineer)

{{Short description|Australian engineer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2016}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Brian D. O. Anderson | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|size=100%|country=AUS|AC|FRS}} | image = Brian_DO_Anderson_at_Purdue_Engineering,_img_02.jpg | image_size = | image_upright = 1.0 | alt = | caption = Brian Anderson in 2024 | birth_date = {{birth date and age |1941|1|15|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date =  | death_place = | fields = | workplaces = [[Australian National University]] | alma_mater = [[Stanford University]] | thesis_title =  | thesis_url =  | thesis_year =  | doctoral_advisor =  | doctoral_students = | known_for = | awards = [[M. A. Sargent Medal]] }}

'''Brian David Outram Anderson''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AC|FRS}} (born 15 January 1941) is Professor in the Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering at the [[Australian National University]]. His research interests include circuits, signal processing and control, and his current work focuses on distributed control of [[multi-agent system]]s, sensor network localization, adaptive and non-linear control. Professor Anderson served as President of the [[Australian Academy of Science]] from 1998 to 2002.

Anderson was elected as a member into the [[National Academy of Engineering]] 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 [[University of Sydney]] and a PhD (1966) in electrical engineering from [[Stanford]], under [[Robert W. Newcomb]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Brian D. O. Anderson |url=http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~briandoa/cv.html |website=Brian D. O. Anderson |access-date=31 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Brian Anderson |url=https://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=63675 |website=The Mathematics Genealogy Project |access-date=31 August 2022}}</ref>

==Awards and honours== * 1992 – [[Matthew Flinders Medal and Lecture]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.science.org.au/matthew-flinders-medal-and-lecture|title=Matthew Flinders Medal and Lecture|publisher=Australian Academy of Science| access-date = 18 September 2015}}</ref> * 1992 – [[Hendrik W. Bode Lecture Prize]] * 1993 – [[Officer of the Order of Australia]]<ref name=AO>{{cite web |title = Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) |date = 26 January 1993 |work = It's an Honour |quote = In recognition of service to science and to engineering |url = https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1131003 |access-date = 2 March 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170118065237/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1131003&search_type=simple&showInd=true |archive-date = 18 January 2017 |url-status = live }}</ref> * 1997 – [[IEEE Control Systems Award]]<ref name="IEEE-Control-Systems-Award">{{cite web |url=http://www.ieeecss.org/main/awards/control-systems-field-award |title=IEEE Control Systems Award |publisher=[[IEEE Control Systems Society]] |access-date=30 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229173014/http://www.ieeecss.org/main/awards/control-systems-field-award |archive-date=29 December 2010 |df=dmy-all }} [https://web.archive.org/web/20100619234827/http://ieee.org/documents/control_sys_rl.pdf List of recipients]</ref> * 1999 – [[Giorgio Quazza Medal]] * 2001 – [[IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal]] * 2001 – [[Centenary Medal]] (Australia)<ref name=CM>{{cite web |title = Centenary Medal |date = 1 January 2001 |work = It's an Honour |quote = For service to Australian society through science policy development |url = https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1115177 |access-date = 2 March 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170118065511/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1115177&search_type=simple&showInd=true |archive-date = 18 January 2017 |url-status = live }}</ref> * 2002 – [[M A Sargent Medal]] * 2007 – [[Order of the Rising Sun|Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon]] (Japan)<ref>[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)|Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] (MOFA): [http://www.mofa.go.jp/ICSFiles/afieldfile/2007/11/08/2007AutumnConfermentofDecor.pdf 2007 Autumn Conferment of Decorations on Foreign Nationals], p. 3; [http://www.au.emb-japan.go.jp/e_web/news/archives/AndersonAwardCeremony_2008.html Award ceremony] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080615193857/http://www.au.emb-japan.go.jp/e_web/news/archives/AndersonAwardCeremony_2008.html |date=15 June 2008 }}, 2008; accessed 6 October 2010.</ref> * 2016 – [[Companion of the Order of Australia]]<ref name=AC>{{cite web |title= Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) |date= 13 June 2016 |work= It's an Honour |quote= For eminent service to information and communications technology, to engineering and to higher education, as an academic, researcher and author, to professional scientific associations, and as a mentor of young scientists |url= https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1153646 |access-date= 30 December 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190129181443/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1153646 |archive-date= 29 January 2019 |url-status= live }}</ref> * 2016 – [[John R. Ragazzini Award]]

==Membership of learned societies== * 1974 – [[Australian Academy of Science]], Fellow.<ref name=CV>[https://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~briandoa/cv.html CV: Brian D.O. Anderson], anu.edu.au</ref> * 1975 – [[Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers]], Fellow.<ref name=CV/> * 1980 – [[Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering]], Fellow.<ref name=CV/> * 1985 – [[Engineers Australia|Institution of Engineers Australia]], Honorary Fellow.<ref name=CV/> * 1989 – [[Royal Society|Royal Society, London]], Fellow.<ref name=CV/> * 2002 – [[National Academy of Engineering|National Academy of Engineering, USA]], Foreign Associate.<ref name=CV/> * 2005 – [[International Federation of Automatic Control]], Fellow.<ref name=CV/>

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== External links == * [https://zbmath.org/authors/?q=ai:anderson.brian-david-o Author profile] in the database [[Zentralblatt MATH|zbMATH]]

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