Uppsala universitet
Alexander Medvedev
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Uppsala University : Information technology : Systems and Control :

Brief CV

Academic degrees:
  • Ph. D., control theory, Leningrad Electrical Engineering Institute, 1987.
  • M. Sc. with honors, automatic and remote control, Leningrad Electrical Engineering Institute, 1981.

    Academic titles:

  • Professor, Control Engineering, Uppsala University, 2002.
  • Professor, Control Engineering, Luleå University of Technology 1998.
  • Docent, Control Engineering, Luleå University of Technology 1996.
  • Docent, Control Engineering, Leningrad Electrical Engineering Institute, 1991.

    Positions held:

  • Professor of Control Engineering, Uppsala University, since October 2001.
  • Professor of Control Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, January 1998 - April 2003.
  • Acting Professor, Luleå University of Technology, October 1996 - December 1997.
  • Associate Professor, Luleå University of Technology, September 1991 - September 1996.
  • Visiting Professor, Åbo Akademi, September 1990 - August 1991.
  • Associate Professor, Leningrad Electrical Engineering Institute, January 1991 - August 1991.

    External expert to appointment boards:

  • Associate Professorship, University of South California, 2018.
  • Professorship, University of Warwick, GB, 2016.
  • Professorship, University of Groningen, the Netherlands, 2016.
  • Research fellowship in Automatic Control, Luleå University of Technology, 2013.
  • Professorship in Automatic Control, Linköping University, 2011.
  • Professorship in Automatic Control, Royal Institute of Technology, 2009.
  • Docent in Automatic Control, Lund University, 2008.
  • Professorship in Network-based Automatic Control, Royal Institute of Technology, 2006.
  • Professorship in Control Engineering, Linköping University, 2002.
  • Professorship in Mechatronics, Chalmers University of Technology, 2001.

    Opponent at thesis defence:

    Ph. D. degree

  • University of Warwick (viva), GB, biomedical engineering, 2016.
  • Luleå University of Technology, Control Engineering, 2011.
  • Åbo Akademi, Information Technology, 2009.
  • Royal Institute of Technology, Electrical machines and Power Electronics, 2006.
  • Lund University, industrial automation, 2002.
  • Åbo Akademi, heat engineering, 2002.
  • Chalmers University of Technology, control engineering, 1999.

    Licentiate degree

  • Dalarna University, medical informatics, 2017.
  • Chalmers University of Technology, control engineering, 2015.
  • Linköping University, vehicle technology, 2013.
  • Luleå University of Technology, Control Engineering, 2013.
  • Linköping University, control engineering, 2006.
  • Linköping University, control engineering, 2002.
  • Lund University, computer science, 2000.
  • Åbo Akademi, heat engineering, 2000.

    Prizes

  • Co-PI to Petre Stoica in an Advanced Grant from European Research Council, 2010-2015.
  • Best Paper Award from The First International Conference on Smart Portable, Wearable, Implantable and Disability-oriented Devices and Systems, Brussels, Belgium, June, 2015.
  • Best Paper Award from IEEE-sponsored 6th International Congress on Ultra Modern Telecommunications and Control Systems, Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 2014.
  • A PhD student of mine (Daniel Jansson) received Best Student Paper Prize from International Symposium on Computational Models in Life Sciences, Sydney, Australia, November 2013.
  • A PhD student of mine (Margarida Silva) received Bjurzons premium for an excellent PhD thesis by the Faculty for Science and Technology at Uppsala University, December 2015.

    Miscellaneous assignments

  • Director of program in Automatic Control, Uppsala University, 2013.
  • External PhD thesis evaluator (2 theses), University of Jyväskylä, 2013.
  • Professor in charge of the PhD program in Automatic Control, Uppsala University, 2012.
  • External PhD thesis evaluator, Åbo Akademi, 2009.
  • Vice chairman of Recruitment Committee, Information technology, Uppsala University, 2006.
  • External PhD thesis evaluator, Åbo Akademi, 2006.
  • External evaluator for a Senior Researcher position of the Swedish Research Council, 2005.
  • Elector for the area Science and Technology, Uppsala University, 2004 (three years appointment).

     

    Senast ändrad: 2018-08-05
    Ansvarig enhet: Systems and Control


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