Mathukumalli Vidyasagar

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Mathukumalli Vidyasagar
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Born (1947-09-29) 29 September 1947 (age 77)
Guntur, Madras State, India (now Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India)
Nationality Indian
Alma mater University of Wisconsin
Known forContributions to control theory
Scientific career
Fields Control Systems
Doctoral advisor Thomas J. Higgins
Doctoral students Kirsten Morris

Mathukumalli Vidyasagar FRS [1] (born 29 September 1947) is a leading control theorist and a Fellow of Royal Society. He is currently a Distinguished Professor in Electrical Engineering at IIT Hyderabad. Previously he was the Cecil & Ida Green (II) Chair of Systems Biology Science at the University of Texas at Dallas. Prior to that he was an executive vice-president at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) where he headed the Advanced Technology Center. Earlier, he was the director of Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIR), a DRDO defence lab in Bangalore. He is the son of eminent mathematician M V Subbarao.[ citation needed ]

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His Erdős number is two and his Einstein number is three. [2]

Early life and education

He completed his bachelor's, master's and Ph. D. degrees from University of Wisconsin, Madison. [2]

Career

He began his career as an assistant professor at the Marquette University in 1969. [2]

Awards and honors

Vidyasagar received several awards and honors, including:

Books

References

  1. 1 2 "Royal Society Fellowship Page". Royal Society . Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 "Mathukumalli Vidyasagar - UT Dallas: CV". personal.utdallas.edu. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  3. "Fellows - V". IEEE. Archived from the original on 12 March 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  4. "Past Frederick Emmons Terman Award Winners". American Society for Engineering Education. Archived from the original on 2 April 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  5. "IEEE Control Systems Award Recipients" (PDF). IEEE. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  6. "IEEE Control Systems Award". IEEE Control Systems Society. Archived from the original on 29 December 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2011.