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Citizenship
  
Sweden

Name
  
Lennart Ljung

Fields
  
Control theory

Known for
  
System Identification

Residence
  
Sweden

Alma mater
  
Lund University

Education
  
Lund University

Nationality
  
Swedish

Role
  
Engineer


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Born
  
September 13, 1946 (age 77) Malmo, Sweden (
1946-09-13
)

Institutions
  
Linkoping University Lund University Massachusetts Institute of Technology Stanford University

Notable awards
  
IEEE Fellow IEEE Control Systems Award

Books
  
System Identification: Theory fo, Modeling of dynamic systems, Stochastic Approximation and Opti, Forever Ljung in System Id, Theory and Practice of Recursiv

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Lennart Ljung is a Swedish Professor in the Chair of Control Theory at Linköping University since 1976. He is known for his pioneering research in system identification, and is regarded as a leading researcher in control theory.

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Education

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Lennart Ljung received the B.A. in Russian Language and Mathematics 1967, the M.Sc. (first degree) in Engineering Physics 1970, and the Ph.D. in Control Theory 1974, all from Lund University.

Background, Present Appointments and Scientific Contributions

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Following a position as a research associate at Stanford University 1974-1975 and a position as an Associate Professor (Docent) in Control Theory at Lund University in 1975-1976, Lennart Ljung was elected as a Professor in the Chair of Control Theory at Linköping University in 1976. He was a visiting researcher at Stanford University 1980-1981 and at Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1985-1986. He was also Department Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering, Linköping University between 1981-1990. He is currently the Director of the MOVIII Strategic Research Center at Linköping University. He has made extensive contributions to control theory, particularly in the area of system identification. He has authored 10 books, over 150 international journal articles, over 200 international conference papers, and a widely used commercial software package for MATLAB called the System Identification Toolbox.

Notable Honors and Awards


  • IEEE Fellow (1985)
  • Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (1985)
  • Member of the Swedish Academy of Sciences (1995)
  • Doctor honoris causa Baltic State Technical University (1996)
  • Doctor honoris causa Uppsala University (1998)
  • Honorary Member of the Hungarian Academy of Engineering Sciences (2001)
  • Quazza Medal (2002)
  • Hendrik W. Bode Lecture Prize, awarded by IEEE Control Systems Society (2002)
  • Foreign Associate of the United States National Academy of Engineering (2004)
  • Doctor honoris causa Universite de Technologie de Troyes (2004)
  • Doctor honoris causa Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (2004)
  • IEEE Control Systems Award (2007)
  • Doctor honoris causa Helsinki University of Technology (2008)
  • References

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