Education

1974-77 - B.S. Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

1977-78 - M.S.E.E. Stanford University, Stanford, California

1978-79 - S.M. Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

1979-82 - Ph.D. Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Ph.D. Thesis: “Sample Path Analysis of Discrete Event Dynamic Systems”

Professional Experience

9/14 - present Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts. Distinguished Professor of Engineering

7/08 - present Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts. Head, Division of Systems Engineering, and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

11/14 - present Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. Chair Professor, Center for Intelligent and Networked Systems, Department of Automation

1/97 - 6/08 Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts. Professor of Manufacturing Engineering, and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

9/93 - 12/97 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts. Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

9/89 - 8/93 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts. Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

2/84 - 8/89 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts. Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

9/82 - 1/84 ITP Boston, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts. Senior Systems Engineer.

6/79 - 9/82 Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Research Assistant, Decision and Control Group, Division of Applied Sciences.

11/80 - 9/82 C.S. Draper Laboratory, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Participated in industrial automation projects as part of Ph.D. Thesis research.

Visiting Appointments

9/90 - 1/91 Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Visiting Scholar (on sabbatical), Division of Applied Sciences.

3/93 - 7/93 Universite Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. Visiting Professor (on sabbatical).

9/03 - 10/03 Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. Visiting Professor (on sabbatical), Center for Intelligent and Networked Systems.

7/10 - 8/10 Unversidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia. Visiting Professor (on sabbatical).

Consulting

2/84 - 6/87 ITP Boston, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts. Development of advanced software tools for computer integrated systems; capacity and production planning of manufacturing systems.

1/88 - present Network Dynamics, Inc., Natick, Massachusetts. Development of decision support systems for manufacturing systems and computer/communication networks.

9/99 - 11/03 Alphatech, Inc., Burlington, Massachusetts. Modeling and decision support for command-control systems.

9/03 - 12/08 The Mathworks, Inc., Natick, Massachusetts. Development of discrete event simulation tools.

Research Interests

Analysis and control of discrete event and hybrid systems

Stochastic control and optimization

Distributed systems and cooperative control

Dynamic control of computer/communication and sensor networks

Performance analysis and production control of manufacturing systems

Computer simulation

Performance analysis and control of transportation systems

Smart Cities

Honors/Awards

2011 IEEE CSS Control Systems Technology Award

Distinguished Member Award, IEEE Control Systems Society, 2006

Harold Chestnut Prize (IFAC Best Control Engineering Textbook), 1999

IFAC Fellow, elected 2008

IEEE Fellow, elected 1996

IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, 2001-2004

2014 Engineering Distinguished Scholar Award, Boston University

2014 IBM/IEEE Smarter Planet Challenge competition, 2nd prize(student team led by Theodora Brisimi)

2011 IBM/IEEE Smarter Planet Challenge competition, 2nd prize(student team led by Yanfeng Geng)

Zhu Kezhen Award, 2012

Kern Fellow, 2012

Lilly Fellow, 1991-92

Best Interactive Paper Award (with Chen Yao), 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2009

Best Student Paper Award Finalist (Julia Fleck), 2014 Workshop on Discrete Event Systems

Best Student Paper Award Finalist (Yanfeng Geng), 2011 IEEE Multi-Conference on Systems and Control

Poster Prize, Third place (with Yanfeng Geng), INFORMS 2011

Northeastern Conference

Honorary Professor, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 2003

Honorary Professor, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, 2003

Best Session Paper Presentation Award, American Control Conf., 1988

National Science Foundation Research Initiation Award, 1985

Harvard University Fellowship, 1978-79

Summa Cum Laude Graduate, Yale University, 1977

Distinction in Engineering and Applied Science, Yale University, 1977

Phi Beta Kappa, Yale University, 1977

Tau Beta Pi, Yale University, 1977

Yale University Scholarship, 1974-77

Scholastic Achievement Award of the Greek Ministry of Education, 1972, 1973