IEEE Fellow美国德州大学阿灵顿分校Frank L. Lewis教授来我校作学术报告

2014年5月15日下午，美国德州大学阿灵顿分校Frank L. Lewis教授应邀来我校讲学，在仙林校区自动化学院会议室为我校自动化学院师生作了题为“Data-driven Control and Optimization for Industrial Processes: Reinforcement Learning and Supervisory Control”的精彩学术报告。
　　在一个多小时的报告中，Frank L. Lewis教授对最优控制理论中的线性二次型最优调节器和自适应控制进行了介绍，他引入连续时间增强学习理论，并深入讲解如何使用连续时间增强学习理论设计在线实时控制器。最后，Frank L. Lewis教授讲述了一些工业控制中的应用实例，激发了与会教师、学生的浓厚兴趣。Frank L. Lewis教授渊博的学识、严谨的治学态度给师生留下了深刻的印象。
　　报告会由自动化学院院长王保云教授主持。报告会结束时，与会教师、学生与Frank L. Lewis教授进行了热烈的交流互动。

主讲嘉宾简介：Frank L. Lewis, IEEE Fellow, IFAC Fellow, Fellow U.K. Institute of Measurement & Control, PE Texas, U.K. Chartered Engineer, is Distinguished Scholar Professor, Distinguished Teaching Professor, and Moncrief-O’Donnell Chair at The University of Texas at Arlington Research Institute. IEEE Control Systems Society Distinguished Lecturer. He obtained the Bachelor's Degree in Physics/EE and the MSEE at Rice University, the MS in Aeronautical Engineering from Univ. W. Florida, and the Ph.D. at Ga. Tech. He works in feedback control, reinforcement learning, intelligent systems, and distributed control systems. He is author of 6 U.S. patents, 250 journal papers, 360 conference papers, 15 books, 44 chapters, and 11 journal special issues. He received the Fulbright Research Award, NSF Research Initiation Grant, ASEE Terman Award, Int. Neural Network Soc. Gabor Award 2009, U.K. Inst Measurement & Control Honeywell Field Engineering Medal 2009. Received IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Neural Networks Pioneer Award 2012. Distinguished Foreign Scholar, Nanjing Univ. Science & Technology. Project 111 Professor at Northeastern University, China. Received Outstanding Service Award from Dallas IEEE Section, selected as Engineer of the Year by Ft. Worth IEEE Section. Listed in Ft. Worth Business Press Top 200 Leaders in Manufacturing. Received the 2010 IEEE Region 5 Outstanding Engineering Educator Award and the 2010 UTA Graduate Dean’s Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring Award. Elected to UTA Academy of Distinguished Teachers 2012. He served on the NAE Committee on Space Station in 1995. Founding Member of the Board of Governors of the Mediterranean Control Association. Helped win the IEEE Control Systems Society Best Chapter Award (as Founding Chairman of DFW Chapter), the National Sigma Xi Award for Outstanding Chapter (as President of UTA Chapter), and the US SBA Tibbets Award in 1996 (as Director of ARRI’s SBIR Program).