The 27th IASTED International Conference on
Modelling, Identification and Control
~MIC 2008~

February 11 – 13, 2008
Innsbruck, Austria

PLENARY SPEAKER

Fractional Calculus: Application in Modeling and Control

Prof. José António Tenreiro Machado
Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal

Biography of the Plenary Speaker

Plenary Speaker Portrait

J. A. Tenreiro Machado is coordinator professor at the Institute of Engineering of Porto, Dept. of Electrical Engineering. After obtaining his diploma of ‘Licenciatura' (1980), in electrical and computer engineering at the University of Porto, he pursued studies in robot modeling and control, obtaining the PhD (1989) and the 'Agregação' (1995) at the University of Porto. He is associated editor of international journals, editor of several books, guest editor of special issues in journals, and co-chairman and organizer of several international conferences. His research areas of interest include fractional calculus, robotics, nonlinear dynamics, evolutionary computing, intelligent transportations systems, and computational cybernetics.