Bruce Allen Francis
Born: Toronto, Canada, October 8, 1947
Citizenship: Canadian
Education
BASc | 1969 | Mech Eng | U of Toronto | |
MEng | 1971 | Mech Eng | U of Toronto | |
PhD | 1975 | Elec Eng | U of Toronto | Supervisor: W. M. Wonham |
PhD student | 1971-2 | Elec Eng | Concordia U | Supervisor: M. Vidyasagar |
Postdoctoral Education
Postdoc Fellow | 1975-6 | EECS | Berkeley | Host: C. A. Desoer |
Postdoc Fellow | 1976-7 | Engineering | U of Cambridge | Host: A. MacFarlane |
Past University Positions
Assistant Prof | EE | Jan 1978 - June 1979 | McGill |
Assistant Prof | Eng and Appl Sci | July 1979 - June 1981 | Yale |
Associate Prof | EE | June 1981 - Aug 1984 | U Waterloo |
Associate Prof
Professor | EE
ECE | Sep 1984 - June 1986
July 1986 - Dec 2011 | U Toronto
U Toronto |
Past Visiting Positions
Assistant Prof | EE | June 1977 - Dec 1977 | McGill and Concordia |
Assistant Prof | EE | July 1980 | U Waterloo |
Professor | EE | Jan - March 1988 | Caltech |
Professor | EE | Sep - Dec 1990 | U Minnesota |
Current Position
Professor Emeritus, ECE, since January 2012, U Toronto
Scholarships
NRC Scholarship, 1971-4
Ontario Graduate Scholarship, 1974-5
NSERC Postdoc Fellowship, 1975-7
Teaching Awards
Teaching Award, presented by fourth-year class of 1985, Electrical Engineering, University of Toronto
Teaching Award, presented by second-year class of 1995, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
Teaching Award, Fall term 2008, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
Teaching Award, Spring term 2011, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
Honours and Awards
1986 Outstanding Paper Award, IEEE Control Systems Society
1990 George S. Axelby Outstanding Paper Award, IEEE Control Systems Society
1991 IEEE W.R.G. Baker Prize Award for the most outstanding paper reporting original work in the IEEE Transactions, Journals, Magazines, and Proceedings
IEEE Fellow, since 1988
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship, July 27-Sept. 1, 1989
Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Control Systems Society, 1993-4
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Fellow Canadian Academy of Engineering, since 2010
Peter Sagirow Distinguished Seminar Lecturer, University of Stuttgart, 2010
Invited Short Courses and Lectures
Course on “H-infinity Optimal Linear Control Systems,” Division of Automatic Control, Linkoping University, Sweden, August 22-26, 1983.
Course on “H-infinity Control and Sampled-Data Systems," Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo, Como, Italy, June 18-26, 1990.
“Sampled-Data Control Theory,” Plenary talk, Benelux Systems and Control Meeting, Veldhoven, the Netherlands, 1992.
Course on “Advanced Digital Control,” given with Chen Tongwen and Jacob Apkarian, the Fields Institute, May 1992.
Course on “Sampled-Data Control Systems,” Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, China, June 1992.
“Sampled-Data Systems, Parts I and II,” Lectures at CRM, Montreal, July 22, 23, 1992.
Editorial Positions
Associate Editor, IEEE Trans. Automatic Control, 1979-80.
Associate Editor, Automatica, 1981-85.
Associate Editor, SIAM J. Cont. Opt., 1985-87.
Associate Editor, Mathematics of Control, Signals, and Systems, 1987-2007.
Associate Editor, Systems and Control Letters, 1988-94.
Associate Editor, Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, 1990-92.
Associate Editor, European Journal of Control, 1995-97.
Administrative Positions (partial list)
Chairman, Linear Systems Technical Committee, IEEE Control Systems Society, 1979-80
Appointed member of IEEE Administrative Committee, 1980
Appointed member of IEEE CSS Awards and Fellows Nominations Committee, 1985
Program Chairman, Optimization Days, 1979
Program Committee, 1980, IEEE Conference on Decision and Control
Session Organizer and Chairman, Workshop on the Math. Theory of Networks and Systems, Virginia Beach, 1980
Session Co-organizer and Co-chairman, 1983, IEEE Conference on Decision and Control
Program Committee, 1984, IEEE Conference on Decision and Control
Session Organizer and Chairman, 1985, Symposium on Math. Theory Networks and Systems
Associate Chair, Division of Engineering Science, U. of T., 1991/2
IEEE Control Systems Award Committee, 1995-1999