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Besong John Ebot

Robotics, Automation and Optimization Lab

Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences

Yokohama National University

E-mail: besong-john-hp[AT] ynu[dot]ac[dot]jp

"As long as you have a dream and believe in yourself, success is just a matter of time."

Education

Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering (2023), Best Graduating Electrical and Computer Engineering Ph.D.

Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan

Overseas Research, Beijing, China September 2016

Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

I spent time at China's premier university, Tsinghua University in Beijing, during the summer of 2016 for overseas combined research between Yokohama National University's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Tsinghua University's Department of Automation.

Supervisor: Prof. Li Cao

Lab: Li Cao Lab

Awards and Scholarships

Best Ph.D.(Salutatorian) in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in the graduating class of September 2023, Yokohama National University
Mitsubishi Corporation Scholarship, 2020
Best Graduate School of Engineering Student Scholarship, 2019
JGC-S Type II Scholarship Grants for Young Researchers, 2019
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Scholarship for Long-Term Training under the African Business Education Initiative for Young African Potential Leaders, 2015

Professional Experience

2013 ~ 2016

System Engineer, National Agency for Information and Communication Technologies (ANTIC), Yaounde, Cameroon.

May 2018 ~ Till date

Research assistant and faculty member, Department of Electrical and Computer engineering at Yokohama National University.

Fujimoto Lab http://www.fujilab.dnj.ynu.ac.jp/index-e.html

Professional Affiliations

Member, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
Member, IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
Member, IEEE Magnetics Society
Member, IEEE Power Electronics Society
Member, IEEE Industry Applications Society
Member, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society

Professional Service

Reviewer:

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
IEEE Energy Congress & Exposition Conference (ECCE), 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
IEEE AFRICON Conference 2023

IEEE International Electric Machines & Drives Conference (IEMDC), 2021