Person

Anderson, Brian David Outram (1941 - )

AC FAA FTSE FRS HonFIEAust

Born
15 January 1941
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Electrical engineer
Website
http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~briandoa/index.html

Summary

Brian Anderson is an electrical engineer with a distinguished career as an academic, scientific researcher and consultant. In 2016, he retired as a Distinguished Professor at the Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University (ANU). He has been a Professor at ANU since 1981.

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Chronology

1960
Career event - Student Member (StudIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1962
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), with a major in pure mathematics, University of Sydney
1964
Career position - Research Assistant, Stanford Electronics Research Laboratory, Stanford, USA
1964
Education - Bachelor of Engineering (BE), with a major in electrical engineering, University of Sydney
1965
Career position - Instructor in Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, USA
1966
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Stanford University, USA
1966
Career position - Assistant Professor and Staff Consultant at Vidar Corporation in Mt View, California, USA
1967
Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1967 - 1975
Career position - Head, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Newcastle, New South Wales
1967 - 1981
Career position - Foundation Professor of the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Newcastle, New South Wales
1968
Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Associate Members were designated Members on this date.]
1970
Career position - Visiting Professor of Information and Control Science, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.
1972 - 1978
Career position - Member, Australian Research Grants Commission
1973 - 1974
Career position - Visiting Professor of Computer and Information Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
1974 -
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1975 -
Career position - Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
1977 - 1978
Career position - Visiting Professor of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, California, U.S.A.
1977 - 1982
Career position - Member, Australian Science and Technology Council
1980 - 1981
Career position - Visiting Professor of Electrical and Computing Engineering, Stanford University, California, U.S.A.
1980 - 1983
Career position - Council of the Australian Academy of Science
1980 - 1987
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (FTS)
1981 - 1993
Career position - Professor of Systems Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra
1981 - 1998
Career position - Member, Technological Advisory Board, Conzinc Riotinto of Australia
1982 - 1983
Career position - Member, Australian UNESCO Commission
1982 - 1985
Career position - Member, Radio Research Board
1982 - 1991
Career position - Head, Department of Systems Engineering, Australian National University
1984 - 1986
Career position - Member, Australian Industrial Research and Development Incentives Board
1984 - 1996
Career position - Officer, International Federation of Automatic Control
1985
Award - Honorary Fellow (HonFIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1985 - 1987
Career position - Member, Australian Telecommunications and Electronics Research Board
1986 - 1987
Career position - Deputy Chairman, Australian Telecommunications and Electronics Research Board
1986 - 1989
Career position - Director of Telectronics Holdings Ltd.
1987
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) [Awarded by AATS 1980]
1989
Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS)
1989 - 1993
Career position - Prime Minister's Science and Energy Council
1989 - 1995
Career position - Member, Managing Board, Nucleus Ltd
1990 - 1993
Career position - President, International Federation of Automatic Control
1990 - 1995
Career position - Member, Cooperative Research Centres Committee
1991
Award - Docteur honoris causa, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
1991 - 1994
Career position - Chairman, CRC for Robust and Adaptive Systems
1991 - 1998
Career position - Member, Board of Management, CRC for Robust and Adaptive Systems
1992
Award - Bode Prize, IEEE Control Systems Society
1992
Award - Matthew Flinders Medal and Lectureship, Australian Academy of Science
1992 - 2002
Career position - Member, Encyclopaedia Britannica Australian Advisory Committee
1993
Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) - In recognition of service to science and to engineering
1993
Award - Doctor, honoris causa, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich, Switzerland
1994
Award - International Award, Society for Materials Engineering for Resources of Japan
1994 - 2002
Career position - Director of the Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University
1995
Award - Doctor of Engineering (DEng), honoris causa, University of Sydney
1995 - 1997
Career position - Member, Enabling Research and Development Advisory Group, Commonwealth Department of Defence
1995 - 2005
Career position - Director, Cochlear Limited
1997
Award - Doctor of Engineering (DEng), honoris causa, University of Melbourne
1997
Award - IEEE Control Systems Award
1997 - 2000
Career position - Director, ANUTECH Pty Ltd
1998 - 2002
Career position - Member, Prime Minister's Science, Engineering and Innovation Council
1998 - 2002
Career position - Trustee, Ian Clunies Ross Memorial Foundation
1998 - 2002
Career position - President, Australian Academy of Science
1998 - 2002
Career position - Director, Australian Foundation for Science
1999 -
Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Communications in Information and Systems
1999
Award - Quazza Medal, International Federation of Automatic Control
1999 - 2000
Career position - Strategic Advisor, Australian Science Capability Review
1999 - 2001
Career position - Member, Steering Committee, Innovation Summit
1999 - 2002
Career position - Member, Strategic Advisory Group, Pangea Resources International, Baden, Switzerland
1999 - 2002
Career position - Chairman, Encyclopaedia Britannica Australian Advisory Committee
2000
Award - Honorary Professor, Harbin Institute of Technology, Republic of China
2001
Award - James H. Mulligan Jr Education Medal, IEEE
2001
Award - Doctor of Science (DSc), honoris causa, University of New South Wales
2001
Award - Centenary Medal - for service to Australian society through science policy development
2001
Award - Guillemin-Cauer Award, Circuits and Systems Society
2001 - 2003
Career position - Member of the Board, Australian Research Council
2002 -
Career position - Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Engineering
2002
Award - M A Sargent Medal, Electrical College, Institution of Engineers Australia
2002 - 2003
Career position - Inaugural CEO of National ICT Australia (NICTA)
2003 - 2006
Career position - Chief Scientist, NICTA
2004
Award - Chancellor's Special Commendation and Medal, Australian National University
2004 - 2007
Career position - Member, Institute for Telecommunications Research Advisory Board, University of South Australia
2004 - 2010
Career position - Member, Centre for Complex Dynamic Systems and Control Advisory Board, University of Newcastle
2005 -
Career position - Fellow, International Federation of Automatic Control
2005
Award - Doctor of Engineering (DEng), honoris causa, University of Newcastle
2005 - 2006
Career position - Member, e-Research Coordinating Committee, Commonwealth Department of Education, Science and Training
2005 - 2008
Career position - Member, National Research Priorities Standing Committee. Commonwealth Department of Education, Science and Training
2005 - 2009
Career position - Member, Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE) Advisory Board
2007
Award - Japan Order of the Rising Sun with Neck Ribbon and Gold Rays
2010 - 2012
Career position - Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Biovision Australia
2012
Award - Doctor of Engineering (DEng), honoris causa, University of Technology Sydney
2016
Award - Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) - For eminent service to information and communications technology, to engineering and to higher education, as an academic, researcher and author, to professional scientific associations, and as a mentor for young scientists
2016
Award - Hon Professor, Zhejiang University, Republic of China
2016
Award - John R. Ragazzini Education Award, American Automatic Control Council
2019
Award - Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal - Career Achievement Award in Engineering. Institution of Engineers Australia

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Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

  • Brian David Outram Anderson - Records, 1968 - 1999, MS 139; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

Journal Articles

  • 'IEAust elects three new Honorary Fellows', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 57 (15) (1985), 11-12. Details
  • Anderson, Brian D. O., 'John Barratt Moore 1941-2013', Historical Records of Australian Science, 25 (1) (2014), 92-111, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR14002. Details

Reports

  • Institution of Engineers Australia, Annual Report 1985 [Sixty-sixth Annual Report] (1986), 24 pp. 'Awards and Honours - Honorary Fellows - Council elected Prof B D O Anderson as Honorary Fellow', p.11. Details

Resources

Resource Sections

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