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Ian Craig
EducationUniversity of Pretoria
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of the Witwatersrand
OccupationEducator

Ian Craig is a South African engineer. He was selected to give the 67th 2018 Bernard Price Memorial Lecture from the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers (SAIEE).[1] The title of his lecture was Automatic Control: The Hidden Technology that Modern Society Cannot Live Without.[2]

Academia

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Craig has a BEng degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Pretoria,[3] an S.M. degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,[4] and an MBA and Ph.D from the University of the Witwatersrand.[5] In 1995, he became a professor at the University of Pretoria in its Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, as well as head of the Control Systems Group.[6]

Publications

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In 2005, Craig became editor-in-chief of Control Engineering Practice.[7] He has published over 150 papers.[8]

Board memberships

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In 2011, Craig was appointed President of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), a position he held until 2014.[9] Three years later he became IFAC Advisor[10][11] and then chair of its Foundation Board and Publications Committee.[12] Craig is a Fellow of the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers and the Society for Automation, Instrumentation, Measurement and Control (SAIMC).[13]

Acclaim

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The awards and recognition Craig has received include the following:

References

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  1. ^ "SAIEE | The South African Institute Of Electrical Engineers - The 67th Bernard Price Memorial Lecture | "Automatic Control: The Hidden Technology That Modern Society Cannot Live Without" | 20 September 2018 | University of Witwatersrand". www.saiee.org.za. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  2. ^ "2018-09 - The hidden technology - Wits University". www.wits.ac.za. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  3. ^ Linde, Louis; Craig, Ian; Kritzinger, Pieter; Lacquet, Beatrys (December 2003). "Introduction to the specialist editors". Transactions of the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers. 94 (4): 3. ISSN 0038-2221.
  4. ^ "Personnel". www.up.ac.za. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Ian K. Craig". IEEE Xplore. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Control Systems | University of Pretoria". www.up.ac.za. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Talk of Prof. Ian K. Craig | Event | Nov 10, 2015 | Institute for Systems Theory and Automatic Control | University of Stuttgart". www.ist.uni-stuttgart.de. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Ian Craig". scholar.google.com.au. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  9. ^ "Ian Craig (ZA) — IFAC · International Federation of Automatic Control". www.ifac-control.org. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Aalto OpenLearning". openlearning.aalto.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Awards and Prizes". www.ifac2020.org. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  12. ^ Burchell, John. "Message from the Interim President - John Burchell" (PDF). sacac.org.za.
  13. ^ "Launch of the newly upgraded Society for Automation, Instrumentation, Measurement and Control (SAIMC) Laboratory | University of Pretoria". www.up.ac.za. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  14. ^ Craig, Ian. "CV" (PDF). tcct.amss.ac.c.
  15. ^ "Outstanding Service Award Recipients 1990 – 2017". International Federation of Automatic Control.
  16. ^ "Who's Who in IFAC: Publications Committee Chair" (PDF). www.ifac-control.org.
  17. ^ "UP Academic Achievers 2020". Issuu. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  18. ^ "A marriage of brilliant minds" (PDF). www.up.ac.za.