3月30日下午，应自动化学院邀请，香港大学教授James Lam访问我校。在三牌楼校区科学会堂第三会议室，Lam教授给自动化学院的部分师生作了一场精彩的学术报告——“Output Feedback Control for Interval Positive Systems under L_1 Performance”。 学术报告会由岳东教授主持，自动化学院的教师以及部分研究生参加了报告会。
Lam教授在报告中阐述了正系统、区间系统、正的区间系统、L_1性能指标以及解决正区间系统所需要的基本数学工具，结合他自己所领导的科研团队近几年所做的工作，介绍了正区间系统满足L_1性能指标的控制器设计方法，并详细介绍了该方向的最新研究进展以及有待于解决的问题。报告会后，Lam教授热情解答了在场师生所提出的问题，并就该方向进一步的研究问题进行了探讨，给出了指导性意见和建议。报告会在热烈的掌声中结束。
James Lam教授简介：
Professor J. Lam received a BSc (1st Hons.) degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Manchester, and was awarded the Ashbury Scholarship, the A.H. Gibson Prize, and the H. Wright Baker Prize for his academic performance. He obtained the MPhil and PhD degrees from the University of Cambridge. His doctoral and post-doctoral research projects were supported by the Croucher Foundation Scholarship and Fellowship. He was a recipient of the Outstanding Researcher Award of the University of Hong Kong and a Distinguished Visiting Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. Prior to joining the University of Hong Kong in 1993, Professor Lam held lectureships at the City University of Hong Kong and the University of Melbourne.
Professor Lam is a Chartered Mathematician, Chartered Scientist, Chartered Engineer, Fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Fellow of Institution of Engineering and Technology, Fellow of Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications, and Fellow of Institution of Mechanical Engineers. He is Editor-in-Chief of IET Control Theory and Applications, Subject Editor of Journal of Sound and Vibration, Associate Editor of Automatica, Asian Journal of Control, International Journal of Systems Science, International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Journal of the Franklin Institute, Multidimensional Systems and Signal Processing, and Proc. IMechE Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering. He is a member of the IFAC Technical Committee on Networked Systems. Professor Lam has served the Engineering Panel of the Research Grants Council, HKSAR. His research interests include model reduction, robust control and filtering, delay, singular systems, Markovian jump systems, mul tidimensional systems, networked control systems, vibration control, and biological networks.
