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Name: Antti J. Koivo
Education:
| Degree |
Date |
School |
| Engineering Diploma, Electrical Engineering | 1956 | Finland Institute of Technology |
| Ph.D. | 1963 | Cornell University |
Thesis:
"Block Diagrams, Signal-flow Graphs and Energy Sources in System Representation," 1956, Finland Institute of Technology, Helsinki, Finland.
"A Study of Time-varying Sampled-data Systems," Ph.D. Thesis, 1963, Cornell University.
Honorary Society Memberships:
- Sigma Xi
- Eta Kappa Nu
- IEEE Fellow
Honors and Awards:
- Rotary Fellow, Rotary International, 1958-59
- Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, Cornell University, 1960-61
- J. C. Maxwell Fellowship, Cornell University, 1961-62
- D. Ewing Award for Excellence in Teaching,
School of Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, 1979
- IEEE Fellow, 1992
Biography listings:
- American Men in Science
- American Men and Women in Science
- International Who's Who in Education
- Who's Who in Technology
- Who's Who in the Midwest
Professional Experience
- 1955 - 1956 Finland Institute of Technology, Teaching Assistant.
- 1957 - 1960 Stroemberg Oy, Helsinki, Finland, Design Engineer.
- 1964 - 1968 Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, Assistant Professor.
- 1968 - 1978 Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, Associate Professor.
- 1973 - 1974 Finnish Academy of Technical Sciences, Helsinki, Finland, Senior Scientist.
- 1978 - Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, Professor.
- 1992 - Spring Visiting Senior Researcher, Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, (AIST) Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Tsukuba, Japan.
- 1992 - Summer Research Associate, Armstrong Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
- 1993 - Summer Senior Research Awardee of Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation.
- 1994 University Hannover, Hannover, Germany.
- 1995 - Summer Research Associate, Wright Laboratory, Tyndall AFB, Tyndall, Florida.
- 1996 - Summer Research Associate, Armstrong Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
- 2002 - Spring Visiting Professor, Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland
Consulting Activities
- 1966 - 1968 General Electrical Co., Fort Wayne, IN, Consultant
- 1969 - 1971 Owens Illinois, Toledo, OH, Consultant.
- 1974 - 1979 ARMCO, Middletown, OH.
- 1989 - 1990 United Nations Educational Scientific Organization (UNESCO)
Lecturer and consultant in the International Programs.
Professional Society Activities
- Organization: IEEE Neural Network Council
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Activity:
- Member of the IEEE Fellows Committee (evaluation of candidates) 1997,
1998, 1999, 2000.
- Chair of the IEEE Fellows Committee, Neural Network Council 1996.
- Vice-President for Conferences, The IEEE Neural Network Council, 1996
- 1997.
- General Chair of The IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation (CIRA '97), jointly sponsored by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society and IEEE Neural Network Council, Monterey, CA, July 1997.
- Member of ExCom of The IEEE Neural Network Council, 1996 - 1997.
- Member of Technical Program Committee, The IEEE 1997 International Conference of Neural Networks (ICNN '97), Houston, TX, June 1997.
- Member of Technical Program Committee, The IEEE 1996 International Conference of Neural Networks (ICNN '96), Washington, D. C., June 1996.
- Member of Best Conference Paper and Best Student Paper Selection Committee, The IEEE 1996 International Conference on Neural Networks (ICNN '96), Washington, D. C., June 1996.
- Member of Technical Program Committee, The IEEE 1995 International Conference of Neural Networks (ICNN '95), Perth, Australia, November 1995.
- Organization: IEEE Robotics and Automation Society
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Activity:
- Member (elected) of AdCom, The Robotics and Automation Society, 2002-2005.
- General Co-Chair of the IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation (CIRA '05), Helsinki, Finland, June 2005.
- Member of the Technical Program Committee, IEEE 2004 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA '04), New Orleans, LA, April-May 2004.
- Member of the Technical Program Committee, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS '04), Sendai, Japan, November 2004.
- Member of the Technical Program Committee, IEEE 2003 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA '03), Taipei, Taiwan, May 2003.
- Member of technical Program Committee, The 11th International Conference on Advance Robotics 2003 (ICAR 2003), Coimbra, Portugal, June/July 2003.
- Member of Technical Program Committee of the 2000 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS '00).
- Member of the Technical Program Committee, IEEE 2002 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA '02), Washington D.C., May 2002.
- Member of the Technical Program Committee, IEEE 2001 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA '01), Seoul, Korea, May 2001.
- Member of Technical Program Committee, The 10th International Conference on Advanced Robotics 2001 (ICAR 2001), Budapest, Hungary, August 2001.
- Member of Technical Program Committee, International Congress on Autonomous Intelligent Systems (ICAIS '02), Melbourne, Australia, February 2002.
- Member of Technical Program Committee, International Conference on Robotics and Manufacturing 2001, (IASTED Conf.), Cancun, Mexico, August 2001.
- Member of Technical Program Committee, 2001 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice, (M2VIP), Hong Kong, August 2001.
- Member of Technical Program Committee, IEEE 2000 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA '00), San Francisco, CA, May 2000.
- Member (elected) of the AdCom, The IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, 1998 - 2001.
- General Co-Chair, The IEEE 1999 Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation (CIRA '99), Monterey, CA, November 1999.
- Member of Technical Program Committee, IEEE 1999 International Conference on Robotics and Automation, (ICRA '99) Detroit, MI, May, 1999.
- Member of Technical Program Committee of the 1999 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS '99), Kyongju, Korea, October 1999.
- Editor and Member of Editorial board of Journal on Machine Intelligence and Robotic Control 1999–.
- Member of Program Committee of International Workshop on Emergent Synthesis, Kobe, Japan, December 1999.
- Technical Program Co-chair, International Symposium on Computational Intelligence ISIC/CIRA/ISAS '98, Washington D.C., September 1998.
- Member of the Long Range Planning Committee, 1998 –.
- Editor of The IEEE Trans. on Robotics and Automation, 1991 - 1997.
- Member of the Editorial Board, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, 1991 - 1996.
- Member (elected) of the AdCom of the IEEE Society on Robotics and Automation, 1995 - 1997.
- Member of Technical Program Committee, The IEEE 1997 International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Albuquerque, NM, April 1997.
- Member of Best Student Paper Selection Committee, IEEE 1996 International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 1996.
- Member of Fellows Committee (to evaluate the Fellow Nominations) for the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1995.
- Liaison in the Administrative Committee (AdCom) of the IEEE Neural Network Council, Representative of the Robotics and Automation Society, 1994 - 1996.
- Associate Editor (formerly Technical Editor) of IEEE Trans on Robotics and Automation, 1987 - 1991.
- Member (one of the two) of Steering Committee of the IEEE 1995 International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Nagoya, Japan, May 1995.
- Member of Best Student Paper Selection Committee, IEEE 1995 International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Nagoya, Japan, May 1995.
- Member of Technical Program Committee, 1995 International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Nagoya, Japan, May 1995.
- Member of Technical Program Committee, 1995 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Munich, Germany, 1994; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1995; Osaka, Japan, 1996.
- Member of Technical Program Committee, IEEE 1993 International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Atlanta, GA, May 1993.
- General Vice-Chairman, IEEE 1992 International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Nice, France, May 1992.
- Member of Technical Program Committee, IEEE 1992 International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Nice, France, May, 1992.
- Member of Best Student Paper (A. Philips Award) Selection Committee, 1992 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation.
- Elected Member of Administrative Committee, (AdCom), 1988 - 1990, 1991 - 1993 of the IEEE Society on Robotics and Automation.
- Elected Member of Administrative Committee, IEEE 1991 International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Sacramento, CA, May 1991.
- Member of Technical Program Committee, IEEE 1991 International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Sacramento, CA, May 1991.
- Member of Best Student Paper (A. Philips Award) Selection Committee, IEEE 1991 International Conference on Robotics and Automation.
- Technical Program Chairman, IEEE 1990 International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 1990.
- Member of Best Student Paper Selection Committee, IEEE 1990 International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 1990.
- Liaison Representative of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society in the IEEE Press, 1992 - 1995.
- Member of the Program Committee, IEEE 1989 International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Scottsdale, AZ, May 1989.
- Member of the Program Committee, IEEE 1988 International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Philadelphia, PA, April/May 1988.
- Member of the Program Committee, IEEE 1987 International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Raleigh, NC, April 1987.
- Member of Program Committee of the 1986 International Conference on Robotics and Automation, San Francisco, CA, April 1986.
- Organization: IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
- Activity:
- Guest Co-editor of Special Issue on Biomedical Robotics and Automation, IEEE Trans. in Biomedical Engineering, February 1988.
- Organization: IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society
- Activity: – Member of the Program Committee, 1998 International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, San Diego, CA, October 1998.
- Guest Co-editor of Special Issue on Information Technology for Sensor-based Control of Robot Manipulators, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, July/August 1989.
- Member of the Administrative Committee, 1987 - 1990 and 1991 - 1993.
- Member of Program Committee, 1989 International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Boston, MA, October 1989.
- Member of Program Committee, 1987 International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Alexandria, VA, October 1987.
- Chairman of Session "Future Trends in Robotic Manipulator Research".
- Member of Program Committee of the 1986 International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Atlanta, GA, October 1986.
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Organization: IEEE Control System Society
- Activity:
- Liaison Representative of the IEEE Control Systems Society in Robotics and Automation Council, 1986 - 1988.
- Organizer and Chairman of session on "Control of Flexible Link Manipulators," 25th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, December 1986, Athens, Greece.
- Organizer and Chairman of session on "Engineering Research Centers, 1986".
- Member of Program Committee of the Intl. Symposium on Robotic Manipulators: Modelling, Control, and Education, Albuquerque, NM, November 1986.
Research Grants and Contracts Received
- [1] NSF, GR-1970 and K018225-000, co-principal investigator, 1967 to 1972, $116,500 and $115,000.
- [2] AFOSR, AFOSR-69-1776, co-principal investigator, 1969 to 1971, $60,000.
- [3] Institute of Paper Chemistry,"System Analysis of Chemicals and Energy Recovery In Sulfate Pulping," co-principal investigator, 1969 to 1972, $150,000.
- [4] NSF, NSF Grant ATA 73-07822 ADI on "System Engineering of Computer Control Systems for Large Industrial Complexes," co-principal investigator, 1973 to 1976, $647,863.
- [5] NIH, NIH Grant No. 08R1GM 22861A,"Automated Drug Delivery," co-principal investigator, 1976 to 1978, $49,436.
- [6] NIH, NIH Grant No. 08R1HL 22417A,"The Use of Microprocessors in Medical Applications," principal investigator, 1978 to 1980, $52,957.
- [7] NSF, NSF Grant No. ENG-7822192,"Primary and Secondary Discrete-time Control of a Manipulator," co-principal investigator, 1979 - 1981, $94,598.
- [8] Department of Energy, DOE Contract DE-ASO7-30CS 40361,"Self-tuning Control of Hot Rolling Mill," co-principal investigator, 1982 to 1984, $42,407.
- [9] Westinghouse Electric,"Construction of an Algorithm for Adaptive Control of a Manipulator," principal investigator, 1983, $10,843; 1984, $19,752.
- [10] NSF Engineering Research Center,"Intelligent Manufacturing," 1985, $20,098; 1986, $20,098; 1986-87, $34,390; 1987-88, $50.000.
- [11] NSF, U.S./Finland Joint Seminar on Wood Technology Automation and Research, 1987, $18,742.
- [12] NSF, Workshop on Coordinated Multiple Robotic Manipulators: Planning, Control, and Applications, 1987, $20,547.
- [13] NSF, Workshop on Coordinated Multiple Robotic Manipulators to Mining," 1992, $7354.
- [14] NSF, Group Travel Grant, IEEE intl. Conference on Robotics and Automation in Nice, France (with A. Sanderson, RPI), 1992, $31,490.
- [15] Research and Development Labs/AFOSR,"Adaptive Control Architecture for Tele-operated FREFLEX System," January-December 1993, $20,000.
- [16] NATO,"Applications of Redundant Manipulators to Mining," 1995, $6381.03.
- [17] Research and Development Labs/AFOSR,"Skill Improvements via Reflected Force Feedback," January 1997 - March 1998, $25,000.
- [18] AFOSR,"Use of Markov-Process Model for Detection of Pilot-Induced Oscillations," Armstrong Laboratory, Wright Patterson Airforce Base, August 1997 - February 1998, $57,039.
School Committee Activities
Committee: Curriculum Committee, School of Electrical Engineering, Purdue University
Activity: Member 1971 - 1973, 1976 - 1977
Committee: Qualifying Examination Committee
Activity: Member 1970 - 1973, 1984 - 1986
Committee: Honors Committee
Activity: Member
1978 - 1980
Committee: Research Policy Committee
Activity: Member
1979 - 1981
Committee: PDE Review Committee
Activity: Member
1986 - 1989
Committee: Graduate Committee
Activity: Member
1990 - 1992
Committee: Awards Committee
Activity: Member
Committee: QE Committee
Activity: Member
1997 - 1999
Invited Lectures
- [1] "Design of a Specific Optimal Feedback Controller," University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, February 1969.
- [2] "Optimal Estimation in Linear Systems with Time Delay," University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, December 1971.
- [3] "Determination of a Mathematical Model for DO and BOD Concentrations in Polluted Streams Using Noise Corrupted DO Measurements," University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, February 1972.
- [4] "Computation of Solution to Generalized Riccati Equation (in Time Delay Systems)," University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, August 1974.
- [5] "Application of Pattern Recognition Method to Steady-State Security Evaluation in Power Systems," Technical Institute of Finland, Helsinki, Finland; lecture series, February-April 1974.
- [6] "Optimal Control of Flotation Cells in Mineral Processing," University of Tampere, Tampere Finland, May 1974 and Technical Institute of Hannover, Hannover, Germany, June 1974.
- [7] "Optimal Estimation of DO, BOD, and Streamparameters using a Dynamic Discrete-Time Model," Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark, May 1977.
- [8] "Least Squares Estimator for Polluted Stream Variables in a Distributed Parameter Model," Columbia University, New York, NY, June 1977.
- [9] "Adaptive Forces - Path Control of Robotic Manipulators," Jet Propulsion Lab., Pasadena, Los Angeles, CA, and University of California in Santa Barbara, CA, October 1985.
- [10] "Self-tuning Force-Velocity-Position Control for Robotic Manipulator," Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, January 1986.
- [11] "State-of-the-Art on Control of Robotic Manipulators," Technical University of Tampere, Finland, December 1986.
- [12] "Present and Future Trends in Robotics," The Scientech Club, Indianapolis, IN, February 1987.
- [13] "Adaptive Position and Force Control of Robot Manipulators," Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, August 1987.
- [14] "Future Trends of Intelligent Robots in Health Care," University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, November 1987.
- [15] "Trends on Controlling Cranes Intelligently," Kone Crane Oy Workshop, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, January 1989.
- [16] "Sensor-base Control of Robots," University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, March 1990.
- [17] "Robot Control and Applications," Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey, Invited Lecturer by UNESCO, June 1-10, 1990.
- [18] "Vision Feedback Adaptive Control for Robot Manipulators," Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, March 1991.
- [19] "State-of-the Art of Coordinated Multiple Robot Systems," MEL, MIST, Tsukuba, Japan, March 1992.
- [20] "Vision Feedback Control of Robots," Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, February, 1992.
- [21] "Future Trends in Robotics," (Plenary Speaker) Mechatronics Conference, Tampere, Finland, February 1994.
- [22] "Robotics and Automation in Medicine and Biology" and "The Global Status of U.S. Robotics and Automation", Missouri Western State College, St. Joseph, Missouri, April 1995.
- [23] "Trends and Current Research Problems in Robotics", Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, May 29, 1995.
- [24] "Use of Vision in Robotics", Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, December 15, 1995.
- [25] "Force Control Problems in Robotic Manipulations", Armstrong Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, July 1996.
Published Reviews
- [1] "Statistical Dynamics of Sampled-data Systems," by Krut'ko, IEEE Spectrum, November 1970, pp. 92-93.
- [2] "Power System Reliability Evaluation," by R. Billinton, Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, October 1, 1971 (with A. Bonaert), pp. 406-407.
Technical Reports
[1] A. J. Koivo,"On Optimization of Stochastic Linear Systems with Time Delay," Report No. TR-EE 69-45, School of Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, November 1969.
[2] A. J. Koivo,"Optimization of Linear Stochastic Systems Described by Functional Differential Equations," Report TR-EE 70-36, School of Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, October 1970.
[3] A. J. Koivo, A. H. El-Abiad, and A. R. Bonaert,"On the Optimal Scheduling of Hydro-Thermal Power Systems," Report TR-EE 70-21, School of Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, 1970.
[4] A. J. Koivo and K. H. Lee,"Optimal Scheduling of Ingot Processing," PLAIC (Purdue Laboratory of Applied Industrial Control) Report, September 1977.
[5] A. J. Koivo and H. Naaseh Shahry,"Optimal Scheduling of a Multiproduct Plant Based on Received Orders," PLAIC Report #96, August 1977.
[6] K. H. Lee and A. J. Koivo,"Dynamic Scheduling of Ingot Processing in Steel Production," PLAIC Report, May 1979.
[7] A. J. Koivo,"Adaptive Force-Velocity-Position Control for Robotic Manipulator," ERC Report, April 1986.
[8] A. J. Koivo and G. Bekey,"Coordinated Multiple Robot Manipulators: Planning, Control and Applications," Workshop Report to NSF, January 1987.
[9] T. Sparrow and A. J. Koivo,"A Joint Finnish-American Seminar on Wood Technology Research," Proceedings, Report to NSF, December 1988.
Activities as a Referee
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Journal Referee
- IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
- IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
- IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
- IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation
- Intl. Journal on Robotics and Automation
- ASME, Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurements and Controls.
- Automatica, The Journal of IFAC
- Annals of Biomedical Engineering
- Water Resources Research
- National Science Foundation
- Optimum Control, Applications and Methods
- Reviewer and Panelist, NSF, AFOSR
- Review panelist, Robotics and Intelligence Machine Programs, NSF, December 1995.
- Review panelist, Robotics and Human Augmentation Division, NSF, April 1998.
- Review Panelist, combined Research - Curriculum Development (CRCD) Program, Engineering
Education and Centers Division, NSF, July 1998.
- Review Panelist, Robotics and Human Augmentation Program, NSF, January 2002.
Special Projects, Short Courses, Etc. - Contribution
- [1] Short Course Notes (co-author),"Modern Automatic Control," Purdue University, June 1967; Second Edition, May 1968.
- [2] Coordinator of the Short Course,"Modern Automatic Control," Purdue University, 1968.
- [3] Organizer of session on Differential Games, Purdue Centennial Year Symposium, April 1969.
- [4] Co-Chairman of session on Automatic Control, Fourth Congress of International Federation of Automatic Control, Warsaw, Poland, June 1969.
- [5] Organizer and Chairman of a session on Water Pollution, National Electronics Conference, Chicago, IL, October 1971.
- [6] Organizer and Chairman of a session on Modeling and Control of Physiological Systems, Fourth Annual Conference of IEEE, Frontiers of Engineering in Health Care, Philadelphia, PA, September 1982.
- [7] Chairman of a session on Control of Manipulator and Prosthesis, The 21st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Orlando, FL, December 1982.
- [8] Organizer and Chairman of a session on Modelling of Physiological Systems, Fifth Annual Conference of IEEE , Frontiers of Engineering in Health Care, Columbus, OH, September 1983.
- [9] Control of Manipulators with Sensory Feedback, 1985 IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation, St. Louis, MO, April 1985.
- [10] Modelling and Control of Robotic Manipulators, The 24th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Fort Lauderdale, FL, December 1985.
- [11] Co-organizer and Co-chairman of U.S./Finland Joint Seminar on "Work Technology Research, and Automation," August 1988.
- [12] Co-organizer and Co-chairman of a Workshop on "Coordinated Multiple Robot Manipulators; Planning, Control and Applications," sponsored by National Science Foundation, San Diego, CA, January 7-9, 1987.
Short Courses, Etc. - Attendee
- NSF Sponsored Workshop on "Optimization and Control", organized by R. Bellman at University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, August 1968.
- NSF Sponsored Workshop on "Coordinated Multiple Robot Manipulators: Planning, Control, and Applications," San Diego, CA, January 1987.