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Shuzhi Sam Ge, IEEE Fellow, is a full professor with the Electrical and
Computer Engineering Department at the National University of Singapore.
He earned the B.Sc. degree from the Beijing University of Aeronautics and
Astronautics (BUAA) in 1986, and the Ph.D. degree and the Diploma of
Imperial College (DIC) from the Imperial College of Science, Technology and
Medicine in 1993. His current research interests are in the control of nonlinear
systems, hybrid systems, neural/fuzzy systems, robotics, sensor fusion, and
real-time implementation. He has authored and co-authored over 200 interna-
tional journal and conference papers, 3 monographs and co-invented 3 patents.
He was the recipient of a number of prestigious research awards, and has been
serving as the editor and associate editor of a number of flagship international
journals. He is also serving as a technical consultant for the local industry.
Frank L. Lewis, IEEE Fellow, PE Texas, is a distinguished scholar professor
and Moncrief-O’Donnell chair at the University of Texas at Arlington. He
earned the B.Sc. degree in physics and electrical engineering and the M.S.E.E.
at Rice University, the M.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from the University
of West Florida, and the Ph.D. at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He works
in feedback control and intelligent systems. He is the author of 4 U.S. pat-
ents, 160 journal papers, 240 conference papers, and 9 books. He received the
Fulbright Research Award, the NSF Research Initiation Grant, and the ASEE
Terman Award. He was selected as Engineer of the Year in 1994 by the Fort
Worth IEEE Section and is listed in the Fort Worth Business Press Top 200
Leaders in Manufacturing. He was appointed to the NAE Committee on Space
Station in 1995. He is an elected guest consulting professor at both Shanghai
Jiao Tong University and South China University of Technology.

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