Roger W. Brockett
| Roger W. Brockett | |
|---|---|
| Born |
October 22, 1938 Seville, Ohio |
| Residence | United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields |
Robotics Control theory |
| Institutions | Harvard University |
| Alma mater | Case Western Reserve University. |
| Doctoral advisor | Mihajlo D. Mesarovic |
| Doctoral students |
Jan C. Willems David P. Dobkin |
Roger Ware Brockett (born October 22, 1938 in Seville, Ohio) is an American control theorist and the An Wang Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at Harvard University, who founded the Harvard Robotics Laboratory in 1983.
Brockett received his B.S. in 1960, his M.S. in 1962, and his Ph.D. in 1964 (under the supervision of Mihajlo D. Mesarovic), all from Case Western Reserve University.
After teaching at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1963 to 1969, he joined the faculty at Harvard University where he became the Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Mathematics and in 1989 the An Wang Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering.
Brockett received several awards and honors, including:
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