Automatic Control with Interactive Tools

Professor José Luis Guzmán received Computer Science Engineering and European Ph.D. degrees from the University of Almería, in 2002 and 2006 respectively. He is now a Full Professor of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering at the same university. His current research interests include the fields of control education, MPC techniques, PID control, and robust control with applications to agricultural processes, solar plants, and biotechnology. Prof. Guzmán has been a member of the Spanish Association in Automatic Control CEA-IFAC since 2003, the IEEE Control System Society since 2006, and the IFAC Technical Committee on Control Education and the IEEE Technical Committee on System Identification and Adaptive Control since 2008. He received the Extraordinary Doctorate Award from the University of Almería and the Medal of Agustín de Betancourt y Molina by the Spanish Royal Academy of Engineering for his research trajectory.

Ramon Costa-Castelló obtained his Masters degree in Computer Science in 1993 from UPC; in 2001, he obtained a PhD degree in Computer Science from the Advanced Automation and Robotics program at UPC, where he is now a Professor in the Automatic Control department. His teaching activity is related with different aspects in automatic control. His research is mainly focused on analysis and development of energy management (automotive and stationary applications) and the development of digital control techniques. He is a member of CEA, member of IFAC (EDCOM, TC 9.4 Committee, Automotive Control T.C. 7.1) and senior member of IEEE.

Professor Manuel Berenguel received his degree in Industrial Engineering and his Ph.D. (Hons.) from the University of Seville, Spain, in 1992 and 1996, respectively. He is currently a Professor of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering and head of the R&D group "Automatic Control, Robotics and Mechatronics" with the University of Almería, Spain. His current research interests include predictive, hierarchical, and robust control, with applications to solar energy systems, agriculture, and biotechnology. He was a member of the board of Governors of the Comité Español de Automática (main Spanish Association in Automatic Control) from 2003 to 2008 and 2012 to 2016, and has been a member of IEEE Control System Society since 2000 (Senior Member since 2014) and member of the IFAC Technical Committees TC 8.01 Control in Agriculture, TC 6.3. Power and Energy Systems and TC 8.4 Biosystems and Bioprocesses.

Professor Sebastián Dormido has received a B.S. degree in Physics from Complutense University of Madrid (1968), a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of the Basque Country (1971), an Honorary Doctorate degree from the University of Huelva (2007) and an Honorary Doctorate degree from the University of Almería (2014). In 1981, he was an appointed Professor of Control Engineering at the National Distance Education University (UNED), where he is now Professor Emeritus. He has authored or co-authored more than 350 technical papers in international journals and conferences and has supervised more than 40 Ph.D. theses. His scientific activities include computer control of industrial processes, model-based predictive control, hybrid control, and web-based laboratories for distance education. From 2001 to 2006, he was the President of the Spanish Association of Automatic Control, CEA-IFAC, from 2014 to 2017 Chair of the Control Education Technical Committee of IFAC and from 2015 to 2016 Chair of the Control Education Technical Committee of the IEEE CSS. He received the National Automatic Control Award from the IFAC Spanish Automatic Control Committee (2008) and the IFAC Control Education Lifetime Achievement Award (2019).

教授 José Luis Guzmán 於 2002 年和 2006 年分別獲得阿爾梅里亞大學的計算機科學工程學位和歐洲博士學位。他目前是該大學自動控制與系統工程的全職教授。他目前的研究興趣包括控制教育、模型預測控制（MPC）技術、PID 控制和穩健控制，並應用於農業過程、太陽能發電廠和生物技術。Guzmán 教授自 2003 年以來一直是西班牙自動控制協會 CEA-IFAC 的成員，自 2006 年以來是 IEEE 控制系統學會的成員，並自 2008 年以來是 IFAC 控制教育技術委員會和 IEEE 系統識別與自適應控制技術委員會的成員。他因其研究成就獲得阿爾梅里亞大學的特別博士獎和西班牙皇家工程學院頒發的 Agustín de Betancourt y Molina 獎章。

Ramon Costa-Castelló 於 1993 年在 UPC 獲得計算機科學碩士學位；2001 年，他在 UPC 的先進自動化與機器人計劃中獲得計算機科學博士學位，現在是自動控制系的教授。他的教學活動涉及自動控制的不同方面。他的研究主要集中在能源管理（汽車和固定應用）的分析與開發以及數位控制技術的發展。他是 CEA 的成員，也是 IFAC 的成員（EDCOM、TC 9.4 委員會、汽車控制 T.C. 7.1），並且是 IEEE 的高級會員。

教授 Manuel Berenguel 於 1992 年和 1996 年分別在西班牙塞維利亞大學獲得工業工程學位和博士學位（榮譽）。他目前是阿爾梅里亞大學自動控制與系統工程的教授，並擔任「自動控制、機器人與機電一體化」研發小組的負責人。他目前的研究興趣包括預測控制、分層控制和穩健控制，並應用於太陽能系統、農業和生物技術。他曾於 2003 年至 2008 年及 2012 年至 2016 年擔任西班牙自動控制委員會（西班牙主要自動控制協會）理事會成員，自 2000 年以來是 IEEE 控制系統學會的成員（自 2014 年起為高級會員），並且是 IFAC 技術委員會 TC 8.01 農業控制、TC 6.3 能源系統和 TC 8.4 生物系統與生物過程的成員。

教授 Sebastián Dormido 於 1968 年在馬德里康普頓斯大學獲得物理學學士學位，1971 年在巴斯克國立大學獲得物理學博士學位，2007 年獲得韋爾瓦大學的榮譽博士學位，2014 年獲得阿爾梅里亞大學的榮譽博士學位。1981 年，他被任命為國立遠程教育大學（UNED）的控制工程教授，現在是名譽教授。他在國際期刊和會議上發表或共同發表了超過 350 篇技術論文，並指導了超過 40 篇博士論文。他的科學活動包括工業過程的計算機控制、基於模型的預測控制、混合控制和用於遠程教育的網路實驗室。2001 年至 2006 年，他擔任西班牙自動控制協會 CEA-IFAC 的會長，2014 年至 2017 年擔任 IFAC 控制教育技術委員會的主席，2015 年至 2016 年擔任 IEEE CSS 控制教育技術委員會的主席。他獲得了 IFAC 西班牙自動控制委員會頒發的國家自動控制獎（2008 年）和 IFAC 控制教育終身成就獎（2019 年）。