Prof. Luigi Fortuna

Luigi Fortuna received his degree in electrical engineering (cum laude) from the University of Catania, Italy, in 1977. He is a Full Professor of system theory at the University of Catania. He was the Coordinator of courses in electronic engineering and the Head of the Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica Elettronica e dei Sistemi. From 2005 to 2012, he was the Dean of the Engineering Faculty. He currently teaches automatic control and robust control. He has published more than 500 technical papers and twelve scientific books. His scientific interests include robust control, nonlinear science and complexity, chaos, cellular neural networks, soft computing strategies for control, robotics, micro nanosensors and smart devices for control, and magnocellular neural network modeling. Prof. Fortuna was the IEEE Circuits and Systems (CAS) Chairman of the CNN Technical Committee, IEEE CAS Distinguished Lecturer from 2001 to 2002, and IEEE Chairman of the IEEE CAS Chapter Central–South Italy.