Prof. Brett Ninness

Biography

Brett Ninness was born in 1963 in Singleton, Australia and received his BE, ME and Ph.D degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Newcastle, Australia in 1986, 1991 and 1994 respectively. He has stayed with the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Newcastle since 1993, where he is currently a Professor.

His research interests are in the areas of system identification and stochastic signal processing, in which he has authored approximately one hundred papers in journals and conference proceedings. He has served on the editorial boards of Automatica, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control and is currently Editor in Chief for IET Control Theory and Applications.

Together with Håkan Hjalmarsson and Iven Mareels, he jointly organised the 14th IFAC Symposium on System Identification in Newcastle, Australia in 2006. Further details of his professional activities are available at http://sigpromu.org/brett.

Qualifications

• PhD, University of Newcastle, 1994
• Master of Engineering, University of Newcastle, 1991
• Bachelor of Engineering, University of Newcastle, 1987

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Research

Research keywords

• Automatic Control
• Signal Processing
• System Identification
• Wireless communications

Research expertise

My research is concerned with the processing of noise corrupted signals. Within this theme, my home area is the science of System Identification which addresses the following problem.

Given particular observations of the behaviour of a system, develop a mathematical model for it which can be used (for example) to control it via feedback, predict its performance under different operating regimes, compensate for limitations in its performance, or diagnose faults and changes in it.

Recently, I have begun new research directions in the area of signal processing for wireless communications, largely via interaction with industry partners Bell Labs, Agere Systems and LSI Logic.

Collaboration

Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.

Languages

• English

Fields of Research

Code	Description	Percentage
090600	Electrical And Electronic Engineering	75
010299	Applied Mathematics Not Elsewhere Classified	15
091399	Mechanical Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified	10

Centres and Groups

Centre

• PRC - Priority Research Centre for Energy
• Centre for Intelligent Electricity Networks (CIEN)

Memberships

Editorial Board.

• Associate Editor Handling approximately 20 papers per year - Automatica
• Associate Editor handling approximately 20 papers per year - IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control

Appointments

Editor in Chief Institution of Engineering and Technology - Control Theory and Applications (United Kingdom)	01/09/2006
ARC Ozreader, Maths and IT RFCD Australian Research Council (Australia)	01/01/2002
Organising Chair, 14th IFAC Symposium on System Identification International Federation on Automatic Control (Austria)	01/06/2004 - 01/04/2006
Chair - IFAC Technical Committee on Modelling, Identification and Signal Processing International Federation on Automatic Control (Austria)	01/07/2005
Chair, IEEE Technical Committee on Identification and Adaptive Control Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (United States)	01/01/2007

Awards

Distinction.

2001	Tall Poppy Award Australian Institute of Political Science (Australia) Contribution to Scientific Research

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Administrative

Administrative expertise

I have experience and hence expertise in School, Faculty and University wide governance. I served on the University promotions committee for three years, served as an Assistant Dean (Research Training) for my Faculty of three years, and am currently deputy head of faculty.

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Teaching

Teaching keywords

• Automatic Control
• Circuit Theory
• Communications
• Digital Signal Processing
• Embedded Systems
• Linear Electronics
• Signals and Systems

Teaching expertise

My teaching experience over the last twenty years has covered a wide range of

the electrical engineering and engineering mathematics curriculum.

This includes the areas of systems and signal theory, signal processing, digital

systems, embedded systems, circuit theory, communications and linear

electronics.