Lennart Ljung is a Swedish

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in the

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since 1976. He is known for his pioneering research in

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, and is regarded as a leading researcher in

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Education

Lennart Ljung received the

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in Russian Language and Mathematics 1967, the

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(first degree) in

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1970, and the

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1974, all from

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at Stanford University 1974–1975 and a position as an

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(

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) in

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in 1976. He was a

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at Stanford University 1980–1981 and at

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1985–1986. He was also

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of the Department of Electrical Engineering,

between 1981 and 1990. He is currently the

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of the MOVIII Strategic Research Center at

. He has made extensive contributions to

, particularly in the area of

. He has authored 10 books, over 150 international journal articles, over 200 international conference papers, and a widely used commercial software package for

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called the System Identification Toolbox. Lennart Ljung is ranked 84 in the world (1st within Sweden) in the field of Engineering and Technology.

Notable honors and awards

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(1985) * Member of the

Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences or ''Kungliga Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademien'' (IVA), founded on 24 October 1919 by King Gustaf V, is one of the royal academies in Sweden. The academy is an independent organisation, which pro ...

(1985) * Member of the

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(1995) *

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Baltic State Technical University Baltic State Technical University "Voenmeh" D.F. Ustinov (russian: Балтийский государственный технический университет "Военмех" им. Д.Ф.Устинова; abbreviated BGTU) is a Russian tec ...

(1996) * Doctor honoris causa

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(1998) * Honorary Member of the Hungarian Academy of Engineering Sciences (2001) *

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(2002) * Hendrik W. Bode Lecture Prize, awarded by

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(2003) * Foreign Associate of the

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(2004) * Doctor honoris causa Universite de Technologie de Troyes (2004) * Doctor honoris causa Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (2004) *

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(2007) * Doctor honoris causa

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(2008)

References

External links

Lennart Ljung's personal web page

MOVIII Strategic Research Center at Linköping University

System Identification Toolbox Product page at MathWorks
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ljung, Lennart Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences Control theorists Systems scientists Swedish engineers Swedish statisticians Academic staff of Linköping University Lund University alumni 1946 births Living people Fellow Members of the IEEE Foreign associates of the National Academy of Engineering

Education

Notable honors and awards

See also

References

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