Frank Allgöwer

Frank Allgöwer
Born (1962-05-23) May 23, 1962
Nationality German
Scientific career
Institutions University of Stuttgart

Frank Allgöwer (born 23 May 1962) is a German professor of systems biologist at the University of Stuttgart and a fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control.[1]

Early life and career

Frank Allgöwer was born in Heilbronn but grew up in Freudenstadt. After graduation in 1981, he and his friend moved to California.[2] In 1998 while being in Ascona, Switzerland he partnered with Alex Zheng and together they edited a book called Nonlinear Model Predictive Control which was published two years later.[3] In 2004 while working as a visiting professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara he was awarded with Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize which was given to him by the President of Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. Although he refused position at the University of California, Berkeley, he worked at ETH Zurich before becoming professor at University of Stuttgart.[4] Since 2012 he is a Vice-President of Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and since 1997 is an editor of many peer reviewed journals.[1] In 2017 he spoke at the São Paulo Research Foundation regarding cybernetics and the danger of Artificial Intelligence.[5] Beside his professorship he also enjoys playing piano.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Professor Dr. Frank Allgöwer". Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "Der in Rechensätzen spricht" [He speaks in sentences] (in German). 26 September 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  3. ↑ Frank Allgöwer; Alex Zheng (eds.). "Nonlinear Model Predictive Control". Springer. ISBN 978-3-0348-8407-5.
  4. 1 2 "Frank Allgöwer: an engineer with wild ideas". Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  5. ↑ "Os perigos que a Inteligência Artificial trará à humanidade" [The dangers that Artificial Intelligence will bring to mankind] (in Portuguese). 9 January 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.


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