The University of Oxford intends to appoint to the Professorship of Control Engineering. A non- stipendiary Professorial Fellowship with Kellogg College is attached to this Professorship. This is a Statutory (full) Professorship, which is the most senior academic grade at Oxford, often consisting of named or endowed Chairs.
This appointment is a key part of our plan to strengthen research and teaching in Control Engineering at Oxford as a pillar of our portfolio in engineering science. We seek applicants with an internationally recognized vision across the discipline of Control Engineering and its crossovers with adjacent fields. Current areas of activity within the control group include large-scale, embedded, robust and distributed optimization; polynomial/sum of squares methods; robust and optimal control; and model predictive control. The group also covers applications including biology, battery/energy management systems, transportation, aerospace, manufacturing systems and agriculture. While applications in these areas are welcome, the search is intended to identify the candidate best able to support and develop the group’s interests, widely interpreted.
The competitive applicant will possess an outstanding research and publication record, with internationally recognised stature in the discipline. They will have the vision, leadership, and ability to manage a substantial research team, including a record of securing grant funding, and a readiness to contribute to the development and management of the Department of Engineering Science. They should have an excellent record of teaching and graduate supervision, and the ability to guide and motivate junior colleagues.
