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simultaneously increasing knowledge
in science and engineering.
I believe that my background in
biology helps me in thinking differently and in trying to address complex
problems, such those represented by
bioinspired systems, with a multidisciplinary character: biological knowledge foundations are merged with
engineering, computer science, and

robotics pillars, assuring a wide but
deep preparation for the trained young
researchers that decide to work in the
emerging field of bioinspired robotics.
There is a rising need to break
down the walls between disciplines
because modern engineering and biology pose challenges that are beyond
the traditional scientific fragmentation
and create the humus to promote the

growth of a new generation of inventors and entrepreneurs.
References
[1] A. Trewavas, "Aspects of plant intelligence,"
Ann. Botany, vol. 92, no. 1, pp. 1-20. 2003.
[2] A. Trewavas, "Mindless mastery," Nature, vol.
415, no. 6874, p. 841, Feb. 21, 2002.

Education (continued from p. 106)
and TCs can provide help and guidance
in the development of a strong TEP.
Proposals are reviewed by the education
cochairs and related TCs. Purely organizational questions can be directed to the
Education cochairs. When submitting a
proposal, the scope (topic, possible
speakers, hands-on activities, experiments, and so on), time frame (when
and how long), location (available

teaching/laboratory facilities, accommodation, and travel), organizational
schedule, and budget (student scholarship, number of invited speakers, number of RAS member attendees, number
of all attendees, registration fees,
expected sources of support, other
major costs/income items, recruitment
costs, and approximate total cost)
should be clear. For specific guidelines

in preparing your proposal, please go to
http://www.ieee-ras.org/educationalresources-outreach/summer-schools.
The final decisions are approved by the
IEEE RAS Administrative Committee
annually at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
(around May) so that the schools can be
set up in the following year.

tions to adaptive control of uncertain
nonlinear systems.
Wei Ren of the University of California-Riverside, United States, for contributions to distributed coordination
and control of multiagent systems.

many, for contributions to industrial
cyberphysical systems.

Society News (continued from p. 109)

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contributions to visual-inertial navigation and cooperative localization.
Il-Hong Suh of Hanyang University,
South Korea, for contributions to the
design and control of redundant and
multiple-arm robot systems.

2016 RAS Fellows
Evaluated by Other
IEEE Societies
Evaluated by the IEEE Control
Systems Society
● Michael Branicky of the University
of Kansas, United States, for contributions to switched and hybrid control systems.
● Warren Dixon of the University of
Florida, United States, for contribu-

●

Evaluated by the IEEE
Engineering in Medicine
and Biology Society
● Gabor Fichtinger of Queens University, Ontario, Canada, for contributions to medical robotics and
computer-assisted intervention.
Evaluated by the IEEE Industrial
Electronics Society
● Armando Colombo of Schneider
Electric Automation GmbH, Ger-

Evaluated by the IEEE Systems,
Man, and Cybernetics Society
● Zhiwu Li of Xidian University,
China, for contributions to Petri nets
and their applications to automated
manufacturing systems.
Evaluated by the IEEE Signal
Processing Society
Dinei Florencio of Microsoft Research,
Washington, United States, for contributions to statistical and signal processing approaches to adversarial and
security problems.

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