James Lam

Biography

Professor James Lam obtains a BSc (1st Hons.) degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Manchester, MPhil and PhD degrees from the University of Cambridge. He serves as a Chair Professor of Control Engineering at the University of Hong Kong, where he joined in 1993. Before that, he held faculty positions at the City University of Hong Kong and the University of Melbourne. He is a Croucher Scholar, Croucher Fellow, Distinguished Visiting Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, and Cheung Kong Chair Professor.  

Professor Lam holds many professional designations, including Chartered Mathematician (CMath), Chartered Scientist (CSci), Chartered Engineer (CEng), and he is a Fellow of several professional institutions such as the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (FIEEE), Institution of Engineering and Technology (FIET), Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications (FIMA), Institution of Mechanical Engineers (FIMechE), Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (FHKIE), Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (FAAIA), and the Distinguished Fellow of International Engineering and Technology Institute (DFIETI).

He serves as Editor-in-Chief for IET Control Theory and Applications, Journal of The Franklin Institute, Proc. IMechE Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, and Franklin Open. He has also held editorial positions in Journal of Sound and Vibration, Asian Journal of Control, Cogent Engineering, IET Journal of Engineering, International Journal of Systems Science, Automatica, and Multidimensional Systems and Signal Processing.

He is recognised as a Highly Cited Researcher in Engineering / Computer Science / Cross-Fields.