James Lam#
| Membership Number: | 6714 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | ENGINEERING |
| Elected: | 2024 |
| Main Country of Residence: | CHINA |
| Homepage(s): | https://mech.hku.hk/academic-staff/lam-j |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-0294-0640 |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-lam-22817818/ |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2013.07 - present Chair Professor of Control Engineering, University of Hong Kong
- 2005.01 - 2013.06 Professor, University of Hong Kong
- 1993.01 - 2004.12 Lecturer to Associate Professor, University of Hong Kong
- 1992:02 - 1993.12 Lecturer, University of Melbourne, Australia
- 1990.10 - 1992.01 Croucher Fellow, Australian National University, Australia
- 1998.08 - 1990.10 Lecturer, City Polytechnic of Hong Kong
- 2024.04 - present Editor-in-Chief, IET Journal of Engineering (Wiley)
- 2023.01 - present Editor-in-Chief, Franklin Open (Elsevier)
- 2020.05 - present Editor-in-Chief, Proc of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part I: Journal of Systems & Control Engineering (Sage)
- 2014.01 - present Editor-in-Chief, Journal of The Franklin Institute (Elsevier)
- 2012.01 - present Editor-in-Chief, IET Control Theory & Applications (Wiley)
Fields of Scholarship
- Estimation theory
- Multidimensional systems
- Multi-agent systems
- Positive systems
- Complex networks
- Vibration control
- Control theory
- Networked control systems
- Dynamic systems
- Neural networks
Honours and Awards
- 2025 Member, National Academy of Artificial Intelligence
- 2025 Best Electronics and Electrical Engineering Scientists (World 141, National 15) (Research.com based on Stanford list of Top 2% Scientists)
- 2024 Foreign Member, Academia Europaea
- 2024 Academician, International Academy for Systems and Cybernetic Sciences
- 2024 Fellow, International Artificial Intelligence Industry Alliance
- 2024 Best Electronics and Electrical Engineering Scientists (World 148, National 11) (Research.com based on Stanford list of Top 2% Scientists)
- 2023 Best Electronics and Electrical Engineering Scientists (World 117, National 9) (Research.com based on Stanford list of Top 2% Scientists)
- 2022 Best Electronics and Electrical Engineering Scientists (World 74, National 5) (Research.com based on Stanford list of Top 2% Scientists)
- 2022 Distinguished Fellow, International Engineering and Technology Institute (IETI)
- 2022 Fellow, Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association
- 2021 from 2014 Highly Cited Researcher for 8 consecutive years (Engineering / Computer Science / Cross-Fields)
- 2019 Second Class State Natural Science Award (Fourth recipient) (P.R. China)
- 2019 Second Class Natural Science Award of Chinese Automation Association (P.R. China)
- 2019 IET Journal Outstanding Editor-in-Chief Award
- 2017 Fellow, HKIE (The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers)
- 2015 Second Class State Natural Science Award (Second recipient) (P.R. China)
- 2014 Cheung Kong Chair Professorship (Ministry of Education, P.R. China)
- 2012 Fellow, IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, USA)
- 2012 Fellow, IMechE (Institution of Mechanical Engineers, UK)
- 2010 Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Royal Academy of Engineering (UK)
- 2009 Fellow, IET (Institution of Engineering and Technology, UK)
- 2008 Outstanding Researcher Award (University of Hong Kong)
- 1996 Fellow, IMA (Institute of Mathematics & Its Applications, UK)
- 1990 Croucher Foundation Fellowship
- 1984 Croucher Foundation Scholarship
