Hamid Reza Karimi - Biography#
Hamid Reza Karimi received the B.Sc. (First Hons.) degree in power systems from the Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 1998, and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. (First Hons.) degrees in control systems engineering from the University of Tehran, Tehran, in 2001 and 2005, respectively. He is currently Professor of Applied Mechanics with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy.
Dr Karimi’s original research and development achievements span a broad spectrum within the topic of modeling, control, and fault diagnosis to complex systems with industrial applications. They made him a leading international expert in this field, having published over 500+ International ISI-Index journal papers, one monograph and 9 edited books. Furthermore, he has been closely collaborating with industries in Europe on developing new control systems and health monitoring technologies for wind turbines and automotive systems.
Dr. Karimi is serving as Chief Editor, Subject Editor, Technical Editor or Associate Editor for some International Journals and Book Series. He has served as Guest Editors for more than 30 Special Issues in ISI journals. Dr. Karimi is a Fellow of The International Society for Condition Monitoring (ISCM), member of the Academia Europaea, member of Agder Academy of Science and Letters and also a member of the IFAC Technical Committee on Mechatronic Systems, the IFAC Technical Committee on Robust Control, and the IFAC Technical Committee on Automotive Control. He has been awarded as the 2016-2021 Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher in Engineering, the 2020 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems Guillemin-Cauer Best Paper Award, August-Wilhelm-Scheer Visiting Professorship Award, JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) Research Award, and Alexander-von-Humboldt-Stiftung research Award, for instance. He has also participated as General Chair, keynote/plenary speaker, distinguished speaker or program chair for several international conferences in the areas of Control Systems, Robotics and Mechatronics.
