Ren C.Luo

REN C.LUO (M’83–SM’88–F’92) received the Ph.D.degree in electrical engineering from the Technische Universitaet Berlin, Berlin, Germany. He is currently an Irving T. Ho Chair Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at National Taiwan University and President of Robotics Society of Taiwan.

He also served two-terms as President of National Chung Cheng University in Taiwan. He was a Professor of Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA and Toshiba Chair Professor in the University of Tokyo, Japan.

His research interests include sensor-based intelligent robotic systems, multisensor fusion and integration, computer vision, micro/nano technologies, rapid prototyping, and advanced manufacturing systems. He has authored more than 350 papers on these topics, which have been published in refereed technical journals and conference proceedings.

He also holds several patents. Dr. Luo received IEEE Eugean Mittlemann Outstanding Research Achievement Award, 1996; ALCOA Foundation Outstanding Engineering Research Award, NCSU, USA; National Science Council Outstanding Research Awards, 1998-1999, 2000-2001, 2002-2005; National Science Council Distinguished Research Awards,2006- 2008; TECO Outstanding Science and Technology Research Achievement Award, 2001.

Dr. Luo is currently Co-Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics and was Editor-in-Chief of IEEE/ASME Transactions On Mechatronics (2003-2007).

He served as President of IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (2000-2001). He also served as President of Chinese Institute of Automation Engineers, Program Director of Automation Technology Division, National Science Council; Adviser of Ministry of Economics Affairs and Technical Adviser of Prime Minister's Office in Taiwan.

He contributes regularly to IEEE sponsored international conferences by serving as conference General Chairs (IEEE IROS 1992, MFI 1994, IECON 1996, MFI 1999, ICRA 2003, IECON 2007, IROS 2010), Program Chairs, program committees, and offers short courses or tutorials and plenary/keynote speeches in various countries and research communities. Dr. Luo is a Fellow of IEEE since 1992 and a Fellow of IET.