Kimon P. Valavanis

Dr. Kimon P. Valavanis is currently John Evans Professor, Director of Research and Innovation at the D. F. Ritchie School of Engineering and Computer Science and Founding Director of the Unmanned Systems Research Institute, University of Denver. Valavanis’ research interests focus on the areas of Unmanned Systems, Distributed Intelligence Systems, Robotics and Automation. He has published more than 450 book chapters, technical journal, referred conference papers, invited papers and technical reports. He has authored, co-authored and edited 19 books, two of which have been translated in Chinese. He was Editor-in-chief (EIC) of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine for ten years and EIC of the IEEE Systems Man and Cybernetics Newsletter for three years. He is EIC of the Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems since 2006. Dr. Valavanis was a Distinguished Speaker in the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society; Senior Member of IEEE; Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; Fellow of the U.K. Institute of Measurement and Control; Fulbright Scholar (Senior Lecturing & Research Award), and, Technical Expert of the NATO Science and Technology Organization (STO). In May of 2019, during the 25-year anniversary meeting for the Robotics and Automation Magazine, he was awarded by IEEE and the Robotics and Automation Society for his 10 years of service as Editor-in-Chief.