Jun Liu, professor of applied mathematics and Canada Research Chair in Hybrid Systems and Control, has been elected Vice Chair of the SIAM Control and Systems Theory Activity Group. According to the SIAM website, the activity group fosters collaboration among mathematicians, engineers, and scientists working in systems and control, and promotes the development of theory and methods for modeling, estimation, control, and approximation of complex biological, physical, and engineering systems.
Professor Liu has also been elected Chair of the IEEE Control Systems Society Technical Committee on Hybrid Systems. According to the IEEE website, the committee provides forums for technical discussion and information sharing for researchers interested in hybrid systems and their applications. It organizes and supports conferences and educational events in the field, including the ACM International Conference on Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control, part of Cyber-Physical Systems Week, and the IFAC Conference on Analysis and Design of Hybrid Systems.