Alexandre M. Bayen is director of CITRIS and the Banatao Institute, associate provost for the Berkeley Space Center, and Liao-Cho Innovation Endowed Chair and professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences and of civil and environmental engineering at the University of California, Berkeley.
Bayen conducts research in modeling and control of distributed parameter systems, with applications to transportation systems (air traffic control, highway systems) and distribution systems (water distribution networks). His research involves control of systems modeled by partial differential equations, combinatorial optimization, viability theory and optimal control. Bayen is a member of IEEE and the Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).
