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Email: yama@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

Location of work: Chemical and Materials Engineering Building (Room 276C)- University of Alberta

Personal Details: I received my B.Eng. and M.Eng. degrees from the University of Tokushima, Japan in 1984 and 1987, respectively, as well, my D.Eng. degree from Osaka University, Japan in 1994. I have been a Professor in Hiroshima University, Japan. I was a Visiting Researcher in the Department of Mathematical Engineering and Information Physics at University of Tokyo, Japan in 1991. I’m currently a Visiting Professor in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at University of Alberta, which is supported by JSPS(Japan Society for the Promotion of Science).

Research: My research interests are in the area of adaptive control, intelligent control and process control. My work focuses on the following topics:

1. Self-tuning control
The self-tuning PID controllers have been developed, which are based on generalized minimum variance control(GMVC) and generalized predictive control(GPC). The self-tuning PID control for multi-variate systems has been developed together with Professor Shah in 1996.

2. Intelligent control
The intelligent tuning PID controllers have proposed, whose PID parameters are adjusted using neural networks, genetic algorithms, and so on.

3. Data-driven control
The PID parameter tuning scheme has been developed for nonlinear systems, which is based on the data-driven approach.

4. Performance-adaptive control
The performance-adaptive PID controller is being developed now together with Professor Shah at the University of Alberta.