Michael Branicky


Michael Branicky
  • Professor
  • Former Dean of Engineering
  • School of Engineering, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

Biography

Dr. Michael S. Branicky is Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (EECS) at the University of Kansas (KU). He was KU's Dean of Engineering July 2013-June 2018. Before that he was professor and chair of EECS at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), which he joined in 1996. Branicky received a B.S. (1987) and M.S. (1990) in Electrical Engineering & Applied Physics from CWRU and a Sc.D. in EECS from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1995). He was elected IEEE Fellow in 2016 for contributions to switched and hybrid control systems. He was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), for distinguished contributions to modeling, analysis and control of cyber-physical systems, and for applications to networked control systems and robotics.

For publications, see Google Scholar.

 

Research

Research interests:

  • Cyber-Physical Systems / IoT
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Machine Learning
  • Robotics

Selected Publications

All publications available at Google Scholar

Awards & Honors

Fellow, AAAS, 2024 for distinguished contributions to modeling, analysis and control of cyber-physical systems, and for applications to networked control systems and robotics.

Fellow, IEEE, 2016 for contributions to switched and hybrid control systems

Director's Award for Collaborative Integration (team), NSF, 2012 for National Robotics Initiative (NRI)

Director's Superior Accomplishment Award (individual), NSF, 2010 for Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS)

Walter R. Fried Memorial Award for Best Paper, IEEE/ION PLANS, 2010

Teaching Award, EECS Department, CWRU, 2007

Winner, Best Video, Intl. Conf. Robotics and Automation, 2005

Teaching Award, EECS Department, CWRU, 2004

Teaching Leader Award, Case School of Engineering, 2004

Finalist, Best Paper, Intl. Conf. Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2002

Winner, Best Video, Intl. Conf. Robotics and Automation, 2002

Grants & Other Funded Activity

RII Track-1: Adaptive and Resilient Infrastructures driven by Social Equity (ARISE)

Award 2148878 

National Science Foundation

PI of Kansas Data Science Consortium subaward (PI: Sturm)

$20,000,000.00

6/1/2022 - 5/31/2027

 

Planning: DCL-EPSCOR: SaTC Frontier: Exploring the Synergy Between Generative AI and Cybersecurity

Award 2438950 

National Science Foundation

Co-PI

$100,000.00

10/1/2024 - 9/30/2026

 

NRT-HDR: Internet of Catalysis - Harnessing Data Science for Catalyst Design

Award 1922649

National Science Foundation

Co-PI (PI: Leonard)

$2,999,967.00

9/1/2019 - 8/31/2025

 

Planning IUCRC University of Kansas: Center for High-Assurance Secure Systems and IoT (CHASSI)

Award 1916732

National Science Foundation

PI

$14,999.00

10/1/2019 - 9/31/2021

 

RI: Medium: Active Sensing, Localization and Mapping in Dynamic Deformable Environments for Image-Guided Interventions

Award 1563805

National Science Foundation

PI (KU subcontract)

$1,016,000

8/1/2016 - 7/31/2020

 

Support for CPS Week 2014 Student Participation

National Science Foundation

Award 1418757

PI

$50,000

2/15/2014 - 1/31/2015

 

Memberships

IEEE Fellow, AAAS Fellow, Sigma Xi, Mortar Board, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu