Michael Branicky
- Charles E. & Mary Jane Spahr Professor
- School of Engineering, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Contact Info
Lawrence, KS 66045
Personal Links
Biography —
Dr. Michael S. Branicky is Charles E. & Mary Jane Spahr Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (EECS) at the University of Kansas (KU). He is also the Director of the Kansas NSF EPSCoR Office and Co-Director of the Kansas Data Science Consortium. Branicky was KU's Dean of Engineering 2013-2018, during which he hired more than 50 faculty members. Previously, he was professor and chair of EECS at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), which he joined in 1996. From 2008-2010, Branicky served as Program Director at the National Science Foundation (NSF), where he inaugurated the Cyber-Physical Systems program with Helen Gill and Scott Midkiff. He also served at NSF as an Expert for the National Robotics Initiative.
Branicky received the B.S. (1987) and M.S. (1990) in Electrical Engineering & Applied Physics from CWRU and the 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, and AAAS Fellow in 2024 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)
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
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
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)
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
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
PI
$50,000
2/15/2014 - 1/31/2015
Memberships —
IEEE Fellow, AAAS Fellow, Sigma Xi, Mortar Board, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu