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Lambert Spaanenburg

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Prof.dr.ir. L. Spaanenburg

University of Groningen,
Department of Mathematics and Computing Science
Mail address: P.O. Box 800, 9700 AV Groningen (The Netherlands)
Visiting address: Blauwborgje 3, IWI Building, Room 117, 9747 AC Groningen (The Netherlands)
Tel: +31 - 50 - 363 3925 (secr. 363 3939)
Fax: +31 - 50 - 363 3800
E-mail: L.Spaanenburg@cs.rug.nl
WWW: http://www.cs.rug.nl/~ben

Lambert Spaanenburg is full professor in the Department of Computing Science of the University of Groningen. He graduated in Electrical Engineering in 1972 at the Technical University of Delft with as subject the "Design Automation of Asynchronous Sequential Machines". After an obligatory stay with the Royal Dutch Navy, he went to teach and research microelectronic system design at Twente University. In 1986 he spent a sabbatical leave on Open CAD Frameworks with the VENUS group of Siemens Central Research Laboratories. This and other work is reported in the Ph.D.thesis titled ``Structured Design of Digital Integrated Systems with Distributed Control''.
In 1988 Spaanenburg accepted new responsibilities at the Institute for Microelectronics Stuttgart (IMS) in Stuttgart (Germany). Under his direction the Signal Processing Department developed several innovations in testable VLSI system design, such as the neural controler that autonomously drove the Mercedes OSCAR on a German Highway in september 1991. In 1993 Spaanenburg accepted a call for the new Chair in Technical Computing Science at Groningen University, where he is employed since then.
Spaanenburg has researched and consulted for some 40 (inter)national companies. He has published more than 160 refereed papers and book contributions and holds 5 patents. Current research interests are in the fields of Computational Intelligence, Embedded Systems and Net-centric Design.

Some professional memberships are:

• the Vereniging Artificiele Neurale Netwerken VANN (currently as president);
• the "Gesellschaft Mikroelektronik, Mikro- und Feinwerktechnik" (GMM) of the "Verein Deutscher Ingenieure" (VDI), where he is active in the FG 8.4.9 "Mikroelektronik neuronaler Netze";
• the "Gesellschaft Mess- und Automatisierungstechnik" (GMA) of the "Verein Deutscher Ingenieure" (VDI), where he is active in the FA 5.21 "Neuronale Netze";
• the "Koninklijk Instituut van Ingenieurs" KIvI, more specifically of the Departments Electrical Engineering & Information Technology;
• the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers IEEE, more specifically of the Societies Circuits & Systems and Control Systems (as Senior Member).

Lambert Spaanenburg contributes to the teaching in (Technical) Computing Science and Technical Business Administration by reading courses in:

• Digital System Design
• Embedded Systems
• Real-Time Systems
• Caput Technical Computing Science
  For a typical examination deliverable, see: "Trading Agents" by Dinand Roeland.
• VLSI Systems
• Technology Mapping
• System Modeling
• Computer Systems
• Telematica

Some arbitrarily selected M.Sc. theses over the past years are:

• M.A.H. Offenberg, "ICT Impact and Organizational Change", 1998 (won the NGI-Noord 1999 Award for the best ICT M.Sc. thesis in the Northern Provinces over the academic year '98/'99).
• R. Buist, J. de Graaf, and W. Wichers, "ITS MAGIC: Design and Implementation of an Intelligent Interactive Tele-Shopping Application for the Electronic Highway", 1996 (won the ASI Golden Bit Award for the best Dutch ICT M.Sc. thesis in the academic year '96/'97).
• H. Dullink, "Automated Signature Identification and Verification", 1996 (runner-up in the 1996 TI Student DSP Design competition).
• A. Ypma, "Neural Control of Artificial Human Walking", 1995.

Lambert Spaanenburg heads the research group Systems Technology within the local Research Institute of Mathematics and Computing Science (IWI). This group also participates nationally in the IPA (Institute for Programming research and Algorithmics) and in the SNN (Foundation of Neural Networks). Spaanenburg is also involved in

• the Organisation Committee of the MicroNeuro conference;
• the Organisation Committee of the BNIAC conference;
• the Organisation Committee of the STW-sponsored CIRE workshop on Computational Intelligence Research Education;
• the Editorial Board of the "VLSI DESIGN JOURNAL", published by Gordon & Breach;
• the Editorial Board of the V-ANNals of the VANN.

Some recent Ph.D. theses are:

• W.P. de Waard, "Feedforward network architectures for hand-written word recognition", ISBN 90-72125-63-0, 184 pages (9 October 1998).
• E.I. Barakova, "Learning Reliability: a study on indecisiveness in sample selection", ISBN 90-367-0987-3, 204 pages (23 April 1999), also IPA Series 1999-05.
• R.S. Venema, "Aspects of an integrated prediction system", ISBN 90-367-1082-0, 309 pages (2 July 1999), also IPA Series 1999-13.
• M.C. Mallon, "Theories and tools for the design of delay insensitive communicating processes", ISBN 90-367-1180-0, 236 pages (21 January 2000), also IPA-Series 2000-03.
• M. Diepenhorst, forthcoming (2000).

[research in 1998] [some recent publications]

• Advisor in the Twinning Network
• General Director of the RCC IMPACTs - Intelligent Systems
• Member of the Advisory Board to DIGIMOTIONS b.v.
• Member of the KIvI Advisory Board on Science & Technology.
• Member of the Information Technology Monitoring Committee of Mount Everest.
• Member of the IEEE TC on CNN.

Announcements of regional meetings on newer technologies can be found at:

• Verzameling van Innovatieve SYsteemgebruikers ViSy
• EEG ADAPT programma STiBt

• the IEEE CSS TC on Manufacturing
• the Expertise Centre for Internet Applications ICT@NN.
• the introductory sheets of the evening discussion on Spiritual Machines during the IPA Spring Days can be loaded from IPA-Lente01.ppt

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