Shahab Kaynama

Ph.D. Candidate (2008-present), Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia
M.Sc. (2006), Advanced Control and Systems Engineering, University of Manchester
B.Sc. (2005), Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Eastern Mediterranean University

I work in the area of control systems theory. My current research interests include reachability analysis, formal verification, viability theory, invariance and set-theoretic control, hybrid systems, robust and optimal control, model predictive control, and the applications of these in high-dimensional safety-critical systems. (Please visit this page for more info.)

I am a research assistant and a PhD candidate with the Hybrid Systems and Control Group working under Professors Meeko Oishi, Ian Mitchell, and Guy Dumont at the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. I am a student member of IEEE, IET, and SIAM, and the Vice-Chair of IEEE Control Systems Society Vancouver Chapter.

I received my BSc (High Honour) in 2005 in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus, during which I also held an internship position with the Automation & Drives division at KSB AG Frankenthal, Germany. I received my MSc (Distinction) in 2006 in Advanced Control and Systems Engineering from the Control Systems Centre at the University of Manchester (UMIST), UK. For my MSc dissertation I worked on an industrial project in collaboration with Falconbridge ltd (now Xstrata plc) under the supervision of Prof. Barry Lennox. From October 2006 to June 2008 I worked as a teaching and research assistant in the department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Eastern Mediterranean University. There, I conducted research under Prof. Runyi Yu on robust control of infinite-dimensional systems , and under Prof. Osman Kukrer on predictive current control for voltage-source inverters. I joined the University of British Columbia in September 2008.

When I am not doing controls, I enjoy playing chess, reading books, playing the guitar, and exercising. My favorite sport is tennis (drop me a line if you're based in Vancouver and fancy a match). I also enjoy travelling.