Short Curriculum Vitae

Andreas Kugi is Full Professor for Complex Dynamical Systems at the Automation and Control Institute (ACIN), TU Wien, and Scientific Director of the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria’s largest Research and Technology Organisation.

He received his degree in Electrical Engineering from TU Graz, earned his PhD and Habilitation at Johannes Kepler University Linz, and was Full Professor for System Theory and Automatic Control at Saarland University before joining TU Wien in 2007. He also received professorial offers from Technische Universität Dresden and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).

His research covers systems and control engineering, automation, robotics, mechatronic systems, process automation, and AI-enabled autonomous systems. His work combines mathematical modelling, systems theory, optimisation, and artificial intelligence with practical industrial applications, bridging the gap between scientific excellence and technological innovation.

Andreas Kugi has authored more than 480 peer-reviewed scientific publications, is the inventor or co-inventor of more than 175 patents in 52 patent families, has supervised 59 completed PhD students, and has delivered numerous plenary and semi-plenary lectures at leading international conferences. His research has been recognised through numerous international honours, including the IFAC Mechatronic Systems Outstanding Investigator Award, the Goldene Stefan-Ehrenmedaille (the highest honour of the Austrian Electrotechnical Association, OVE), the Kardinal Innitzer Recognition Award for Natural Sciences, and numerous Best Paper Awards.

He served as Editor-in-Chief (2010–2017) and is now Honorary Editor of the IFAC journal Control Engineering Practice, serves on the Advisory Board of the IFAC journal Mechatronics, and has held numerous international leadership positions within IFAC, the German Research Foundation (DFG), and the German Council of Science and Humanities. Andreas Kugi is a Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the German National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech), and the Leibniz-Sozietät der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.