Biography

Thomas B. Schön is Associate Professor with the Division of Automatic Control at Linköping University (Linköping, Sweden). He received the PhD degree in Automatic Control in Feb. 2006, the MSc degree in Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering in Sep. 2001, the BSc degree in Business Administration and Economics in Jan. 2001, all from Linköping University. He has held visiting positions with the University of Cambridge (UK) and the University of Newcastle (Australia). He is a Senior member of the IEEE. He received the best teacher award at the Institute of Technology, Linköping University in 2009.

Schön's main research interest is nonlinear inference problems, especially within the context of dynamical systems, solved using probabilistic methods. He is active within the fields of machine learning, signal processing and automatic control. He pursues both basic research and applied research, where the latter is typically carried out in collaboration with industry. More information about his research can be found on his website: users.isy.liu.se/rt/schon/researchOverview.html