Electrical Engineering Control
Resume:
Curriculum Vitae of
Thomas Sch
on
April, **10
Work Address Home Address
Division of Automatic Control Kompanigatan 62
Department of Electrical Engineering SE{587 58 Link oping, Sweden
Link oping University Phone: +46-73-59-33-887
SE{581 83 Link oping, Sweden Born:
Phone: +46 13 28 13 73 December 25, 1977, in J onk oping, Sweden.
Email: abo4z8@r.postjobfree.com Citizenship:
Web: www.control.isy.liu.se/ schon Swedish
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Academic Degrees
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Automatic Control, Link oping University, Link oping, Swe-
den, February 2006.
Licentiate of Engineering in Automatic Control, Link oping University, Link oping,
Sweden,
October 2003.
Master of Science in Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering, Link oping University,
Link oping, Sweden, September 2001.
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Link oping University, Link oping,
Sweden,
January 2001.
Academic Positions
Docent in Automatic Control, the Division of Automatic Control, Department of Electrical
Engi-
neering, Link oping University, since 2009.
Associate Professor with the Division of Automatic Control, Department of Electrical
Engineering,
Link oping University, since 2008.
Research associate the Division of Automatic Control, Department of Electrical
Engineering, Link oping
University, March 2006-September 2008.
PhD student with the Division of Automatic Control, Department of Electrical Engineering,
Link oping
University, December 2001-February 2006
.
Teaching assistant (Swedish: Amanuens) at the Division of Automatic Control, Link oping
Univer-
sity, Link oping, Sweden, August 2000-July 2001.
Temporary Appointments
Guest researcher with the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The
University
of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia, February-March 2009.
Guest researcher with the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The
University
of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia, April 2006.
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Guest researcher with the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The
University
of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia, February-May 2005
.
Junior guest researcher with the Control Group at The University of Cambridge, Cambridge,
United
Kingdom, April-September 2001.
Honours and Awards
Nominated forbest industry-relevant paper award at the Swedish Symposium on Image Anal-
ysis (SSBA), 2010 with the paperTorch Guided Navigation.
Best student paper award at the IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband,
Vancouver,
Canada, 2009 with the paper,Tightly Coupled UWB/IMU Pose Estimation.
Awarded best teacher of the year at Link oping Institute of Technology (\Gyllene
moroten"),
2009.
Nominated forbest industry-relevant paper award at the Swedish Symposium on Image Anal-
ysis (SSBA), 2009 with the paper Indoor photo realistic 3D mapping using stereo images
from
SLR cameras.
Nominated forbest teacher of the year at Link oping Institute of Technology (\Gyllene
moroten"),
2007.
Four times selected asoutstanding lecturer by the dean of the Link oping Institute of
Technology.
The awards are given based on course evaluations from the students in the courses
Automatic
Control (2009, 2007 and 2006) and Digital Signal Processing (2009).
Travel grant to participate at the London International Youth Science Forum, London, UK.
Awarded
for successful project presented at annual exhibit of The Swedish Federation of Young
Scientists,
Stockholm, Sweden, (this award was received both in 1995 and in 1996).
Teaching Experience
Lecturer and examiner in the course, Digital Signal Processing (4-5th year, 1 occasion),
2009.
Lecturer and examiner in the course, Dynamic Vision (graduate course, 1 occasion), 2008-
2009.
Lecturer and examiner in the course, Automatic Control (3rd year, 4 occasions), 2006-
2010.
Lecturer and examiner in the course, Linear Feedback Systems (3rd year, 1 occasion),
2009.
Lecturer and examiner in the course, Industrial Control Systems (2nd year, 1 occasion),
2008.
Teaching assistant in the following courses; Digital Signal Processing (4th year, 2
occasions), Auto-
matic Control (3rd year, 9 occasions), Digital Control (3rd year, 3 occasions), Automatic
Control
- Project Course (4th year, 3 occasions), Matlab Introductory Course, 2000-2005.
Teaching assistant (Swedish: Amanuens) at the Division of Automatic Control, Link oping
Univer-
sity, Link oping, Sweden, 2000-2001.
Lab assistant in more than 10 different labs in automatic control and signal processing,
2001-2006.
Supplemental instructor in mathematics. Department of Mathematics, Link oping University,
Swe-
den. August 1997-January 1998.
Developed and improved labs and other course material for several courses at the Division
of Auto-
matic Control, Link oping University, Link oping, Sweden, 2000-present.
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Pedagogical Education
Teaching in Higher Education, Step 3a. Research Supervision (4hp), 2009.
Teaching in Higher Education, Step 2. Designing, Evaluating and Organizing Learning
(6hp), 2009.
Teaching in Higher Education, Step 1. Learning, Instructing and Knowledge (6hp), 2005.
Membership Committees and Societies
Founding member of the IEEE CSS Technical Committee on System Identification and Adaptive
Control, 2006-present.
Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
Member of the IEEE Control Systems Society.
Member of the IEEE Signal Processing Society.
Member of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.
Deputy member of the board for the Master of Science in Industrial Engineering and Man-
agement program at Link oping University, Link oping, Sweden and responsible for
Technical
profile { Electrical Engineering, 2008-present.
Member of the program planning committee (PPG) for the Master of Science in Industrial
Engi-
neering and Management program at Link oping University, Link oping, Sweden, 2008-
present.
Head of finances in the Electrical Engineering Program welcoming committee, Link oping,
Sweden,
1999-2000.
Chairman of the industry committee and member of the board for the Electrical Engineering
student
community, Link oping, Sweden, 1998-1999.
Member of the NOVA 100 network (Nova pro). See www.nova100.se for more information, 1999-
present.
Entrepreneurial Achievements
Owner and founder of Sch on Industrial Mathematics, providing technical consulting within
the
areas of signal processing, system identification and sensor fusion, 2006-present. For
more infor-
mation, see www.imath.se.
Other Professional Activities
Plenary Speaker and Invited Lecturer
Royal Institute of Technology, Centre for Autonomous Systems, Stockholm, Sweden, 2009.
Fudan University, Department of Electronics Engineering, Shanghai, China, 2009.
University of Newcastle, The School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
Newcas-
tle, Australia, 2009.
University of Sydney, Australian Center for Field Robotics (ACFR), Sydney, Australia,
2009.
Saab Aerosystems, Link oping, Sweden, 2009.
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International Symposium of
3D Analysis of Human Movement, H. J. Woltring lecture
(plenary lecture), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2008.
Xsens Technologies, Enschede, The Netherlands, 2008.
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Automatic Control Laboratory, Z urich,
Switzer-
land, 2008.
Autoliv Electronics, Link oping, Sweden, 2008.
Volvo Technology, Safer seminar, G oteborg, Sweden, 2007.
Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Mathematics, Stockholm, Sweden, 2007.
Fraunhofer Chalmers Research Centre, Systems Biology & Bioinformatics Group,, G oteborg,
Sweden, 2006.
Chalmers University of Technology, Department of Signals and Systems, G oteborg, Sweden,
2006.
Lund University, Department of Automatic Control, Lund, Sweden, 2006.
University of Cambridge, Department of Engineering, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2006.
University of Newcastle, The School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
Newcas-
tle, Australia, 2005
.
The Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Tokyo, Japan, 2005.
DaimlerChrysler, Research and Technology, Powertrain Control, Stuttgart, Germany, 2004.
Conference organization
Member of the International Program Committee (IPC) of 16
Project Involvement
CADICS { Control, Autonomy and Decision-making In Complex Systems: A Linneaus Center
funded by be Swedish Research Council, 2008-present.
MOVIII { Modelling, VIsualization and Information Integration, a Strategic Research
Center,
funded by SSF, the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research, 2006-present.
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SEFS { SEnsor Fusion for Safety systems, a Swedish IVSS project. Industrial research
project
with partners both from academia (Chalmers University of Technology and Link oping Uni-
versity) and the automotive industry (Volvo Car Corporation, Volvo Technology, Volvo 3P,
Mecel and Delphi), 2005-2009.
MATRIS { Markerless real-time Tracking for Augmented Reality Image Synthesis, a European
research project (sixth framework) with partners both from academia (Christian-Albrechts-
University Kiel, Germany and Link oping University) and industry (BBC R&D, London,
UK, Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics, Darmstadt, Germany, Xsens Technolo-
gies, Enschede, The Netherlands), 2004-2007.
International Cooperation
International cooperation resulting in joint publications.
Adrian Wills and Brett Ninness at The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia. Non-
linear system identification, 2005-present.
Bhushan Gopaluni at The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. Nonlinear
system identification, 2009-present.
Xiao-Li Hu at the Jiliang University, Hangzhou, China. Particle filter convergence, 2006-
present.
Per Slycke and Henk Luinge at Xsens Technologies, Enschede, The Netherlands. Inertial
sensors, 2004-present.
Carsten Fritsche and Anja Klein at Institute of Telecommunications, Technische
Universit at
Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany. Particle filtering, 2009-present.
Wang Han at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, 2010-present.
Additional Responsibilities
Responsible for the undergraduate laboratory, Division of Automatic Control, Link oping
Uni-
versity, 2008-present.
Languages
Swedish (mother tongue)
English (fluent)
German (intermediate knowledge)
Miscellaneous
Driving licence (Swedish)
Diving certificate (Advanced Open water diver)
Hunting certificate
Green card certificate and red card certificate (climbing)
Golf, o cial handicap (18)
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Supervision
Current PhD Students (main supervisor)
[PhD2] Jeroen Hol, Sensor fusion and calibration for pose estimation (research topic),
Eng.
Lic. 2008, PhD thesis planned spring 2011.
[PhD5] Karl Granstr om, Simultaneous Localization and Mapping focusing on laser sensors.
[PhD6] Fredrik Lindsten, System identification using particle methods (research topic).
Current PhD Students (co-supervisor)
[PhD3] David Broman, Department of Computer and Information Science, Thesis topic: Pro-
gramming languages for Equation-based Object-Oriented (EOO) modelling. PhD thesis
planned autumn 2010.
[PhD4] Christian Lundquist, Automotive sensor fusion (research topic), Eng. Lic. 2009,
PhD
thesis planned 2011.
[PhD7] Martin Skoglund, Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (research topic).
[PhD8] Zoran Sjanic, Navigation using SAR technology (research topic).
Graduated PhD Students (co-supervisor)
[PhD1] D. T ornqvist (2008), Estimation and Detection with Applications to Navigation.
Main
supervisor: Fredrik Gustafsson.
MSc and Internship Students
[MSc37] J. Norberg (2010) Laser SLAM using Gaussian Processes. Master's thesis,
Department
of Electrical Engineering, Link oping University, Sweden. With Australian Center for
Field
Robotics, Sydney, Australia.
[MSc36] J. Bjerkefur (2010) SLAM using Stereo Cameras. Master's thesis, Department of
Electrical Engineering, Link oping University, Sweden. With the Swedish Defence Research
Agency (FOI), Link oping, Sweden.
[MSc35] A. Karlsson (2010) Laser SLAM. Master's thesis, Department of Electrical Engineer-
ing, Link oping University, Sweden. With the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI),
Link oping, Sweden.
[MSc34] E. Almqvist (2010) 3D UAV Mapping Using Laser. Master's thesis, Department of
Electrical Engineering, Link oping University, Sweden. With CybAero, Link oping, Sweden
(ongoing).
[MSc33] E. Nilsson (2010) Navigation and Mapping Using Infrared Cameras. Master's the-
sis, Department of Electrical Engineering, Link oping University, Sweden. With Autoliv
Electronics, Link oping, Sweden (ongoing).
[MSc32] T. Andersson (2010) Increased Autonomy for Construction Equipment using Vision.
Master's thesis, Department of Electrical Engineering, Link oping University, Sweden.
With
Volvo Construction Equipment, Eskilstuna, Sweden (ongoing).
[MSc31] O. Larsson (2010) Improved model-based visual-inertial tracking using 2D image in-
formation. Master's thesis, Department of Electrical Engineering, Link oping University,
Sweden. With Deutsches Forschungszentrum f ur K ustliche Intelligenz, Kaiserslautern, Ger-
many (ongoing).
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[MSc30] J. Hermansson (2010) Vision and GPS Based Autonomous Landing of an Unmanned
Aerial Vehicle. Master's thesis, Department of Electrical Engineering, Link oping Univer-
sity, Sweden. With CybAero, Link oping, Sweden. This work was also published at the
Swedish Control Conference (Reglerm ote) in Lund, Sweden, 2010.
[MSc29] M. Larsson (2010) Road slope estimation. Master's thesis, Department of
Electrical
Engineering, Link oping University, Sweden. With Scania, S odert alje, Sweden.
[MSc28] V. Kolbe (2009) Indoor Photorealistic 3D Mapping Using Stereo Vision. Master's
thesis, Department of Electrical Engineering, Link oping University, Sweden. With Saab
Dynamics, Link oping, Sweden. This work was also presented at the Swedish Symposium on
Image Analysis (SSBA), 2009, where it wasnominated for the best industry-relevant
paper award.
[MSc27] R. Henriksson (2009) Observers for estimation of the tool position for an
industrial
robot Design, simulation and experimental verification. Master's thesis, Department of
Electrical Engineering, Link oping University, Sweden. With ABB Robotics, V aster as, Swe-
den. This work was alsopublished at the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control
(CDC) in Shanghai, China, 2009.
[MSc26] A. Forsberg and C.Ostman (2009) Support System for Landing with an Autonomous
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. Master's thesis, Department of Electrical Engineering,
Link oping
University, Sweden. With Saab Aerosystems, Link oping, Sweden.
[MSc25] H. Salomonsson and B. Sal ang (2008) Vision based pose estimation for landing of
autonomous helicopter. Master's thesis, Department of Electrical Engineering, Link oping
University, Sweden. With CybAero, Link oping, Sweden.
[MSc24] M. T ornquist (2008) Investigation of rotational velocity sensors. Master's
thesis,
Department of Electrical Engineering, Link oping University, Sweden. With Volvo Con-
struction Equipment, Eskilstuna, Sweden.
[MSc23] P. Rosander (2008) Sensor fusion for camera based terrain navigation. Ongoing.
Master's thesis, Department of Electrical Engineering, Link oping University, Sweden.
With
Saab, Link oping, Sweden.
[MSc22] E. J onsson (2008) A Simulation Model for Detection and Tracking Bio Aerosol
Clouds
using Elastic Lidar. Master's thesis, Department of Electrical Engineering, Link oping
Uni-
versity, Sweden. With the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), Link oping, Sweden.
[MSc21] M. Skoglund (2008) Evaluating SLAM algorithms for Autonomous Helicopters. Mas-
ter's thesis, Department of Electrical Engineering, Link oping University, Sweden, 2008.
With Saab Aerosystems, Link oping, Sweden.
[MSc20] C. Bl aberg (2008) Chest Observer for Crash Safety Enhancement. Master's thesis,
De-
partment of Electrical Engineering, Link oping University, Sweden. With Autoliv, V arg
arda,
Sweden.
[MSc19] E. Agardt and M. L ofgren (2008) Pilot study of systems to drive autonomous
vehicles
on test tracks. Master's thesis, Department of Electrical Engineering, Link oping
University,
Sweden. With Volvo Truck Corporation, G oteborg, Sweden.
[MSc18] H. Johansson (2008) Dynamic models for ground target tracking using the particle
filter. Master's thesis, Department of Electrical Engineering, Link oping University,
Sweden.
With Saab, Stockholm, Sweden.
[MSc17] J. Callmer and K. Granstr om (2008) Large Scale SLAM in an Urban Environment.
Master's thesis, Department of Electrical Engineering, Link oping University, Sweden.
With
Australian Center for Field Robotics, Sydney, Australia.
[MSc16] A. Lindefelt and A. Nordlund (2008) A path following method with obstacle
avoidance
for UGVs. Master's thesis, Department of Electrical Engineering, Link oping University,
Sweden. With Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), Link oping, Sweden.
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[MSc15] S. Danielsson (2007) Monte Carlo based threat assessment: an in depth analysis.
Master's thesis, Department of Electrical Engineering, Link oping University, Sweden.
With
National IST Australia, Canberra, Australia.
[MSc14] J. Kjellson (2007) Study of a mobile integrated navigation system. Master's
thesis,
Department of Electrical Engineering, Link oping University, Sweden. With SAAB Bofors
Dynamics, Link oping, Sweden.
[MSc13] M. Nilsson (2007) Estimation of radial runout. Master's thesis, Department of
Elec-
trical Engineering, Link oping University, Sweden. With Scania, S odert alje, Sweden.
[MSc12] J. Ruhe and J. Nordin (2007) Classification of points acquired by airborne laser
sys-
tems. Master's thesis, Department of Electrical Engineering, Link oping University,
Sweden.
With Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), Link oping, Sweden. The work led to the
start of the company Foran remote sensing AB.
[MSc11] P. Rytterstedt (2007) Observer for a vehicle longitudinal controller. Master's
the-
sis, Department of Electrical Engineering, Link oping University, Sweden. With Daimler-
Chrysler, Stuttgart, Germany.
[MSc10] S. Rouhani (2005) Radar and thermopile sensor fusion for pedestrian detection.
Mas-
ter's thesis, Department of Electrical Engineering, Link oping University, Sweden. With
DaimlerChrysler, Ulm, Germany.
[MSc9] J. Hol (2005) Sensor fusion using inertial and vision sensors. Master's thesis,
Factulty
of Engineering Technology, University of Twente, The Netherlands. With Xsens, Enschede,
The Netherlands. Awarded best Master's thesis at the factulty of Engineering
Technology at the University of Twente.
[MSc8] S. Malinen (2005) Active front steering change detection. Master's thesis,
Department
of Electrical Engineering, Link oping University, Sweden. With ZF Lenksysteme,
Schw abisch
Gm und, Germany.
[MSc7] E. Narby (2005) Friction estimation in automotive applications. Master's thesis,
De-
partment of Electrical Engineering, Link oping University, Sweden. With NIRA Dynamics,
Link oping, Sweden.
[MSc6] H. Nyblom (2004) Impedance control of the left ventricle. Master's thesis, Depart-
ment of Electrical Engineering, Link oping University, Sweden. With North Dakota State
University, USA.
[MSc5] U. Pettersson (
2004) Identification and adaptive control of a CMM. Master's
thesis,
Department of Electrical Engineering, Link oping University, Sweden. With Brown & Sharp
Inc., North Kingstown, Rhode Island, USA
.
[MSc4] J. Kronander (
2004) Robust automotive positioning: integration of GPS and relative
motion sensors. Master's thesis, Department of Electrical Engineering, Link oping Univer-
sity, Sweden. With NIRA Dynamics, Link oping, Sweden.
[MSc3] J. Hol (2004) Resampling in particle filters. Internship, Department of Electrical
En-
gineering, Link oping University, Sweden.
[MSc2] P. Frykman (2003) Applied particle filters in integrated aircraft navigation.
Master's
thesis, Department of Electrical Engineering, Link oping University, Sweden. With Saab
Aerosystems, Link oping, Sweden.
[MSc1] R. Rosander (2003) Sensor fusion between a synthetic attitude and heading
reference
system and GPS. Master's thesis, Department of Electrical Engineering, Link oping Univer-
sity, Sweden. With Saab Aerosystems, Link oping, Sweden
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