Martin Smith (cyberneticist)
Martin Smith | |
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| Employer | Various universities |
| Organization(s) | Cybernetics Society (UK) (former president) (1999–2020)) World Organisation of Systems and Cybernetics (director) |
| Television | Techno Games (technical presenter) Robot Wars (judge) Scrapheap Challenge (judge and technical presenter) Mutant Machines (Technical presenter) Tomorrow's World Tomorrow's World Live at the NEC Royal Institution Christmas Lectures |
| Awards | Freedom of the City (London) Public Awareness of Physics (Institute of Physics) |
Martin Smith is a former Professor of Robotics at Middlesex University[1] in north London, UK. He is also a former President of the Cybernetics Society in the UK (1999–2020).[2]
Smith was awarded Freedom of the City of London,[3][1] and was awarded the Public Awareness of Physics Award by the Institute of Physics.[3]
Television appearances
Smith has appeared on many television programmes: as a technical presenter on the BBC television programme Techno Games [3] and as a judge on Robot Wars from the third series having previously competed in the first two series. He was a judge and programme consultant on Channel 4's Scrapheap Challenge [3][1] and technical presenter on Granada TV's Mutant Machines.[3][1] He has also appeared on Tomorrow's World,[3] Tomorrow's World Live at the NEC,[3] and the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures series entitled The Rise of Robots.[3][1]
Editorships
Smith is a member of the editorial boards of the following:
- Kybernetes: The International Journal of Cybernetics and Systems,[4]
- The International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
- The International Journal of Applied Systemic Studies
- The International Journal of General Systems
- The International Journal of Social Robotics.
He is a Director of the World Organisation of Systems and Cybernetics.[5]
Former posts
He has held posts as Visiting Research Professor in Robotics at the Open University,[3] Professor at the University of Central England UK, (now Birmingham City University)[1][3] and at the University of East London (UK)[3] where he was founder and Head of the Mobile Robots Research Unit.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Prof Martin Smith - Middlesex University London". Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ↑ Stewart, D. J. "The Cybernetics Society: Contact List". Archived from the original on 24 December 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Stewart, D. J. "The Cybernetics Society: Martin Smith". Archived from the original on 18 January 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ↑ "Emerald - Kybernetes editorial team". Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ↑ "WOSC Individual Members". 28 October 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
External links
- Biography - the Cybernetics Society Archived 18 January 2020 at the Wayback Machine