Lennart Ljung (engineer)

Lennart Ljung
Born (1946-09-13) 13 September 1946
NationalitySwedish
CitizenshipSweden
Alma materLund University
Known forSystem Identification
AwardsIEEE Fellow
IEEE Control Systems Award
Scientific career
FieldsControl Theory
InstitutionsLinköping University
Lund University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stanford University
Doctoral advisorKarl Johan Åström

Lennart Ljung is a Swedish professor in the Chair of Control Theory at Linköping University 1976–2011, after which he continued as professor emeritus. He is known for his pioneering research in system identification, and is regarded as a leading researcher in control theory.