Saeid Nahavandi: Academic, Innovator, Technopreneur, and Thought Leader [Society News]

Distinguished Prof. Saeid Nahavandi is the inaugural associate deputy vice-chancellor research and chief of defence innovation of Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Nahavandi completed a Ph.D. degree in automation and control from Durham University, United Kingdom, and then served at Massey University, New Zealand for seven years. Prior to joining Swinburne, he was Alfred Deakin Professor and founding director of the Institute for Intelligent Systems Research and Innovation, as well as pro vice-chancellor at Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, VIC, Australia.