James Richard Forbes
Scholar

James Richard Forbes

Google Scholar ID: PVJW68EAAAAJ
Professor, William Dawson Scholar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University
roboticscontrol systemsnavigationnonlinear systemsaerospace
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
2,516
 
H-index
23
 
i10-index
69
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
27
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Published multiple papers, such as 'Mind the Gap: Norm-Aware Adaptive Robust Loss for Multivariate Least-Squares Problems' (IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2022), etc.
Research Experience
  • Serves as a professor at McGill University, with research areas including navigation, guidance, and control, nonlinear state estimation, nonlinear control, controller synthesis, data-driven modeling, and system identification.
Education
  • Ph.D. in Aerospace Science and Engineering from the University of Toronto; M.A.Sc. in Aerospace Science and Engineering from the University of Toronto; B.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Waterloo.
Background
  • Professor of Mechanical Engineering, William Dawson Scholar, Academic and Career Advisor. Research interests include dynamics and control.
Miscellany
  • Teaches courses including MECH 309 Numerical Methods, MECH 412 System Dynamics and Control, MECH 513 Control Systems, and MECH 672 Navigation and Control of Robotic and Aerospace Systems.