Background
MacFARLANE, Alistair George James was born on May 9, 1931. Son of George R. MacFarlane.
professor of engineering and vice-chancellor
MacFARLANE, Alistair George James was born on May 9, 1931. Son of George R. MacFarlane.
Hamilton Academy, University of Glasgow, University of London, University of Manchester.
Lecturer Queen Mary College, University of London 1959-1965, Reader 1965-1966. Reader in Control Engineering UMIST 1966-1969, Professor 1969-1974. Professor, of Engineering University of Cambridge 1974-1989.
Fellow Selwyn College, Cambridge 1974-1989, Vice-Master 1980-1988. Principal and Vice-Chancellor Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh since 1989. Chairman Cambridge Control Ltd.
1985-1989; Fellow, Selwyn College since 1989.
Engineering Systems Analysis 1964, Dynamical System Models 1970, (with I. Postlethwaite) A Complex Variable Approach to the Analysis of Linear Multivariable Feedback Systems 1979, (Editor) Frequency-Response Methods in Control Systems 1979, (Editor) Complex Variable Methods for Linear Multivariable Feedback Systems 1980, (with S. Hung) Multivariable Feedback: a quasi-classical approach 1982, (with G. K. H. Pang) An Expert Systems Approach to Computer-Aided Design of Multivariable Systems 1987.
Council SERC 1981-1985, Computer Board 1983-1988.
Married Nora Williams in 1954.