leon chua

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Prof. Dr. Leon Chua
University of California, Berkeley Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences 564 Cory Hall Berkeley, CA 94720-1770

Telephone: +1 510-642-3209

Email: chua@eecs.berkeley.edu

Wikipedia Entry

Research Field and Activities

Cellular Neural/Nonlinear Networks
Nonlinear Circuits and Systems
Nonlinear Dynamics
Bifurcation and Chaos

Short Biography

Leon Chua began his academic career at Purdue University before joining the University of California, Berkeley in 1971, where he has been a professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences department. His research interests include cellular neural networks, nonlinear circuits and systems, nonlinear dynamics, bifurcation theory, and chaos theory.

In 1971, Chua postulated the existence of the memristor, a fundamental passive circuit element linking electric charge and magnetic flux. This theoretical component was physically realized in 2008 by researchers at Hewlett-Packard.

Chua’s work has earned him numerous accolades, including the IEEE Neural Networks Pioneer Award in 2000 and the IEEE Gustav Robert Kirchhoff Award in 2005. He has also received multiple honorary doctorates from institutions worldwide.

References / Teachings

Chua, L.O. (October 1988). “Cellular neural networks: theory”. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems. CAS-35 (10). IEEE: 1257–1272. doi:10.1109/31.7600.
Matsumoto, Takashi (December 1984). “A Chaotic Attractor from Chua’s Circuit” (PDF). IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems. CAS-31 (12). IEEE: 1055–1058. doi:10.1109/TCS.1984.1085459. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
Chua, Leon O. (September 1971). “Memristor – The Missing Circuit Element”. IEEE Transactions on Circuit Theory. 18 (5): 507–519. doi:10.1109/TCT.1971.1083337.
“‘Without Chua’s circuit equations, you can’t make use of this device,’ says Williams. ” Sally Addee (May 2008). “The Mysterious Memristor”. IEEE Spectrum. Archived from the original on 2008-05-11.
R. Colin Johnson (2008-04-30). “‘Missing link’ memristor created: Rewrite the textbooks?”. EE Times.
Roska, T.; Chua, L.O. (March 1993). “The CNN universal machine: an analogic array computer”. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Analog and Digital Signal Processing. 40 (3): 163–173. doi:10.1109/82.222815.
Chua, Amy (2011). Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. Penguin Press. pp. 14. ISBN 978-1-59420-284-1.
““Mapua Salutes Alumnus”. Philippine Daily Inquirer. 2003-01-24
Adamatzky, Andrew; Chen, Guanrong (2013), “Front Matter”, Chaos, CNN, Memristors and Beyond, World Scientific, pp. i–xii, doi:10.1142/9789814434805_fmatter, ISBN 978-981-4434-79-9, retrieved 2020-12-27
“Laurea Magistrale Ad Honorem to Prof. Leon O. Chua”. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
Adamatzky, Andrew; Chen, Guanrong (2013). “Front Matter”. Chaos, CNN, Memristors and Beyond. pp. i–xii. doi:10.1142/9789814434805_fmatter. ISBN 978-981-4434-79-9.
Jorge Luis Moiola (2001). “Bifurcation Control: Methodologies and Applications” (PDF). Latin American Applied Research.
Leon Chua receives IEEE Gustav Robert Kirchhoff Award”. IEEE Control Systems Society. May 2005. Archived from the original on 2008-08-28