Leonid FridmanLeonid Fridman received a Ph.D. degree in applied mathematics from the Institute of Control Science, Moscow, Russia, in 1988, and a Dr. Sc. degree in control science from Moscow State University of Mathematics and Electronics, Moscow, Russia, in 1998 Since 2002, he joined the Department of Control Engineering and Robotics, Division of Electrical Engineering of Engineering Faculty at National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico. His research interests are Variable Structure Systems, and he is currently a Chair of TC on Variable Structure Systems and Sliding mode control of IEEE Control Systems Society, Associated Editor of the Journal of Franklin Institute, and Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems. He is an author and editor of eight books and fifteen special issues devoted to the sliding mode control. He is a winner of Scopus prize for the best cited Mexican Scientists in Mathematics and Engineering 2010. Read More Read Less