Rik Pintelon received the degree of Electrotechnical-Mechanical Engineer
(burgerlijk ingenieur) in July 1982, the degree of doctor in applied science in
January 1988, and the qualification to teach at university level (geaggregeerde
voor het hoger onderwijs) in April 1994, all from the Vrije Universiteit
Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium. Until September 2000, he was a Research
Director of the Fund for Scientific Research - Flanders (FWO) and part-time
lecturer at the VUB in the Electrical Measurement Department (ELEC). Presently,
he is a full-time professor at the same department (ELEC). His main research
interests are in the field of parameter estimation, system identification, and
signal processing.
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