Author: Peter Magyar
Affiliation: Consultant and executive board member of the IEEE Industry Applications Society, Advanced Development Dept., Hella KGaA Hueck & Co., Germany.

Peter Magyar (M´91, SM´04, F´07) received the dipl. eng. and the dr.tech. degrees from the Budapest University of Technology, Hungary, in 1967 and 1975, respectively. From 1967 to 1991, he was a lecturer and a research associate with the Department of Automation, Budapest University of Technology. From 1982, he led the Laboratory of Microprocessor Controlled Drives of the same department. From 1991 to 2003, he was head of development drives with Hanning-Works at D-Tech Ltd., Germany. Currently, he is with the Advanced Development Dept. at Hella KGaA Hueck & Co., Germany. His working field is designing car parking assistance systems and car steering control.

Dr. Magyar is executive board member of the IEEE Industry Applications Society and recipient of the IAS Distinguished Service Award, 2006.