Author Biography

Proctor, Fred

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Biographical Notes

Frederick M. Proctor is the Group Leader of the Control Systems group at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Maryland. He received a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland, and an M.S. in computer science from the Johns Hopkins University. His research interests include real-time operating systems, digital control, motion control, and modeling and simulation. He also participates in standards activities for machine tools, robots, and coordinate measuring machines. He is the developer of the Enhanced Machine Controller, an open-source real-time Linux controller for machine tools androbots.