Manuel Silva Suárez

Manuel Silva

Prof. Manuel Silva Suárez

Sevilla, 1951 – Zaragoza, 2022

University of Zaragoza

Manuel Silva, Catedrático de Ingeniería de Sistemas y Automática en la Escuela de Ingeniería y Arquitectura de la Universidad de Zaragoza desde 1981, miembro del Instituto de Investigación en Ingeniería de Aragón (I3A) y del Departamento de Informática e Ingeniería de Sistemas (DIIS), nos ha dejado el 28 de noviembre de 2022.

Manuel se incorporó a la Universidad de Zaragoza en septiembre de 1978 tras finalizar su doctorado en el Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (Francia). Fue profesor agregado y fundador del Departamento de Control Automático (1978), hoy transformado en el Departamento de Informática e Ingeniería de Sistemas. Sus intereses de investigación están relacionados con los Sistemas de Eventos Discretos siendo bien conocido por sus contribuciones sobre el análisis estructural de las redes de Petri en todo el mundo. Introductor del paradigma formal de las redes de Petri en España es autor del libro pionero “Las Redes de Petri: en la Automática y la Informática” (Editorial AC, 1985). Co-autor del libro Practice of Petri Nets in Manufacturing (Chapman and Hall, 1993) y coeditor del Control of discrete event systems. Perspectives of automata and Petri nets (Springer, 2012). Pionero en robótica en España, fue impulsor y director técnico de ROBOTICA, la Feria de Robótica (FNOM de Zaragoza, 1984-1989), y coeditor del libro Inteligencia Artificial y Robótica Industrial (Publicaciones de la Universidad de Zaragoza, 1985).

• Decano de la Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Industrial (1987-89), y del Centro Politécnico Superior (1989-93).

• Presidente de la CONAI (Consejo Aragonés de Investigación, 1993-95) y de la Comisión de Investigación e Innovación de la Comisión de Trabajo de los Pirineos (1994-95).

• Medalla de la ciudad de Lille (1996).

• Miembro de la Real Academia de Ingeniería de España (2000).

• Premio del Colegio de Ingenieros de Telecomunicación (2001).

• Doctor Honoris Causa por la Universidad de Reims-Champagne-Ardennes (2005).

• Miembro de la Real Academia de Ciencias de Zaragoza (2014).

• Premio Nacional de Control Automático (CEA/IFAC, Comité Español de Control Automático/Federación Internacional de Control Automático, 2018).

• Diploma de Honor del Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros Industriales (2020)

• Editor y coautor de la enciclopedia Técnica e Ingeniería en España, coeditada por la Real Academia de Ingeniería, la Institución Fernando el Católico y la Universidad de Zaragoza.

Mensajes de condolencia para la familia:

Manuel Silva, Full Professor of Systems Engineering and Automation at the School of Engineering and Architecture of the University of Zaragoza since 1981, member of the Engineering Research Institute of Aragon (I3A) and the Department of Computer Science and Systems Engineering (DIIS), has left us on November 28, 2022.

Manuel joined University of Zaragoza in September 1978 after finishing his PhD in Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (France). He was aggregated professor and founder of the Department on Automatic Control (1978), today transformed into the Department of Computer Science and Systems Engineering, becoming full professor in January 1983. His research interests are related to the Discrete Event Systems being well known for his contributions on structural analysis of Petri nets in all over the world. Introducer of the formal paradigm of Petri nets in Spain authored the pioneering book Las Redes de Petri: en la Automática y la Informática (Editorial AC, 1985). Co-author of Practice of Petri Nets in Manufacturing. (Chapman and Hall, 1993) and co-editor of Control of discrete event systems. Perspectives of automata and Petri nets (Springer, 2012). Pioneers in robotics in Spain, was promoter and technical responsible of ROBOTICA, the Int.Fair of Robotics (FNOM de Zaragoza, 1984-1989), and co-editor of the book Inteligencia Artificial y Robótica Industrial (Publicaciones de la Universidad de Zaragoza, 1985).

• Dean of the High Technical School on Industrial Engineering (1987-89), and of the High Polytechnic Center (1989-93).

• President of the CONAI (Aragonese Research Council, 1993-95) and of the Research and Innovation Committee of the Working Commission of the Pyrenees (1994-95).•Medal of the city of Lille (1996).

• Medal of the city of Lille (1996).

• Member of the Royal Academy of Engineering of Spain (2000).

• Award from the Association of Telecommunications Engineers (2001).

• Doctor Honoris Causa by the Univ. of Reims-Champagne-Ardennes (2005).

• Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Zaragoza (2014).

• National Automatic Control Award (CEA/IFAC, Spanish Committee of Automatic Control/ International Federation of Automatic Control, 2018).

• Diploma of Honor from the Official College of Industrial Engineers (2020)

• Editor and co-author of the encyclopedia Técnica e Ingeniería en España, co-published by the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Fernando el Católico Institution, and the University of Zaragoza.

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