Otto J. M. Smith

Otto J. M. Smith
Born(1917-08-06)August 6, 1917
DiedMay 10, 2009(2009-05-10) (aged 91)
Alma materUniversity of Oklahoma
Stanford University
Known forSmith predictor
Posicast Control
Phasable Enabler
AwardsGuggenheim Fellow
Scientific career
FieldsElectrical engineering
InstitutionsUniversity of California
Doctoral advisorJoseph Carroll
Doctoral studentsMichael Athans
Tércio Pacitti
Rabab Kreidieh Ward

Otto J. M. Smith (1917–2009) was an educator, inventor and author in the fields of engineering and electronics. He spent most of his career as a professor at University of California, Berkeley. Smith is probably best known for the invention of the Smith predictor.