last updated: 20 November 2001

Cruz, Jose Jr. B

Short Biography

Dr. Jose B. Cruz, Jr. is Professor of Electrical Engineering and has been designated as the first holder of the Howard D. Winbigler Chair in Engineering. He obtained his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in the University of Illinois Urbana, IL, in October 1959, his MS in Electrical Engineering in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, in June 1956 and his B.S. in Electrical Engineering (summa cum laude) in the University of the Philippines, Quezon City, in April 1953.

Prof. Cruz has been listed in several biographical listings including Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in America, Who's Who in Engineering, among others. He is also a member of several academic societies including the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineer (IEEE), American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Philippine Engineers and Scientists Organization (PESO), Philippine-American Academy of Science and Engineering (PAASE), among others.

Research Interests

• Strategies for Human-Automaton Resource Entity Deployment (SHARED). This is a DARPA/ITO/MICA project.
• Development of competitive bidding strategies for multi-market energy systems.
• Extensions of the theory of games:
  • Estimating the intent of other decision makers
  • State estimation for various information structures
  • Sensitivity analysis
  • Robustness of strategies
  • Ordinal games
  • Hierarchical nonzero-sum search games
• Use of game theory to develop system strategies for:
  • hierarchical control of semi-autonomous forces
  • electric energy transactions in deregulated markets
  • command and control of semi-autonomous systems
  • multi-level command and control in hostile territory
  • flow control in communication networks
  • intelligent transportation systems