Prof. dr. Philippe Lataire received a degree in electromechanical engineering in 1975 and a degree in doctor in applied sciences in 1982 from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB, Brussels, Belgium). He is presently full professor at the VUB in the field of power electronics, automatic control and electric drives. The prime factors of his research interest are in the field of electric drives, power electronics and control.