Hamid Reza Karimi is Professor of Applied Mechanics with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico   di   Milano,  Milan, Italy and the Honorary Visiting Professor within the School of Computing & Engineering at the University of Huddersfield, UK. Prof. Karimi’s original research and development achievements span a broad spectrum within the topic of automation/control systems, and intelligence systems with applications to complex systems such as vehicles, robotics and mechatronics.

Prof. Karimi is an ordinary Member of Academia Europaea (MAE), Member of The European Academy of Sciences (MEAS), Member of Agder Academy of Science and Letters in Norway,Distinguished Fellow of the International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration (IIAV), Fellow of The International Society for Condition Monitoring (ISCM), Fellow of the Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA), member of the board of Directors of The International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration (IIAV) and member of Management Committee of The International Society for Condition Monitoring (ISCM).

Prof. Karimi is the recipient of the 2021 BINDT CM Innovation Award, the Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher in Engineering, the 2020 IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems Guillemin-Cauer Best Paper Award, August-Wilhelm-Scheer Visiting Professorship Award, JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) Research Award, and Alexander-von-Humboldt-Stiftung research Award, for instance. Prof. Karimi has been Editor-in-Chief, Subject Editor, Technical Editor or Associate Editor for several international  journals and Book Series Editor for Springer, CRC Press and Elsevier. He has also participated as General Chair, keynote/plenary speaker, distinguished speaker or program chair for several international conferences in the areas of Control Systems, Robotics and Mechatronics. Prof. Karimi is also the conference chair for the 2026 World Congress on Condition Monitoring (WCCM2026) in Milan, Italy.