Linda Bushnell is a Research Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Washington - Seattle. She received her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from University of California - Berkeley in 1994, her M.A. in Mathematics from University of California - Berkeley in 1989, her M.S. in Electrical Engineering from University of Connecticut - Storrs in 1987, and her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from University of Connecticut - Storrs in 1985. She also received her MBA from the University of Washington Foster School of Business in 2010. Her research interests include networked control systems and cyber-physical systems. She is a Fellow of the IEEE for contributions to networked control systems. She is a Fellow of IFAC for contributions to the analysis and design of networked control systems. She is a recipient of the US Army Superior Civilian Service Award, NSF ADVANCE Fellowship, and IEEE Control Systems Society Distinguished Member Award. She has been a member of the IEEE since 1985, and a member of the IEEE CSS since 1990. She is the Treasurer of the American Automatic Control Council.