Graham C. Goodwin obtained a B.Sc (Physics), B.E (Electrical Engineering), and Ph.D from the University of New South Wales. From 1970 until 1974 he was a lecturer in the Department of Computing and Control, Imperial College, London. Since 1974 he has been with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Newcastle, Australia. He is the co-author of seven monographs: Control Theory, Oliver and Boyd (1970), Dynamic System Identification, Academic Press (1977), Adaptive Filtering, Prediction and Control, Prentice Hall (1984), Digital Control and Estimation, Prentice Hall (1989), Sampling in Digital Signal Processing and Control, Birkhauser (1996), Fundamental Limitations in Filtering and Control, Springer (1997), Control System Design, Prentice Hall, (2001); four edited volumes, and several hundred technical papers.

Graham Goodwin is the recipient of several international prizes including the USA Control Systems Society 1999 Hendrik Bode Lecture Prize, a Best Paper award by IEEE Trans. Automatic Control, and Best Engineering Text Book award from the International Federation of Automatic Control. He is currently Professor of Electrical Engineering and Associate Director of the Centre for Integrated Dynamics and Control at the University of Newcastle, Australia.

Graham Goodwin is the recipient of an ARC Federation Fellowship; a Fellow of IEEE; an Honorary Fellow of Institute of Engineers, Australia; a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science; a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology, Science and Engineering; a Member of the International Statistical Institute; and a Fellow of the Royal Society, London.