Kwon is professor emeritus, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Seoul Natl. Univ. (SNU), where he was prof. from 1977 to 2008; chaired professor of Daegu Gyeongbuk Inst. of Science and Tech. (DGIST) from 2010 to 2014; visiting chair professor of DGIST since 2014. He obtained his BS (1966) and MS (1972) from SNU, and a PhD (1975) from Brown Univ. (BU). He received the Natl. Academy of Sciences Award, 1997; BU Engineering Alumni Medal Award, 2003; and Korea Highest Scientist and Engineer Award, 2007. He is a fellow of IEEE, 1999; National Acad. of Engineering of Korea (NAEK), 1995; Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST), 1998; and Intl. Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), 2010. He was President of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems (ICROS), 1999; Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers (KIEE), 2001; and IFAC, 2005-08. He was also vice president of NAEK, 2002-06; and vice president of KAST, 2007-10.