George S. Axelby Outstanding Paper Award

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    John Baillieul
    President - 2006; George S. Axelby Outstanding Paper Award Chair

To recognize outstanding papers published in the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control.

Award Information
Prize: 
Certificate laminated on a plaque (one for each author).
Funding: 
Funded by the IEEE Control Systems Society.
Presentation: 
Up to three (3) awards presented annually at the Awards Ceremony of the CSS.
Eligibility: 
Authors of papers published in the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control during the two calendar years preceding the year of the award.
Basis for Judgement: 
Originality, potential impact on the theoretical foundations of control, importance and practical significance in applications, and clarity.
Award Nomination
Nomination Deadline: 
May 15 of each year.
Nomination: 
Please send nomination describing the outstanding features of the paper to the Chair of the George S. Axelby Outstanding Paper Award Committee below by May 15. Nominations must be submitted electronically and should include (1) A letter from the nominator describing the outstanding features of the paper; (2) Up to three additional supporting letters from individuals who are familiar with the paper. The names and addresses of the individuals who have been asked to provide additional supporting letters must be included in the nomination letter; (3) an electronic copy of the paper itself in the nomination package.

Award Recipients

2011
Adolfo Anta
“To Sample or Not to Sample: Self-triggered Control for Nonlinear Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 55, no. 9, pp. 2030–2042, September 2010, by Adolfo Anta and Paulo Tabuada
2010
Munther A. Dahleh
2010
Nuno C. Martins
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2009
George J. Pappas
"Approximation Metrics for Discrete and Continuous Systems," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 52, No. 5, pp. 782-798, May 2007
2009
Antoine Girad
"Approximation Metrics for Discrete and Continuous Systems," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 52, No. 5, pp. 782-798, May 2007
2008
Giuseppe C. Calafiore
"The Scenario Approach to Robust Control Design," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 51, No. 5, pp. 742-753, May 2006
2008
Marco C. Campi
"The Scenario Approach to Robust Control Design," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 51, No. 5, pp. 742-753, May 2006
2007
Michael Rotkowitz
"A Characterization of Convex Problems in Decentralized Control, " 51:2, 274-286, Feb. 2006
2007
Sanjay Lall
"A Characterization of Convex Problems in Decentralized Control, " 51:2, 274-286, Feb. 2006
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2006
Joao P. Hespanha
"Uniform Stability of Switched Linear Systems: Extensions of LaSalle's Invariance Principle." IEEE Trans. on Automat. Contr., 49(4):470—482, Apr. 2004.