Description: To recognize outstanding papers published in the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control.
Prize: Certificate laminated on a plaque (one for each author)
Funding: Funded by the IEEE Control Systems Society.
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 Judging: Originality, potential impact on the theoretical foundations of control, importance and practical significance in applications, and clarity.
Presentation: Up to three (3) awards presented annually at the Awards Ceremony of the CSS.
Nomination: Please send nomination via the nomination form below or send nomination describing the outstanding features of the paper to the chair of the Axelby Award Committee by May 15.
Contact:
Professor Abraham Haddad
ECE Dept. (L352)
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL 60208-3118
tel 847 491 3641
fax 847 491 4455
ahaddad@ece.northwestern.edu
Past Recipients of the George S. Axelby Outstanding Paper Award
2005
Ali Jadbabaie, Jie Lin and A. Stephen Morse, "Coordination of groups of mobile autonomous agents using nearest neighbor rules," 48:6, June 2003.
2004
Bassam Bamieh, Fernando Paganini, Munther A. Dahleh, "Distributed Control of Spatially Invariant Systems," Vol. 47, No. 7, July 2002, pp 1091-1107.
2003
Christopher I. Byrnes, Tryphon T. Georgiou, Anders Lindquist, "A generalized entropy criterion for Nevanlinna-Pick interpolation with degree constraint," vol. 46, no. 6, June 2001.
2002
Jessy W. Grizzle, Gabriel Abba, and Franck Plestan, "Asymptotically Stable Walking for Biped Robots: Analysis via Systems with Impulse Effects," 46:1, pp. 51-64, January 2001.
2001
George Barrett and Stephane Lafortune, "Decentralized Supervisor Control with Communicating Controllers," 45:9, September 2000.
2000
Domenico D'Alessandro, Mohammed Dahleh, and Igor Mezic, "Control of Mixing in Fluid Flow: A Maximum Entropy Approach," 44:10, October 1999.
1999
Tryphon T. Georgiou, M. C. Smith, "Robustness Analysis of Nonlinear Feedback Systems: An Input-Output Approach," 42:9, September 1997.
1998
Miroslav Krstic, "Invariant Manifolds and Asymptotic Properties of Adaptive Nonlinear Stabilizers," 41:6, June 1996
Andy R. Teel, "A Nonlinear Small Gain Theorem for the Analysis of Control Systems with Saturation," 41:9, September 1996.
1997
Wei-Bo Gong, S. Nananukul and A. Yan, "Pade Approximation for Stochastic Discrete-Event Systems," 40:8, August 1995.
1996
Yutaka Yamamoto, "A Function Space Approach to Sampled Data Control Systems and Tracking Problems," 39:4, April 1994.
1995
Z. Pan and Tamer Basar, "H-Infinity Optimal Control for Singularly Perturbed Systems, Part II: Imperfect State Measurements," 39:2, February 1994.
1994
S.-L. Chung, S. Lafortune and F. Lin, "Limited Lookahead Policies in Supervisory Control of Discrete Event Systems," 37:12, December 1992
1993
I. Kanellakopoulos, P. V. Kokotovic and A. S. Morse "Systematic Design of Adaptive Controllers for Feedback Linearizable Systems," 36:11, November 1991.
1992
T. T. Georgiou and M. C. Smith, "Optimal Robustness in the Gap Metric," 35:6, June 1990
1991
A. Isidori and C. I. Byrnes, "Output Regulation of Nonlinear Systems," 35:2, February 1990.
1990
S. Skogestad, M. Morari and J. C. Doyle, "Robust Control of Ill-conditioned Plants: High-purity Distillation," 33:12, December 1988.
J. C. Doyle, K. Glover, P. P. Khargonekar and B. A. Francis, "State-space Solutions to Standard H-2 and H- infinity Control Problems," 34:8, August 1989.
1989
M. A. Dahleh and J. B. Pearson, "L1-Optimal Feedback Controllers for MIMO Discrete-Time Systems," 32-4, April 1987
H. K. Khalil, "Output Feedback Control of Linear Two-Time-Scale Systems," 32-4, September 1987.
1988 (Note: Renamed to current Award name)
D. Gangsaas, K. Bruce, J. D. Blight and U. -L. Li, "Application of Modern Synthesis to Aircraft Control: Three Case Studies," 31:11, November 1986.
K. S. Narendra, A. M. Annaswamy, "Robust Adaptive Control in the Presence of Bounded Disturbances," 31:4, April 1986.
1987
X. -R. Cao, "Convergence of parameter sensitivity estimates in a stochastic experiment," 30:9, September 1985.
K. Shin and N. McKay, "Minimum-time control of robotic manipulators with geometric path constraints," 30:6, June 1985
1986
B.A. Francis, J.W. Helton, and G. Zames, "H-infinity-optimal feedback controllers for linear multivariable systems," 29:10, October 1984
J.N. Tsisiklis and M. Athans, "On the complexity of decentralized decision-making and detection problems," 30:5, May 1985
T. Yamada and D.G. Luenberger, "Generic controllability theorems for descriptor systems," 30:2, February 1985
1985
B.-C. Chang and J.B. Pearson, "Optimal Disturbance Rejection in Linear Systems," 29:10, October 1984.
B. Hajek, "Optimal Control of Two Interacting Service Stations," 29:6, June 1984.
H. Kimura, "Robust Stabilizability for a Class of Transfer Functions," 29:9, September 1984.
1984
P. A. Iaonnou and P. V. Kokotovic, "An Asymptotic Error Analysis of Identifiers and Adaptive Observers in The Presence of Parasitics," AC-27:8, August 1982.
1983
A. Isidori, A.J. Krener, C. Gori-Giorgi, and S. Monaco, "Nonlinear decoupling via feedback: A differential geometric approach," 26:4, April 1981
V. Borkar and P.P. Varaiya, " Asymptotic agreement in distributed estimation," 27:6, June 1982
1982
G. Zames, "Feedback and Optimal Sensitivity: Model Reference Transformations, Multiplicative Seminorms, and Approximate Inverses," 26:4, April 1981.
L. Pernebo, "An Algebraic Theory for the Design of Controllers for Linear Multivariable Systems: Parts I and II," 26:2, February 1981.
1981
G.C. Goodwin, P. J. Ramdage and P. E. Caines, "Discrete-time Multivariable Adaptive Control," 35:6, June 1980.
E.J. Davision, P. A. Taylor and J. D. Wright, "On the Application of Tuning Regulators to Control a Commercial Heat Exchange," 25:6, June 1980.
A. Benveniste, M. Goursat and G. Ruget, "Robust Identification of a Non-minimum Phase System: Blind Adjustment of a Linear Equilizer in Data Communications," 25:6, June 1980.
1980
J.S. Baras, W.S. Levine and T. Lin, "Discrete-Time Point Processes in Urban Traffic Queue Estimations," 23:2, February 1979.
G. Zames, "On the Metric Complexity of Causal Linear Systems," 24:4, April 1979
1979
L. Ljung, "On Positive Real Transfer Functions and the Convergence of Some Recursive Scheme," 22:8, August 1977.
L. Ljung, "Analysis of Recursive Stochastic Algorithms," 22:8, August 1977.
1978
G. Zames and N.A. Shneydor, "Structural Stabilization and Quenching by Dither," 22:6, June 1977.
1977
D.C. Youla, H. A. Jabr and J. J. Bongiorno Jr., " Modern Wiener-Hopf Design of Optimal Controllers--Part II: The Multivariable Case," 21:6, June
1976.
1976
H.H. Wang, M.P. Polis and A. Haurie, "Reducing Energy Consumption through Trajectory Optimization for a Metro Network," 20:10, October 1975.
1975
L. Lsaken and H.J. Payne, "Suboptimal Control of Linear Systems by Augmentation with Application to Freeway Traffic Regulation," 18:6, June 1973.
S.H. Wang and E.J. Davison, "A Minimization Algorithm for the Design of Linear Multivariable Systems," 18:6, June 1973.
Instructions for nominations for 2007 CSS Awards will be displayed early in 2007.
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