The Antonio Ruberti Young Researcher Prize was established in 2005 to honor the memory of Antonio Ruberti. Antonio Ruberti was one of the first three Professors of Automatic Control in Italy (together with Giorgio Quazza and Antonio Lepschy). In 1964 the first chair of Automatic Control was established at the University of Rome "La Sapienza" and he was hired to occupy that position. He was Faculty Dean and later Rector (for 11 years) of "La Sapienza", Minister of Minister of University and Scientific Research, Commissioner of the EU for Science, Research and Education, and he later held several other positions in EU Commission till his sudden and unexpected death in 2000. His scientific interests in the field of system and control were very wide. In particular, he was one of the early pioneers of geometric control methods for nonlinear systems. For further information about Professor Ruberti, please follow this link to the following website dedicated to his contribution - currently under construction.

Description: To recognize contributions by a young researcher in the broad field of systems and control.

Prize: $5000, plaque, reasonable travel and accommodation expenses for recipient(s) to attend the Conference on Decision and Control (CDC).

Funding: Funded by the Ruberti Foundation.

Eligibility: To be eligible the nominee's age must be less than 41 years on January 1st of the year of the award.

Basis for Judgement: Contributions to multidisciplinary research, innovation, and impact on both theory and real world applications.

Presentation: Presented annually at the Awards Ceremony of the CSS during the CDC in December.

Nomination: A complete nomination package consisting of a cover letter by the nominator describing why the nominee is deserving of the award together with up to four supporting letters (maximum of 5 letters) must be submitted electronically to the Chair of the Antonio Ruberti Young Researcher Prize Committee below by May 15.

Contact:
Prof. Jan C. Willems
K.U. Leuven ESAT/SCD (SISTA)
Kasteelpark Arenberg 10B
3001 Leuven-Heverlee
Belgium
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Past Recipients of the Antonio Ruberti Young Researcher Prize

2008
Rodolphe Sepulchre, Universitè de Liège
for contributions to the theory and applications of nonlinear dynamical systems, in particular, coordination, synchronization, and control

2007
Alessandro Astolfi, Imperial college for contributions to the theory and applications of nonlinear control systems.

2006
Vincent Blondel, Université Catholique de Louvain
For fundamental contributions to control theory, especially stabilization, computational complexity issues, and decidability.

2005
Richard Braatz. For theoretical results in the robust control of complex systems, and their application in the process, pharmaceutical, and microelectronics industries.