People in systems and control

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People in systems and control is an alphabetical list (in two parts) of people who have made significant contributions in the fields of system analysis and control theory.

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[edit] Active researchers

Name Institution Nationality Contributions Field Awards
Karl Johan Åström Lund University [1] Author of five books, including Introduction to Stochastic Control Theory (1970 and Dover, 2006) and (with Wittenmark) of Adaptive Control (Addison-Wesley, 1995).
Tamer Basar University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign [2] Works on dynamic games, control and communication theory, etc.
Michael Athans MIT [3] Co-author of the book Optimal Control, (McGraw-Hill, 1966). Developed applications of LQ]/LTR control to helicopters and submarines. Works on optimal control and system estimation.
John Baillieul Boston University [4] Works on robotics, mechanical system control and non-holonomic constraints.
Ross Barmish University of Wisconsin-Madison [5] Author of New Tools for Robustness of Linear Systems (Macmillan, 1994). Two IFAC prizes for papers on robust control.
Bo Bernhardsson Lund University [6] Currently working at Ericsson Mobile Platforms.
Stephen P. Boyd Stanford University [7] Works on engineering applications of convex optimization. Winner of John R. Ragazzini Award in control systems.
Roger W. Brockett Harvard University [8] Works on dynamics and control of smart structures.
William L. Brogan University of Nevada at Las Vegas Author of book Modern Control Theory. ISBN: 0135897637
Jie Chen UC Riverside [9] Co-author of Control-Oriented System Identification: An H-infinity Approach (Wiley Interscience, 2000) and Stability of Time-Delay Systems (Birkhauser, 2003).
John C. Doyle Caltech [10] Co-author of (with Zhou and Glover) Robust and Optimal Control (Prentice Hall, 1996), Essentials of Robust Control (1997), and Feedback Control Theory (Macmillan, 1992).
Olav Egeland NTNU [11] Co-author of Modeling and Simulation for Automatic Control (Marine Cybernetics, 2002). Works on marine applications of control.
Thor I. Fossen NTNU [12] Author of "Guidance and Control of Ocean Vehicles" (Wiley, 1994) and Marine Control Systems (Marine Cybernetics, 2002). Works on marine applications of control.
Jim Freudenberg University of Michigan [13] Works on linear multivariable feedback systems.
Laurent El Ghaoui UC Berkeley [14] Works on decision-making under uncertainty, convex optimization.
Andrea Gombani CNR [15] Specializes in identification and parametrization of stochastic linear systems, robust control.
Karolos Grigoriadis University of Houston [16] Co-author of A Unified Algebraic Approach to Linear Control Design (Taylor & Francis, 1998). Has worked on control of the Hubble space telescope.
Per Hagander Lund University [17] Works with linear system theory and with applications in biotechnology and medicine.
Anders Hansson Linköping University [18] Works in many areas including semidefinite programming, convex optimization, model predictive control, design of gain scheduled controllers.
Malo Hautus Eindhoven University of Technology [19] Co-author of Control Theory for Linear Systems (Springer Verlag, 2001).
Yu-Chi “Larry” Ho Harvard University [20] Co-author of Applied Optimal Control (1969, 1975), the most cited book on the subject. Since 1983 he has been working on discrete event system theory.
Christopher V. Hollot UMass Amherst [21] A generalist on the theory and application of feedback control systems.
Tony Holohan Dublin City University [22] Works in robust control and multivariable feedback.
Diederich Hinrichsen University of Bremen [23] developed a comprehensive theory of linear systems and with A.J. Pritchard a fundamental robustness theory of dynamical systems. Author (with A.J. Pritchard) of Mathematical Systems Theory I. Modelling, State Space Analysis, Stability and Robustness, (Springer Verlag, 2005)
Alberto Isidori Washington University in St. Louis [24] Introduced geometric methods into non-linear control. Author of: Nonlinear Control Systems (Springer Verlag, 1995).
Thomas Kailath Stanford University [25] Author of Linear Systems (Prentice Hall, 1980) and co-author of Linear Estimation (Prentice Hall, 2000).
Rudolf Kalman [26] Pioneered the state-space approach to systems and control. Introduced the notions of controllability and observability. Developed the Kalman filter for linear estimation.
Chris Kirtley Curtin University of Technology [27] Medical doctor. Author of a book on clinical gait analysis.
Petar V. Kokotovic UC Santa Barbara [28] Works on nonlinear control, both adaptive and robust. He initiated the development of back-stepping (a popular, recusrsive, design technique). Industry consultant on control of car and jet engines.
Vladimir Kucera Czech Technical University in Prague [29], Works on algebraic methods for control design. Author of the book Discrete Linear Control: The Polynomial Equation Approach. (Wiley, 1979).
Alan J. Laub UCLA [30], Works on numerical algorithms and software for control design. Author of the book Matrix Analysis for Scientists and Engineers (SIAM, 2005).
Lennart Ljung Linkoping University [31] , Author of System identification - Theory for the user (Prentice Hall, 1999) and 12 other books. Fellow IEEE.
Jan Maciejowski Cambridge University [32] ) Works on model predictive control and fault-tolerant control. Author of two books: Predictive Control with Constraints (Prentice Hall, 2002) and Multivariable Feedback Design (Addison-Wesley, 1989).
David Q. Mayne Imperial College [33] Works on differential dynamic programming, adaptive control and model predictive control.
Geert Jan Olsder Delft University [34] Formerly worked on optimal control, game theory and filter theory, more recently works in discrete event system theory.
Ian Petersen Australian Research Council [35] Professorial Fellow. Co-author of two books: Robust Kalman Filtering For Signals and Systems with Large Uncertainties and Robust Control Design using H-infinity Methods (Springer Verlag, 2000).
Mario Rotea Purdue University [36] Works on optimization and control of dynamical systems, especially as applied to mechanical and aerospace problems.
Ali Saberi Washington State University [37] Works on nonlinear control, adaptive control and other areas. Author of software for control system design.
Bahram Shafai Northeastern University [38] Author of Computer-Aided Analysis and Design of Linear Control Systems (Prentice Hall, 1992).
Robert E. Skelton UC San Diego [39] Works on dynamics and control of ‘tensegrity systems’.
Sigurd Skogestad NTNU [40] Works on process control. Co-author of Multivariable Feedback Control-Analysis and design (Wiley, 1996, 2005).
Eduardo D. Sontag Rutgers University [41] ( Studied under R. Kalman. Author of Mathematical Control Theory: Deterministic Finite Dimensional Systems (Springer, 1998). Introduced the notion of a 'control Lyapunov function' (CLF).
Anton Stoorvogel Eindhoven University of Technology [42] Author of The H-infinity control problem: a state space approach (Prentice-Hall, 1992), and co-author of Control of linear systems with regulation and input constraints, (Springer Verlag, 2000) and Control theory for linear systems (Springer Verlag, 2001).
Jakob Stoustrup Aalborg University [43] ) Works on loop-transfer recovery, gain scheduled control, fault tolerant control and several other areas.
Gang Tao University of Virginia [44]Author of 5 books including Adaptive control design and analysis (Wiley, 2003).
Masayoshi Tomizuka University of California [45] ) Contributed to theories and applications of adaptive control, computer-aided manufacturing, control systems and theory, digital control, dynamic systems, manufacturing, and mechanical vibrations. (Information storage systems, automated highway systems)
Paul Van den Hof Delft University [46] Works on the wide area of identification and model-based control of dynamical systems, with applications in industrial processes, mechanical servo systems and physical measurement systems.
Michel Verhaegen Delft University [47] Works on control of adaptive optics, control of wind turbines.
Mathukumalli Vidyasagar Tata Consultancy Services [48] Formerly a professor in the USA and Canada. Author of Nonlinear systems analysis (Prentice Hall, 1993 and SIAM, 2002).
Kevin Warwick University of Reading [49] Developed the first state-space based self-tuning controller, now involved more in application studies of feedback control, particularly where a human is part of the system.
Jan C. Willems University of Groningen [50] Author of The analysis of feedback systems (1971). Worked on LQ control, dissipative systems and linear matrix inequalities. Co-author of Introduction to mathematical system theory – a behavioral approach (Wiley, 1998), where the behavioral approach is a representation free way to discuss system dynamics.
Björn Wittenmark Lund University [51] Works in many areas including process control and adaptive control. Co-author of two books with Åström.
Yutaka Yamamoto Kyoto University [52] Author of the book Repetitive Control (in Japanese) and a large number of research, survey and tutorial articles. Fellow of the IEEE.
Michael Zeitz University of Stuttgart [53]Working on nonlinear observation and control. For the latter, he is especially concerned with differential flatness and system inversion of dynamical systems. He also developed the Extended Luenberger Observer as well as the Observability Normal Form for nonlinear systems.
Kemin Zhou Louisiana State University [54]Co-author (with Doyle and Glover) of the book Robust and optimal control (Prentice-Hall, 1996).

[edit] Historical figures in systems and control

These people have made outstanding contributions to systems and control, but are no longer active.

Name Institution Nationality Contributions Field Awards
William Ross Ashby Made many early contributions to cybernetics and complex systems, such as the concept of variety (cybernetics).
Richard Bellman Developed Dynamic programming (1953).
Harold S. Black Invented the negative feedback amplifier (1927).
Hendrik Bode Published Network Analysis and Feedback Amplifier Design (Van Nostrand, 1945), invented the Bode plot and introduced the Bode integral formula.
Leonhard Euler Developed the Laplace transform, the main tool for analyzing LTI systems. His Euler-Lagrange equation is the basis for model predictive control.
Walter R. Evans Developed the root locus method for feedback design.
Joseph Fourier Introduced the Fourier series, allowing analysis in the frequency domain.
Ernst A. Guillemin Developed techniques for analysis and synthesis of networks of RLC components.
Harold Hazen Author of Theory of Servomechanisms, 1934.
Andrey Kolmogorov Co-developer of the Wiener-Kolmogorov filter. Formulated the Kolmogorov forward and backward equations in the theory of stochastic processes.
Alexander Lyapunov His paper Sur le probleme general de la stabilite du mouvement (1892) (in French) marks the beginning of stability theory.
Nicolas Minorsky Ship designer, was the first to provide an analysis of the three term (or PID) controller and to suggest its use for ship steering (1922).
Nathaniel B. Nichols Developed the Nichols chart. Published Theory of Servomechanisms with H. M. James and R. S. Phillips, 1947.
Harry Nyquist Developed the Nyquist stability criterion for feedback systems (1932) and co-developed Nyquist–Shannon sampling theorem (1927).
Lev Semenovich Pontryagin Main author of Pontryagin's minimum principle for optimal control problems.
Vasile M. Popov Developed the Kalman-Yakubovich-Popov lemma and the Popov criterion for stability.
John R. Ragazzini His book Sampled-data control systems, 1954, introduced digital control and the z-transform.
Edward John Routh Early theorist, developed Routh-Hurwitz theorem and Routh-Hurwitz stability criterion.
Claude E. Shannon Developed information theory and pioneered switching theory.
John Tukey Developed the Fast Fourier Transform algorithm, which made frequency analysis easy to implement.
Norbert Wiener Co-developer of the Wiener-Kolmogorov filter. Coined the term Cybernetics. Studied the stochastic process known as the Wiener process.
Charles H. Wilts Caltech professor, author of New electric analog computers and their application to aircraft design problems (1953) and Principles of Feedback Control (1960).[55]
George Zames McGill University Developed robust control theory, including the small gain theorem and H infinity control.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Karl Johan Åström
  2. ^ [decision.csl.uiuc.edu/~tbasar/ Tammer Basar]
  3. ^ Michael Athans
  4. ^ John Baillieul
  5. ^ B. Ross Barmish
  6. ^ Bo Bernhardsson
  7. ^ Stephen P. Boyd
  8. ^ Roger W. Brockett
  9. ^ Jie Chen
  10. ^ John C. Doyle
  11. ^ Olav Egeland
  12. ^ Thor I. Fossen
  13. ^ Jim Freudenberg
  14. ^ Laurent El Ghaoui
  15. ^ Andrea Gombani
  16. ^ Karolos Grigoriadis
  17. ^ Per Hagander
  18. ^ Anders Hansson
  19. ^ Malo Hautus
  20. ^ Y.C. Ho
  21. ^ Christopher V. Hollot
  22. ^ Tony Holohan
  23. ^ Diederich Hinrichsen
  24. ^ Alberto Isidori
  25. ^ Thomas Kailath
  26. ^ R E Kalman
  27. ^ Chris Kirtley
  28. ^ Petar V. Kokotovic
  29. ^ Vladimir Kucera
  30. ^ Alan J. Laub
  31. ^ Lennart Ljung
  32. ^ Jan Maciejowski
  33. ^ D. Q. Mayne
  34. ^ Geert Jan Olsder
  35. ^ Ian Petersen
  36. ^ Mario Rotea
  37. ^ Ali Saberi
  38. ^ Bahram Shafai
  39. ^ Robert E. Skelton
  40. ^ Sigurd Skogestad
  41. ^ Eduardo D. Sontag
  42. ^ Anton Stoorvogel
  43. ^ Jakob Stoustrup
  44. ^ Gang Tao
  45. ^ Masayoshi Tomizuka
  46. ^ Paul Van den Hof
  47. ^ Michel Verhaegen
  48. ^ M. Vidyasagar
  49. ^ Kevin Warwick
  50. ^ Jan C. Willems
  51. ^ Björn Wittenmark
  52. ^ Yutaka Yamamoto
  53. ^ Michael Zeitz
  54. ^ Kemin Zhou
  55. ^ Charles Wilts

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