People in systems and control 100643 225392084 2008-07-13T12:58:33Z Edward 4261 link [[semidefinite programming]] using [[User:Edward/Find link|Find link]] '''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]]. ==Active researchers== {| class="sortable" |- ! Name ! Institution ! Nationality ! Contributions ! Field ! Awards |- | [[Karl Johan Åström]] | [[Lund University]] | | <ref>[http://www.control.lth.se/~kja/ Karl Johan Åström] </ref> 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]] | | <ref>[decision.csl.uiuc.edu/~tbasar/ Tammer Basar] </ref> Works on dynamic games, control and communication theory, etc. |- | [[Michael Athans]] | [[MIT]] | | <ref>[http://web.mit.edu/mathans/www/home.html Michael Athans]</ref> 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]] | | <ref>[http://people.bu.edu/johnb/ John Baillieul] </ref> Works on robotics, mechanical system control and non-holonomic constraints. | |- | [[Ross Barmish]] | [[University of Wisconsin-Madison]] | | <ref>[http://www.engr.wisc.edu/ece/faculty/barmish_ross.html B. Ross Barmish] </ref> Author of ''New Tools for Robustness of Linear Systems'' (Macmillan, 1994). Two IFAC prizes for papers on robust control. | |- | [[Bo Bernhardsson (control theory)|Bo Bernhardsson]] | [[Lund University]] | | <ref>[http://www.control.lth.se/~bob/ Bo Bernhardsson] </ref> Currently working at Ericsson Mobile Platforms. | |- | [[Stephen P. Boyd]] | [[Stanford University]] | | <ref>[http://icme.stanford.edu/faculty/boyd/ Stephen P. Boyd] </ref> Works on engineering applications of convex optimization. Winner of John R. Ragazzini Award in control systems. | |- | [[Roger W. Brockett]] | [[Harvard University]] | | <ref>[http://www.hrl.harvard.edu/~brockett/brockett.html Roger W. Brockett] </ref> 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]] | | <ref>[http://www.ee.ucr.edu/~jchen/ Jie Chen] </ref> 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]] | | <ref>[http://www.cds.caltech.edu/~doyle/ John C. Doyle] </ref> 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]] | [[Norwegian University of Science and Technology|NTNU]] | | <ref>[http://www.itk.ntnu.no/ansatte/Egeland_Olav/ Olav Egeland] </ref> Co-author of ''Modeling and Simulation for Automatic Control'' (Marine Cybernetics, 2002). Works on marine applications of control. | |- | [[Thor I. Fossen]] | [[Norwegian University of Science and Technology|NTNU]] | | <ref>[http://www.itk.ntnu.no/ansatte/Fossen_Thor/ Thor I. Fossen] </ref> 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]] | | <ref>[https://www.eecs.umich.edu/eecs/etc/fac/facsearchform.cgi?jfr+ Jim Freudenberg] </ref> Works on linear multivariable feedback systems. | |- | [[Laurent El Ghaoui]] | [[UC Berkeley]] | | <ref>[http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/~elghaoui/ Laurent El Ghaoui] </ref> Works on decision-making under uncertainty, convex optimization. | |- | [[Andrea Gombani]] | [[Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche|CNR]] | | <ref>[http://www.ladseb.pd.cnr.it/control/gombani/gombani.html Andrea Gombani] </ref> Specializes in identification and parametrization of stochastic linear systems, robust control. | |- | [[Karolos Grigoriadis]] | [[University of Houston]] | | <ref>[http://www.egr.uh.edu/me/faculty/grigoriadis/ Karolos Grigoriadis] </ref> 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]] | | <ref>[http://www.control.lth.se/user/per.hagander/ Per Hagander] </ref> Works with linear system theory and with applications in biotechnology and medicine. | |- | [[Anders Hansson]] | [[Linköping University]] | | <ref>[http://www.control.isy.liu.se/~hansson/ Anders Hansson] </ref> Works in many areas including [[semidefinite programming]], convex optimization, model predictive control, design of gain scheduled controllers. | |- | [[Malo Hautus]] | [[Eindhoven University of Technology]] | | <ref>[http://www.win.tue.nl/~wscomalo/ Malo Hautus] </ref> Co-author of ''Control Theory for Linear Systems'' (Springer Verlag, 2001). | |- | [[Yu-Chi Ho|Yu-Chi “Larry” Ho]] | [[Harvard University]] | | <ref>[http://people.deas.harvard.edu/~ho/ Y.C. Ho]</ref> 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]] | [[University of Massachusetts Amherst|UMass Amherst]] | | <ref>[http://www.ecs.umass.edu/ece/dept/people/faculty/hollot.html Christopher V. Hollot] </ref> A generalist on the theory and application of feedback control systems. | |- | [[Tony Holohan]] | [[Dublin City University]] | | <ref>[http://www.eeng.dcu.ie/%7Eholohana/home.html Tony Holohan] </ref> Works in robust control and multivariable feedback. | |- | [[Diederich Hinrichsen]] | [[University of Bremen]] | | <ref>[http://www.math.uni-bremen.de/~dh Diederich Hinrichsen]</ref> 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]] | | <ref>[http://www.ssm.wustl.edu/~jfacc/Home/Personnel/Isidori/isidori.html Alberto Isidori]</ref> Introduced geometric methods into non-linear control. Author of: ''Nonlinear Control Systems'' (Springer Verlag, 1995). | |- | [[Thomas Kailath]] | [[Stanford University]] | | <ref>[http://www.stanford.edu/~tkailath/ Thomas Kailath] </ref> Author of ''Linear Systems'' (Prentice Hall, 1980) and co-author of ''Linear Estimation'' (Prentice Hall, 2000). | |- | [[Rudolf Kalman]] | | | <ref>[http://www.cs.unc.edu/~welch/kalman/kalmanBiblio.html R E Kalman]</ref> 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]] | | <ref>[http://www.curtin.edu.au/curtin/dept/physio/pt/staff/kirtley/ Chris Kirtley] </ref> Medical doctor. Author of a book on clinical gait analysis. | |- | [[Petar V. Kokotovic]] | [[UC Santa Barbara]] | | <ref>[http://www.ece.ucsb.edu/Faculty/Kokotovic/default.html Petar V. Kokotovic] </ref> 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]] | | <ref>[http://dce.felk.cvut.cz/kucera/ Vladimir Kucera] </ref>, Works on algebraic methods for control design. Author of the book ''Discrete Linear Control: The Polynomial Equation Approach.'' (Wiley, 1979). | |- | [[Alan J. Laub]] | [[UCLA]] | | <ref>[http://www.ee.ucla.edu/faculty/bios/laub.htm Alan J. Laub] </ref>, 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]] | | <ref>[http://www.control.isy.liu.se/~ljung/ Lennart Ljung] </ref> , Author of ''System identification - Theory for the user'' (Prentice Hall, 1999) and 12 other books. Fellow IEEE. | |- | [[Jan Maciejowski]] | [[Cambridge University]] | | <ref>[http://www-control.eng.cam.ac.uk/jmm/jmm.html Jan Maciejowski] </ref> ) 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 of Science and Technology|Imperial College]] | | <ref>[http://www.ps.ic.ac.uk/about/staff_detail1.php?recordID=dm D. Q. Mayne]</ref> Works on differential dynamic programming, adaptive control and model predictive control. | |- | [[Geert Jan Olsder]] | [[Delft University]] | | <ref>[http://ta.twi.tudelft.nl/people/G.J.Olsder.html Geert Jan Olsder] </ref> Formerly worked on optimal control, game theory and filter theory, more recently works in discrete event system theory. | |- | [[Ian Petersen]] | [[Australian Research Council]] | | <ref>[http://routh.ee.adfa.edu.au/~irp/P1.html Ian Petersen] </ref> 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]] | | <ref>[http://roger.ecn.purdue.edu/~rotea/ Mario Rotea] </ref> Works on optimization and control of dynamical systems, especially as applied to mechanical and aerospace problems. | |- | [[Ali Saberi]] | [[Washington State University]] | | <ref>[http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/~saberi/enter.html Ali Saberi] </ref> Works on nonlinear control, adaptive control and other areas. Author of software for control system design. | |- | [[Bahram Shafai]] | [[Northeastern University]] | | <ref>[http://www.cdsp.neu.edu/info/faculty/shafai/shafai.html Bahram Shafai] </ref> Author of ''Computer-Aided Analysis and Design of Linear Control Systems'' (Prentice Hall, 1992). | |- | [[Robert E. Skelton]] | [[UC San Diego]] | | <ref>[http://maeweb.ucsd.edu/~skelton/ Robert E. Skelton] </ref> Works on dynamics and control of ‘tensegrity systems’. | |- | [[Sigurd Skogestad]] | [[Norwegian University of Science and Technology|NTNU]] | | <ref>[http://www.nt.ntnu.no/users/skoge/ Sigurd Skogestad] </ref> Works on process control. Co-author of ''Multivariable Feedback Control-Analysis and design'' (Wiley, 1996, 2005). | |- | [[Eduardo D. Sontag]] | [[Rutgers University]] | | <ref>[http://www.math.rutgers.edu/~sontag/ Eduardo D. Sontag] </ref> ( 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]] | | <ref>[http://www.win.tue.nl/~wscoas/ Anton Stoorvogel] </ref> 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]] | | <ref>[http://www.control.auc.dk/~jakob/ Jakob Stoustrup] </ref> ) Works on loop-transfer recovery, gain scheduled control, fault tolerant control and several other areas. | |- | [[Gang Tao]] | [[University of Virginia]] | | <ref>[http://www.people.virginia.edu/~gt9s/ Gang Tao] </ref>Author of 5 books including ''Adaptive control design and analysis'' (Wiley, 2003). | |- | [[Masayoshi Tomizuka]] | [[University of California]] | | <ref>[http://www.me.berkeley.edu/faculty/tomizuka/ Masayoshi Tomizuka] </ref> ) 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]] | | <ref>[http://www.dcsc.tudelft.nl/~pvandenhof/ Paul Van den Hof] </ref> 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]] | | <ref>[http://www.dcsc.tudelft.nl/~mverhaegen/ Michel Verhaegen] </ref> Works on control of adaptive optics, control of wind turbines. | |- | [[Mathukumalli Vidyasagar]] | [[Tata Consultancy Services]] | | <ref>[http://www.atc.tcs.co.in/~sagar/ M. Vidyasagar] </ref> Formerly a professor in the USA and Canada. Author of ''Nonlinear systems analysis'' (Prentice Hall, 1993 and SIAM, 2002). | |- | [[Kevin Warwick]] | [[University of Reading]] | | <ref>[http://www.kevinwarwick.com/ Kevin Warwick] </ref> 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]] | | <ref>[http://www.math.rug.nl/~willems/ Jan C. Willems] </ref> 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]] | | <ref>[http://www.control.lth.se/~bjorn/ Björn Wittenmark] </ref> Works in many areas including process control and adaptive control. Co-author of two books with Åström. | |- | [[Yutaka Yamamoto]] | [[Kyoto University]] | | <ref>[http://www-ics.acs.i.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~yy/ Yutaka Yamamoto] </ref> 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]] | | <ref>[http://www.isr.uni-stuttgart.de/~zeitz/ Michael Zeitz] </ref>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]] | | <ref>[http://www.ee.lsu.edu/kemin/ Kemin Zhou] </ref>Co-author (with Doyle and Glover) of the book ''Robust and optimal control'' (Prentice-Hall, 1996). | |- |} ==Historical figures in systems and control== These people have made outstanding contributions to systems and control, but are no longer active. {| class="sortable" |- ! 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 Stephen Black|Harold S. Black]] | | | Invented the [[Feedback amplifier|negative feedback amplifier]] (1927). |- | [[Hendrik Wade Bode|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 system theory|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 circuit|RLC]] components. |- | [[Harold Hazen]] | | | Author of ''Theory of Servomechanisms'', 1934. |- | [[Andrey Kolmogorov]] | | | Co-developer of the [[Wiener filter|Wiener-Kolmogorov filter]]. Formulated the [[Fokker-Planck equation|Kolmogorov forward]] and [[Kolmogorov backward equation|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|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 [[Non-linear control#Popov criterion|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 filter|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).<ref>[http://angeles.sierraclub.org/about/Obits.asp#wilts Charles Wilts]</ref> |- | [[George Zames]] | [[McGill University]] | | Developed [[robust control]] theory, including the [[small gain theorem]] and [[H infinity]] control. |- |} == See also == * [[List of engineers]] * [[List of systems engineers]] * [[List of systems scientists]] ==References== {{reflist|2}} == External links == * [http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/37/29513/01337846.pdf People in control] , in: Control Systems Magazine, IEEE, Volume 24, Issue 5, Oct. 2004 pp 12-15. * [http://www.isa.org/ ISA, the International Society for Measurement and Control], homepage. {{Systems}} [[Category:Lists of people]] [[Category:Control theorists| ]]