List of people in systems and control
This is an alphabetical list of people who have made significant contributions in the fields of system analysis and control theory.
Active researchers
Name | Institution | Nationality | Contributions | Field | Awards |
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Jie Chen | City University of Hong Kong | China | [1] Co-author of Control-Oriented System Identification: An H-infinity Approach (Wiley Interscience, 2000) and Stability of Time-Delay Systems (Birkhauser, 2003). | ||
Bijnan Bandyopadhyay- | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay | India | [2] Author of eight books, six book chapters, more than 200 research publications. | ||
Karl Johan Åström- | Lund University | [3] Author of five books, including Introduction to Stochastic Control Theory (1970 and Dover, 2006) and (with Wittenmark) of Adaptive Control (Addison-Wesley, 1995). | |||
Michael Athans | MIT | [4] 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 | [5] Works on robotics, mechanical system control and non-holonomic constraints. | |||
B. Ross Barmish | University of Wisconsin–Madison | [6] Author of New Tools for Robustness of Linear Systems (Macmillan, 1994). For fundamental contributions to the analysis of systems with parametric uncertainty and to probabilistic robustness, and for contributions to the design of stock-trading algorithms that are robust to market variability. IEEE fellow and IFAC fellow. | |||
Tamer Basar | University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign | [7] Works on dynamic games, control and communication theory, etc. | |||
Bo Bernhardsson | Lund University | [8] Currently working at Ericsson Mobile Platforms. | |||
Stephen P. Boyd | Stanford University | [9] Works on engineering applications of convex optimization. Winner of John R. Ragazzini Award in control systems. | |||
Damiano Brigo | Imperial College | [10] Works on nonlinear filtering (jointly introduced with Bernard Hanzon and François Le Gland the projection filters). | |||
Roger W. Brockett | Harvard University | [11] Works on dynamics and control of smart structures. | |||
William L. Brogan | University of Nevada, Las Vegas | Author of book Modern Control Theory. ISBN 0-13-589763-7 | |||
Edwin K. P. Chong | Colorado State University | [12] Co-author of An Introduction to Optimization (4th ed., Wiley, 2013). | |||
Francesco Bullo | University of California | [13] Co-author of Geometric Control of Mechanical Systems: Modeling, Analysis, and Design for Simple Mechanical Control Systems (Springer, 2004). | |||
Munther A. Dahleh | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | [14] Co-author of Control of Uncertain Systems: A Linear Programing Approach (Prentice Hall, 1995). | |||
John C. Doyle | Caltech | [15] 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). | |||
Laurent El Ghaoui | UC Berkeley | [16] Works on decision-making under uncertainty, convex optimization. | |||
Malo Hautus | Eindhoven University of Technology | [17] Co-author of Control Theory for Linear Systems (Springer Verlag, 2001). | |||
J. Karl Hedrick | University of California | [18] Total Domination of Etcheverry Hall. Seminal contributions in nonlinear control and estimation. | |||
Yu-Chi "Larry" Ho | Harvard University | [19] 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. | |||
Diederich Hinrichsen | University of Bremen | [20] 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 | [21] Introduced geometric methods into non-linear control. Author of: Nonlinear Control Systems (Springer Verlag, 1995). | |||
Thomas Kailath | Stanford University | [22] Author of Linear Systems (Prentice Hall, 1980) and co-author of Linear Estimation (Prentice Hall, 2000). | |||
Rudolf Kalman | [23] Pioneered the state-space approach to systems and control. Introduced the notions of controllability and observability. Developed the Kalman filter for linear estimation. | ||||
Petar V. Kokotovic | UC Santa Barbara | [24] 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 | ,[25] Works on algebraic methods for control design. Author of the book Discrete Linear Control: The Polynomial Equation Approach. (Wiley, 1979). | |||
Alan J. Laub | UCLA | ,[26] Works on numerical algorithms and software for control design. Author of the book Matrix Analysis for Scientists and Engineers (SIAM, 2005). | |||
Moonyong Lee | Yeungnam University | [27] Adviser of Process Systems Design and Control Laboratory. Working on IMC based Optimal Design of Industrial Three Term Controllers, Robust Analytical Design of Multi-loop PID Controllers, Optimization Based Controller Design for Constrained Optimal Control, Advanced Control for Thermally Coupled Distillation Process, Real-time Monitoring and Control Software Package, Optimal Design of Thermally Coupled Distillation Process Including Divided Wall Column. | |||
Andrew D. Lewis | Queen's University | [28] Co-author of Geometric Control of Mechanical Systems: Modelling, Analysis, and Design for Simple Mechanical Control Systems (Springer, 2004). | |||
David Limebeer | University of Oxford | [29] Various contributions in [Robust_control] and [H_infinity]. Author (with [Michael Green] of Linear Robust Control (Prentice Hall, 1995). Fellow IEEE, IEE, Royal Academy of Engineering and the City and Guild Institute. | |||
Lennart Ljung | Linköping University | [30] Author of System identification - Theory for the user (Prentice Hall, 1999) and 12 other books. Fellow IEEE. | |||
David Q. Mayne | Imperial College | [31] Works on differential dynamic programming, adaptive control and model predictive control. | |||
Mehran Mesbahi | University of Washington | [32] Works on networks, distributed robotics, aerospace GN&C, and optimization. Co-author of the book "Graph Theoretic Methods in Multiagent Networks" (Princeton, 2010). | |||
Geert Jan Olsder | Delft University | [33] Formerly worked on optimal control, game theory and filter theory, more recently works in discrete event system theory. | |||
Bruno Pellegrini | University of Pisa | Italy | [34] Formulated the Cut-insertion theorem in network 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. | |||
Jan H. van Schuppen | Free University of Amsterdam and CWI | [38] is author of more than one hundred publications in control theory, system identification, realization theory and filtering. | |||
Arjan van der Schaft | University of Groningen | [39] He is notable for his contributions to network modeling and control of complex systems as Port-Hamiltonian systems, Passivity-based Control,[40] Nonlinear H_infty control and Hybrid systems. He is a Fellow of the (IEEE). | |||
Bahram Shafai | Northeastern University | [41] Author of Computer-Aided Analysis and Design of Linear Control Systems (Prentice Hall, 1992). | |||
Robert E. Skelton | UC San Diego | [42] Works on dynamics and control of ‘tensegrity systems’. | |||
Sigurd Skogestad | NTNU | [43] Works on process control. Co-author of Multivariable Feedback Control-Analysis and design (Wiley, 1996, 2005). | |||
Eduardo D. Sontag | Rutgers University | [44] Studied under R. Kalman. Author of Mathematical Control Theory: Deterministic Finite Dimensional Systems (Springer, 1998). Introduced the notion of a 'control Lyapunov function' (CLF). | |||
James C. Spall | Johns Hopkins University | [45] Works on stochastic systems, including estimation and optimization. Author of Introduction to Stochastic Search and Optimization (Wiley, 2003). | |||
S. S. Sritharan | Naval Postgraduate School | [46] ( Developed Deterministic and Stochastic Control Theory and nonlinear filtering for Fluid Dynamics and MHD using Navier–Stokes equations and magnetohydrodynamic equations as state space models). | |||
Peter Stoica | Uppsala University | [47] Works on System Identification and Modeling. | |||
Anton Stoorvogel | Eindhoven University of Technology | [48] 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 | [49] Works on loop-transfer recovery, gain scheduled control, fault tolerant control and several other areas. | |||
Hector J. Sussman | Rutgers University | [50] Works on optimal control, nonlinear control and analysis, geometric control and analysis. | IEEE Fellow, 1995; W.T. and Idalia Reid Prize, 2007 | ||
Gang Tao | University of Virginia | [51] Author of 5 books including Adaptive control design and analysis (Wiley, 2003). | |||
Roberto Tempo | CNR-IEIIT, Politecnico di Torino | [52] Author of the book titled Randomized Algorithms for Analysis and Control of Uncertain Systems, with Applications (Springer-Verlag, 2013). | |||
Masayoshi Tomizuka | University of California | [53] 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) | |||
Harry L. Trentelman | University of Groningen | [54] Co-author of the book Control Theory for Linear Systems (Springer Verlag, 2001), Contributions to the geometric approach to linear systems, H-infinity control, linear quadratic optimal control, and the behavioral approach to systems and control. | |||
Paul Van den Hof | Delft University | [55] 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 | [56] Works on control of adaptive optics, control of wind turbines. | |||
Mathukumalli Vidyasagar | University of Texas at Dallas | [57] Professor of Systems Biology Science at the University of Texas at Dallas. Author of Nonlinear systems analysis (Prentice Hall, 1993 and SIAM, 2002). | |||
Kevin Warwick | University of Reading | [58] 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. | |||
Stephen Yurkovich | University of Texas at Dallas | [59] Fellow of the IEEE, and holds the Louis Beecherl, Jr. Distinguished Chair in Engineering at the University of Texas at Dallas, where he is also Program Head of Systems Engineering. | |||
Jan C. Willems | University of Groningen | [60] 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 | [61] Works in many areas including process control and adaptive control. Co-author of two books with Åström. | |||
Yutaka Yamamoto | Kyoto University | [62] Author of the book Repetitive Control (in Japanese) and a large number of research, survey and tutorial articles. Fellow of the IEEE. | |||
Kemin Zhou | Louisiana State University | [63] 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 historical contributions to systems and control.
Given Names | Last Name | Institution | Year | Contributions |
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George Biddell | Airy | 1840 | Early investigations into the instability phenomenon in Watt governors. | |
William Ross | Ashby | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Made many early contributions to cybernetics and complex systems, such as the concept of variety (cybernetics). | |
Robert H. | Park | 1929 | Published last century's 2nd ranked power engineering paper for developing Park Transform of AC machines with time-invariant-coefficient LDEs, widely used for vector control in AC drive & other power electronics applications. | |
Richard | Bellman | 1953 | Developed Dynamic programming | |
Harold Stephen | Black | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1927 | Invented the negative feedback amplifier |
Hendrik | Bode | 1945 | Published Network Analysis and Feedback Amplifier Design (Van Nostrand), invented the Bode plot and introduced the Bode integral formula. | |
Nikolay | Bogoliubov | Together with Nikolay Krylov developed the describing function method as an approximate procedure for analyzing nonlinear control problems. | ||
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. | ||
Gene F. | Franklin | His 1958 text "Sampled-Data Control Systems" introduced digital control to a discipline which had previously operated almost exclusively in the analog domain. | ||
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 | 1934 | Author of Theory of Servomechanisms. | |
Andrey | Kolmogorov | Co-developer of the Wiener-Kolmogorov filter. Formulated the Kolmogorov forward and backward equations in the theory of stochastic processes. | ||
Nikolay | Krylov | together with Nikolay Bogoliubov developed the describing function method as an approximate procedure for analyzing nonlinear control problems. | ||
Alexander | Lyapunov | 1892 | His paper Sur le problème général de la stabilité du mouvement (in French) marks the beginning of stability theory. | |
James Clerk | Maxwell | 1868 | Paper "On governors" investigated the stability of governors in a systematic way and discovered the necessary conditions for stability. | |
Nicolas | Minorsky | 1922 | Ship designer, was the first to provide an analysis of the three term (or PID) controller and to suggest its use for ship steering. | |
Nathaniel B. | Nichols | 1947 | Developed the Nichols chart. Published Theory of Servomechanisms with H. M. James and R. S. Phillips. | |
Harry | Nyquist | 1927 | Developed the Nyquist stability criterion for feedback systems (1932) and co-developed Nyquist–Shannon sampling theorem. | |
Lev | Pontryagin | Main author of Pontryagin's minimum principle for optimal control problems. | ||
Vasile | Popov | Developed the Kalman–Yakubovich–Popov lemma and the Popov criterion for stability. | ||
John R. | Ragazzini | 1954 | His book Sampled-data control systems 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 | 1953 | Caltech professor, author of New electric analog computers and their application to aircraft design problemsand Principles of Feedback Control (1960).[64] Rock climber. | |
Vladimir Andreevich | Yakubovich | Saint Petersburg State University | 1996 | Pioneered the usage of Linear Matrix Inequalities in control theory.[65] Considered as the father of the field. |
George | Zames | McGill University | Developed robust control theory, including the small gain theorem and H infinity control. | |
See also
References
- ↑ Jie Chen
- ↑ Bijnan Bandyopadhyay
- ↑ Karl Johan Åström
- ↑ Michael Athans
- ↑ John Baillieul
- ↑ B. Ross Barmish
- ↑ [decision.csl.uiuc.edu/~tbasar/ Tammer Basar]
- ↑ Bo Bernhardsson
- ↑ Stephen P. Boyd
- ↑ Damiano Brigo
- ↑ Roger W. Brockett
- ↑ Edwin K. P. Chong
- ↑
- ↑
- ↑ John C. Doyle
- ↑ Laurent El Ghaoui
- ↑ Malo Hautus
- ↑ J. Karl Hedrick
- ↑ Y.C. Ho
- ↑ Diederich Hinrichsen
- ↑ Alberto Isidori
- ↑ Thomas Kailath
- ↑ R E Kalman
- ↑ Petar V. Kokotovic
- ↑ Vladimir Kucera
- ↑ Alan J. Laub
- ↑ PSDC Homepage
- ↑
- ↑
- ↑ Lennart Ljung
- ↑ D. Q. Mayne
- ↑ Mehran Mesbahi
- ↑ Geert Jan Olsder
- ↑ Bruno Pellegrini
- ↑ Ian Petersen
- ↑ Mario Rotea
- ↑ Ali Saberi
- ↑ Jan van Schuppen
- ↑
- ↑ "EOLSS" (PDF).
- ↑ Bahram Shafai
- ↑ Robert E. Skelton
- ↑ Sigurd Skogestad
- ↑ Eduardo D. Sontag
- ↑ James C. Spall
- ↑ S. S. Sritharan
- ↑ Peter Stoica
- ↑ Anton Stoorvogel
- ↑ Jakob Stoustrup
- ↑ Hector Sussman
- ↑ Gang Tao
- ↑ Roberto Tempo
- ↑ Masayoshi Tomizuka
- ↑
- ↑ Paul Van den Hof
- ↑ Michel Verhaegen
- ↑ Mathukumalli Vidyasagar
- ↑ Kevin Warwick
- ↑
- ↑ Jan C. Willems
- ↑ Björn Wittenmark
- ↑ Yutaka Yamamoto
- ↑ Kemin Zhou
- ↑ Charles Wilts
- ↑ History of LMIs in Control Theory
External links
- People in control, in: Control Systems Magazine, IEEE, Volume 24, Issue 5, Oct. 2004 pp 12–15.
- ISA, the International Society for Measurement and Control, homepage.
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