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Panos J. Antsaklis is the H.C. and E.A. Brosey Professor of Electrical Engineering, Concurrent Professor of Computer Science and Engineering and Concurrent Professor of Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Notre Dame. His research addresses problems of control and automation and examines ways to design engineering systems that will exhibit high degree of autonomy in performing useful tasks.
Editor-in-Chief IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control www.nd.edu/~ieeetac Elizabeth Kovacs, Editorial Assistant Kaylee Hull, Administrative Assistant Phone: +1 (574) 631-4606 ieeetac@nd.edu 
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Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2011. He is Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, AAAS (2011) for distinguished contributions to the field of Systems and Control, particularly for feedback control of multi-variable systems, intelligent, hybrid and discrete event systems. Election as a Fellow of AAAS is an honor bestowed upon members by their peers. Fellows are recognized for meritorious efforts to advance science or its applications. Each year the Council elects members whose efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications are scientifically or socially distinguished. |
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Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) 2010. He is Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control, IFAC (2010) for fundamental contributions to hybrid control systems, supervisory control of discrete event systems, control of systems over networks and for leadership in the profession. The IFAC Fellow Award is given to persons who have made outstanding and extraordinary contributions in the field of interest of IFAC, in the role as an Engineer/Scientist, Technical Leader, or Educator. |
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Quest for Autonomy Revisited See also: Quest for Autonomy |
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Fundamental Characteristics of Feedback Mechanisms |
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Interview by Natalie Bakopoulos of the University of Michigan. Special to the National Herald, the Greek-American Newspaper. The interview appeared in the 2010 Christmas Issue of The National Herald, Issue #689, pp. 1 & 4, December 25-31, 2010. Interview TNH Dec25-31 2010, p1-4 - newspaper format Interview TNH Dec25-31 2010 - single column format Interview TNH - Greek Translation |
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Interview by Anna Grimani, Patridognosia Column Editor Kathimerini (Greek Newspaper), Patridognosia column, August 29, 2010 Interview KathimeriniGr - in Greek Interview KathimeriniEn - English Translation |
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Interview by Dennis Bernstein, CSM Editor-in-Chief IEEE Control Systems Magazine, Vol.30, No.6, pp 44-46, December 2010 Interview CSM Dec 2010 |
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Interview for the textbook: Structure and Interpretation of Signals and Systems by Edward A. Lee and Pravin Varaiya, Addison Wesley, 2003. It appeared on pages 83-84. Kathimerini (Greek Newspaper), Patridognosia column, August 29, 2010 Interview - in Lee & Varaiya Book Interview - in Lee & Varaiya Book - Full Text |
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Remarks at the Award ceremony of the 2006 Brown Engineering Alumni Medal May 27, 2006 Remarks - BEAM 2006 Photo slides used at the ceremony |
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Remarks at the Investiture of the Brosey Chair October 16, 2002 Remarks - Brosey Investiture |
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Interview of the CSS President-Elect. Title: "Introducing the CSS President-Elect," IEEE Control Systems Magazine, Vol.16, No.4, pp. 60-63, August 1996/ Interview CSM August 1996 |
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Interview of the General Chair of the 1995 CDC. Title: "1995 CDC Heads to New Orleans," IEEE Control Systems Magazine, Vol14, No.5, pp. 7-8, October 1994. IEEE Control Systems Magazine, Vol.16, No.4, pp. 60-63, August 1996. Interview CSM October 1994 |
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Panos J. Antsaklis is the H.Clifford and Evelyn A. Brosey Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. He also is Concurrent Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and in the Department of Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics. He served as the Director of the Center for Applied Mathematics of the University of Notre Dame from 1999 to 2005. He is a graduate of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece, and holds MS and PhD degrees from Brown University. He joined Notre Dame in 1980 after holding faculty positions at Brown University, Rice University, and Imperial College of the University of London, England. During sabbatical leaves he has lectured and conducted research at MIT, Imperial College, NTUA and the Technical University of Crete, Greece. His current research focuses on Cyber Physical Networked Embedded Systems and addresses problems in the interdisciplinary research area of Control, Computing and Communication Networks, and on Hybrid and Discrete Event Dynamical Systems. His research addresses problems of control and automation and examines ways to design engineering systems that will exhibit high degree of autonomy in performing useful tasks. Application areas include transportation, manufacturing, and chemical process systems, as well as computer and communication networks. His work includes analysis of behavior based on mathematical models and design of control strategies for complex autonomous, intelligent, learning and reconfigurable systems. His research (See Research for details) is funded by federal agencies (NSF, ARO, DARPA) and companies. He has published extensively in the area of systems and control, in linear feedback systems, autonomous intelligent control systems, discrete event and hybrid systems, in networked control systems and in cyber-physical systems. See Publications for details. He has authored two graduate textbooks, "Linear Systems" (McGraw-Hill 1997 and Birkhauser 2006, with A.N. Michel).and "A Linear Systems Primer" (Birkhauser 2007, with A.N. Michel), and two research monographs, "Supervisory Control of Discrete Event Systems Using Petri Nets" (Kluwer Academic 1998; with J. Moody) and "Supervisory Control of Concurrent Systems: A Petri Net Structural Approach" (Birkhauser 2006, with M.V. Iordache). He has edited six books: "An Introduction to Intelligent and Autonomous Control" (Kluwer Academic 1993; with K. Passino), "Hybrid Systems II" & "Hybrid Systems IV" (Springer-Verlag 1995 and 1997; with W. Kohn, A. Nerode and S. Sastry), "Hybrid Systems V" (Springer-Verlag 1999; with W. Kohn, M. Lemmon, A. Nerode, and S. Sastry), "Stability and Control of Dynamical Systems with Applications: A Tribute to A.N. Michel" (Birkhauser 2003; with D. Liu), and . "Networked Embedded Sensing and Control: Workshop NESC'05 Proceedings" (Birkhauser 2006, with P. Tabuada). See Books for more information. He was Guest Editor of the IEEE TAC Special Issue on Networked Control Systems (with John Baillieul, September 2004) and of the Special Issue on Networked Control Systems Technology of the Proceedings of the IEEE (with John Baillieul, January 2007). He was Guest Editor of special issues on Hybrid Control Systems in the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (with A. Nerode; 1998), in the Journal of Discrete Event Dynamic Systems (with M. Lemmon; 1998), and the Guest Editor of the Special Issue on Hybrid Systems in the Proceedings of the IEEE in July 2000. He was the Guest Editor of the 1990 and 1992 Special Issues on "Neural Networks in Control Systems" of the IEEE Control Systems magazine (CSM) and the Guest Editor of the 1995 Special Issue on "Intelligence and Learning" in the IEEE CSM. See Special Issues for more information. He currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (TAC). See the TAC website for more information. He previously served as Associate Editor at Large and as Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, as Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and of several other journals, and as an Editor of the IEE Control Engineering Book Series. He currently serves as the President of the Mediterranean Control Association. See MCA for more information. At Notre Dame he currently serves in several committees including Committees of the Academic Council of the University. See Administration at Notre Dame for more information. He was the 1997 President of the IEEE Control Systems Society (CSS), the 1996 CSS President-Elect, Vice President-Conferences in 1994 and 1995, an elected member of the CSS Board of Governors 1991-1996, and the General Chair of the 1995 34th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) in New Orleans. He was the Program Chair of the 30th IEEE CDC in England in 1991, and he has served as the General Chair of the 1993 8th IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control in Chicago. He served as the IEEE Director and Alternate Director of the American Automatic Control Council, the U.S. National Member Organization of the International Federation of Automatic Control from 1994 to 1997. He was the Chair of the Technical Committee on Fuzzy and Neural Systems of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) 1999-2002. He was the Honorary Chair of the 1996 4th IEEE Mediterranean Symposium on Control and Automation in Crete, Greece (MED96), of the 2008 16th MED in Corsica, France (MED08) and of the 2010 18th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation in Marrakesh, Morocco (MED'10). He was General co-Chair of the 8th and 15th MED in 2000 and 2007. He was the International Program Committee Chair for the 2007 European Control Conference. See Professional Activities. He serves as Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Max-Planck-Institut fur Dynamik Komplexer Technischer Systeme, Magdeburg, Germany where he has been a SAB member since 2002. In 2006-2007 he was member of the subcommittee on Networking and Information Technology of the President's Council of Advisors for Science and Technology (PCAST), that advises the President of the United States on Science and Technology federal policy issues regarding technology, scientific research priorities, and math and science education. See Awards and Recognitions. He is the recipient of the 2006 Engineering Alumni Medal ( BEAM) of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. He has been plenary and keynote speaker in a number of conferences and research workshops, and he is the recipient of several teaching awards at the University of Notre Dame. He is IEEE Fellow (1991) for his contributions to the theory of feedback stabilization and control of linear multivariable systems. He is a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Control Systems Society, a recipient of the IEEE Distinguished Member Award of the Control Systems Society, and an IEEE Third Millennium Medal recipient. He is Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control, IFAC, (2010) for fundamental contributions to hybrid control systems, supervisory control of discrete event systems, control of systems over networks and for leadership in the profession. He is Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, AAAS (2011) for distinguished contributions to the field of Systems and Control, particularly for feedback control of multi-variable systems, intelligent, hybrid and discrete event systems. He was recognized on the field (20-yard line) at the Notre Dame vs. Boston College game on November 19, 2011, in front of 85,000 football fans and was presented with a signed football by Provost Tom Burish. |
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Awards & Recognitions
Brown University IEEE University of Notre Dame Fullbright |
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Cyber Physical Networked Embedded Control Systems Hybrid DES Systems Distributed Multi-agent Systems Intelligent control |
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Professional Activities
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control IEEE Control Systems IFAC Mediterranean Control Association (MCA) EUCA |
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Administration at Notre Dame
Academic Council Engineering College Council Faculty Senate Electrical Engineering Committees |
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Selected Conferences, Workshops, Seminar Series
Symposium to honor Bill Wolovich '08 ECC '07 Kalamata Workshop '07 MED '07 NESC '05 Michel Workshop, Spring '03 Brosey Seminar Series '03 |
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Graduate StudentsPicture Gallery
Current StudentsEloy GarciaResearch Topic: Model-Based Networked Control Systems. Ph.D. MSEE, University of Illinois at Chicago, May 2006. BSEE, Universidad Autonoma de Zacatecas, June 2003. Michael McCourt Research Topic: Passivity in Hybrid Control Systems. Ph.D. BSEE, University of Washington, June 2007. Po Wu Research Topic: Symmetries and Regularities in Distributed Control Systems. Ph.D. BS Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, July 2007. Meng Xia Research Topic: Networked Control Systems and Passivity. Ph.D. MS Control Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, July 2010. BS Information and Computational Science, Harbin Institute of Technology, July 2008. Han Yu (Cherry) Research Topic: Passivity in Distributed Control Systems. Ph.D. BS Measuring and Control Technology and Instruments, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, June 2007. Feng Zhu Research Topic: DES and Hybrid Control Systems. Ph.D. BS Automatic Control, Harbin Institute of Technology, July 2008. Former StudentsMatthew Zyskowski (Ronald Diersing co-advisor, MK Sain Original Advisor)Hamilton Sundstrand, Electric Systems Website Ph.D. December 2010, “Cost Density-Shaping for Stochastic Optimal Control.” MSEE, University of Pennsylvania, May 2006. BSEE Mathematics, Drexel University, December 2003. Tomas Estrada, Ph.D. Elizabethtown College, PA Website Ph.D. May 2009. "Model-Based Networked Control Systems with Intermittent Feedback." M.S. in Electrical Engineering, 2005. B.S. in Electrical Engineering, 2002, University of Costa Rica. Hui Fang, Ph.D. JP Morgan-Chase, NYC Ph.D. January 2008. "Cooperative Control of Multi-agent Systems with Information Flow Constraints." M.S. in Applied Mathematics, 2006. B.S. in Electrical Engineering, 2001, University of Science and Technology of China. Nicholas Kottenstette, Ph.D. Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN Website Ph.D. August 2007. "Control of Passive Plants with Memoryless Nonlinearities over Wireless Networks." M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, 1997, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, 1995, Catholic University of America. Lei Fang, Ph.D. Magnetar Capital LLC, Chicago, IL Ph.D. August 2006. "Control of Distributed Systems with Interconnection Constraints." M.S., 1999, University of Macau. M.S., 2002, University of Connecticut. B.S. in Electrical Engineering, 1996, Zhejiang University. Anastasios Tzimas, M.S. Siemens, Athens, Greece M.S. in Electrical Engineering, May 2006. Diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Nov. 2003, National Technical University of Athens. Emmanuel Sifakis, M.S. Tradition M.S. in Electrical Engineering, May 2006. "Routing Protocols for Wireless Networked Sensing and Control." B.S. in Electrical and Computer Science Engineering, Dec. 2005, Ecole Superieure d'Electricite-Supelec. Erez Abittan, M.S. Bearing Point, New York, NY M.S. in Electrical Engineering, May 2006. "Model-Based Approach for Bridge Structural Health Monitoring Using Wireless Sensor Networks." B.S. in Electrical and Computer Science Engineering, Dec. 2005, Ecole Superieure d'Electricite-Supelec. Hai Lin, M.S., Ph.D. Electrical & Computer Engineering National University of Singapore, Singapore Website Ph.D. August 2005. "Robust Analysis and Synthesis of Uncertain Linear Hybrid Systems with Networked Control Applications." M.S. in Electrical Engineering, 2002, Chinese Academy of Sciences. B.S. 1997, University of Science and Technology. Luis Montestruque, M.S., Ph.D. EmNet LLC, Granger, IN; EmNet Ph.D. January 2005. "Model-Based Networked Control Systems." M.S. in Electrical Engineering, 2001. B.S. 1997, Pontificia University Catholica, Peru. Ioannis E. Koutroulis, M.S. Solutia Business Innovations Ltd, Athens, Greece M.S. in Electrical Engineering, January 2004. B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, May 2002, University of Patras, Greece. Marian V. Iordache, M.S., Ph.D. School of Engineering and Engineering Technology LeTourneau University, Longview, TX Website Ph.D. January 2004. "Methods for the Supervisory Control of Concurrent Systems Based on Petri Net Abstractions." M.S. May 1999. "Deadlock Prevention in Discrete Event Systems Using Petri Nets." M.S. in Electrical Engineering--Microsystems, 1997, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania. Diploma in Electronics and Computing Systems, 1996, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania. Vishwani Silochan, M.S. Bechtel, Trinidad and Tobago M.S. in Electrical Engineering, December 2002. B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Summer 2001, Louisiana State University. Xuping Xu, M.S., Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering California Baptist University, Riverside, CA Ph.D. July 2001."Analysis and Design of Switched Systems." M.S. in Electrical Engineering, 1999. M.S. in Applied Mathematics, 2000. B.S. in Electrical Engineering, May 1995, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Kenneth P. Laberteaux, Ph.D. Toyota Technical Center, Ann Arbor, MI Ph.D. October 2000. "Explicit Rate Congestion Control for Data Networks." M.S. in Electrical Engineering, 1996. B.S. in Electrical Engineering, May 1992, University of Michigan. Xenofon D. Koutsoukos, M.S., Ph.D. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN Website Ph.D. July 2000. "Analysis and Design of Piecewise Linear Hybrid Dynamical Systems." M.S. in Electrical Engineering, 1998. M.S. in Applied Mathematics, 1998. Diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering, May 1993, National Technical University of Athens. Jean-Kesney Auguste, M.S. BAE Systems Controls M.S. May 1999. "Modeling and Hinf Control of a Hot Strip Steel Mill." B.S. May 1992, Boston University. John O. Moody, M.S., Ph.D. Lockheed Martin Federal Systems, Owego, NY Ph.D. May 1998. "Petri Net Supervisors for Discrete Event Systems." M.S. May 1993. "A New Method for Constructing and Training Neural Networks." B.S. May 1991, University of Notre Dame. Ioannis K. Konstantopoulos, M.S., Ph.D. DEH, Athens, Greece Ph.D. January 1996. "Optimal Controller Design and Reconfigurable Control Under Stability Robustness." M.S. November 1992. "Controller Design with Failure Diagnostic Capabilities Using Neural Networks." Diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering, May 1989, National Technical University of Athens. James. A. Stiver, M.S., Ph.D. Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL Ph.D. May 1995. "Analysis and Design of Hybrid Control Systems." M.S. May 1991. "Modeling of Hybrid Control Systems Using Discrete Event System Models." B.S. in Electrical Engineering, May 1989, University of Notre Dame. Zugang Hou, M.S. M.S. May 1992. "Analysis of Automotive Powertrain Dynamics Using Neural Networks." B.S. May 1982, Shandong University of Technology. Michael A. Sartori, M.S., Ph.D. Venable LLP, Washington, DC Website Ph.D. May 1991. "Neural Networks and their Application to the Control of Systems." M.S. in Electrical Engineering, 1989. B.S. in Electrical Engineering, May 1987, University of Notre Dame. Zhiqiang Gao, M.S., Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH Website Ph.D. August 1990. "Reconfigurable Control Systems: Analysis and Design." M.S. August 1987. "Model Matching and Related Control Problems: Conditions and Algorithms." B.S. January 1984, Beijing Institute of Posts and Telecommunications. Mark D. Peek, M.S. TellLabs M.S. September 1989. "Machine Learning of Parameter Values for System Performance Adaptation." B.S. 1985, University of Notre Dame. Kevin M. Passino, M.S., Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH Website Ph.D. May 1989. "Analysis and Synthesis of Discrete Event Regulator Systems." M.S. Jan. 1985. "Reconstruction Methods and the Zeros of Sampled Systems." B.S. in Electrical Engineering, January 1983, Tri-State University. Oscar R. Gonzalez, M.S., Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA Website Ph.D. August 1987. "Analysis and Synthesis of Two Degrees of Freedom Control Systems." M.S. May 1984. "Regulation Problem with Internal Stability (RPIS): Compensator Structure and Internal Models." B.S. in Electrical Engineering, January 1982, University of Idaho. Donald P. McLane, M.S. Institute of Technology University of Washington, Tacoma WA Website M.S. January 1987. "Discrete System Identification in the Frequency Domain via Least Squares." B.S. January 1981, Indiana University South Bend. Rodolfo F. Lopez, M.S. Nicaragua M.S. May 1984. "Multivariable Control Design Via Polynomial Interpolation Methods." Students from Computing and Control and Electrical Engineering,
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From left to right: Po Wu (China), Feng Zhu (China), Han (Cherry) Yu (China), Eloy Garcia (Mexico), Antsaklis, Getachew Befekadu (Post-doc, Ethiopia), Mike McCourt (USA)
Po Wu (China), Feng Zhu (China), Han (Cherry) Yu (China) , Eloy Garcia (Mexico) , Antsaklis, Getachew Befekadu (Post-doc, Ethiopia), Mike McCourt (USA)
Po Wu (China), Feng Zhu (China), Han (Cherry) Yu (China) , Eloy Garcia (Mexico) , Antsaklis, Getachew Befekadu (Post-doc, Ethiopia), Mike McCourt (USA)
Po Wu (China), Feng Zhu (China), Han (Cherry) Yu (China) , Eloy Garcia (Mexico) , Antsaklis, Getachew Befekadu (Post-doc, Ethiopia), Mike McCourt (USA)
From left to right: Sitting: Erez Abittan (France), Manolis Sifakis (France), Hui Fang (China), Lei Fang (China); Standing: Luis Montestruque (Peru), Nicholas Kottenstette (USA), Anastasis Tzimas (Hellas), Tomas Estrada (Costa Rica), Hai Lin (China)
Hui Fang, Luis Montestruque, Vishwani Silochan, Hai Lin, Ioannis Koutroulis, Lei Fang, and Marian Iordache
From left to right: John Moody, Ioannis Konstantopoulos, Dr. Xiaojun Yang (Visitor), Xenofon Koutsoukos,and Jim Stiver
Antsaklis Feedback Lab @ ND (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)
Lab for the Study of Feedback in Dynamical Systems Across Disciplines
The goal is to study Feedback as it occurs in natural and man-made dynamical systems. Here the term Feedback refers not only to sensing and sending or feeding back the actual state of the system or a function of the actual state; but also to processing the information to decide in a decision and control mechanism or controller what action is needed; and finally implementing that decision as a control action on the system via actuators. All these are captured in the term Feedback Control where Control is understood in its most general sense, that is controlling a system to behave in a desired way.
Systems that typically use Feedback Control include:
- Biological Systems
- Physical, Environmental, Ecological Systems
- Social and Economic Systems
- Political Systems
- Manufacturing Systems
- Communication Systems
- Transportation Systems (space, air, ground, surface, underwater vehicles)
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1. What is Feedback Control? |
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2. History of Feedback Control |
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5. Feedback Control in Biological, Physical, Social, Economic, Political Systems - Homeostasis |
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People & Institutions
- professional institutions:
- IEEE Control Systems Society
- IEEE Homepage
- IEEE CSS Technical Committee on Hybrid Dynamical Systems
- IET
- American Automatic Control Council
- International Federation of Automatic Control
- universities and research centers:
- National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)
- Brown University
- Rice University
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
- Imperial College, University of London
- MIT
- Technical University of Crete (TUC)
- Institute for Systems and Robotics (ISR) of the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) in English
- Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (MPG)
- Max-Planck (MPI)-Magdeburg
- people:
- Graduate Students