George S. Axelby Outstanding Paper Award

To recognize outstanding papers published in the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control.

Award Information
Prize: 
Certificate laminated on a plaque (one for each author).
Funding: 
Funded by the IEEE Control Systems Society.
Presentation: 
At most one (1) award presented annually at the Awards Ceremony of the CSS.
Eligibility: 
Authors of papers published in the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control during the two calendar years preceding the year of the award.
Basis for Judgement: 
Originality, potential impact on the theoretical foundations of control, importance and practical significance in applications, and clarity.
Award Nomination
Nomination Deadline: 
May 15 of each year.
Nomination: 

Nominations and reference letters are due by May 15 and must be submitted using the CSS Awards Nomination system at awards.paperplaza.net. Please download the nomination form and follow the instructions.

Award Recipients

1979 - "Analysis of Recursive Stochastic Algorithms," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 22, No. 8, pp. 551 - 575, August 1977.

Lennart Ljung Headshot Photo
Lennart Ljung
Linkopings Universitets
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TAC.1977.1101561

1979 - "On Positive Real Transfer Functions and the Convergence of Some Recursive Scheme," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 22, No. 8, pp. 539 - 551, August 1977.

Lennart Ljung Headshot Photo
Lennart Ljung
Linkopings Universitets
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TAC.1977.1101552

1978 - "Stability of Interconnected Dynamical Systems Described on Banach Spaces", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 464 - 471, August 1976.

Anthony Michel Headshot Photo
Anthony Michel
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TAC.1976.1101302

1978 - "Structural Stabilization and Quenching by Dither," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 352 - 361, June 1977.

Headshot Photo
George Zames
McGill University
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TAC.1977.1101504
N.A. Shneydor
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TAC.1977.1101504

1977 - "Modern Wiener-Hopf Design of Optimal Controllers--Part II: The Multivariable Case," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 21. No. 3, pp. 319 - 338, June 1976.

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Dante C. Youla
Polytechnic Institute of NY
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TAC.1976.1101223
H.A. Jabr
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TAC.1976.1101223
J.J. Bongiorno, Jr.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TAC.1976.1101223

1976 - "Reducing Energy Consumption through Trajectory Optimization for a Metro Network," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 20, No. 5, pp. 590 - 595, October 1975.

Hoc H. Huang
Ecole Polytechnique of Montreal
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TAC.1975.1101058
Michael P. Polis Headshot Photo
Michael P. Polis
Oakland University
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TAC.1975.1101058
A. Haurie
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TAC.1975.1101058

1975 - "A Minimization Algorithm for the Design of Linear Multivariable Systems," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 220 - 225, June 1973.

Edward Davison
Edward J. Davison
University of Toronto
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TAC.1973.1100283
S.H. Wang
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TAC.1973.1100283

1975 - "Suboptimal Control of Linear Systems by Augmentation with Application to Freeway Traffic Regulation," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 210 - 219, June 1973.

L. Lsaken
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TAC.1973.1100314
H.J. Payne
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TAC.1973.1100314