IEEE Control Systems Technology Award | IEEE Control Systems Society

To recognize outstanding contributions to control systems technology either in design and implementation or project management.

Historical Background:

Revised 2000.

Prize:

$2,000, photo-engraved Plaque for each recipient, and travel expenses to the CDC for one recipient (round trip restricted minimal coach air fare, conference registration, and up to 4 conference-rate hotel nights for a 3-day conference, and up to 5 conference-rate hotel nights for a 4-day conference) If the prize is awarded to a group, members of the group will equally split the cash portion of the prize.

Funding:

Funded by the IEEE Control Systems Society.

Presentation:

At the Awards Ceremony of the IEEE Control Systems Society.

Basis for Judgement:

The technical merit of the outstanding control systems technology contribution in either design and implementation, or project management. The broader impacts of the contribution towards the benefit of society at large and towards the CSS diversity and inclusiveness goals in terms of geography, gender, and work sector.

Eligibility:

Either an individual or a team.

Nomination Details:

Nominations and reference letters are due by May 15 and must be submitted using the IEEE Control Systems Society Awards Nomination system at awards.paperplaza.net.

Nomination Form

Nomination Instructions

Recipients

2009

Reza Moheimani, Angeliki Pantazi, Abu Sebastian, Giovanni Cherubini

Giovanni Cherubini

Biography

I joined the Communication Systems research staff at IBM Research – Zurich in 1987, after receiving a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of California at San Diego. My research initially focused on high-speed data transmission systems. I participated and contributed to the work of several standards bodies, including IEEE 802, ATM Forum, Committee T1, and ITU-T. During my involvement in standardization efforts, I was co-editor of the 100BASE-T2 IEEE Standard for Fast Ethernet transmission over voice-grade cables, and proposed a new filter-bank modulation scheme for very high-speed digital subscriber lines, known as filtered multitone modulation.

More recently, I focused on advanced servo control for data storage systems, contributing to the realization of the first fully-functional atomic force microscope-based data-storage prototype system, internally dubbed "millipede". The tremendous potential of techniques for fast scanner positioning with nanometer-scale accuracy in scanning-probe storage devices and other applications, e.g., molecular biology, has been widely recognized. Further, our innovative servo control technologies for future generations of tape drive systems routinely achieve nanometer-scale accuracy in the head positioning of tape drives. This accuracy has contributed to several world-record storage areal density demonstrations, the most recent one of which in 2017 achieved a density of 201 Gb/in², a breakthrough that represents the equivalent of a 330-terabyte tape cartridge that could fit in the palm of one's hand. My current research focuses on artificial intelligence and machine learning based on non-von-Neumann computing architectures.

I served as Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Communications in the area of CDMA Systems, Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, and Technical Editor of the IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. Currently, I am Senior Editor of the IEEE Control Systems Letters and Associate Editor of IFAC Mechatronics. I was Guest Editor of the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications for the special issues on Copper Wire Access Technologies for High Performance Networks, and Multiuser Detection Techniques with Application to Wired and Wireless Communications Systems, as well as Guest Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology for the special issue on Advanced Servo Control for Emerging Data Storage Systems.

Since 2008, I have been a member of the invention disclosure evaluation team at IBM Research – Zurich. Currently, I serve as Chairperson of the Review Committee for invention disclosures in the area of Cloud and Computing Infrastructure. I am an IBM Master Inventor and an IEEE Fellow, have over 120 refereed publications, and hold over 200 patents in the areas of signal processing, big data, control, and communication systems.

Positions & Affiliations

IBM Research, Zürich

Switzerland

, Mark Lantz, Haralampos Pozidis, Hugo Rothuizen, and Evangelos Elftheriou

For nanopositioning for MEMS-based storage and other applications

2008

Tariq Samad

Biography

Tariq Samad holds the Honeywell/W.R. Sweatt Chair at the Technological Leadership Institute at the University of Minnesota, where he also serves as the Director of Graduate Studies for the nation’s longest-running M.S. in Management of Technology program and has an adjunct faculty appointment in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Dr. Samad joined TLI in 2016 after a 30-year career with Honeywell, for the last half of which he was a Corporate Fellow with Honeywell Automation and Control Solutions (ACS). During his career with Honeywell, he contributed to and led automation and control technology developments for applications in electric power systems, clean energy, building management, the process industries, automotive engines, unmanned aircraft, and advanced manufacturing. His research interests relate broadly to automation, intelligence, and autonomy for complex engineering systems. In 2015-2016 he also served as the first Global Innovation Leader for the business.

Dr. Samad was the President of the American Automatic Control Council for 2014-15 and the President of the IEEE Control Systems Society in 2009. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and of IFAC and the recipient of a few awards including the 2008 IEEE CSS Control Systems Technology Award, a Distinguished Member Award from IEEE CSS, and an IEEE Third Millennium Medal. He is the former editor-in-chief of IEEE Press and has recently launched a new book series for Wiley/IEEE Press on “Technology Management, Innovation, and Leadership.” He is the founding chair of the new Industry Committee for IFAC. Dr. Samad holds 20 patents and has authored or edited over 100 publications. He is currently working on the second edition of the Encyclopedia of Systems and Control (co-editor-in-chief, Springer, 2014). He was a founding member of the Board of Directors of the U.S. Smart Grid Interoperability Panel and he co-led technology deep dives on advanced sensing, controls, and platforms for manufacturing as part of the U.S. Advanced Manufacturing Partnership initiative. Dr. Samad holds a B.S. degree in Engineering and Applied Science from Yale University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.

Positions & Affiliations

Honeywell Labs

United States

For technology development, demonstration, and commercialization that span a number of application domains: process industries, aerospace vehicles, building automation, and automotive power trains

2007

Andrzej Banaszuk

For contributions to the areas of control of compressor instabilities, combustion instabilities, and other fluid flow instabilities in aerospace systems

2006

Lalit Mestha

For his outstanding contributions in applying control systems technology to Particle Accelerators and Digital Printing Systems

2005

Gary Balas

For their outstanding contributions to control systems technology by developing state-of-the art control algorithms and enabling software for use in industrial problems, for making modern robust control tools accessible to practicing engineers, and for their leadership role in the field of control engineering

Andrew Packard

2004

Banavar Sridhar

For the development of modeling and simulation techniques for multivehicle traffic networks and advanced air traffic management systems through innovative application of control systems concepts

2003

Jeffrey Cook, Jessy Grizzle

, and Jing Sun

For the development of fuel-efficient and environmentally friendly automotive powertrains through innovative application of control theory

2002

Dimitry Gorinevsky, and Greg Stewart

In recognition for their innovative application of modern identification and control methods to the papermaking process

2001

James Antaki, and Bradley Paden

For their development of the StreamLiner artificial heart, a mechatronics design that epitomizes the integration of control with electromechanical systems to achieve a novel design that has the potential to save over 35,000 lives per year