Antonio Ruberti Young Researcher Prize | IEEE Control Systems Society

This award is to recognize distinguished cutting-edge contributions by a young researcher to the theory or application of systems and control.

Historical Background:

The Antonio Ruberti Young Researcher Prize was established in 2005 to honor the memory of Antonio Ruberti. Antonio Ruberti was one of the first three Professors of Automatic Control in Italy (together with Giorgio Quazza and Antonio Lepschy). In 1964 the first chair of Automatic Control was established at the University of Rome "La Sapienza" and he was hired to occupy that position. He was Faculty Dean and later Rector (for 11 years) of "La Sapienza", Minister of Minister of University and Scientific Research, Commissioner of the EU for Science, Research and Education, and he later held several other positions in EU Commission till his sudden and unexpected death in 2000. His scientific interests in the field of system and control were very wide. In particular, he was one of the early pioneers of geometric control methods for nonlinear systems. For further information about Professor Ruberti, please follow this link to the following website dedicated to his contribution - currently under construction.

Prize:

$5000, Galvanic (photo engraved) plaque, conference registration, economy airfares and four days accommodation for the recipient to attend the Conference on Decision and Control (CDC).

Funding:

Funded by the Ruberti Foundation.

Presentation:

At the Awards Ceremony of the CSS held during CDC.

Basis for Judgement:

The breadth, caliber, challenge, and promise of their contributions to multidisciplinary research, innovation, and impact on theory or real world applications.

Eligibility:

To be eligible the nominee must be 40 years old or younger on January 1st of the year of the award.

Nomination Details:

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

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Award Recipients

2017

Wei Ren

2017 Recipient of Antonio Ruberti Young Researcher Prize

For pioneering contributions to distributed coordination and control of multi-agent systems.

2016

Yasamin Mostofi

2016 Recipient of Antonio Ruberti Young Researcher Prize

for contributions to the fundamentals of communications and control co-optimization in mobile sensor networks.

2015

Paulo Tabuada

2015 Recipient of Antonio Ruberti Young Researcher Prize

For contributions to the analysis and design of cyber-physical systems.

2014

Murat Arcak

2014 Recipient of Antonio Ruberti Young Researcher Prize

for contributions to the theory and applications of nonlinear control, stability and passivity

2013

Alexandre Bayen

2013 Recipient of Antonio Ruberti Young Researcher Prize

for his contributions to control and estimation of partial differential equations with applications to large-scale sensing in traffic flow and shallow-water systems.

2012

Massimo Franceschetti

2012 Recipient of Antonio Ruberti Young Researcher Prize

for his contributions in physical and information-based foundation of networked control and communication systems.

2011

Pablo Parrilo

2011 Recipient of Antonio Ruberti Young Researcher Prize

for fundamental contributions to optimization theory and its applications

2010

George Pappas

2010 Recipient of Antonio Ruberti Young Researcher Prize

for fundamental contributions to embedded, hybrid, and networked control systems

2009

Joao Hespanha

2009 Recipient of Antonio Ruberti Young Researcher Prize

for fundamental contributions to adaptive control and to the theory of switched and hybrid systems

2008

Rodolphe Sepulchre - 2008 recipient of Antonio Ruberti Young Researcher Prize

2008 Recipient of Antonio Ruberti Young Researcher Prize

for contributions to the theory and applications of nonlinear dynamical systems, in particular, coordination, synchronization, and control