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Home > IFAC & Congress Awards
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IFAC Awards will be presented at the following ceremonies.
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IFAC AWARDS at OPENING CEREMONY [July 6, 17:30 - 18:30] |
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Location: Auditorium, 3rd Floor |
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Giorgio Quazza Medal to Professor Graham Goodwin |
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Nathaniel B. Nichols Medal to Professor Gerd Hirzinger |
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In addition, IFAC advisors will be appointmented during this ceremony. |
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IFAC JOURNAL AWARD CEREMONY [July 8, 18:30 - 19:30] |
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Location: Room 402, Conference Room, 4th Floor |
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Automatica Prize Paper Award' |
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Control Engineering Practice Prize Paper Award |
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Journal of Process Control Prize Paper Award |
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Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence Prize Paper Award |
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Mechatronics Prize Paper Award |
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IFAC FELLOW AWARD CEREMONY [July 10, 18:30 - 19:30] |
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Location: Rpp, 401, Conference Room, 4th Floor |
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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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Fellows elected in 2008 |
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Bittanti, Sergio I Braatz, Richard I Camacho, Eduardo I Cao, Xi-Ren I Cassandras, Christos I Chai, Tian-You I Cheng, Dai-Zhan I Edgar, Thomas I Gottzein, Eveline I Haddad, Abraham I Krstic, Miroslav I Kurzhanski, Alexander I Lewis, Frank I Morari, Manfred I Safonov, Michael I Vicino, Antonio
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CONGRESS AWARDS at CLOSING CEREMONY [July 11, 16:30 -18:00] |
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Location: Auditorium, 3rd Floor |
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IFAC Congress Young Author Prize
This prize consists of a certificate and a monetary award of USD1,000. The criteria include high technical quality and good presentation of results. All authors must be under 35 years of age. A nomination form from a colleague, mentor, supervisor, or eligible author himself/herself should be submitted to IFAC CMMS.
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Finalists:
- Mamoun Abdel-Hafez, The Autocovariance Least Squares Technique for GPS Interference/Jamming Detection
- Takenori Atsumi, Disturbance Suppression beyond Nyquist Frequency in Hard Disk Drives
- Lachlan Blackhall & Michael Rotkowitz, Recursive Sparse Estimation using a Gaussian Sum Filter
- Marcello Colledani, Integrated Analysis of Quality and Production Logistics Performance in Asynchronous Manufacturing Lines
- Tao Li, Asymptotically Unbiased Average Consensus Under Measurement Noises and Fixed Topologies
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IFAC Congress Application Paper Prize
This prize consists of a certificate and a monetary award of USD1,000. The criteria include high technical quality and good presentation of the results in the area of control applications. A nomination form from a colleague or the author himself/herself should be submitted to IFAC CMMS. It is also possible for the reviewer to recommend during the reviewing process.
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Finalists:
- Takenori Atsumi, Disturbance Suppression beyond Nyquist Frequency in Hard Disk Drives
- Christian Benatzky, Martin Kozek, Alexander Schirrer, & Anton Stribersky, Vibration Damping of a Flexible Car Body Structure Using Piezo-Stack Actuators
- Emery N. Brown, Ming Cheng, Emad Eskandar, Sridevi V. Sarma, & Ziv Williams, Modeling Neural Spiking Activity in the Sub-Thalamic Nucleus of Parkinson's Patients and Healthy Primates.
- Tianyou Chai, Jinliang Ding, & Fenghua Wu, Hybrid Intelligent Control for Optimal Operation of Shaft Furnace Process
- Tomohiko Jimbo & Yoshikazu Hayakawa, Physical-Model-Based Control of Engine Cold Start via Role State Variables
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IFAC Congress Poster Paper Prize
This prize consists of a certificate and a monetary award of USD1,000. A selection committee will nominate candidates. The criteria include high technical quality and good presentation.
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IFAC Congress Best Video Prize |
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This prize consists of a certificate and a monetary award of USD1,000. A selection committee will nominate candidates. The criteria include technical relevance, quality, contributions, and video and audio quality.
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Outstanding Service Awards in 2008
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This award is presented to IFAC officials who have served and contributed substantially to IFAC in various capacities, according to a criterion set by the Council. The award consists of a certificate and a lapel pin and is presented to the candidates on the occasion of IFAC World Congresses.
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