Murat Arcak, Kameshwar Poolla and Claire Tomlin named 2020 IFAC Fellows

EECS Profs. Murat Arcak, Kameshwar Poolla, and Claire Tomlin (also alumna, PhD ‘1998) have been named 2020 Fellows of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC).  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.”  Arcak was cited “for contributions to nonlinear systems, control of networks and applications,” Poolla was cited “for contributions to system identification and robust control with applications to manufacturing and energy,” and Tomlin was cited “for contributions to cyber-physical and hybrid systems with application to safety in autonomy and learning.”  The awards will be presented at the 2020 IFAC World Congress this week.