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The following prizes will be awarded at the Congress:Sunday 28 August at the Opening Ceremony:
- Quazza Medal 2011
- Nichols Medal 2011
- Industrial Achievement Award 2011
- High Impact Paper Award 2011
- IFAC Advisors 2011
Thursday 1 September at the Banquet:
- IFAC Fellows 2009-2010-2011
- Nichols Medal 2011
- Industrial Achievement Award
Friday 2 September at the Closing Ceremony:
- Chestnut Textbook Prize 2011
- IFAC
Journals Awards 2011
- IFAC Congress Young Author Prize
- IFAC Congress Application Paper Prize
- IFAC Congress Interactive Paper Prize
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Finalists:
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Selection committees nominated the following finalists:Best Application Paper Prize:
- Estimating nitrate concentration in the post-denitrification unit of a municipal wastewater treatment plant
M. Mulas, F. Corona, H. Haimi, L. E. Sundell, M. Heinonen, R. Vahala
Session: Parameter and State Estimation of Biosystems (TuC18.1)
Presentation: 30-Aug-2011, 16:00-16:20, Meda
Session: Parameter and State Estimation of Biosystems (TuC18.1)
Presentation: 30-Aug-2011, 16:00-16:20, Meda
- Simulator Building for Agile Control Design of Shipboard Crane and its application to Operational Training
Y.J. Nyioh,Y. Noda, K. Terashima
Session: Human Performance and Support (WeA25.1)
Presentation: 31-Aug-2011, 10:00-10:20, S. Anselmo
Session: Human Performance and Support (WeA25.1)
Presentation: 31-Aug-2011, 10:00-10:20, S. Anselmo
- Robotic Stretcher for SMA Patient: Preliminary Tests on Controllability and Safety
Session: Robotics Technology II (WeC10.5)
Presentation 31-Aug-2011, 17:20-17:40, Salvadori
- Drilling seeking automatic control solutions
J.-M. Godhavn, A. Pavlov, G-Ol. Kaasa, N.L. Rolland
Session: Automatic Control in Offshore Oil and Gas Production (ThA25.2)
Presentation: 01-Sep-2011, 10:20-10:40, S. Anselmo
Session: Automatic Control in Offshore Oil and Gas Production (ThA25.2)
Presentation: 01-Sep-2011, 10:20-10:40, S. Anselmo
- Adaptive Task-Space Control of Strip Flatness in Multi-roll Mill Stands
G. Pin , V. Francesconi , F. A.Cuzzola, S.Martinis , T. Parisini
Session: Steel Industry (ThB16.1)
Presentation: 01-Sep-2011, 13:30-13:50, S. Paolo
Session: Steel Industry (ThB16.1)
Presentation: 01-Sep-2011, 13:30-13:50, S. Paolo
Best Young Author Paper Prize:
- Coherent Nonlinear Feedback Control of Quantum Systems with Applications to Quantum Optics on Chip
J. Zhang, R. Wu
Session: Oscillations and Disturbance Rejection of Nonlinear Systems (MoC07.6)
Presentation: 29-Aug-2011, 17:40-18:00, S. Tomaso
Session: Oscillations and Disturbance Rejection of Nonlinear Systems (MoC07.6)
Presentation: 29-Aug-2011, 17:40-18:00, S. Tomaso
- A Very Relaxed Control Law for Bearing-Only Triangular Formation Control
A. Bishop
Session: Multi-Vehicle Systems (TuC12.1)
Presentation: 30-Aug-2011, 16:00-16:20, Vito
Session: Multi-Vehicle Systems (TuC12.1)
Presentation: 30-Aug-2011, 16:00-16:20, Vito
- Multi-agent Systems Reaching Optimal Consensus with Time-varying Communication Graphs
G. Shi
Session: Multi-Agent Systems II (TuC03.5)
Presentation: 30-Aug-2011, 17:20-17:40, Manzoni
Session: Multi-Agent Systems II (TuC03.5)
Presentation: 30-Aug-2011, 17:20-17:40, Manzoni
- On the Existence of Solutions Characterized by Riccati Equations to Infinite-Time Horizon Nonlinear Optimal Control Problems
T. Çimen
Session: State-Dependent Riccati Equation (SDRE) Methods and Applications (WeC16.5)
Presentation: 31-Aug-2011, 17:40-18:00, S. Paolo
Session: State-Dependent Riccati Equation (SDRE) Methods and Applications (WeC16.5)
Presentation: 31-Aug-2011, 17:40-18:00, S. Paolo
- Joint Design of Quality and Production Control in Multi-Stage Asynchronous Manufacturing Systems
M. Colledani
Session: Production Planning and Control (ThA13.3)
Presentation: 01-Sep-2011, 10:40-11:00, Card. Ferrari
Session: Production Planning and Control (ThA13.3)
Presentation: 01-Sep-2011, 10:40-11:00, Card. Ferrari
Best Interactive Paper Prize:
The finalists of the Interactive Paper Prize will be informed of their selection at the Congress. —