The Hugo Schuck Award is given to recognize the best two papers presented at the previous ACC. One award is for a paper emphasizing contributions to theory and the other emphasizing significant or innovative applications. The papers must have been presented by the awardee or a coauthor. Criteria for selection include the quality of the written and oral presentation, the technical contribution, timeliness, and practicality.
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O. Hugo Schuck Award
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2022Citation:
“KL Divergence Regularized Learning Model for Multi-Agent Decision Making”, 2021 ACC Proceedings pages 4509 - 4514. 2021 ACC Paper (Theory): Accuracy Prevents Robustness in Perception-based Control
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2021Citation:
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Abed AlRahman Al Makdah is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California, Riverside. He received his B.Eng. and M.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering from the American University of Beirut in 2014 and 2016, respectively. His research interests include analysis and control of dynamical systems, machine learning, and data driven control.
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Junjie Qin, Sen Li, Kameshwar Poolla, and Pravin Varaiya
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2020Citation:
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2019 ACC Paper (Theory): Distributed Storage Investment in Power NetworksText of Acceptance Speech:
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Chao Ning and Fengqi You
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2020Citation:
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2019 ACC Paper (Application): Data-Driven Adaptive Robust Optimization Framework for Unit Commitment under Renewable Energy Generation Uncertainty
Chao Ning received the B.Eng. degree in Automation from University of Electronic Science and Technology of China in 2012, and M.S. degree in Control Science and Engineering from Tsinghua University, China, in 2015. He is currently working toward the Ph.D. degree at Cornell University, USA. His research interests include data-driven optimization under uncertainty, learning for dynamics and control, big data analytics and machine learning, power systems operations, and renewable energy systems.
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Li Wang, Dongkun Han, and Magnus Egerstedt
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2019Citation:
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2018 ACC Paper (Application): “Permissive Barrier Certificates for Safe Stabilization Using Sum-of-squares”Text of Acceptance Speech:
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Shumon Koga, Iasson Karafyllis, and Miroslav Krstić
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2019Citation:
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2018 ACC Paper (Theory): “Input-to-State Stability for the Control of Stefan Problem with Respect to Heat Loss at the Interface”Text of Acceptance Speech:
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Luca Furieri, Thomas Stastny, Lorenzo Marconi, Roland Siegwart, and Igor Gilitschenski - Application Award
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2018Citation:
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“Gone with the Wind: Nonlinear Guidance for Small Fixed-Wing Aircraft in Arbitrarily Strong Windfields,” 2017 ACC paper # 1430.Text of Acceptance Speech:
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Marius Schmitt, Chithrupa Ramesh, Paul Goulart, and John Lygeros - Theory Award
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2018Citation:
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“Convex, Monotone Systems are Optimally Operated at Steady-State,” 2017 ACC paper # 761.Text of Acceptance Speech:
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Hector Perez and Scott Moura - Application Award
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2016Paper:
“Sensitivity-Based Interval PDE Observer for Battery SOC Estimation,” pages 323-328.Awards:
Sérgio Pequito, Soummya Kar, and George J. Pappas - Theory Award
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2016Paper:
“Minimum Cost Constrained Input-Output and Control Configuration Co-Design Problem: A Structural Systems Approach,” pages 4099-4105.