European Systems & Control PhD Award

European Systems & Control PhD Award

The European Systems & Control PhD Award is given annually in recognition of the best PhD thesis in Europe in the field of Control for Complex and Heterogeneous Systems. The aim is to encourage high-quality work amongst young researchers in their first research period.

The award will be announced at the Banquet Ceremony of the ECC19.

Nomination and Prize

To be eligible for the award, the thesis must have been written in English and must have been defended in Europe during the year prior the application deadline.

Deadline and application form are available on the European Embedded Control Institute website.

The prize consists of a certificate and a cash award of 1000€.

Award Committee

The Award Committee is composed by Alberto Bemporad, Antonio Bicchi, Maria Domenica Di Benedetto, Denis Efimov (co-chair), Luca Greco (co-chair), Francoise Lamnabhi-Lagarrigue, Christophe Prieur and Romeo Ortega.

Previous Recipients

For the previous five years the award has the following recipients:

2017: Hafiz Ahmed, Julian Barreiro-Gomez, Mohamed Adlene Maghenem

2016: Giulia Giordano

2015: Matthias A. Müller, Thomas P. Prescott

2014: Thomas Berger, Mathias Bürger

2013: Delphine Bresch-Pietri