Petar V. Kokotovic
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Petar V. Kokotovic is a professor in the Department of Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara
, USA. He has made contributions in the areas of adaptive control
, singular perturbation
techniques, and nonlinear control
.
in 1934. He received B.S. (1958) and M.S. (1963) from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Electrical Engineering
, and a Ph.D. (1965) from the USSR Academy of Sciences (Institute of Automation and Remote Control), Moscow.
He came to the U.S. in 1965 and was a professor at the University of Illinois for 25 years. He joined the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1991.
In 2002, he received the Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award
from the American Automatic Control Council
. The citation reads, "For pioneering contributions to control theory and engineering, and for inspirational leadership as mentor, advisor, and lecturer over a period spanning four decades."
He is an IEEE Fellow and a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering
. His honors include the IEEE Control Systems Field Award, the IF AC Quazza Medal, the D.C. Drucker Eminent Faculty Award and two Outstanding IEEE Transactions paper awards."
, singular perturbation
techniques, and nonlinear control
, especially the backstepping
stabilization
method. Kokotovic’s impact as an educator is evident in the success of his students. The list of those he has mentored, many of whom are IEEE Fellows, reads like a worldwide “Who’s Who” of control engineers. His lively and dynamic style inspires innovation while instilling the value of using engineering to solve real problems.
Professor Petar Kokotovic
University of California, Santa Barbara
The University of California, Santa Barbara, commonly known as UCSB or UC Santa Barbara, is a public research university and one of the 10 general campuses of the University of California system. The main campus is located on a site in Goleta, California, from Santa Barbara and northwest of Los...
, USA. He has made contributions in the areas of adaptive control
Adaptive control
Adaptive control is the control method used by a controller which must adapt to a controlled system with parameters which vary, or are initially uncertain. For example, as an aircraft flies, its mass will slowly decrease as a result of fuel consumption; a control law is needed that adapts itself...
, singular perturbation
Singular perturbation
In mathematics, more precisely in perturbation theory, a singular perturbation problem is a problem containing a small parameter that cannot be approximated by setting the parameter value to zero...
techniques, and nonlinear control
Nonlinear control
Nonlinear control is the area of control engineering specifically involved with systems that are nonlinear, time-variant, or both. Many well-established analysis and design techniques exist for LTI systems ; however, one or both of the controller and the system under control in a general control...
.
Biography
He was born in BelgradeBelgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
in 1934. He received B.S. (1958) and M.S. (1963) from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Electrical Engineering
University of Belgrade Faculty of Electrical Engineering
The Faculty of Electrical Engineering is a constituent body of the University of Belgrade. It is the largest electrical engineering and informatics school in Serbia....
, and a Ph.D. (1965) from the USSR Academy of Sciences (Institute of Automation and Remote Control), Moscow.
He came to the U.S. in 1965 and was a professor at the University of Illinois for 25 years. He joined the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1991.
In 2002, he received the Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award
Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award
The Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award is an annual award given by the American Automatic Control Council for achievements in control theory, named after the applied mathematician Richard E. Bellman...
from the American Automatic Control Council
American Automatic Control Council
The American Automatic Control Council is an organization founded in 1956 for research in control theory. It is an association of the control systems divisions of eight member societies and a member of the International Federation of Automatic Control....
. The citation reads, "For pioneering contributions to control theory and engineering, and for inspirational leadership as mentor, advisor, and lecturer over a period spanning four decades."
He is an IEEE Fellow and a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering
National Academy of Engineering
The National Academy of Engineering is a government-created non-profit institution in the United States, that was founded in 1964 under the same congressional act that led to the founding of the National Academy of Sciences...
. His honors include the IEEE Control Systems Field Award, the IF AC Quazza Medal, the D.C. Drucker Eminent Faculty Award and two Outstanding IEEE Transactions paper awards."
Work
Kokotovic has made contributions in the areas of adaptive controlAdaptive control
Adaptive control is the control method used by a controller which must adapt to a controlled system with parameters which vary, or are initially uncertain. For example, as an aircraft flies, its mass will slowly decrease as a result of fuel consumption; a control law is needed that adapts itself...
, singular perturbation
Singular perturbation
In mathematics, more precisely in perturbation theory, a singular perturbation problem is a problem containing a small parameter that cannot be approximated by setting the parameter value to zero...
techniques, and nonlinear control
Nonlinear control
Nonlinear control is the area of control engineering specifically involved with systems that are nonlinear, time-variant, or both. Many well-established analysis and design techniques exist for LTI systems ; however, one or both of the controller and the system under control in a general control...
, especially the backstepping
Backstepping
In control theory, backstepping is a technique developed circa 1990 by Petar V. Kokotovic and others for designing stabilizing controls for a special class of nonlinear dynamical systems. These systems are built from subsystems that radiate out from an irreducible subsystem that can be stabilized...
stabilization
Lyapunov stability
Various types of stability may be discussed for the solutions of differential equations describing dynamical systems. The most important type is that concerning the stability of solutions near to a point of equilibrium. This may be discussed by the theory of Lyapunov...
method. Kokotovic’s impact as an educator is evident in the success of his students. The list of those he has mentored, many of whom are IEEE Fellows, reads like a worldwide “Who’s Who” of control engineers. His lively and dynamic style inspires innovation while instilling the value of using engineering to solve real problems.
Center for Control, Dynamical Systems and Computation
Kokotovic is the founder and director of the University of California-Santa Barbara’s Center for Control, Dynamical Systems and Computation. This center has become a role model of cross disciplinary research and education. One of the Center’s achievements is a fully integrated cross-disciplinary graduate program for electrical and computer, mechanical and environmental, and chemical engineering fields. While at the University of Illinois at Urbana, he pioneered singular perturbation techniques, used today in power systems and adaptive controllers.Constructive nonlinear control
At the University of California his group developed constructive nonlinear control methods and applied them, with colleagues from MIT, Caltech and United Technologies Research Center, to new jet engine designs. As a long-term industrial consultant, he has contributed to computer controls at Ford and to power system stability at General Electric.Works
With his 30 Ph.D. students and 20 postdoctoral researchers, Dr. Kokotovic has co-authored numerous papers and 10 books. Books:- 1995, Nonlinear and Adaptive Control Design with M. Krstic and I. Kanellakopoulos. John Wiley & Sons, New York.
Professor Petar Kokotovic
Awards
- Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage AwardRichard E. Bellman Control Heritage AwardThe Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award is an annual award given by the American Automatic Control Council for achievements in control theory, named after the applied mathematician Richard E. Bellman...
, American Automatic Control CouncilAmerican Automatic Control CouncilThe American Automatic Control Council is an organization founded in 1956 for research in control theory. It is an association of the control systems divisions of eight member societies and a member of the International Federation of Automatic Control....
, 2002 - IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education MedalIEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education MedalThe IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal is an award presented "for a career of outstanding contributions to education in the fields of interest of IEEE". This award may only be awarded to an individual...
, IEEE, 2001 - Member, National Academy of Engineering, 1996
- The 1995 IEEE Control Systems AwardIEEE Control Systems AwardThe IEEE Control Systems Award is a technical field award given to an individual by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers "for outstanding contributions to control systems engineering, science or technology"...
- The 1993 IEEE Outstanding Transactions Paper Award
- Foreign Expert to Evaluate French National Institute (INRIA), 1992
- IEEE Bode Prize Lecture, 1991
- Quazza Medal, Highest Triennial Award, International Federation of Automatic Control, 1990
- Grainger Endowed Chair, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1990
- D.C. Drucker Eminent Faculty Award, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1987
- Outstanding Paper Award, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 1984
- Lecturer at the French National Seminar (CNRS) on "New Tools for Control," Paris, 1982
- Foreign expert to evaluate West German's Institute for Flight Dynamics, 1980
- Fellow of the IEEE, 1980