TO IFAC FELLOW NOMINATORS

If you plan to submit an IFAC Fellow Nomination for 2008, please find instructions below to assist you in this nomination process. Strict adherence to this procedure is essential; otherwise, a candidate may be placed at a serious disadvantage and possibly even excluded from consideration.

Any person is eligible to serve as a nominator with the exception of members of the Fellows Selection Committee (FSC) (in the 2005-2008 period these are: B.D.O. Anderson (Chair), J. Ackermann, M. Araki, E.J. Davison, J. Gertler, J. Kwakernaak, L. Ljung, W. Schaufelberger; and IFAC Council Members. The nominator is responsible for the information provided. The nominator is asked to read the Nominator Information, complete the Nomination Form according to the requirements given below and to alert the persons given as references that they have been named referees.

The Nomination Form has to be sent to the IFAC Secretariat
before December 31, 2007

Fellow Candidates

The IFAC Fellow award provides a distinction of excellence in the Federation and is conferred to a small number of outstanding scientists or engineers by the IFAC Council, based on the proposal of the Fellow Selection Committee (FSC). The FSC Committee shall consider:

• Outstanding and extraordinary individual contributions in the fields of interest of IFAC in the role as an Engineer/Scientist, Technical Leader or Educator. These achievements shall be recorded as technical publications, patents, reports, systems products or/and applications, services or/and proven teaching activities.
• Opinions of Fellow references.
• Involvement in IFAC activities.

Any control scientist or engineer can be a candidate for the IFAC Fellow position. Exceptionally, he/she could have no prior involvement in IFAC activities, if he/she is very outstanding, but he/she should become involved in IFAC after becoming a Fellow. Current members of the Fellow Selection Committee (FSC) are not eligible to be considered as Fellow Candidates; in addition, the President and President -Elect of IFAC are not eligible to be nominated/considered for selection as Fellows, but other IFAC Council members could be nominated and selected. In this case, any candidate Council Members would be obliged to excuse themselves from any form of participation in any selection process of IFAC Fellows.

References

A nomination must be supported by at least three, but no more than five references from internationally reputed experts in the field who are aware of the Candidate's contributions. It is to be noted that the choice of references is important for the success of the candidate’s nomination. Members of the IFAC Council and the Fellow Selection Committee are not eligible to serve as referees. If you have been asked to act as reference, please read the Reference Information and complete the Reference Form

New Fellows Announcement

The election of newly elected Fellows will be announced shortly after the completion of the selection process carried out by the IFAC Council. IFAC will inform all candidates and their nominators of the election results by e-mail and/or first class mail. Nominators of unsuccessful candidates will be notified by e-mail and/or first class mail.

 
Deadlines for 2008 Fellow Nominations:

Submission of nominations:          31 December, 2007

Submission of references:              1 February, 2008