Journal Awards — IFAC · International Federation of Automatic Control

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Automatica Paper Prize

The Automatica Paper Prize is awarded for outstanding contributions to the theory and/or practice of control engineering or control science, documented in a paper published in the IFAC Journal Automatica. At each IFAC World Congress the prize is awarded to the authors of three selected papers published in Automatica in the three years preceding the Congress. The prize funds are provided by the publisher of Automatica, Elsevier Ltd.

Winner

Year	Congress site	Winners (1. Survey, 2. Theory/Methodology, 3. Application)	Country/Region
1981	Kyoto	1. T. Söderström, L. Ljung, I. Gustavsson: A Theoretical Analysis of Recursive Identification Methods, 14, 231-244, 1978	SE
		2. J. Rissanen: Modeling by Shortest Data Description, 14, 465-471, 1978	CA
		3. G.K. Lausterer, W.H. Ray, H.R. Martens: Real Time Distributed Parameter State Estimation Applied to a Two Dimensional Heated Ingot, 14, 335-344, 1978	DE/US
1984	Budapest	1. K.J. Åström: Theory and Applications of Adaptive Control - A Survey, 19, 5, 471-486, 1983	SE
		2. H. Kimura: Perfect and Subperfect Regulation in Linear Multivariable Control Systems, 18, 2, 125-145, 1982; R. Rouhani, R.K. Mehra: Model Algorithmic Control (MAC); Basic Theoretical Properties, 18, 4, 401-414, 1982	JP/US
		3. T. Shiraiwa, Y. Sakamoto, S. Kobayashi, S. Anezaki, H. Kato, A. Kuwabara: Automatic Control of Casting Speed in Ingot Casting, 17, 4, 613-618, 1981	JP
1987	Munich	1. W. Leinhard: Microcomputer Control of High Dynamic Performance AC-Drives - A Survey, 22, 1, 1-19, 1986	UK
		2. D.W. Clarke: Self-Tuning Control of Nonminimum-Phase Systems, 20,5,501-517, 1984; J.C. Willems: From Time Series to Linear Systems, Part 1: Finite Dimensional Linear Time Invariant Systems, 22,5, 561-580, 1986; Part 2: Exact Modeling, 22, 6, 675-694, 1986; Part 3: Approximate Modeling, 1, 87-115, 1987	NL/BE
		3. O.L.R. Jacobs, R.E.S. Bullingham, P. Lammer, H.J. McDuay, G.O. Sullivan, M.P. Reasbeck: Modeling, Estimation and Control in the Relief of Post-Operative Pain, 21, 4, 349-360, 1985	UK
1990	Tallinn	1. V. Kucera, P. Zagalak: Fundamental Theorem of State Feedback for Singular Perturbations, 24, 5, 653-658, 1988	CZ
		2. B.R. Barmish, Z. Shi: Robust stability of Perturbed Systems with Time Delays, 25, 3, 371-381, 1989	US
		3. I. Hoshina, Y. Maekawa, T. Fujimoto, H. Kimura, H. Kimura: Observer-Based Multivariable Control of the Aluminum Cold Tandem Mill, 24, 6, 741-754, 1988	JP
1993	Sydney	1. L. Ljung, S. Gunnarsson: Adaptation and Tracking in System Identification - A Survey, 26,1, 7-21, 1990	SE
		2. B.R. Barmish, R. Tempo: The Robust Root Locus, 26, 2, 283-292, 1990	US
		3. C.I. Byrnes, A. Isidori: On the Attitude Stabilization of Rigid Spacecraft, 27, 1, 87-95, 1991	US
1996	San Francisco	1. R. David, H. Alla: Petri Nets for Modeling of Dynamic Systems - A Survey, 30, 2, 175-202, 1994	FR
		2. P. van Overschee, B. de Moor: N4SID: Subspace Algorithms for the Identification of Combined Deterministic-Stochastic Systems, 30, 1, 75-94, 1994	BE
		3.A. J. Sorenson, O. Egeland: Design of Ride Control System for Surface Effect Ships Using Dissipative Control, 31, 2, 183-200, 1995	NO
1999	Beijing	1. B.D.O. ANDERSON: From Youla-Kucera to Identification, Adaptation and Nonlinear Control, 34, 12,1485-1506, 1998.	AU
		2. N. LEONARD: Stability of Bottom-Heavy Underwater Vehicles, 33, 3, 331-346, 1997.	US
		3. A. SEEM: A New Pattern Recognition Adaptive Controller with Applications to HVAC Systems, 34, 8, 969-982, 1998	US
2002	Barcelona	1. F. BLANCHINI: Set Invariance in Control, 35, 11, 1747-1767, 1999.	IT
		2. M. VIDYASAGAR: Randomized Algorithms for Robust Controller Synthesis Using Statistical learning Theory, 37, 10, 1515-1528, 2001.	IN
		3. T.I. FOSSEN: Nonlinear Passive Weather Optimal Positioning Control (WOPC) System for Ships and Rigs: Experimental Results, 37, 5, 701-715, 2001	NO
2005	Prague	1. J.P. RICHARD: Time Delay Systems: An overview of some recent advances and open problems	FR
		2. J.P. HESPANHA and A.S. MORSE: Switching Between Stabilizing Controllers.	US
		3. C. BONIVENTO, A. ISIDORI, L. MARCONI and A. PAOLI: Implicit Fault-tolerant Control: Application to Induction Motors	IT
2008	Seoul	1. P.F. HOKAYEM and M.W. SPONG: Bilateral teleoperation: An historical survey	US
		2. S.C. BENGEA and R.A. DECARLO: Optimal control of switching systems	US
		3. E. PREMPAIN and I. POSTLETHWAITE: Static H-infinity loop shaping control of a fly-by-wire helicopter	UK
2011	Milan	1. V. ANDRIEU and L. PRALY: A Unifying Point of View on Output Feedback Designs for Global Asymptotic Stabilization	FR
		2. D.-Z. CHENG and H.-S. QI: Controllability and Observability of Boolean Control Networks	CN
		3. H.-L. CHOI and J.P. HOW: Continuous Trajectory Planning of Mobile Sensors for Informative Forecasting	KR
2014	Cape Town	1. H. OHLSSON, F. GUSTAFSSON, L. LJUNG and S. BOYD: Smoothed state estimates under abrubt changes using sum-of-norms regularization	SE/SE/SE/US
		2. T.B. SCHON, A. WILLS and B. NINNESS: System identification of nonlinear state-space models	SE/AU/AU
		3. J.W. SIMPSON-PORCO, F. DORFLER and F. BULLO: Synchronization and power sharing for droop-controlled inverters in islanded microgrids	US
2017	Toulouse	1. G. PILLONETTO: A new kernel-based approach to hybrid system identification.	IT
		2. J. SCHIFFER, R. ORTEGA, A. ASTOLFI, J. RAISCH, T. SEZI: Conditions for stability of droop-controlled inverter-based microgrids.	UK/FR/DE
		3. J.K. SCOTT, D.M. RAIMONDO, G.R. MARSEGLIA, R.D. BRAATZ: Constrained zonotopes: A new tool for set-based estimation and fault detection.	US/IT
2020	Berlin	1. Symmetry reduction for dynamic programming, by John Maidens, Axel Barrau, Silvère Bonnabel and Murat Arcak	CA/FR/FR/US
		2. A discrete-time Pontryagin, maximum principle onmatrix Lie groups, by K. S. Phogat, D. Chatterjee, and R. Banavar	IN
		3. Balanced Truncation of Networked Linear Passive Systems, by Xiaodong Cheng, Jacquelien M.A. Scherpen, and Bart Besselink	NL
2023	Yokohama	1. On continuous-time infinite horizon optimal control -Dissipativity, stability, and transversality, Timm Faulwasser and Christopher M. Kellett. Vol. 134, No. 109907 (2021), 10.1016/j.automatica.2021.109907	DE, AU
		2. Sparse system identification for stochastic systems with general observation sequences, Wenxiao Zhao, George Yin, Er-Wei Bai. Vol. 121, No. 109162 (2020), 10.1016/j.automatica.2020.109162	CN, US
		3. Projection-Based Integrators for Improved Motion Control: Formalization, Well-posedness and Stability of Hybrid Integrator-Gain Systems, Daniel Andreas Deenen, Bardia Sharif, Sebastiaan van den Eijnden, Hendrik Nijmeijer, Maurice Heemels, Marcel Heertjes. Vol. 133, No. 109830 (2021), 10.1016/j.automatica.2021.109830	NL

Control Engineering Practice Paper Prize

The Control Engineering Practice Paper Prize is awarded for outstanding contributions to the practical application of control techniques and advanced control theory, documented in a paper published in Control Engineering Practice. At each IFAC World Congress the prize is awarded to the authors of three selected papers published in the journal in the three years preceding the Congress. The prize funds are provided by the publisher of Control Engineering Practice, Elsevier Ltd.

Winner

Year	Congress site	Winners (1. Survey, 2. Theory/Methodology, 3. Application)	Country/Region
1996	San Francisco	N.G. Walker, G.F. Wyatt-Mair: Sensor Signal Validation using Analytical Redundancy for an Aluminum Cold Rolling Mill, 3,6, 753-760	US
1999	Beijing	1. P. BIDAN, L.K. KOUADIO, M. VALENTIN and G. MONTSENY: Electrical assistance for SI engine idle-speed control, 6, 7, 829-836, 1998.	FR
		2. J.H. MORTENSEN, T. MOELBAK, P. ANDERSEN and T.S. PEDERSEN : Optimization of boiler control to improve the load-following capability of power-plant units, 6, 12, 1531-1539, 1998.	DK
		3. M. WU, M. NAKANO and J.H. SHE: A distributed expert control system for a hydrometallurgical zinc process, 6, 12, 1435-1446, 1998	JP
2002	Barcelona	1. H. SEKI, M., OGAWA, S. OOYAMA, K. KAMATSU, M. OHSHIMA and W. YANG: Industrial Application of a Nonlinear Model Predictive Control to Polymerization Reactors, 9, 8, 819-828, 2001.	JP
		2. A.J. SMERLAS, D.J. WALKER, I. POSTLETHWAITE, M.E. STRANGE, J. HOWITT, A.W. GUBBLES: Evaluation H-infinite Controllers on the NRC Bell 205 fly-by-wire helicopter, 9, 1, 1-10, 2001.	UK
		3. M. JÄRVENSIVU, K. SAARI, S.-L. JÄMSÄ-JOUNELA: Intelligent Control System of an Industrial Lime Kiln Process, 9, 6, 589-606, 2001	FI
2005	Prague	1. S. JOE QIN and THOMAS A. BADGWELL: A survey of industrial model predictive control technology, 11, 7, 733-764, 2003	US
		2. C. A. BODE, B. S. KO, and T. F. EDGAR: Run-to-run control and performance monitoring of overlay in semiconductor manufacturing, 12, 7, 893-900, 2004	US
		3. OLIVER SAWODNY, HARALD ASCHEMANN, and STEPHAN LAHRES: An automated gantry crane as a large workspace robot, 10, 12, 1323-1338, 2002	DE
2008	Seoul	1. Z. K. NAGY, B. MAHN, R. FRANKE and F. ALLGÖWER: Evaluation study of an efficient output feedback nonlinear model predictive control for temperature tracking in an industrial batch reactor, Volume 15, Issue 7, pgs 839-850.	DE
		2. M. MENSLER, S. JOE and T. KAWABE: Identification of a toroidal continuously variable transmission using continuous-time system identification methods", Volume 14, Issue 1, pgs 45-58.	JP
		3. S. HAUGWITZ, P. HAGANDER and T. NOREN: Modeling and control of a novel heat exchange reactor, the Open Plate Reactor, Volume 15, Issue 7, pgs 779-792.	SE
2011	Milan	1. SEUNGWUK MOON, ILKI MOON and KYONGSU YI: Design tuning and evaluation of a full-range adaptive cruise control system with collision avoidance.	KR
		2. M. CORNO, S.M. SAVARESI, M. TANELLI, L. FABBRI: On optimal motorcycle braking	IT
		3. C.A. MONJE, B.M. VINAGRE, V. FELIU, YANGQUAN CHEN: Tuning and auto-tuning of fractional order controllers for industry applications	ES
2014	Cape Town	1. G.M. HOFFMANN, H. HUANG, S.L. WASLANDER and C.J. TOMLIN: Precision flight control for a multi-vehicle quadrotor helicopter testbed.	US/US/CA/US
		2. T. CHAI, J. DING and F. WU: Hybrid intelligent control for optimal operation of shaft furnance roasting process.	CN
		3. M.HILAIRET, M. GHANES, O. BETHOUX, V. TANASA, J.-P. BARBOT and D. NORMAND-CYROT: A passivity-based controller for coordination of converters in a fuel cell system.	FR
2017	Toulouse	J. MONNIN, F. KUSTER, K. WEGENER: Optimal control for chatter mitigation in milling, Part 1: Modeling and Control Design, Part 2: Experimental Validation.	CH
2020	Berlin	1. T. MEURER, T. BÖHM: Trajectory Planning and Tracking Control for the Temperature Distribution in a Deep Drawing Tool.	DE
		2. K. V. NIELSEN, M. BLANKE, L. ERIKSSON and M. VEJLGAARD-LAURSEN: Adaptive feedforward control of exhaust recirculation in large diesel engines:	DK/DK/SE/DK
		3. L. JADACHOWSKI, A. STEINBÖCK and A. KUGI: State estimation and advanced control of the 2D temperature field in an experimental oscillating annealing device.	AT
2023	Yokohama	1. Robust nonsingular fast terminal sliding-mode control for Sit-to-Stand task, Joel Hernández Hernández, Sergio Salazar Cruz, Ricardo López-Gutiérrez, Arturo González Mendoza, Rogelio Lozano, Vol. 101 (2020) 104496, 10.1016/j.conengprac.2020.104496	MX, FR
		2. Finite-time control design for a quadrotor transporting a slung load, Zongyang Lv, Qing Zhao, Shengming Li, Yuhu Wu, Vol. 122 (2022) 105082, 10.1016/j.conengprac.2022.105082	CN, CA
		3. Data-driven adaptive predictive control of hydrocracking process using a covariance matrix adaption evolution strategy, Zhongmei Li, Xinjie Wang, Wenli Du, Minglei Yang, Zhi Li, Peizhi Liao, Vol 125 (2022) 105222, 10.1016/j.conengprac.2022.105222	CN

Journal of Process Control Paper Prize

The Journal of Process Control Paper Prize is awarded for outstanding contributions to the theory, practice or survey of process control engineering, documented in a paper published in the Journal of Process Control. At each IFAC World Congress the prize is awarded to the authors of three selected papers published in the journal in the three years preceding the Congress. The prize funds are provided by the publisher of the Journal of Process Control, Elsevier Ltd.

Winner

Year	Congress site	Winners (1. Survey, 2. Theory/Methodology, 3. Application)	Country/Region
2005	Prague	1. R. K. PEARSON: A survey of industrial model predictive control technology, 13, 1, 1-26, 2003	CH
		2. N. F. THORNHILL, BIAO HUANG and H. ZHANG: Detection of multiple oscillations in control loops, 13, 1, 91-100, 2003.	UK/CA
		3. N. PETIT, P. ROUCHON, J.-M. BOUEILH, F. GUÉRIN and P. PINVIDIC: Control of an industrial polymerization reactor using flatness, 12, 659-665, 2002.	FR
2008	Seoul	1. M. FUJIWARA, Z.K NAGY., J.W. CHEW: First-principles and direct design approaches for the control of pharmaceutical crystallization (2005) Journal of Process Control, 15 (5), pp. 493-504; S. ENGELL: Feedback control for optimal process operation, Journal of Process Control 17 (2007) 203–219.	US/DE
		2. R.D Braatz, R.C. Alkire, E. Seebauer, E. Rusli, R. Gunawan, T.O. Drews, X. Li and Y.He: Perspectives on the design and control of multiscale systems , Journal of Process Control, 16 (3), p.193-204, Mar 2006	US
		3. S. Caux, J. Lachaize, M. Fadel, P. Shott and L. NICOD: Modelling and control of a Fuel Cell System and Storage Elements in transport applications (2005) Journal of Process Control, 15 (4), pp. 481-491; E. Zamprogna, M.Barolo, D.E. Seborg: Optimal selection of soft sensor inputs for batch distillation columns using principal component analysis; Journal of Process Control, 15 (1), p.39-52, Feb 2005	UK/IT/US
2011	Milan	1. Youqing Wang, Furong Gao and Francis J. Doyle III: Survey on iterative learning control, repetitive control and run-to-run control, (2009) Journal of Process Control, 19 (10), pp 1580-1600.	US
		2. M. Chebre, Y. Creff and N. Petit: Feedback control and optimization for the production of commercial fuels by blending (2010) Journal of Process Control, 20 (4), pp 441 - 451.	FR
		3. V. Adetola and M. Guay: Integration of real-time optimization and model-predictive control (2010) Journal of Process Control, 20 (2), pp 125 - 133	CA
2014	Cape Town	1. Best Survey Paper: Not awarded for 2014.
		2. R.HUANG, E. HARINATH and L.T. BIEGLER: Lyapunov stability of economically oriented NMPC for cyclic processess.	US
		3. G. PIN, V. FRANCESCONI, F.A. CUZZOLA and T. PARISINI: Adaptive task-space metal strip-flatness control in cold multi-roll mill stands.	IT
2017	Toulouse	1. M. LÖHNING, M. REBLE, J. HASENAUER, S. YU, F. ALLGÖWER: Model predictive control using reduced order models: Guaranteed stability for constrained linear systems.	DE/CN
		2. F. SCHAUSBERGER, A. STEINBOECK, A. KUGI: Optimization-based reduction of contour errors of heavy plates in hot rolling.	AT
		3. P. DAOUTIDIS, M. ZACHAR, S.S. JOGWAR: Sustainablity and process control: A survey and perspective.	US/IN
2020	Berlin	1. Perić N.D., R. Paulen, M.E. Villanueva and B. Chachuat: Set-membership nonlinear regression approach to parameter estimation.	UK/SK/CN/UK
		2. Joy P., K. Rossow, F. Jung, H.-U. Moritz, W. Pauer, A. Mitsos and A. Mhamdi: Model-based control of continuous emulsion co-polymerization in a lab-scaletubular reactor.	DE
		3. Saltik M.B., L. Ozkan L., J.H.A. Ludlage, S. Weiland and P.M.J Van den Hof: An outlook on robust model predictive control algorithms: reflections on performance and computational aspects.	NL
2023	Yokohama	1. A survey and classification of incipient fault diagnosis approaches, H. Safaeipour, M. Forouzanfar, A. Casavola Vol. 97, January 2021, p. 1-16. JPC. 10.1016/j.jprocont.2020.11.005	IR, IT
		2. Periodic optimal control of nonlinear constrained systems using economic model predictive control, Johannes Kohler, Matthias A. Müller, Frank Allgöwer, JPC, Vol. 92, Aug. 2020, p. 185-201, 10.1016/j.jprocont.2020.06.004	DE
		3. Data-driven modeling of product crystal size distribution and optimal input design for batch cooling crystallization processes, Jingxiang Liu, Tao Liu, Junghui Chen, Hong Yue, Fangkun Zhang, JPC, Vol. 96, December 2020, p. 1-14, 10.1016/j.jprocont.2020.10.003	CN, TW, UK

Journal of Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence Paper Prize

The Journal of Engineering Applications of AI Paper Prize is awarded for outstanding papers on theory or practice of artificial intelligence published in Journal of Engineering Applications of AI. At each IFAC World Congress the prize is awarded to the authors of two selected papers published in the journal in the three years preceding the Congress. The prize funds are provided by the publisher of Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Elsevier Ltd.

Winners

Year	Congress site	Winners (1. Theory, 2. Symbolic AI, 3. Sub-Symbolic AI)	Country/Region
2005	Prague	1. YIXIN DIAO AND KEVIN M. PASSINO: Immunity-based hybrid learning methods for approximator structure and parameter adjustment, 15, 6, 587-600, 2002	US
		2. MANO RAM MAURYA, RAGHUNATHAN RENGASWAMY and VENKAT VENKATASUBRAMANIAN: Application of signed digraphs-based analysis for fault diagnosis of chemical process flowsheets, 17, 5, 501-518, 2003	US
		3. E. MUHL, P. CHARPENTIER and F. CHAXEL: Optimization of physical flows in an automotive manufacturing plant: some experiments and issues, 16, 4, 293-305, 2004	FR
2008	Seoul	1. M.Barletta, A.Gisario, S.Guarino: Modelling of electrostatic fluidized bed (EFB) coating process using artificial neural networks, EAAI, vol 20 issue 6 (2007), 721-733	IT
2011	Milan	1. Yong-Ming Li, Xiaoping Zeng, Liang Han, Pin Wang: Two coding based adaptive parallel cogenetic algorithm with double agents structure	CN
		2. N. Nariman-Zadeh, M. Salehpour, A. Jamali, E. Haghgoo: Pareto optimization of a five-degree of freedom.	IR
2014	Cape Town	1. A. AL-KHAZRAJI, N. ESSOUNBOULI, A. HAMZAOUI, F. NOLLET and J. ZAYTOON: Type 2 fuzzy sliding mode control without reaching phase for nonlinear systems.	FR
		2. Y. BLANCO-FERNANDEZ, M. LOPEZ-NORES, J.J. PAZOS-ARIAS and J. GARCIA-DUPAC: An improvement for semantics-based recommender systems grounded on attaching temporal information to ontologies and user profiles.	ES
2017	Toulouse	1. B. LI, Y. LI, L. GONG: Protein secondary structure optimization using an improved artificial bee colony algortihm based and AB off-lattice model.	CN
		2. X. LAI and J.K. HAO: Iterated variable neighborhood search for the capacitated clustering problem	CN/FR
2020	Berlin	1. Lin J.C.-W., Yang L., Fournier-Viger P., Hong T.-P.: Mining of skyline patterns by considering both frequent and utility constraints.	NO/CN/CN/TW(CN)
		2. Lu C., Gao L., Li X., Xiao S: A hybrid multi-objective grey wolf optimizer for dynamic scheduling in a real-world welding industry.	CN
2023	Yokohama	1. Theory: Quantum-based avian navigation optimizer algorithm, Zamani H., Nadimi-Shahraki M.H., Gandomi A.H. Vol. 104, September 2021,104314, 10.1016/j.engappai.2021.104314	IR, AU
		2. Bayesian retinex underwater image enhancement, Zhuang P., Li C., Wu J., Vol. 101, May 2021, 104171, 10.1016/j.engappai.2021.104171	CN, SG

Mechatronics Paper Prize

The Mechatronics Paper Prize is awarded for outstanding contributions to the field of mechatronics documented in a paper published in the IFAC Journal Mechatronics. At each IFAC World Congress the prize is awarded to the authors of three selected papers published in the journal in the three years preceding the Congress. The prize funds are provided by the publisher of Mechatronics Elsevier Ltd.

Winners

Year	Congress site	Winners	Country/Region
2008	Seoul	1. A. Notenboom, D. Bruijnen, E. HOMBURG, R.v.d. MOLENGRAFT, L.v.d. BEDEM, M. STEINBUCH:Mechatronic design of an active printhead alignment mechanism for wide format printing systems, 2007 Mechatronics 17 (2-3), pp109-120	NL
		2. E. van WEST, A. YAMAMOTO, T. HIGUCHI: The concept of "Haptic Tweezer", a non-contact object handling system using levitation techniques and haptics, 2007 Mechatronics 17 (7), pp 345-356	JP
2011	Milan	1. V. De Saars, S. Haliyo, J. Szewczy: A practical approach to the design and control of active endoscopes	FR
		2. G. Schitter, P.J. Thurner, P.K. Hansma: Design and input shaping control of a novel scanner for high spreed atomic force microscopy.	AT
		3. M.H. Kimman, H.H. Langen, R.H. Munnig Schmidt: A miniature milling spindle with active magnetic bearings.	NL
2014	Cape Town	1. R. OUNG and R. D'ANDREA: The distributed flight array.	CH
		2. H. ZHANG, Y. LIU and G. LIU: Multiple mode control of a compact wrist with application to door opening.	CA
		3. D.J. KLUK, M.T. BOULET and D. L. TRUMPER: A high-bandwidth, high-precision, two-axis steering mirror with moving iron actuator.	US
2017	Toulouse	1. D. AMIN-SHAHIDI and D.L. TRUMPER: Design and control of a piezoelectric driven reticle assist device for prevention of reticle slip in lithography systems.	US
		2. F. BOEREN, D. BRUIJNEN, N. VAN DIJK and T. OOMEN: Joint input shaping and feedforward for point-to-point motion: Automated tuning for an industrial nanopositioning system.	NL
		3. C.T. FREEMAN, P. SAMPSON, J. H. BURRIDGE and A.-M. HUGHES: Repetitive control of functional electrical simulation for induced tremor suppression.	UK
2020	Berlin	1. Martin Saxinger, Lukas Marko, Andreas Steinboeck, Andreas Kugi: Active rejection control for unknown harmonic disturbances of the transverse deflection of steel strips with control input, system output, sensor output, and disturbance input at different positions.	AT
		2. Giovanni Cherubini, Angeliki Pantazi, Mark A. Lantz: Feedback control of transport systems in tape drives without tension transducers.	CH
		3. Stefan Flixeder, Tobias Glück, Andreas Kugi: Force-based cooperative handling and lay-up of deformable materials: Mechatronic design, modeling, and control of a demonstrator.	AT
2023	Yokohama	1. An electrostatically suspended contactless platform, Michael Andonian, Robert T. M’Closkey, Mechatronics 80 (2021), 10.1016/j.mechatronics.2021.102685	US
		2. Design, fabrication, modeling and control of a fabric-based spherical robotic arm, Matthias Hofer, Raffaello D’Andrea, Mechatronics 68 (2020), 10.1016/j.mechatronics.2020.102369	CH
		3.Control of robotic object pivoting based on tactile sensing, Marco Costanzo, Mechatronics 76 (2021), 10.1016/j.mechatronics.2021.102545	IT

Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems Paper Prize

Being established in 2015, the Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems Paper Prize is awarded for outstanding contributions to the field of hybrid systems documented in a paper published in the IFAC Journal Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems. At each IFAC World Congress the prize is awarded to the authors of two selected papers published in the journal in the three years preceding the Congress.The prize funds are provided by the publisher of Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems Elsevier Ltd.

Winner

Year	Congress site	Winners
2017	Toulouse	F. BLANCHINI, D. CASAGRANDE, G. GIORDANO, U. VIARO: A switched system approach to dynamic race modelling. (IT)
		J. LIU and N. OZAY: Finite abstractions with robustness margins for temporal logic-based control synthesis. (CA/US)
2020	Berlin	Holicki T., Scherer C.W.: Stability analysis and output-feedback synthesis of hybrid systems affected by piecewise constant parameters via dynamic resetting scalings. (DE)
2023	Yokohama	Comparison of path-complete Lyapunov functions via template-dependent lifts, Virginie Debauche, Matteo Della Rossa, Raphaël M. Jungers, 46 (2022), (BE) 10.1016/j.nahs.2022.101237
		Time-triggered and event-triggered control of switched affine systems via a hybrid dynamical approach, Carolina Albea, Alexandre Seuret, 41 (2021), (ES/FR) 10.1016/j.nahs.2021.101039

Annual Reviews in Control Paper Prize

Being established in 2019, the Prize is given for outstanding contributions to comprehensive and visionary views of the field of Systems and Control, documented in either a survey article (review papers on main methodologies or technical advances), or a vision article (cutting-edge and emerging topics with visionary perspective on the future of the field or how it will bridge multiple disciplines), or a tutorial article (fundamental guides for future studies) published in the IFAC Journal Annual Reviews in Control. In each triennium, one such prize is given, with funds provided by the publisher of Annual Reviews in Control, Elsevier Science Ltd.

Winner

Year	Congress site	Winners
2020	Berlin	Anton V. Proskurnikov and Roberto Tempo: A tutorial on modeling and analysis of dynamic social networks, Part I. (NL/IT)
2023	Yokohama	A historical perspective of adaptive control and learning, Anuradha M. Annaswamy, Alexander L. Fradkov, 52 (2021), P. 18-41, (US/RU) 10.1016/j.arcontrol.2021.10.014