A. V. Balakrishnan
A. V. Balakrishnan | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 4, 1922[1] India |
| Died | March 17, 2015 (aged 92)[2] Los Angeles |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Madras University of Southern California |
| Awards | Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award (2001) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Control theory |
| Institutions | The Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles |
| Doctoral advisor | Ralph S. Phillips |
Alampallam Venkatachalaiyer Balakrishnan (1922-2015) was an American
Education and career
Balakrishnan grew up in
He has been professor of engineering and professor of mathematics since 1965 at The University of California, Los Angeles. He was chair of the Department of Systems Science in the (then) School of Engineering from 1969 to 1975, and director of the NASA-UCLA Flight Systems Research Center since 1985.
Recognition
He was a recipient of the Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award, which is the highest recognition of professional achievement for US control systems engineers and scientists in 2001 for "pioneering contributions to stochastic and distributed systems theory, optimization, control, and aerospace flight systems research".[3]
He has received honors and awards from the International Federation of Information Processing Society (1977), NASA (1978, 1992,1995, and 1996), and, in 1980, the Guillemin Prize in recognition of the major impact that his original contributions have had in setting the research direction of communications and control.
In 2016, USC Viterbi Professor Petros Ioannou became the inaugural A.V. “Bal” Balakrishnan Chair of the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering.
References
- ^ "In Memory of Alampallam V. Balakrishnan".
- ^ "In Memoriam: A.V. Balakrishnan". UCLA. 24 March 2015.
- ^ "Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award". American Automatic Control Council. Archived from the original on 2018-10-01. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
