George Zames
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George Zames (January 7, 1934 – August 10, 1997) was a Polish-Canadian
Biography
Childhood
George Zames was born on January 7, 1934, in
Education
Zames entered
Career
From 1960 to 1965, Zames held various teaching positions at MIT and
Family
Zames was married to Eva, whom he met in Israel. They have two sons, Ethan and Jonathan.
Research
Zames’s research focused on imprecisely modelled systems using the input-output method, an approach that is distinct from the
For the purposes of control design, gross qualitative properties such as robustness can be analyzed and predicted without depending on accurate models or syntheses. Mathematical analysis provides topological tools that are very well suited for this purpose, such as compactness, contraction, and fixed-point methods. Furthermore, in control design, where there is lots of model uncertainty, it is often more important to be able to gauge qualitative behaviour (robustness, stability, existence of oscillations) than to compute exactly.
Legacy
The International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control published in 2000 a special issue in George Zames’s honour, including a complete list of his publications.[5] Reviews of Zames’s life and legacy were published by S. Mitter and A. Tannenbaum,[1] J. C. Willems,[2] and in a volume resulting from a conference held to honor the occasion of Zames's 60th birthday.[6]
Awards and honors
- In 1984 the
- In 1995 the Killam Prize[9]
- In 1996 the Rufus Oldenburger Medal from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers[10]
References
- ^ doi:10.1109/TAC.1998.668826. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2010-06-26. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
- ^ a b Willems, J.C. (1998). "George Zames, 1934-1997". Automatica. 34: 285–286. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
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- ^ Francis, Bruce A. (February 1995). "Biographical Sketch of George Zames". In B. A. Francis (ed.). Feedback Control, Nonlinear Systems, and Complexity. Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences. Vol. 202. Berlin: Springer. Retrieved 2008-07-04.[permanent dead link]
- IEEE. Retrieved January 15, 2011.
- IEEE Control Systems Society. Archived from the originalon 2010-12-29. Retrieved January 15, 2011.
- ^ "Killam Award Winners". Killam Trusts. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved January 15, 2011.
- ^ "Rufus Oldenburger Medal". American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Retrieved February 12, 2013.
External links
- Obituary Archived 2020-08-12 at the Wayback Machine
- Mathematics Genealogy Project profile