Control Systems Society President’s Interview

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Christos Cassandras with several other CSS Presidents and award recipients at the 2011 IEEE CDC

In this issue of IEEE Control Systems Magazine (CSM) we speak with Christos
Cassandras, 2012 IEEE Control Systems Society (CSS) president. Christos is
head of the Division of Systems Engineering and professor of electrical and computer
engineering at Boston University. He served as editor-in-chief of IEEE Transactions
on Automatic Control from 1998 through 2010, and he has held numerous
positions in CSS. He is the author of over 300 refereed papers and fi ve books, and
he is the recipient of several awards including, most recently, the 2011 IEEE Control
Systems Technology Award.

Control Systems Society President’s Interview

Control Systems Magazine, December 2011

Valet Parking: The App

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Imagine entering your office address and a price range into a GPS or mobile device just before your morning commute, and getting directions to the appropriately priced parking spot closest to your office, reserved just for you.

That “smart parking” scenario may be just a click away, thanks to the efforts of Christos Cassandras, a College of Engineering professor of electrical and computer engineering and of systems engineering, and graduate student Yanfeng Geng (ENG’13). In early August, the research team completed its first live test of a preliminary version of a smart parking system in the lower level of the garage at 730 Commonwealth Ave.

Valet Parking: The App

August 2011

Christos Cassandras Named President-Elect of the IEEE Control Systems Society

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Professor Christos Cassandras (ECE), head of the Division of Systems Engineering at Boston University, was recently named president-elect of the IEEE Control Systems Society (CSS).

“It is always flattering to be asked by one’s colleagues within a scientific community to take on a leadership position,” said Cassandras. “The challenge is to manage to make a difference.”

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Systems Engineering Team Aims to Boost UAV Autonomy

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While unmanned systems currently rely on the automation of low-level functions, such as navigation, stabilization and trajectory, operating these systems is still quite labor-intensive for Air Force pilots given the variable flying conditions experienced by UAVs.

The BU team, led by Dr. David Castañón and Dr. Christos Cassandras, has focused their work on optimizing “mission control,” which describes mid-level control approaches that go beyond simply improving stability and tracking trajectories.

Systems Engineering Team Aims to Boost UAV Autonomy

May 2010