J. Doyle’s Bio
John Doyle is the Jean-Lou ChameauProfessor of Control & Dynamical Systems, Electrical Engineering, and BioEngineering at Caltech.
Short Bio
John Doyle is the Jean-Lou Chameau Professor of Control and Dynamical Systems, Electrical Engineer, and BioEngineering at Caltech (BS&MS EE, MIT (1977), PhD, Math, UC Berkeley (1984)). Research is on mathematical foundations for complex networks with applications in biology, technology, medicine, ecology, and neuroscience. Paper prizes include IEEE Baker and Automatic Control Transactions (twice), ACM Sigcomm and Sigcomm "Test of Time", AACC American Control Conference. Individual awards include IEEE Power Hickernell, AACC Eckman, UCB Friedman, IEEE Centennial Outstanding Young Engineer, and IEEE Control Systems Field Award. Best known for fabulous friends, colleagues, and students, plus national and world records and championships in various sports. Extremely fragile.
No Longer Recent Adventures
Discover magazine interviews Prof. Doyle.
in "This man wants to control the internet" by Carl Zimmer, Discover magazine, 10/25/2007.
Aug-Sept 2007
Recent Adventures in Robustness and Fragility: Travels to Panama and back
Prof. Murray's version of John Doyle's Panamanian Adventure
Academic summary
University
- BS, MS EE MIT, 1977.
- Ph.D. Math, UC Berkeley, 1984.
- Assoc Prof with tenure at Caltech, 1986.
- Prof at Caltech, 1991 - present.
Awards
Projects and Grants
Grants for various projects have been listed on the following pages:
Individual awards
- IEEE Control Systems Field Award recipient for "For fundamental contributions to the analysis and control of uncertain systems" in 2004
- IEEE Centennial Outstanding Young Engineer Award
(as the top young researcher under 40 from the IEEE Controls Systems Society, 1984).
- IEEE Hickernell Award, 1976
- American Automatic Control Council (AACC) Eckman Award, 1983
- Bernard Friedman Award (from UC Berkeley)1984
- ONR Presidential Young Investigator 1986
- NSF Presidential Young Investigator 1986
Prize papers
- IEEE Transactions George S. Axelby Outstanding Paper Awards 1990 (two papers)
- IEEE Baker prize paper, 1991
was also ranked in the top 10 ``most important papers world-wide in pure and applied mathematics from 1981-1993 in a bibliometric analysis and survey conducted by CTWS-Leiden. It was the most recently published paper to be so ranked. This prize is awarded once each year to the outstanding paper reporting new research results among all of the IEEE's over 50 technical journals,
- AACC Hugo Schuck Award, 1994
Patents
- US Patent 6414827 - Closed-loop scaling for discrete-time servo controller in a disc drive Issued July 2, 2002
- US Patent 5978752 - Model validation algorithm for characterizing parameters and uncertainty in a disc drive Issued Nov 2, 1999
First Journal Paper
Guaranteed margins for LQG regulators
John Doyle
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Aug 1978, Volume: 23, Issue: 4, Pgs: 756 - 757
Abstract: "There are none."
Link
Academic Bio 1990's
Industry summary
- Served as a consultant to Honeywell Technology Center since 1976
- Consultant to United Banks of Colorado and CIBAR Inc in 1974
Research interests
Research is on mathematical foundations for complex networks with applications in biology, technology, medicine, ecology, and neuroscience.
Athletics
John Doyle is an athlete in his spare time.
Some athletic achievements from 1990's:
- World champion, IHPVA speed championships time trial.
- World and US Records, indoor rowing (long ago broken by others)
- 2 Gold medals, World Masters Games.
- Member, Duathlon Team USA.
- Overall triathlon wins: San Bernardino Tin Man
- Selected age group wins:
- Duathlon in Exile (world championship qualifier),
- Fall Showdown Duathlon,
- Big Bear Duathlon,
- Powerman Chicago Sprint,
- Steamboat Triathlon,
- USCF District 6 cycling time trial...
- Athletics 1990's
- See J. Doyle's Bio Athletics for details and photos!
Portraits
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