J. Doyle’s Bio

John Doyle is the John G Braun Professor of Control & Dynamical Systems, Electrical Engineering, and BioEngineering at Caltech.

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:

• Research awards for projects
• Research awards for past projects

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 Paper

J. Doyle, [Guaranteed margins for LQG regulators, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Aug 1978, Volume: 23, Issue: 4, Pgs: 756 - 757

Abstract: "There are none."

Link

Academic Bio 1990's

• Academic Bio 1990's

Industry summary

• Served as a consultant to Honeywell Technology Center since 1976

Research interests

His research interests are in theoretical foundations for complex networks in engineering and biology, as well as multiscale physics, and include integrating modeling, ID, analysis and design of uncertain nonlinear systems, and computation in analysis and simulation, including complexity theory to guide algorithm development.

Research applications interests are motivated by the interplay between control, dynamical systems, and design and analysis of large, complex systems.

Athletics

John Doyle is an athlete in his spare time.

Some athletic achievements from 1990's:

• World champion, IHPVA speed championships time trial.
• US Record, indoor rowing (former world record).
• 2 Gold medals, World Masters Games.
• Member, Duathlon Team USA.
• 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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John and Marie	Cycling	From " This Man Wants To Control the Internet This man wants to control the Internet. And you should let him. by Carl Zimmer, Photographs by Trujillo/Paumier published online October 25, 2007

See also

• 2004 IEEE bio and photo of J Doyle
• J Doyle's bio at CDS, Caltech

older webpages

• Academic Bio 1990's
• Athletics 1990's