Michael George Safonov
Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Education
Biography
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, 1977, MIT, Cambridge, MA.Research Summary
Control and decision theory.Awards
- 2012 7th IFAC Symposium on Robust Control Design (ROCOND 12). Aalborg, Denmark Keynote Speaker
- 2008 2009 European Control Conference Honory Advisor
- 2008 2008 Third IEEE International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS 2008) Keynote Speaker
- 2008 International Federation of Automatic Control Fellow
- 2006 American Automatic Control Council Invited to Chair AACC Awards Committee
- 2005 IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control 2005 Outstanding Reviewer
- 2005 Irish Signals and Systems Conference Invited keynote speaker
- 2005 NATO Research and Technology Organization (RTO). Research Award
- 2005 American Automatic Control Council Chairman, Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award Committee
- 2000 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science JSPS Fellow
- 1999 National Science Foundation Panels Member
- 1998 National Science Foundation Panels Member
- 1991 American Control Conference Best Presentation Award
- 1990 National Science Foundation Panels Member
- 1989 IEEE Fellow
- 1987 Imperial College SERC Senior Visiting Fellowships
- 1983 Cambridge SERC Senior Visiting Fellowships
Appointments
- Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center
- 3740 McClintock Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90089
- USC Mail Code: 2563
- (213) 740-4455
- michael.safonov@usc.edu