CPC-IV Awards (1991)

CPC-IV Awards (1991)

Padre Island, TX

1.Preparation H∞ Award

Evangelos Zafiriou

To the inventor of a new control algorithm that provides smooth operation while satisfying hard constraints

2.Honorary Texas Aggie Award

StenBay Jorgensen

For impugning the background of a UT-Austin graduate (see aggie joke)

3.Unbest Paper Award

[Name Deleted]

Sponsored by the 15 unbest companies present at CPC-IV

4.Non-Affirmative (Control) Action Award

Dan Rivera

For giving us at least one new reason to hire female control engineers and

believing hot donuts would work almost as well

5.International Relations Award

Tunde Ogunnaike

For mistakenly identifying a Dane as a German (Tom Edgar also rationalized

that Denmark was once part of Germany

6.CPC Program Proofreading Award

David Himmeblau/Cache Corp.

Presented by

John Barns

Dan Rivra

Djorn Tyreus

Hamon Rye

7.Panel Filibuster Award-Longest Short Paper Award

Coleman Brosilow

8.CPC Honorary Proceedings Editor Award

Vasilios Manousiouthakis

For suggesting major revisions to at least six papers in the conference

9.Ideal Control Researcher Award

Vastos Zafiropoulos

For the participant who aspires to become a Greek god with the following

attributes:

The energy of Vasilios Manousiouthakis

The salesmanship of Christos Georgakis (Beware of Greeks Seeking

Industrial Gifts)

The theoretical ability of Costas Kravaris and Evangelos Zafiriou

The vision and analytical ability of George Stephanopoulos

10.Just In Time Award

John Baras

For the speaker whose paper arrives at the same time as he does (or not at all);

this is related to the B.T.U. (Baras Time Unit)

11.Extended Horizon Award

MIT – Mark Kramer and George Stephanopoulos

For asking the longest questions at CPC (and sometimes providing long

answers as well). No acceptance speech was permitted.

12.Spouse Control Award

Inge Balchen

For successful manual control of an open-loop unstable process

(her husband)

13.Manurial Nets Award

David Clarke

For suggesting “don’t believe statisticians, use as many parameters

as you want”

(Accepted by T.J. McAvoy in Clarke’s Absence)

14.CPC-FDA Award

Peter Lee

For offering a low cost, “generic” substitute for the name-brand controllers

15.Bang-Bang Control Award (DMC In The DMZ)

Manfred Morari and Charlie Cutler

For the confrontation most likely to escalate into a shooting war

16.Leo Tolstoy Award

Wolfgang Marquardt, Henrik Anderson, Costas Kravaris

For submitting papers twice as long as the page limit (25 pgs) – perhaps

they thought it meant both sides of the sheet (?)

17.Shortest Footnote Award

Wolfgang Marquardt

Ref. 9, “a very likely possibility”

18.1000 Points of Dark/SCUD Award

Ed Bristol

For muddying the waters during discussion of papers, also for making a

lot of noise while frequently missing the target

19.Jens Balchen Control Heritage Award

Manfred Morari

For rediscovering the Kalman filter twenty five years after its

development

20.Trail Boss Award

Dave Smith

For keeping his speakers on time (deadbeat scheduling) through verbal

intimidation

21.Matamoros Chamber of Commerce Award

CPC Organizing Committee

For selecting a site which was too windy for tennis, too choppy for swimming,

and too cold for golf

22.Dynamic Maintenance Control Award

Sheraton Hotel Staff

For their rapid turnover of the meeting room after dinner

23.PLS/PCA Award

John MacGregor

For his excuses usedin not submitting paper on time (PLS = Paper Lost in

Shipment, PCA = Paper Coming Along)

24.Industrial Career Achievement Award

Tom Edgar

For spending one year at a Conoco plant twenty years ago

25.NSF Self Defense Kit

Maria Burka

A whip to keep university grant-seekers at bay

26.Greg Shinskey Slidemanship Award

Charlie Cutler

27.Last Predictive Control Acronym Award

Carlos Garcia

IDCOM

QDMC

UDMC

IMC

TCC (Hidden message in first letter of each acronym)