Panos J. Antsaklis

Panos J. Antsaklis is the H. Clifford and Evelyn A. Brosey Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, with concurrent appointments in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and the Department of Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics. He is a leading figure in systems and control theory, with a sustained focus on autonomy, cyber-physical systems, and networked control.

His research interests center on Cyber-Physical Networked Embedded Systems, hybrid and discrete event dynamical systems, and the quest for autonomy in engineered systems. He investigates control strategies for complex, intelligent, and reconfigurable systems using mathematical models and data, with applications in transportation, manufacturing, power systems, and communication networks. His recent work emphasizes passivity, dissipativity, and passivity indices as foundational tools for robust and resilient design.

The 15 most recent publications highlight a strong trend in decentralized and distributed control of networked systems, particularly vehicular platoons and supply chains, using dissipativity-based methods and topological co-design. There is a growing integration of machine learning (e.g., graph neural networks) and formal methods (e.g., signal temporal logic) with classical control theory, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of modern cyber-physical systems.

His scientific awards include:

• IEEE Fellow (1991)
• IFAC Fellow (2010)
• AAAS Fellow (2011)
• IEEE Third Millennium Medal (2000)
• Brown University Engineering Alumni Medal (2006)
• University of Lorraine Honorary Doctorate (2012)
• Notre Dame Faculty Award (2013)
• Notre Dame Research Achievement Award (2020)

Antsaklis has played a pivotal role in the control systems community, serving as Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (2010–2017) and President of the IEEE Control Systems Society (1997). He has supervised numerous PhD students and authored over 600 publications, including foundational textbooks on linear and hybrid systems. He has also been involved in high-level advisory roles, such as on the NSF Cyber-Physical Systems PI Meeting and the President’s Council of Advisors for Science and Technology (PCAST).

He leads the Antsaklis Group at Notre Dame, which focuses on autonomy, control, and resilience in networked systems. The group is active in both theoretical development and practical applications, contributing to national initiatives on control for societal-scale challenges.